Just to name a few for State that I witnessed in person:

2009 LSU: State has 1st and goal at the 2, down by 6, with about 1:30 left. Two run plays up the middle didn’t score. 3rd down, State calls a play action pass to the tight end that dekes everyone in the stadium except for Chad Jones, who made a great play to swat it down. (Jones also had a crazy 90 yard punt return TD earlier). On 4th down, State calls an option play and instead of pitching it to Dixon for a walk in TD, our 5’8” QB keeps it up the middle and gets stuffed. Turnover on downs. Would have been our first win against LSU in a decade, and we didn’t beat them for another 5 years.

2010 Auburn: down by 3 in the final minute, Leon Berry drops a long pass inside the Auburn 15 that would’ve at worst had State in chip shot field goal range to tie, and likely multiple chances to get the winning TD. Instead it’s an incomplete pass and State ends up turning over on downs around midfield. Cost us a win against the eventual champs.

2010 Arkansas: probably the best game I have ever seen in person. State ties it on a last second field goal to force OT. First possession, Vick Ballard makes a great effort run and dives toward the end zone. In mid air, an Arkansas player’s helmet hits the ball and it takes a crazy bounce out of the end zone for a touchback. Arkansas went on to win in double OT. Firmly believe State wins if Ballard scores or just goes down inside the 5 there.

2017 Alabama: Tie game in the final minute, Bama has a 3rd and 15 in their own territory. Todd Grantham calls an all out blitz but Bama called a timeout right before the snap. Out of the timeout, Grantham calls the same exact all out blitz. Bama detects it easily, Hurts completes a long pass to Ridley to convert, and the very next play hits a pass to Smith for the TD. This was far and away the closest State has come to beating Bama since Saban’s first year when he lost to Sylvester Croom.