re: That 4th & 31 play looms ever larger over the world of college football...

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No the biggest blunder of the iron bowl was AUBIE dropping a punt

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That's not so much a blunder as it wasn't a conscious decision by the player to drop the punt. I doubt he was thinking to himself, "You know what, I think I'm going to let this punt hit the deck just to see what happens..."

Auburn took a time out prior to that 4th & 31, and made a conscious decision to only rush two guys while keeping another player back to spy on Milroe. What sense does the spy make in a situation like that? If he somehow rolls to his left, dodges nine Auburn defensive players, and sprints into the end zone for the touchdown, then give him the Heisman. Because that's not going to happen. The spy was useless and could have been used to add additional pressure to Milroe, forcing him to roll out or to rush his throw.