re: What is one of your favorite OOC victories in football?

Obviously the BCSNCG vs Oregon (which I attended) as already mentioned.

After that, I would have to say the 1987 20-10 win over UNC in Chapel Hill. My now ex-wife and I were living in Hilton Head at the time. We left for the game on Friday. As we were leaving, my wife asked one of my co-workers (who happened to be my bookie...which I thought was on the down low since she didn't like me betting) what the line was on the UNC game. Everyone looked at her in shock...then looked at my bewilderment. She gave me this "Did you really think I was that clueless" look. Everyone around us started laughing. My buddy/bookie said the line was Auburn -7.5. She said "Give us Auburn for $100" (which is equivalent to around $220 today). That blew mine and everyone else's mind. I was a small time bettor...$10-$20 bets. We had just gotten married and were living paycheck to paycheck. She then looked back at me and said "How else are we going to pay for this trip?" Again, everyone started laughing.

Now, on to gameday. We arrived in Chapel Hill about 4 hours before the game and walked around the campus. What a beautiful campus...especially that time of the year. Late in the 4th quarter, Auburn led 17-10 and had the ball with a 3rd down and 1 around UNC's 20 yard line with about a minute left in the game. Auburn ran it up the middle and was stopped for no gain. I instinctively jumped up and pumped my fist. All of the Auburn fans sitting around us looked at me like "Are you crazy?" I then hollered back "I can't be the only one here that has Auburn -7.5". Everyone laughed. I knew if Auburn had made the first down, we would have just run the clock out. Instead, Win Lyle kicked the FG to make it 20-10. Auburn held on and we won the $100 bet.



Good times!!