By JOE MCADORY
Remember those nail-biting moments between the time when LSU’s D.J. Chark caught the apparent game-winning touchdown at Jordan-Hare Stadium on Sept. 24 and when officials finished reviewing the play? LSU fans went from delirium to, “Wait, what’s going on?” Auburn fans went from disbelief and despair to, “Wait, are they going to reverse this?”
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