Auburn opens second half vs. Georgia with Jarquez Hunter touchdown

Auburn is putting on a show no one saw coming against Georgia in the Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry.

Georgia entered as a 24-point favorite, but now only leads 14-10 at the middle of the third quarter after Tigers running back Jarquez Hunter found the end zone on a 38-yard touchdown run on Auburn’s first possession on the second half.

It capped off a 6-play, 68-yard drive in which Auburn possessed the ball for 3 minutes and 45 seconds.

Here’s a look at the play:

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Hunter entered this game with 65 carries for 437 yards with 2 touchdowns. He looks to be crossing the century-mark soon against Georgia, totaling 10 carries for 82 yards with 1 touchdown.

One of the biggest storylines in this game so far is that, while both teams have had very different struggles, the Tigers have done a good job of keeping Georgia from getting to its traditional ground attack as Auburn has outgained Georgia in that category, 135-113 to this point in the third quarter.

Hunter has clearly been a huge part of that.

It will be interesting to see if Auburn can keep Georgia from igniting in the second half with a chance of pulling off one of the biggest upsets of the weekend on the road.

Crissy Froyd

Crissy covers SEC football news for Saturday Down South.