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On a weekend that saw seven of the top 13 teams in the nation get upset, Auburn pulled off the biggest of them all.

The Tigers went into Gainesville an 18 point underdog to the #4 Florida Gators and pulled off what could quite possibly be the biggest victory Auburn’s had in the past three years.

No one gave the Tigers a chance. The mainstream media said it wouldn’t even be close. ESPN’s Lee Corso said “forget about it,“ Lou Holts said “There’s no way Florida losses this game,“ and Kirk Herbstreit said that Florida would be motivated to beat Auburn since that was the only team to beat last years National Championship squad. Even the guys on CSS’s “Sports Nite” didn’t give Auburn a chance in the world to win this game.

So how’d they do it?

A near perfect defensive performance and a confident offense that featured the Brandon Cox of Ole. Not to mention a great offensive game plan and excellent play from a very young offensive line.

Brandon Cox completed 17 of 26 passes for 227 yards and no interceptions. Ben Tate rushed for 65 yards on 20 carries, while Mario Fannin rushed for 62 yards on 13 carries. Auburn’s young offensive line only gave up four sacks in one of the most hostile stadiums in the SEC. While the Tiger’s offense proved that last week explosion wasn’t a flash in the pan, the defense proved just how good they really are.

The Tigers’ defense held the high-powered Gator offense to just 14 points and 314 yards of total offense. To put that in perspective, Florida entered Saturday nights game averaging 50 points and just over 500 yards of total offense a game.

Now how did the Tigers’ defense manage to shut down the Gators’ offense?

The simple answer is by tackling. The Tigers gave up no yards after contact(YAC) yards, which Florida’s offense depends upon. Sophomore wide receiver Percy Harvin was held to 19 rushing yards and 119 receiving yard, the bulk of which came on a 52 yard pass in the third quarter. They also kept quarterback Tim Tebow from running wild. He finished with 79 rushing yards, about 10 yards under his season average.

While both the offense and defense played great and did their jobs, the real star of the game is freshman kicker Wes Byrum. If it were not for his last second field goal, the Tigers might be staring at another lost on their schedule.

When asked about the his young kicker in the post-game press conference Tommy Tuberville said, “It’s crazy. He absolutely has ice water running through his veins. I couldn’t even breathe and much less kick a ball in that situation ... and not only one of them but two of them. The first one, he caught it just perfect. From the sideline, you just can’t tell. You look for the fans reaction. The second one he didn’t hit it quite as good, but it went inside the right upright. I’m waiting for those fans to start jumping up and down and it just kind of hit me, ‘Man we won the ball game on a field goal.‘ “

Ice water or not, Byrum’s kick gave Auburn the victory and is nominated for this week’s Pontiac Game Changing Performance. Click here to vote for the play.