Auburn (4-1) at #10 South Carolina (4-1) played 10/1/11 (PT1/2)

This week I decided that I wanted to finally do a blog post on my favorite team in the whole league, which happens to be the Auburn Tigers. At the beginning of week 5, Auburn was not ranked at all, even though they were heading into the bout with three wins and no losses. Their opponent for week five was undefeated South Carolina, with four wins and no losses. They were also ranked 10 going into the game. I was personally excited for this game because, being an Auburn fan I know that they are good enough to beat a top 10 team in the league, this is because they won the NCAA National Championship last year (being between the number one and two team in the nation).
The first quarter started off uneasy for Auburn when they failed to get the ball down the field twice before they finally reached field goal position, and kicker Cody Parkey was able to put it through for 3 points. Auburn held that three point lead for about three minutes when South Carolina received a touchdown from an impressive 50 yard pass from quarterback Stephan Garcia to receiver Alshon Jeffrey. Good turned to bad for the South Carolina offense though, because Auburn proceeded to block the extra point attempt, epically limiting them to 6 points instead of season, keeping Auburn in field goal range. The rest of the quarter ended without the scoreboard changing.
The second quarter was fairly quiet, the first and only points that went on the board came nine minutes into the quarter after a fierce drive down the field by Auburn offense. A touchdown was finally put in with a run by halfback Michael Dyer in the third quarter. Ironically, Auburn missed their extra point, almost exactly a quarter after blocking a South Carolina extra point conversion.
As the game was winding down and us Auburn fans were getting very worried that the game would end in a loss, Auburn got their stuff together and made a final drive down the field, resulting in a 9 yard pass from Barrett Trotter to Philip Lutzenkirchen for 7 points, the extra point was actually converted this time, putting Auburn up by 3 with one minute and twenty-eight seconds left in the game. Auburn's defense was very clutch in this situation and shit down South Carolina's offensive drive, ending the game with an Auburn victory, solidifying the thought that Auburn does not need star NFL rookie quarterback Cam Newton, and also promising hope for the rest of the season after a shaky start.
Because of the win over a top ten team, Auburn jumped to number 15 in the nation heading into week 6.