TJ Finley QB swap was a stroke of genius from Bryan Harsin

Auburn’s head football coach Bryan Harsin earned his stripes with a genius decision to replace Bo Nix with TJ Finley.

Finley – a week before a now inescapable battle in the Bayou against his former team LSU – did the most spectacular thing he could have, given the circumstances, dodging a fourth sack and finding Shedrick Jackson in the goals. for the green light touch.

He then knocked out Georgia State’s chance to win with a return field goal (more on that chance in a minute) with a 2 point conversion to Kobe Hudson up 27-24.

Then that aforementioned luck increased in Smoke.

Smoke Monday sacked him for a sixer and the Tigers turned a near implosion into a ten-point win, bringing it to 34-24.

Wow.

The Bo Nix era is seemingly over, and it had just culminated with his honorable and charitable recognition of the A-Day meme. But now Finley is heading to Death Valley with an intense revenge game tale against a Tigers team he struggled with during the year of college football from Hell. And he does it with a myriad of momentum.

Auburn HC football Bryan Harsin just had his defining moment

This call to create controversy in the QB room was clearly worth it, as Finley provided AU with a spark that could now continue into the early days of the SEC game.

This moment was necessary. The 2021 season couldn’t be anything if it didn’t happen. A loss to Georgia State would have underwater this season and perhaps even forced Auburn’s footballing brain to see some Tigers coaching seats this hot.

Now none of this applies. Auburn’s football got the job done after the shift to center in the third quarter, and their standings may also remain intact, especially if Kansas State gives up. Wisconsin are set to drop out of the Top 25 and Fresno State’s victory over the still winless UNLV was no more impressive than what should be affectionately known as TJ Finley passing the torch in the future.

Bryan Harsin faced the moment of truth head-on. The next step on the agenda is to break a 22-year winning drought in the Louisiana swamps.