Georgia rallies from 17 down, tops Georgia Tech in 8OT shootout - ESPN

ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia freshman Nate Frazier ran 3 yards for a two-point conversion in the eighth overtime period, leading the No. 7 Bulldogs to a wild 44-42 victory over rival Georgia Tech in the longest game in SEC history at Sanford Stadium on Friday night.

The Yellow Jackets had the ball first in the eighth overtime. Quarterback Haynes King threw out of the back of the end zone after he was pressured by linebacker CJ Allen.

Georgia didn't waste any time to finally put Georgia Tech away, with Frazier taking a handoff and running up the middle, sending the red-and-black crowd into a frenzy.

Frazier's touchdown run capped one of the more memorable comebacks in Georgia history, and one of the most exciting finishes in the intrastate rivalry known as Clean Old Fashioned Hate. It was the Bulldogs' 31st consecutive victory at home and seventh straight over Georgia Tech.

None were as difficult to get as Friday night.

It was the first time the Bulldogs — who closed as 17.5-point favorites.at ESPN BET — overcame a deficit of 17 points or more since 2006. It was only the second time in the past 20 seasons that they rallied from a 14-point deficit in the fourth quarter.

After struggling to score a point in the first half for the first time since 2019, Georgia's offense finally got things going in the fourth quarter. The Bulldogs scored 21 points in the final 8:18, including twice in the last 3:39, to hand the Yellow Jackets one of their most painful losses in the series.

After both teams failed to convert two-point conversion tries in the third and fourth overtimes, Beck finally found Dillon Bell on a slant pattern to give the Bulldogs a 42-20 lead in the fifth. But Tech answered right back, with King finding Malik Rutherford to