While scanning Twitter on Wednesday night, I noticed a tweet referencing “Auburn is one stop away from being state champions” and it caught my attention.
Wait, didn’t Alabama and Auburn just play a few days ago?
So I clicked on the profile to find out two high schools I’d never heard of, Auburn and Thompson were playing in the Alabama Class 7A state championship.
Normally I wouldn’t be posting an article about high school football on here unless it had a direct recruiting connection to Notre Dame, but trust me when I say this is worth your time if you’re the least bit a football fan.
Thompson sounds like it was a huge favorite but were met by an Auburn team that played the game of their lives.
Well, for at least 46:30 or so.
Here’s what happened…