Tulane Pulls Off The Most Insane Comeback Of The Year To Take Down USC In The Cotton Bowl

USC led Tulane 45-30 with 4:30 left in the Cotton Bowl and carried an Atlanta Falcons-like 99.8% win probability. Then the Green Wave completed possibly the comeback of the year in college football.

Tulane went 63 yards on just two plays for its first score to cut the lead to eight points before some wackiness on the kickoff led to USC starting its ensuing drive from its own 1-yard line. That's when everything went wrong.

Now the Green Wave was getting the ball back with 3:20 left down just six. Quarterback Michael Pratt had completed just four passes all game until the final drive, where he added four more including the game-winning score with just a few seconds remaining.

Ah, you just hate to see that for Lincoln Riley and Caleb Williams. A season which seemed destined for the College Football Playoff ends with a drubbing at the hands of Utah in the Pac-12 Championship Game and a nearly impossible collapse against Tulane in the Cotton Bowl. Whoops!

Give Tulane a ton of credit, though. Tyjae Spears ran all over the Trojans to the tune of 205 yards and four touchdowns on 17 carries and the Green Wave found a way to make the plays they needed at the end.

College football still rocks.