Moments later it was a sky bursting with raised fists as Georgia’s Sony Michel rumbled across a deep green stretch of the Arroyo Seco for a touchdown.

In the middle of the giddy Bulldogs locker room afterward there was a giant empty rose bush, its treasures plucked by players carrying flowers to the team bus.

Down the hall, in the middle of Sooners’ locker room, there were only scattered duffle bags, large bits of torn tape and the mournful looks of a team that knows it blew it.

That ride ended for the Sooners in the second overtime when Carter seemingly flew out of nowhere to block Seibert’s field goal attempt, followed by Michel’s winning touchdown run.

When it was over, those grinding Bulldogs were dancing around the Seco while those stunned Sooners were frozen in place, sitting or crouching or, in the case of Parker, kneeling for a long time in the end zone as the winners converged around him.