Auburn freshman QB Bo Nix was one of the darlings of the first full week of college football as he rescued the Tigers in the closing seconds to shock Oregon. It had the makings of a legendary silver screen story.

Nix discussed how Auburn mounted the come back, and how the Tigers did it without timeouts.

“It was a total team effort, we really came together,” Nix said on SportsCenter with Scott Van Pelt. “Our defense played great in the second half. They got us the ball back a lot. Coach (Gus) Malzahn just felt comfortable with calling anything and we pulled out the win at the end.”

The strategy was key as Auburn planned for a worst-case scenario to setup a field goal attempt, but it turned out so much better.

“The play was ultimately designed to give one of the outside guys a shot, and Seth (Williams) got some space with his man and so I gave him a shot and he came down with the ball,” Nix said.

Van Pelt asked him if it’s true that the stadium turns quiet, and the play slows down in this kind of dramatic event.

“It does happen slow, and Seth actually told me that he lost track of the ball when it was up in the air, which was kind of scary, he lost it in the light or something,” Nix said. “But thank goodness he caught it and after that, the place went crazy. So it was really awesome to be there center stage for a great play like that.”

Van Pelt also referred to the now famous picture of Cam Newton celebrating Auburn’s national championship in 2011 against Oregon as Nix was a little kid in the left corner of the picture, wearing an Auburn jersey. The fact that he followed in Newton’s footsteps, and his father is a former Auburn quarterback who himself pulled off a similar play only adds to the storybook finish.

“It’s all a part of that dream I had a long time ago,” Nix said. “Growing up watching Cam do his thing and win a national championship, that’s when I decided that’s what I wanted to do. I wanted to be the guy that everyone looked up to, and I wanted to be the guy that won the Heisman Trophy and won a national championship. It’s a dream come true, and I’m thankful that the Lord has put me in this spot, and I hope to the kids out there that they can see a really great role model.”