Florida State Golden Girls cheerleaders react as they watch Florida State score a touchdown on a 30-foot screen at the Tallahassee Leon County Civic Center in the second quarter of the NCAA BCS National Championship college football game against Auburn, Monday, Jan. 6, 2014, in Tallahassee, Fla. (AP Photo/Phil Sears) (The Associated Press)
Florida State fans gleefully shouted and danced in raucous celebration after their top-ranked team roared back with fourth-quarter firepower, grabbing the BCS championship crowned despite early momentum by No. 2 Auburn.
Many pumped fists gleefully and shouted deliriously in Tallahassee, Fla., after Jameis Winston threw a 13-yard touchdown pass to Kelvin Benjamin with 13 seconds left as Florida State beat Auburn 34-31 Monday night.
In Tallahassee, two machines shot streams of confetti down on thousands of fans who jumped and danced in a civic center where they watched the game. For both sides, it was a tense finale after a game in which Auburn had much of the first-half momentum.
In Auburn, stunned fans emptied out of bars, some falling on their knees once the clock expired in Pasadena, Calif.
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Reeves reported from Auburn, Ala., and Sears from Tallahassee, Fla.
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