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Kickoff time, TV network options announced for Auburn vs. Arkansas By Tom Green | tgreen@al.com 1-2 minutes Auburn’s trip to Arkansas on Oct. 16 will be an early one. The SEC announced Monday that the Week 7 matchup between the Tigers and Razorbacks will kick off at 11 a.m. from Razorback Stadium. The game will be broadcast on either CBS or ESPN, with a final network designation to be determined at the end of this weekend’s games. The Oct. 16 matchup between the two SEC West foes will mark their 31st all-time matchup. Auburn leads the all-time series, 18-11-1, and has won five straight games against Arkansas. That includes last year’s 30-28 win in Jordan-Hare Stadium. Auburn’s last loss in Fayetteville, Ark., came in 2015, when the Tigers fell in a quadruple-overtime thriller. Auburn has won eight of its 14 games on the road in the series. Before the two teams meet in Week 7, No. 18 Auburn will welcome No. 2 Georgia to the Plains this weekend. No. 13 Arkansas will travel to No. 17 Ole Miss. Tom Green is an Auburn beat reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Tomas_Verde.

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Auburn Football Bryan Harsin vague about status of Auburn edge defender T.D. Moultry for Georgia game Updated: Oct. 04, 2021, 2:29 p.m. | Published: Oct. 04, 2021, 2:10 p.m. Auburn defensive end T.D. Moultry (99) looks over the Penn State offense during an NCAA college football game in State College, Pa., on Saturday, Sept.18, 2021.Penn State defeated Auburn 28-20. (AP Photo/Barry Reeger)AP By Tom Green | tgreen@al.com Auburn coach Bryan Harsin was vague about the status of the Tigers’ top pass-rusher heading into this weekend’s showdown with second-ranked Georgia. Edge defender T.D. Moultry did not make the trip to LSU last weekend for Auburn’s 24-19 win in Tiger Stadium. It remains unclear as to why Moultry did not make the trip, or if he will be available for Auburn this weekend in the Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry. “I don’t know if T.D. will be here or not this week,” Harsin said Monday during his weekly press conference. “I’ll leave it at that.” The 6-foot-2, 253-pound super senior is tied for the team lead with three sacks this season, along with fellow edge defenders Derick Hall and Eku Leota. Moultry also leads the team with six tackles for a loss. After struggling with consistency for much of his career on the Plains, Moultry seemingly settled into his new role in Derek Mason’s defense this season. In four games, he has a career-high 23 tackles, as well as two quarterback hurries to go with his six tackles for loss and three sacks. In Moultry’s absence against LSU, Leota got his first start off the edge for Auburn. The Northwestern transfer had one sack and a forced fumble in Baton Rouge, La., and now has eight tackles on the season, with five for a loss and three sacks. “It was good to have him out there,” Harsin said. “I mean, this is why he came here, to be in the game. He did some things off the edge that were positive.” Tom Green is an Auburn beat reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Tomas_Verde.

Owen Pappoe a ‘game-time’ decision for Auburn vs. Georgia By Tom Green | tgreen@al.com 2-3 minutes Sep 18, 2021; University Park, PA, USA; Owen Pappoe (0) tackling between Auburn and Penn State at Beaver Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Todd Van Emst/AU AthleticsTodd Van Emst/AU Athletics Auburn coach Bryan Harsin remains hopeful that Owen Pappoe will return to the field this weekend for Auburn, but the junior linebacker’s availability remains in the air for Saturday’s game against Georgia. Pappoe, one of Auburn’s two permanent team captains, has missed the last two games against Georgia State and LSU after sustaining a lower-body injury in Week 3 at Penn State. He was limited in practice last week and made the trip to Baton Rouge, La., but he did not dress out during Auburn’s 24-19 win against LSU. Whether Pappoe suits up this weekend for Saturday’s 2:30 p.m. kickoff against No. 2 Georgia will apparently be a game-time decision. “I hope he does (play) this week,” Harsin said. “I hope that he would’ve last week as well. It’s just — it kind of comes down to game time.” Pappoe, who sustained an injury early in the second half against Penn State and did not return to the field, has 15 total tackles, with two for a loss and a pair of quarterback hurries, in three games this season. Harsin was also asked if star running back Tank Bigsby has been slowed by an injury in recent weeks after opening the season with three consecutive 100-yard rushing performances. Bigsby has just 87 yards on 27 carries the last two weeks, including 27 yards on nine touches during Auburn’s win at LSU. “As far as Tank goes, he’s fine,” Harsin said. “Everybody that was on that trip was able to play. We hoped that Owen was. We’ll see where he’s at this week. We fully expect him to be out there and ready to go.” Tom Green is an Auburn beat reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Tomas_Verde.

Week 5 SEC Power Rankings: Kentucky, Auburn on the move Lance Dawe 3 minutes There were some unexpected things happening in the SEC this weekend. Georgia started off Saturday with a 37-0 demolishing of No. 8 Arkansas without quarterback JT Daniels. Missouri’s defense is worse than we thought. The Tigers gave up 62 points in a blowout loss to Tennessee. Alabama ran away from Ole Miss after some questionable decisions made by Lane Kiffin early. Kentucky beat No. 10 Florida in Lexington for the first time in 35 years. No. 15 Texas A&M lost at home to Mississippi State. Auburn beat LSU in Baton Rouge for the first time since 1999. And Vandy vs UConn was a down-to-the-wire 30-28 thriller in favor of the Commodores. Streaks were broken, blowouts were had, and Vanderbilt somehow won. What a weekend. Here are the SEC power rankings after a tumultuous week five in the Southeastern Conference. Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports Vanderbilt won 30-28 over UConn on a walk-off field goal. Jeff Blake-USA TODAY Sports South Carolina defeated Troy 24-13. Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports Missouri had an ol’ 60-bomb dropped on them by Tennessee. Thomas Shea-USA TODAY Sports A&M lost at home 26-22 to Mississippi State. Thomas Shea-USA TODAY Sports Mississippi State’s bowl hopes are trending back up after beating No. 15 Texas A&M in College Station. Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports Tennessee routed Missouri 62-24. AP Photo/Gerald Herbert LSU drops three spots after losing to Auburn at home for the first time in 22 years. Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports It’s time to snap back to reality for Arkansas after a 37-0 drubbing at the hands of No. 2 Georgia. Jordan Prather-USA TODAY Sports Florida’s offense fell flat in a 20-13 loss at Kentucky. Stephen Lew-USA TODAY Sports Auburn jumps back into the top five after a 24-19 win at LSU. Butch Dill-USA TODAY Sports Ole Miss ran into a wall against Alabama. Jordan Prather-USA TODAY Sports The undefeated Wildcats are surging after winning at home against Florida for the first time in 35years. Butch Dill-USA TODAY Sports The Crimson Tide routed Ole Miss 42-21. Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports The Dawgs are barking after destroying No. 8 Arkansas.

Auburn to unveil namesake statues at Jordan-Hare Stadium, Pat Dye Field AUBURN, Ala.—Statues of Shug Jordan, Cliff Hare and Pat Dye, the three men whose names adorn Auburn's football stadium and playing field, will be unveiled Friday at 3 p.m. CT outside the southwest corner of Jordan-Hare Stadium near the Tiger Walk entrance. In a ceremony preceding the unveiling, former players will share memories of Jordan and Dye, and former Auburn director of athletics David Housel will speak on Hare's significance to Auburn's football program. After each statue is unveiled, a member of the Hare, Jordan and Dye families will formally accept on their behalf. "Coach Jordan, Coach Dye and Dean Cliff Hare are most deserving of this esteemed honor," Director of Athletics Allen Greene said. "Their extraordinary contributions created the foundation on which Auburn's football program has ascended. These statues will serve as visible reminders of their commitment to Auburn, inspiring the Auburn Family for generations." Auburn commissioned the Chicago-based Fine Art Studio of Rotblatt Amrany and lead sculptor Lou Cella to create the 8-foot bronze artworks. A member of Auburn's first football team in 1892, Hare served as dean of Auburn University's chemistry department, and as the first president of the Southern Athletic Conference, precursor to the SEC. As the longtime chairman of Auburn's Faculty Athletic Committee, he worked for more than a half-century to see Auburn's football program come to maturity. In 1949, Auburn renamed its then 10-year-old football venue "Cliff Hare Stadium." A three-sport athlete at Auburn, Jordan coached the Tigers from 1951-75, amassing a program-record 176 victories and leading Auburn to the school's first national championship in 1957. Auburn in 1973 renamed its football facility "Jordan-Hare Stadium," becoming the first stadium in the country to be named for an active coach. Jordan was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1982. Dye, a two-time All-American at the University of Georgia and the SEC Lineman of the Year in 1960, coached the Tigers from 1981-92, winning 99 games and four Southeastern Conference championships. As director of athletics, he oversaw the expansion of Jordan-Hare Stadium and brought the Iron Bowl to Auburn's campus in 1989. Dye was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2005, the same year Auburn named its playing surface "Pat Dye Field" in his honor. The public is invited to attend on a standing-room-only basis, as limited seating will be reserved for families, former players and dignitaries. In the event of rain, the program will move indoors to the Anderson-Thorne Tigers Den and be closed to the public, except for the unveiling outdoors. The statues will be unveiled on the eve of Auburn's game against Georgia, the Deep South's Oldest Rivalry which began in 1892. Jeff Shearer is a Senior Writer at AuburnTigers.com. Follow him on Twitter: @jeff_shearer

Auburn's defense makes progress on third-down stops ByMark Murphy 3-4 minutes AUBURN, Alabama–While there is still room for improvement, five games into the 2021 football season the Auburn defense has made a significant step forward in its ability to get off the field after third down plays. Going back to spring training, that was a point of emphasis for the new coaching staff. Last season opposing offenses converted slightly better than half of their third downs when facing Auburn’s defense. The Tigers finished last in the Southeastern Conference in the category and ranked 121st nationally. After allowing LSU to convert just 6-17 third down opportunities in a 24-19 victory for the visiting Tigers on Saturday night at Baton Rouge, the Auburn defense is allowing opponents to convert 34.7 percent of the time this season. That ranks eighth in the Southeastern Conference, just behind Ole Miss (34.5 percent) and Alabama (34.3 percent). For the season opposing offenses are 6-18 on third down conversion attempts in the first quarter and 9-18 in the second quarter. The second half numbers are better for the Tigers, who have allowed 6-19 in the third quarter and 4-17 in the fourth quarter during the team’s 4-1 start. Junior edge rusher Derick Hall, who was in on a collegiate-high eight tackles last week with 1 1/2 quarterback sacks, said that one of the major themes in practices for Coordinator Derek Mason's defense is focusing on a strong fourth quarter performance. Defensive coordinator Derek Mason is in his first season coaching for the Tigers. (Photo: Adam Sparks / Inside the Auburn Tigers, 247Sports) This week’s opponent has been strong defensively from the start to finish of games. Georgia, which is 5-0, leads the nation in total defense by a wide margin. The Bulldogs are giving up just 180.6 yards per game. Iowa State is a distant second allowing 232.0 per contest. In the SEC the No. 2 ranked defense in yards allowed is Arkansas at 282.8. One of the reasons why the Bulldogs are No. 1 nationally in fewest yards allowed is that their opponents are converting on just 25.7 percent of their third down opportunities. That ranks No. 1 in the Southeastern Conference and is sixth nationally after dominating previously unbeaten Arkansas 37-0 in game five. Auburn heads into Saturday’s 2:30 p.m. CDT (CBS television coverage) home contest vs. Georgia allowing 299.0 yards per outing, which ranks 21st nationally. The 2020 Auburn defense allowed 406 yards per game, which ranked 63rd among FBS teams. 2COMMENTS In their Southeastern Conference opener at LSU on Saturday night the visitors were able to keep the Bayou Bengals from scoring in the fourth quarter. One of the reasons for that was LSU managed just 54 yards in the final quarter while converting on just two of six third down plays in addition to Bydarrius Knighten getting his first Auburn interception on LSU’s final offensive play, a fourth down and six call from the home team’s 46-yard line.

Bo Nix, Jarquez Hunter pick up weekly SEC honors for LSU performances By Tom Green | tgreen@al.com 2-3 minutes Auburn quarterback Bo Nix (10) scrambles in the second half of an NCAA college football game against LSU in Baton Rouge, La., Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021. Auburn won 24-19. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP Bo Nix and Jarquez Hunter were vital to Auburn finally bringing an end to its 10-game losing streak in Baton Rouge, La., and on Monday, the SEC recognized the two Auburn players for their roles in the win. Nix was named SEC Co-Offensive Player of the Week for his performance in Auburn’s 24-19 win on the bayou, while Hunter was tabbed the SEC’s Co-Freshman of the Week for his effort against LSU. It’s the first time this season any Auburn players have picked up weekly SEC honors. Nix completed 23-of-44 passes for 255 yards and a touchdown while also rushing for a career-high 74 yards and a score Saturday night. He sparked Auburn’s comeback efforts after falling behind 13-0, making dazzling fourth-down plays with his legs on back-to-back scoring drives in the first half. The first produced the signature play of his career -- a sack-evading scramble that culminated in a 24-yard touchdown pass to Tyler Fromm -- while the other helped set up a 49-yard Anders Carlson field goal before halftime. He also directed Auburn’s game-winning touchdown drive in the final minutes, as the team drove 92 yards over 11 plays to take a 24-19 lead with 3:11 left. That’s also where Hunter stepped in. The freshman running back finished with 65 rushing yards and a touchdown on six carries. Fifty-three of those came on Auburn’s decisive drive, with a 44-yarder to put Auburn in scoring position and then back-to-back runs inside the 10-yard line, capped by his 1-yard go-ahead touchdown. Hunter is the only FBS player this season to average more than 10 yards per carry. Nix shared the weekly SEC honor with Alabama running back Brian Robinson and Mississippi State quarterback Will Rogers, while Hunter shared the honor with Tennessee running back Len’Neth Whitehead. Tom Green is an Auburn beat reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Tomas_Verde.

Harsin expects a 'rocking' atmosphere for home game against Georgia ByMark Murphy 3-4 minutes AUBURN, Alabama–As Auburn prepares to take on the undefeated Georgia Bulldogs, the nation’s No. 2 ranked team, Coach Bryan Harsin said this is the type of challenge that college football players and coaches should look forward to facing. “This is why you play,” said Harsin, who is 4-1 in his first season as Auburn’s head coach. “You look forward to weeks like this to come into a game and be at home. “I know our crowd is going to be great,” he said. “Looking forward to that and we are going to need to be. We need that homefield advantage so that place should be rocking. Our guys will be looking forward to being out there and playing in front of them.” Georgia brings a 5-0 record into the contest at Jordan-Hare Stadium and back-to-back beat-downs of SEC opponents Vanderbilt (62-0) and Arkansas (37-0). The Bulldogs dominated both opponents from the start to finish. Auburn comes into the contest with a 1-0 SEC record after rallying with two fourth quarter touchdown drives to win 24-19 on Saturday night at LSU. “The work we do and the mentality we bring to this week is going to be extremely important to our success and everybody should be excited about the opportunity and the challenge that we have in front of us,” said Harsin, as his Tigers prepare for a 2:30 p.m. CDT contest that will be televised on CBS. Auburn will be trying to snap a four-game losing streak in matchups to the Bulldogs in the SEC’s oldest rivalry. “Our guys should be excited,” Harsin said. “It is a new week, new opportunity, new challenge against a really, really good team. Hopefully, most importantly, it is a chance for us to kind of build off what we have done this season so far. “I am very proud of our guys for the LSU win being on the road and the different challenges that you have to face that you are on the road and you find a way to win against a good football team,” the coach added. Harsin said this week’s opponent qualifies as a very good team. “Georgia is complete in all three phases. When you watch them, you pop on tape, you can see why they have the record they do and the type of performances they have. They have got very good players. They play hard. 17COMMENTS “They are well coached and that shows up on a consistent basis on film so really a credit to them for the type of consistency that they've shown throughout this season. They have got a lot of great players–too many to mention–but some guys that really stand out on all three phases, really.”

good game son.....now maybe some of those aufam guys will give me a break.

just the geaux beau game.

i am just wondering if bo will have enough space to dodge the butt sniffers? from what little i read and hear they are all everything.

i am curious as to how we handle that big ol nose guard the butt sniffers have. can we get our center help without giving up holes for others to come through?

he just said he wasn't. are you sure he was not just wanting to give tj a chance? not trying to start anything here as i liked his post and was going to say so until i ran into this.

The Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry will kick off at 2:30 p.m. next Saturday from Jordan-Hare Stadium and will be on CBS. The 126th edition of the Auburn-Georgia rivalry will be the first game in a CBS doubleheader on Oct. 9, CBS and the SEC announced Saturday night. Georgia leads the series 61-56-8 and has won the last four matchups. Auburn is just 12-17-2 at home against the Bulldogs, with their last win coming in 2017 when they beat No. 1 Georgia 40-17. Georgia avenged their loss in the 2017 SEC Championship later in the season.

i would love to whip the butt sniffers in their prime. i wanted that penn state bad. i wanted lsu bad. and i want the jawja dawgs bad. i do not expect a win because jawja has damn near assembled a pro team like bama. but they run their mouths when they do not do crap so i want them worse than bama. my mom would be disappointed. but i tell you what when i look at harsin i think of coach o and his" we coming" slogan. on a mostly level playing field i like our chances with coach harsin. i think big things are ahead if folks will let him alone. folks worry about recruiting but i think we do very well this next recruiting session.

i just post the stuff for folks to discuss and i have no idea if the penalties are correct i just hope for the best including all articles.

Tempo Tempo Tempo It’s something I have been talking about since 2017 when Jarrett Stidham was playing for Auburn, but getting into tempo with the passing game is the single most important correlation to having success for the quarterback in today’s game, at least in my opinion. It happened with Stidham and it has been the case with Bo Nix since his first college game against Oregon in 2019. That’s how these quarterbacks grow up playing the game in high school so it makes sense to do those things when they get to college. We saw that again on Saturday night when Auburn went with tempo in the passing game while trailing 13-0 in the second quarter. The Tigers put the ball in Nix’s hands and used almost a two-minute offense to get things going against LSU. On the drive Nix finished things off with a wild, scrambling touchdown pass to Tyler Fromm on a fourth down that was probably the game for Auburn. If you don’t make that play it’s another empty possession, but instead it was just the momentum Bryan Harsin’s team needed. It all started with going with tempo in the passing game. This team still needs to run the ball to be successful and that will be the case again this Saturday, but a huge thumbs up to Mike Bobo for not waiting until it was too late to go up-tempo and unlock the passing game against LSU. Speaking Of Bo When things don't go well and there's a quarterback change you automatically start hearing negative things about how one guy isn't liked by his teammates or there are issues in the locker room. On Saturday night I saw a quarterback that his teammates and coaching staff backed up 100 percent. That came from offensive coaches, defensive coaches, offensive teammates and defensive teammates. Whether it was Colby Wooden going to him after a field goal drive to give him a fist bump or DL Coach Nick Eason patting him on the head, those inside the locker room showed that Nix is a guy they believe in. Those guys know a whole lot more about the team and what makes things go and also a whole lot more about what happens on plays that fans and "experts" can't see or don't know. I saw a team that was unified and in the end that may have been my biggest takeaway from my trip to Baton Rouge. Giving The Rabbit His Due It has been apparent since late in the 2019 season that ZaKoby McClain had a chance to be a special player, but over the course of the last two years the Valdosta, Georgia native has continued to prove that over and over again. He has done it so much that I’m beginning to believe he belongs among the best linebackers to ever play for the Tigers. He’s not the biggest, but he may be one of the fastest and most instinctive linebackers to ever suit up at Auburn. His importance has never been more apparent than it was against Georgia State when the defense looked completely different with him on the field in the second half. Crossing over the 200 tackle mark following his 11 stops against LSU, McClain is one of the huge keys for Auburn this week against a Georgia team that is going to challenge the run defense for the Tigers more than any team they’ll face in 2021. If Auburn has a big day on defense you can bet No. 9 will be at the center of things. Auburn Fans Show Up It was interesting to see LSU have more problems with noise than Auburn did on Saturday night in Tiger Stadium. Auburn never had any issues on offense with LSU’s crowd and never seemed to be bothered by the atmosphere at all. On the flip side, LSU really struggled late in the game when Auburn’s fans got fired up and going despite being spread out throughout the stadium. Props to the Auburn Marching Band for the job it did making it feel like Jordan-Hare Stadium on Saturday night. They dominated LSU’s band in terms of noise and impact on the game and it was felt on the field. Auburn’s players realized that too with many of them running straight to that section when the game was over to give them some love. Separation Saturday Part 2 7COMMENTS Last week it was Arkansas-Georgia, Ole Miss-Alabama, Florida-Kentucky and Mississippi State-Texas A&M in addition to the Auburn-LSU game. This week it’s another opportunity for some huge impact games in the Southeastern Conference with Arkansas at Ole Miss getting things started at 11 a.m. Two teams that were riding high just two days ago, now one will have two conference losses in two weeks with still plenty of schedule left. LSU plays at Kentucky already with two losses while a Kentucky win probably cements them with at least nine wins this season. Alabama goes to Texas A&M in a game that looked big before the year and even two weeks ago. Now it’s an Aggie team that still has to face Auburn at home with both Ole Miss and LSU on the road. As for Auburn-Georgia, this is a second-straight week for a statement for Bryan Harsin’s team, but it may be the biggest challenge of the season with the way Georgia is playing at the moment. It’s not November, but it doesn’t keep this game from being a big one for both teams. Going to be a fun week! ">247Sports

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Statistics, scoring plays and notes from Auburn's victory over LSU ByPhillip Marshall 4-5 minutes Highlights: No. 22 Auburn at LSU BATON ROUGE, Louisiana – Individual and team statistics, scoring plays, drive details and notes from Auburn’s 24-19 victory over LSU at Tiger Stadium. KEY STATISTICS TEAM First downs: Auburn 23, LSU 19 Rushing yards: Auburn 29-163, LSU 25-33 Passing yards: Auburn 290, LSU 325 Passes: Auburn 24-48-0, LSU 26-46-1 Total offense: Auburn 77-453, LSU 71-358 Fumbles-lost: Auburn 0-0, LSU 0-0 Penalties: 5-45, 6-50 Sacks: Auburn 3-19, LSU 0-0 Third-down conversions: Auburn 7-16, LSU 6-27 Punts: Auburn 3-39.7, LSU 4-40.8 Punt returns: Auburn 0-0, LSU 0-0 Time of possession: Auburn 28:46, LSU 31:14 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS AUBURN Rushing: Bo Nix 12-74, 1 touchdown; Jarquez Hunter 6-65, 1 touchdown; Tank Bigsby 9-27, 0 touchdowns. Passing: Bo Nix 23-44, 255 yards, 1 touchdown, 0 interceptions; T.J. Finley 1-4, 35 yards, 0 touchdowns, 0 interceptions. Receiving: John Samuel Shenker 5-102, 0 touchdowns; Demetris Robertson 6-60, 0 touchdowns; Tyler Fromm 3-40, 1 touchdown; Shaun Shivers 5-38, 0 touchdowns; Kobe Hudson 1-20, 0 touchdowns; Jarquez Hunter 1-10, 0 touchdowns; Shedrick Jackson 1-7, 0 touchdowns; Ze’Vian Capers 1-7, 0 touchdowns; Tank Bigsby 1-6, 0 touchdowns. Defense: Zakoby McClain 12 tackles; Derick Hall 8 tackles, 1.5 TFL, 1.5 sacks; Colby Wooden 7 tackles, 0.5 TFL, 0.5 sacks; Zion Puckett 6 tackles; Nehemiah Pritchett 5 tackles; Bydarrius Knighten 5 tackles, 1 interception; Roger McCreary 4 tackles; Jaylin Simpson 4 tackles; Smoke Monday 3 tackles; Chandler Wooten 3 tackles; Romello Height 2 tackles; Ladarius Tennison 1 tackle; Eku Leota 1 tackle, 1 TFL, 1 sack. LSU Rushing: Corey Kiner 5-22, 0 touchdowns; Tyrion Davis-Price 5-18, 0 touchdowns; Max Johnson 10-10, 0 touchdowns; Armoni Goodwin 2-4, 0 touchdowns; Josh Williams 1-2, 0 touchdowns. Passing: Max Johnson 26-46, 325 yards, 1 touchdown. Receiving: Kayshon Boutte 6-127, 1 TD; Jack Bach 7-84, -0 TD; Brian Thomas 5-32, 0 touchdowns; Malik Nabers 2- 30, Jarray Jenkins 2-20, 0 touchdowns; Deion Smith 1-10, 0 touchdowns; Tyrion Davis-Price 1-9, 0 touchdowns; Trey Palmer 1-7, 0 touchdowns; Corey Kiner 1 -6, 0 touchdowns. Defense: Damone Clark 13 tackles, 1 TFL; Jay Ward 11 tackles; Cordale Flott 6 tackles; Dwight McGlothern 5 tackles; 1 TFL; Ali Gaye 4 tackles; Micah Baskerville 2 tackles; Soni Fonua 2 tackles; Eli Ricks 2 tackles; Darren Evans 2 tackles; Major Burns 2 tackles. HOW THEY SCORED FIRST QUARTER 6:33: Boutte 31-yard pass from Johnson (York kick), 91 yards, 8 plays, 5:25. LSU 7, Auburn 0. SECOND QUARTER 13:35: York 33-yard field goal, 52 yards, 10 plays, 10:37. LSU 10, Auburn 0. 8:39: York 26-yard field goal, 51 yards, 8 plays, 3:25. LSU 13, Auburn 0. 4:53: Fromm 24-yard pass from Nix (Carlson kick), 10 plays, 75 yards, 3:05. 0:014: Carlson 49-yard field goal, 13 plays, 62 yards, 6:05. LSU 13, Auburn 10. THIRD QUARTER 11:00: York 22-yard field goal, 12 plays, 40 yards. LSU 16, Auburn 10. 3:26: York 51-yard field goal, 11 plays, 29 yards, 5:42. LSU 19, Auburn 10. FOURTH QUARTER 14:16: Nix 5-yard run (Carlson kick), 9 plays, 75 yards, 4:10. LSU 19, Auburn 17. 3:11: Hunter 1-yard run (Carlson kick), 11 plays, 92 yards, 3:55. Auburn 24, LSU 19. NOTEWORTHY John Samuel Shenker became the first Auburn tight end to break 100 receiving yards since Andy Fuller had 115 yards on seven catches at Florida in 1994. Shenker had five catches for 102 yards. *** LSU coach Ed Orgeron on not trying to run the ball more in the red zone: “Every time we tried, we got stuffed.”

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What Bryan Harsin said after Auburn snapped losing streak against LSU in Death Valley By Tom Green | tgreen@al.com 11-14 minutes Bryan Harsin’s first SEC win, in his first league game no less, produced another thrilling finish for Auburn. Bo Nix led an 11-play, 92-yard scoring drive in the final minutes as No. 23 Auburn defeated LSU, 24-19, on Saturday night in Baton Rouge, La. It snapped a 10-game losing streak for Auburn in Death Valley, giving the program its first win there since 1999. After the game, Harsin met with the media via Zoom to discuss his team’s effort. Here’s what he had to say. BRYAN HARSIN, Auburn coach Opening statement… “Hey, great win. I told our guys: ‘Proud of them for what they did tonight and really everything leading up to it.’ Preparing themselves for this game to come on the road and play against a really good LSU team. “There’s obviously a lot of history with this game and being here. But the most important thing tonight was what we had to do with this team in order to be successful and find a way to win and those guys did that and we finished, which I’m proud of our team for that. I thought guys stepped up and made some really great plays tonight. That needs to happen in big games like this. LSU’s a good football team, that was a tremendous environment tonight and our guys were able to handle that and focus in and I thought they did a really good job of that. Coaches made adjustments. There was a lot of things that happened in this game that we had to overcome. “But ultimately, tonight was about this football team. Certainly, about the fans and the people that have been a part of this program for a long time. We’re very happy for them. That was something that our guys are very proud of — they were able to accomplish that. And, I felt it in the locker room, just something that is really important that we have to have on this team is that comradery and that belief in each other and guys supporting their teammates when they’re on the field. And then going out there like I said — we made some plays tonight, LSU made plays and it was just a back and forth, it was a tight ball game. But at the end of it, we were able to finish. “From my standpoint, everybody did really good work leading into this game and a lot of that stuff showed up. So, we’ve got to continue that. That’s got to be the mentality that we take moving forward. Tonight though, we’re going to enjoy this. We’re going to get on the plane and get home, it’s going to be late and then we’ve got to turn around and get right back to work, but we’re going to enjoy the LSU win and we’re going to enjoy the things we did this week to come in here and find a way to win this ball game. On aggressive play-calling and Bo Nix… “Well, first I’ll start with Bo. I think Bo did a great job this week coming off the last game and getting himself prepared for playing LSU and going back on the road. I thought T.J. did a great job this week as well. That was pre-planned to have T.J. come in there on that third drive. He had earned that opportunity through the week of practice. But again, I’ve said this, a lot goes into the attention of the quarterback position. More importantly our team, our defense, our special teams. Things that we did on the offensive side: Tight ends, wide receivers, tailbacks, o-line. Everybody doing their job, that was what I wanted to see and what we all wanted to see from each other in this game. It really came down to just a simple do your job phrase that we said before and making sure that we play one play at a time and focus on that. Take care of what you have to do, make sure that you have the substitutions correct. But still plenty of things that we’re going to have to continue to keep working on. “The first part of your question, what was the first part? On aggressive play-calling, including onside kick attempt after halftime… “Yeah that was, golly, it was there. It was there. Their kid made a good play. We were there, we were there to make that play. That’s something that we had prepared and done a really good job in practice. That’s why we felt confident about it. Our guys had shown that in practice and they had done it at a very high level. I thought they did a good job of seeing it a little bit late, but at the same time, that’s a play that we can make and we know that. At the same time, it put our defense in a difficult situation and we had talked about that coming out of half and the defense stepped up. I think we gave up three points on that drive, which was a difference. That was a huge opportunity for the defense to really step up and they did that. “As far as the fourth downs, we needed to do that, we needed to be aggressive. When you’re on the road and playing a really good team, you’ve got to find ways to make plays and continue drives and, you know honestly, those plays, it really came down to Bo. Bo scrambled and guys got open and were able to finish. That’s not so much the play call itself. I think the idea behind it is good, but at the end of the day, players made plays and that’s the bottom line. “If we can continue to be aggressive at times and our guys can make those plays then that’s a key to our success, and it was tonight. I don’t know if that’s something in the future but that’s was certainly something tonight in this gameplan that we felt like we needed to do to win. On defense holding LSU to four field goals after the opening touchdown… “Well, exactly what you just said, a response. It’s hard. You’re playing against a quarterback that we all think is a tremendous player. You’re playing at their place against a really good LSU team as far as just physical and they’ve got good athletes and they’ve got good schemes. So our defense being able to make adjustments. They did things too, in the game. We prepare a certain way and then they have their adjustments that they make every week. So you’ve got to be able to see, ‘Alright, what is their gameplan?’ That’s always the hardest thing for a defense because offenses are going to gameplan and have different things that they’re going to try to do to attack you. So every single week, you think you know and then you’ve got to get into the game and just dissect what’s happening. “I thought the defensive staff, the defensive players all did a really good job in the sideline making those adjustment. Making adjustments at halftime that we needed to make to come out there and continue playing that way. LSU throws the ball quite a bit and they were hitting some guys. They had a wheel route there towards the end. He bobbled it a little bit so that helped put them in a fourth-down situation. But they were able to make some plays too. We were in the right position. I thought we did a good job in coverage. I thought we did some things on the defensive side that gave us an advantage. We can capitalize on some of those opportunities from the calls and from the adjustments that we made. There were chances. There was that tipped ball. You really want to have that. That was huge. Their quarterback really did a good job of getting in the mix and knocking it down. That was a smart play by him. It was just overall, really, there were things that our defense did tonight as far as communication and adjustment that I was really happy to see, and they were able to execute them. On Bo Nix using his legs more and that being part of the gameplan… “It was part of the gameplan tonight. Bo is a weapon with his legs. He’s able to make guys miss. He can run and I think that’s good for him. That’s part of his game that makes him the type of player that he is. So I thought the offensive staff had a good plan for him to utilize him in the run game and to utilize some movement. But also for him to stand back there and really be a good thrower. He showed that. He set his feet, did a good job. That’s what I appreciate about any player — things you need to work on. That’s what you go back and watch film on. That’s why you evaluate yourself. That’s why you sit there on Sundays and you assess, ‘OK, where am I at? What am I doing? What are we doing?’ “Every player’s got to really look at themselves and say, ‘Here’s the things that I know I really have to work on. Here’s the things that the coaches think that we need to do a better job of.’ And then you go out there and do exactly that. You work on it throughout the week. Those are things that we had in the gameplan. Those are plays in practice that we made and that’s why we had confidence tonight going into the game because we could see that intentional work that or guys were doing, Bo in particular, to have the type of game he had tonight and be able to call those plays and make the plays that he did. “This goes back to you don’t just make it up on Saturday night. You work really, really hard. You spend a tremendous amount of time to go out there and be able to do those things. And then you’ve got a defense that’s trying to stop you from doing it. There were things in there, you saw the same game I saw, he made plays. Things broke down and he was able to make things happen. Our line gave him some time. We didn’t have an extra defender where he could make someone miss because he will do that in space. And then guys got open and when they did, they went up, they made the catch. Still an area that we’re improving on but we made the plays that we needed to make in this game to win the game. On struggles running the ball until the final drive… “Awesome. Sometimes in a game, sometimes you got to throw. Sometimes you’re throwing the ball. Sometimes you’re utilizing that part of the game, and at some point the run game is going to be there. It never goes away, at least not for us. It never goes away. We’ll have our moment where we’ll get a chance to run the ball, and Jarquez—Jarquez is a true freshman out there playing really well. And know this: He’s learning every single game, but he’s into it. I thought Shaun Shivers tonight made some plays for us—third downs, getting himself open and just utilizing his ability and speed. Shaun is very reliable, and we’re getting him back into the mix. You know, Tank ran hard. So, all three of those guys are able to make plays. It was good to see Jarquez come in there and be able to punch it in. “But to put that drive together too—I don’t know how many plays it was to finish that drive and score, but we put a string of plays together and we executed. That’s exactly what we’re looking for every time we step on the field on offense. Just execution, making the plays we know we’re able to make. There’s going to be off-schedule plays that we’re able to go out there and create, like we did tonight, but the run game’s always there. Sometimes it doesn’t go like you anticipate it early on, because LSU’s damn good. They got dudes up front, and they’re trying to stop the run, and I’m sure that’s what they say in their defensive meetings: Stop the run. So, they did that, but we were able to get the run game going when we needed it most. There was one run we hit on the left side, and if you look at it, we set an edge. The tight ends did a great job, tackles are pulling, Troxell’s pulling. We got guys around at front. Like, you don’t make those runs if guys aren’t doing their job in front of you and fitting up guys and landing blocks, and that’s exactly what we did. So, without watching the play exactly, I know those guys went out there and were able to do their job in that moment and execute at a high level to create that type of play that we needed. That’s exactly what we have to continue to keep doing, just working on those things so that we can make those in games.” Tom Green is an Auburn beat reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Tomas_Verde.

Auburn Football Inside Bo Nix’s Houdini-like 4th-down touchdown against LSU Updated: Oct. 03, 2021, 10:57 a.m. | Published: Oct. 03, 2021, 10:57 a.m. Bo Nix's insane scramble and touchdown pass at LSU 1,106 shares By Tom Green | tgreen@al.com Bo Nix didn’t see the end result. He only saw the hair flowing out from under the back of Tyler Fromm’s helmet. The rest was just a blur. Followed by a roar from the south end zone stands. It will be remembered as perhaps the signature play of Nix’s career, and it will go down as one of the most unforgettable — and truly surreal — moments in the already-bizarre lore of the Auburn-LSU rivalry. On fourth-and-2 from the LSU 24-yard line, and with Auburn trailing 13-0 late in the first half, Nix turned into a hybrid backyard gunslinger and Houdini-esque escape artist. He rolled to his right, then scrambled back to his left. He slipped a would-be tackle on the sideline, sidestepped another and planted his feet as he found Fromm streaking into the end zone for one of the most unlikely scores imaginable. It was the catalyst of Auburn’s 24-19 comeback win on the bayou, as the team ended two decades of misery in Death Valley late Saturday night. “To be honest, we didn’t draw it up like that at all,” Fromm said. The play-call for Auburn was one of the more aggressive decisions of the night from Harsin and offensive coordinator Mike Bobo. After kicking a field goal in a similar situation on the road against Penn State two weeks earlier, Auburn decided to roll the dice in a venue that has, traditionally over the last 20 years, been a house of horrors for the program. "The curse is finally broken": Auburn rejoices after ending 10-game losing streak at LSU Auburn earned its first win in Baton Rouge, La., since 1999 with a 24-19 victory over LSU on Saturday night. The call was a run-in screen to the right side of the field for Fromm, who was blanketed by an LSU defender. The throw wasn’t there, though, and Nix stopped on a dime and ran back to the left side of the field as he escaped a shoestring tackle. He saw running back Jarquez Hunter, who was in the flat, take off on a route downfield to try to create something. At the same time, LSU’s defense was closing in on the junior quarterback, who kept his eyes up throughout the play. He eluded a tackle on the sideline from an LSU defender, then side-stepped another one. As three LSU players barreled down on Nix, he planted his feet and fired a shot toward the end zone. That’s where Fromm was streaking downfield, wide open for the score after breaking off his route in the scrambling effort. “Fourth down, anything can happen,” Nix said. “…I saw Tyler Fromm running in the back, I mean, crazy. I’ll never forget the vision I had. I just saw the hair coming out of the back of his helmet, just flopping, running wide-open. I got lucky and threw it; I got the ball out of my hands just fast enough, and he ran under it. I didn’t even seen the ending, so I’ll have to watch that one on video.” The catch by Fromm was the first touchdown of his career, as he finished with three receptions for 40 yards. He did not have a reception for his career entering the game, and now he owns one of the biggest in recent program history. “It’s just one of those where it kind of got busted,” Fromm said. “I saw him roll out the other way, so I just figured, heck, might as well just start running. And golly, what an effort by him, though. I turned around and I saw him spinning around like three times, and I was just like, ‘There’s no way he’s going to come out of this.’ And sure enough, he comes out of it. And that’s just when the ball was coming my way.” Grading Auburn's 24-19 win against LSU Handing out position-by-position grades for Auburn's thrilling win in Baton Rouge, La. It was a situation Fromm never could have imagined, and not just because of the circus-like nature of the play, which checked in at No. 2 on SportsCenter’s top-10 plays of the day. After appearing in just one game through his first two years of college, Fromm has seen his role grow as a tight end in Auburn’s new offense. He has been on the field far more often through the first five games, and now he’s becoming more involved in the passing game. Still, he never expected his first career touchdown to come like this—in that situation and on the road against LSU as Auburn squashed its 10-game skid on the bayou. “Honestly, at this point, I don’t even remember me catching it,” Fromm said. “I don’t remember me celebrating it. It was just a high that I can’t explain.” The play was almost déjà vu for Auburn, and for coach Bryan Harsin. A week after backup quarterback T.J. Finley eluded a pass-rush and found Shedrick Jackson for the go-ahead touchdown on fourth down late against Georgia State, he watched from the sideline as Nix delivered his own brand of fourth-down magic. Bo Nix quiets the noise, takes command for Auburn in win at LSU A week after being benched, Bo Nix responded in a big way for Auburn. “You’re watching as the play unfolds, and you know that something had broken down,” Harsin said. “Now you’re at the point where there’s some rules that we put in when those thing happen, but it really comes down to guys have an understanding that, when that does (happen), we’re going to try to be in a certain area. But he’s got to still be able to shake all those defenders and give himself an opportunity to make a throw.” Like Finley did a week earlier, Nix did that — though he turned up the difficulty settings considerably. It was the quintessential Nix play, highlighting his escapability and tendency to freelance when things break down — something he did on the following drive in another fourth-and-2 situation, and several other times throughout the night, as LSU struggled to wrap him up in the backfield. Nix finished the night 23-of-44 passing for 255 yards and a touchdown, running for another 74 yards and a score while guiding Auburn to a momentous win. “Bo made some things really happen, and that was a difference in the game — just his ability to extend plays, to keep his eyes downfield,” Harsin said. “I’ll just say this: From a quarterback standpoint, that is hard to do when people are bearing down on you. It’s natural to go put your eyes right on what’s right in front of you, but to be able to elude and move and elude and make things happen and keeping your eyes downfield to look to your players that are getting open, and then execute a throw while you’re going through all that, that’s one of the most difficult things to do. Those guys were able to make it. “I think it goes back to the kind of competitors we have on this team and what kind of competitor Bo is. You respond, and you put your team in the best position because you can make plays, and you can extend opportunities like that, and you give your guys a chance to go out and do what we did in this game tonight.” Tom Green is an Auburn beat reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Tomas_Verde.

i am throwing my hat in the room and if it comes right back out i am going to facebook. but man what a glorious game! we killed the curse! i sure enjoyed the game. i wonder if ed had anything to say to bird about his clothing? anyway we got the butt sniffers next. they are loaded for bear and it looks grim but i will still support the team as hard as i can. hope folks have a great day!