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LSU vs. Auburn College Football Odds, Plays and Insights Data Skrive 2 hours ago Sep 25, 2021; Starkville, Mississippi, USA; LSU Tigers quarterback Max Johnson (14) makes a pass against the Mississippi State Bulldogs during the fourth quarter at Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field. Mandatory Credit: Matt Bush-USA TODAY Sports The No. 22 Auburn Tigers (3-1, 0-0 SEC) are 3.5-point underdogs in a road SEC matchup with the LSU Tigers (3-1, 0-0 SEC) on Saturday, October 2, 2021 at Tiger Stadium. The total has been set at 54.5 points for this game. For more great betting and fantasy insight, join the SI Winners Club Newsletter. Odds for LSU vs. Auburn Odds courtesy of SI Sportsbook. LSU vs Auburn Betting Information Favorite Spread Total LSU -3.5 54.5 Over/Under Insights LSU and its opponents have scored at least 54.5 points -- this matchup's over/under -- just two times this year. Auburn's games have gone over 54.5 points in three of four chances this season. The combined points per game average of the two teams, 78.5, is 24.0 points more than Saturday's over/under. The 38.3 combined points per game that these two squads have allowed this season are 16.2 fewer than the 54.5 over/under in this contest. LSU Tigers games this season feature an average total of 62.8 points, a number 8.3 points higher than Saturday's over/under. The 54.5-point over/under for this game is 1.6 points below the 56.1 points per game average total in Auburn Tigers games this season. LSU Stats and Trends LSU has covered the spread on two occasions this season. This season, the LSU Tigers have just one ATS win in three games as a favorite of 3.5 points or more. LSU's games this year have hit the over on one of four set point totals (25%). The LSU Tigers put up 34.5 points per game, 19.0 more than the Auburn Tigers give up per outing (15.5). LSU is 2-2 against the spread and 3-1 overall in games when it puts up more than 15.5 points. The LSU Tigers collect 92.0 more yards per game (378.0) than the Auburn Tigers give up per contest (286.0). LSU is 2-2 against the spread and 3-1 overall when the team piles up over 286.0 yards. The LSU Tigers have turned the ball over three times this season, one fewer than the Auburn Tigers have forced (4). Find the latest spread and moneyline odds for LSU at SISportsbook. Auburn Stats and Trends Auburn has two wins against the spread in four games this year. The Auburn Tigers have been underdogs by 3.5 points or more one time this year and have not covered the spread once. Auburn has hit the over in 75% of its opportunities this year (three times over four games with a set point total). This season the Auburn Tigers rack up 21.2 more points per game (44.0) than the LSU Tigers surrender (22.8). When Auburn puts up more than 22.8 points, it is 2-1 against the spread and 3-0 overall. The Auburn Tigers collect 484.3 yards per game, 138.8 more yards than the 345.5 the LSU Tigers allow. In games that Auburn churns out over 345.5 yards, the team is 2-2 against the spread and 3-1 overall. The Auburn Tigers have three giveaways this season, while the LSU Tigers have six takeaways . Head to SISportsbook to find the latest moneyline, spread and over/under odds for this matchup. Season Stats LSU Stats Auburn 34.5 Avg. Points Scored 44.0 22.8 Avg. Points Allowed 15.5 378.0 Avg. Total Yards 484.3 345.5 Avg. Total Yards Allowed 286.0 3 Giveaways 3 6 Takeaways 4 By Data Skrive

It's time for Bryan Harsin's first taste of the SEC. Auburn (3-1) will head to Baton Rouge for its conference opener against LSU (3-1, 1-0 SEC) attempting to win its first game in Tiger Stadium since 1999. LSU has won three straight, including a 28-25, SEC-opening win at Mississippi State over the weekend, since a disappointing loss at UCLA in Week 1. Ed Orgeron's team may be facing its old quarterback, T.J. Finley, as Harsin and company will work this week to decide Auburn's starting QB for Saturday, after Bo Nix was benched for Finley late in the third quarter in the win over Georgia State. Auburn went 3-1 in its nonconference slate, with its only loss coming at now-No. 4 Penn State. Special thanks to the staff at our LSU site, Geaux247, for supplying a transcript of Orgeron's weekly press conference Monday. Here's what LSU's head coach had to say about Auburn, the matchup Saturday night (8 p.m. CST, ESPN) and welcoming Finley back to his home state. "Onto Auburn, what a great night Saturday night. Can't wait, 8 o'clock Tiger Stadium. We've had some battles with Auburn. It's always a great game and it's going to be another great game. On offense, West Coast style. It's 21 personnel, 11 personnel, 12 personnel. Going to see two backs in the backfield, we haven't seen that in a while. Play two tight ends on the line of scrimmage so good ol' fashioned football. I don't blame them. They have two great running backs. "Tank Bigsby and Jarquez Hunter. We recruited Tank, he runs low. He breaks tackles. Jarquez Hunter is a freshman running back averaging 10.6 yards per carry. Both quarterbacks are very capable. Bo Nix, who we know about, and TJ that came in there and what a tremendous job he did to win the game. Made some tremendous plays. As we know, TJ is a great young man, great young quarterback. He looks like he's having a lot of success there and we're happy for him. "On defense, Auburn always has a great defensive line. They're a 4-2-5. They have seven starters returning, only giving 15 points per game, only 99 rushing per game, which is excellent, especially the teams that they've played. Roger McCreary is an experienced cornerback. T.D. Moultry is an experienced defensive end. Leads the team in sacks with 3 and Leota at defensive end, 95. They have big defensive tackles that can move. Very, very experienced defense, a tough defense to run the ball against and a lot of speed. A lot of speed on special teams. Very explosive." "We've got to stick together. Obviously, block out the noise. We can't listen to all that. The people that control our destiny are the people in that room. We know we had to look at what we had to get fixed. "First of all, I had to look at myself and we had to dig in. This is what we're doing well, this is what we're not doing well. We have a saying around here, 'We attack problems, not people.' Let's get to the problems, get to the solution and fix it and chip away one game at a time and a take another step. Look at the schedule one game at a time and take another step. Here's our next step this week, we've got to follow the same approach." "Not yet. We haven't heard anything yet. He's going to see a doctor this week. He has not seen the doctor so it's still the same right now." "First of all, T.J. came and talked to me like a man in my office. He didn't want to leave, he was crying. LSU meant a lot to him and I knew that, but it was a decision that was made that was best for him and so he left. He looks like he's doing well so we wish him the best, not obviously against us, but hey, T.J.'s always going to be a part of our family. He's from Ponchatoula, he's got a great family, so hey, after the game we're going to shake hands. ... We wish him the very best and I hope he does very well and we're going to shake his hand after the game." "I watched a play with Tank this morning against Penn State, it seemed like he broke about six tackles coming downhill. He runs very low. I'm a big fan of Tank. I tried to recruit Tank here, love him, he came on a visit, great young man. I know his family. I think he's an excellent running back. He runs with low pad level, he runs north and south. We're going to have to tackle. We have to get lower than him. We have to gang tackle him. He poses a problem. He's a really good running back and a really good young man." "I don't think so. Not at all. I think that you have to run the football. There are some things we can do to help our offense, but I think we need to find a way to run the football. We have some great backs. We need to find something in the run game that can give us some relief that we're not always throwing the football." "They're running the ball downhill, they're running the ball inside and they're coming at you. They're breaking tackles. They're trying to knock people off the ball. Their defensive line is playing low, playing with great technique. They're only giving up 99 yards per game. That shows some toughness. We all know Auburn has good athletes, a lot of speed, always have great linemen and great running backs. They got them." "Just have to have a plan. Have to see what Bo does well and what T.J. does well. I don't think the run game is going to change with either of them. I don't think the pass protection is going to change. They may move one quarterback a little bit more than the other, but I think it's more of a throwing style. Obviously, we know very well how TJ throws the ball, which is excellent. He has a cannon for an arm. We know Bo's throwing style so I think it's more or less what type of passing game they're going to have with both of those guys. I think that's the biggest difference." ">247Sports

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it was stated when harsin and company got here that our kids had no fundamentals. most of the board even says our oline| is not that good so what makes you think they can do any better in a different blocking scheme? same way when run blocking versus pass blocking. they struggle to pass bock altho they do get some run blocking. harsoi cannot perform miracles his first year. hell gus left us what seven or eight tight ends? i get your frustration but you have to give the man time. he deserves two or three years just like we give everyone else to get his program running. i want to win but now but it is what it is. the man is a winner so give him a chance.

most people that strive to be the best have huge ego's and frankly you have to in this day and time because people will eat your lunch. the same with musicians. you have a bad night you have to have the stones to get back out there and do it again. i think bo thinks he has enough tools to win and he wants a chance to get back out there and prove it again. bo needed to sit. maybe he improves. if harsin is one of those that will not let a player lose a starting job if they get hurt then bo will be qb saturday. and this is the reason i think bo will start. me? tj deserves a chance to start.

i wonder how much of that talent arkie has are chads guys grown up? i think it is too early to freak out. harsin was left with some talent and very little in others. you cannot blame a first year coach for the oline tanking. he had to run some off which is normal that does not see eye to eye with the way he wants to do things. everyone says our dline is too small. i just do not think you change how a line reforms in one year. the oline is better than they were so there is some coaching being done. i feel bad for corn but we do not know if he was told to straighten them out or lose his job ahead of him being fired. so mr quiet i went a hell of a long way around the block to say i agree................lol

we knocking potatoes now red? by gawd i will not stand for it.where is the nearest sonic where you live? and how big a boy are you? grins

Auburn fires first-year WR coach Cornelius Williams By AuburnUndercover.com Staff7 hrs 247 Highlights: Georgia State at No. 23 Auburn AUBURN, Alabama--Auburn has fired first-year wide receivers coach Cornelius Williams four games into the 2021 football season, sources close to the situation confirmed to Auburn Undercover and Inside the Auburn Tigers on Sunday afternoon. Williams, who was previously the receivers coach at Troy, was hired by Bryan Harsin in January with a contract worth $600,000 over two years. According to a copy of the contract provided to Auburn Undercover via a records request in March, Williams is owed a buyout of the remainder of his deal, though the total amount will be mitigated if Williams takes another college coaching job. Offensive analyst Eric Kiesau, who was hired by Harsin in the offseason after serving as his offensive coordinator at Boise State from 2019-20, will take over as receivers' coach, according to informed sources. Auburn's wide receivers have been inconsistent at best over the past two weeks as they try to transition to a new offensive system and more expected of them at the position. The Tigers are having to replace all three starters from a season ago and did not have a single returning receiver with double digit career receptions heading into the season. With drops and miscommunications a big issue in Auburn's passing game, the Tigers scored only one offensive touchdown in a 34-24 win over Georgia State over the weekend. As a coach on multiple teams that put up strong offensive numbers, Williams made the move to Auburn from his alma mater, Troy University, where he coached wide receivers the past six seasons. Last year his group finished with receiving games of 100 or more yards 11 times, breaking the previous school record of seven. His 2020 receivers helped the Trojans tie the school record for 500-yard offensive performances with six while scoring at least 35 points in eight games, the fourth highest total in Sun Belt Conference history. He was part of four conference championship teams at Troy. Williams also coached wide receivers on teams at Murray State, Jacksonville State and UAB that put up impressive offensive numbers with the receivers a big part of the equation. When making the hire, Harsin said, "Cornelius is a great fit for the staff we are assembling. He is a strong teacher of the game on the field and has been developing recruiting ties in Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi during his time at Troy. As a Birmingham native, and his state of Alabama roots, he understands what Auburn football is all about and the type of player and high character individuals we want bring in and develop. I’m excited to see his energy and passion for the game guide our wide receiver." As a coach at Troy his receivers earned All-Sun Belt honors 14 times. He played on four state championship teams at Hoover High School where he set single-season records for receptions (77) and receiving yardage (1,300). He earned All-State honors as a senior. In his first season as a coach at South Alabama that team finished 10-0. Williams was a four-year letterman at Troy from 2006-09 and helped lead the Trojans to three bowls and a 26-3 Sun Belt record. He finished his collegiate career with 63 receptions for 764 yards and seven touchdowns. At Jacksonville State he helped the Gamecocks reach the FCS quarter-finals with one of his players, Josh Badge, earning Freshman All-America honors. In his one season at Murray State the team led the Ohio Valley Conference in scoring and receiving yards. At UAB a receiver he coached, J.J. Nelson, was a fifth round draft pick by Arizona. In 2018 Damion Willis produced 213 receiving yards vs. Louisiana, the second highest total in Troy history. He coached Deondre Douglas, who earned All-Sun Belt honors three times. Another receiver he coached, Emanuel Thompson, led he Sun Belt in receptions in 2016 with 80. 247COMMENTS Cornelius Williams Coaching Background: 2010 graduate assistant, South Alabama; 2011, wide receivers coach, Murray State; 2012, wide receivers coach, North Alabama; 2013, wide receivers coach, Jacksonville State; 2014, wide receivers coach, UAB; 2015-18, wide receivers coach, Troy; 2019-20, passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach, Troy Auburn Undercover is updating this story. Check back soon for additional information.

angry? not me. just tired of your bull. but hey keep on lying about stuff and discredit yourself more. i am feeling fine and i have no reason to lie about squat. but keep trying winky. most people do not or will not go toe to toe with you. the reasons you think that is laughable.

now you are just lying about bo and about being hurt. see? neither of those is true you just pulled that out of your azz. so now we know you are a liar as well as a douche. nice look winky.

i am not hurt winky. i just see through you and a smart guy like you should understand that. now you just deflect. and i do not take up for you because you bring most of it on yourself. and saying you do not know what i am talking about is a lie. ok i am going to binge yellowstone. and by the way you never finished your tj stuff with me.

i stand by what i said. you can act dumb all you want but i know better. your problem is you think folks on here are stupid. they are not. they just do not want to argue with you. i on the other hand will do this all day. be honest with yourself. remember the person braggin on you and he gave you a wink and you cleaned his clock?what do you call that winky boy? the man stood with you and you dissed him. that is the kind of crap you do on the regular. in fact when i see you pop up i think there is ol winky boy. it does not feel good getting called out like you do with folks does it?

i am tired of you making people look like jerks who come on here to have fun. it runs people off. and if you keep the look how smart i am crap you turn people off. other people bragging about you is gold. you bragging about yourself is old. if you are good you do not have to tell people you are. and you cannot wait until someone says something you can jump on. get me? wink wink

and again you would be wrong. you start most of the crap and i see it every single day or very close. but keep on living in that dream world.

you hunt down people you think you can belittle and it is a bad look. your look at me i am so much smarter is a drag. especially when you treat others bad in your snarky little comments. and trust me i do not have to tell the mods sh*t. they pay close attention to you. you have had to back up twice that i know of on here because you keep wanting to pick fights. you are not there yet but you have gotten a little better. and for the record i saw through your tj post to me which by the way you never finished because i did not give you the answer you wanted. you think you are the football whisperer but i think you are a jackass.

so tell me why we are sad?

bo is a five star athlete and a three star qb and until he improves nothing will change my mind. teams have him figured out and it was beginning to hurt our running game.

welcome to the board where often what you say will be over analyzed.

yes i thought it might be clickbait. it worked with me lol............

Bryan Harsin goes on rant after being asked about 'game plan' for TJ Finley/Bo Nix decision Sydney Hunte | 12 hours ago It’s safe to say that Auburn head coach Bryan Harsin will be asked repeatedly this week about whether he’ll start Bo Nix or T.J. Finley at quarterback against LSU on Oct. 2. Nix obviously has experience on his side, but Finley likely has the backing of the fans after his last-minute touchdown drive to help the Tigers hold off upset-minded Georgia State. Plus, he’s familiar with LSU’s tendencies after having played there a season ago. Unsurprisingly, Harsin isn’t about to reveal when he’ll make a decision leading up to the LSU game, much less who it will be. “I don’t have a game plan like that,” he replied when asked by a reporter after the game about a timeline for a decision. “That’s not how it works…and I don’t have to tell anybody what the ‘game plan’ is … [At] the quarterback position, you get yourself ready like everybody else. Bottom line. “I know everybody wants to make a big thing out of that, but that becomes the storyline. The storyline is ‘Get better…every single day moving forward. You’re playing chess, not checkers. Prepare yourself. Have yourself ready. Coaches, get better. Everybody improve every single day. Be 1-0 every day, and then get yourself ready throughout the week so you can go cut it loose on Saturday and play really good football.’ That is the message. Period. “And I’m not getting into all the other stuff, so that’s what they’re going to hear from me, and that’s what I’ll tell you.”

Just before 9 a.m. Tuesday, Bill Belichick was asked to characterize the training camp and preseason play of quarterback Cam Newton. “Definitely moving in the right direction,” Belichick said. A little more than an hour later, Newton was cut from the New England Patriots, immediately elevating first-round draft pick Mac Jones into a Day 1 starter in Foxborough. The right direction turned out to be off the team. Belichick isn't messing around. He never is, of course. There is never a hesitation when it comes to decisions that need to be made. No heart strings. No emotions. No tipping of his hand. “This is professional football,” he likes to say. Everything, as he often repeats, comes down to doing “what’s best for the team.” In that case, it was going with Jones, who outplayed Newton from the first day of camp through the third preseason game. Not just in totality, but on almost every single day of practice. That includes the five last week that Newton wasn’t available because he pointlessly put himself on the wrong side of the NFL’s COVID-19 protocols by a) not being vaccinated and b) leaving town and taking the wrong kind of tests. Newton was willing to take on that added hurdle of being unvaxxed — the NFL is more lenient with those who have received their shots. How much it mattered in the final decision is unknown, but sure couldn’t have helped. If nothing else, Jones got nearly a full week, including a couple of joint practices against the New York Giants, to sear into Belichick’s mind what the team would look like not just with the Alabama rookie as QB1 ... but Newton not even there. Mac Jones will start from Day 1 for Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots, who cut Cam Newton on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger) Newton returned to start the third preseason game last week, but it was Jones who got the most reps. Newton played just two series and went 2-of-4 passing. Jones, meanwhile, was in for six drives and went 10-of-14 for 156 yards and a touchdown. Newton attempted just 21 passes in three preseason games. Jones had 65, and 107 total snaps. Pro Football Focus graded Jones out with a 92.2 rating. Newton was just 79.6. There was a belief that Belichick was using the preseason to get Jones more work so he’d be ready when his time came. (Plus Newton, as a veteran and former league MVP, didn’t need it.) That wasn’t the case. After all, Belichick never limited Tom Brady’s preseason workload, even as he pushed into his 40s. The writing was on the wall. A more timid coach, a more conservative coach, might have decided to let Newton start the season, perhaps even play past a Week 4 return visit from Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers that should prove to be emotional and intense. Belichick isn’t that, though. His six Super Bowl rings suggest no one should be. If Jones is ready, then Jones is ready. It’s on him to deal with the pressure and expectations. And Jones looked ready. Very ready. The QB draft class of 2021 already looks promising. The top two picks, Trevor Lawrence and Zach Wilson, are immediate starters in Jacksonville and with the New York Jets. No. 3 selection Trey Lance is making San Francisco coach Kyle Shanahan contemplate a platoon system. And 11th pick Justin Fields will take over in Chicago soon — at least once the coaches there move on from Andy Dalton, who plays the role of Newton in their QB drama. None of them have looked as good as Jones in this preseason. None walked into as good of a situation or enjoyed the supporting cast or coaching talent around them, of course. Still, Jones, who went 15th, has looked every bit as good, or better, than all of them. Belichick certainly thinks this is his guy. Newton was signed a year ago on a low-budget contract to serve as the bridge between Brady and whatever the future held. He was a good teammate. He was a good player. It was clear Belichick really liked him, even signing Cam to a $12 million, one-year deal for 2021. Newton was also aging, with his best days obviously behind him. If Jones hadn’t distinguished himself, Newton would still be serving as that bridge. Jones won the job though, and Belichick clearly didn’t think Newton would serve best as a backup. This way, it’s Jones or bust — journeyman Brian Hoyer will be there for only emergency purposes. There is no quarterback controversy. That’s the plan for New England to try to win a Super Bowl, which is the only goal at a place with so many of them. It’s Mac Jones or bust. Sentimentality and caution are not allowed when trying to move in the right direction.

i have thought this and so has a close friend who is a turd fan. we both agree that the officials were letting players t off on cam and i am not sure why. cam took a hell of whipping there for a couple of years. i was afraid they were going to end his career. i would love to know how the refs got away with it.

i had high hopes when gruden took over but it has not worked out.

well now that is all over i hope he goes somewhere more friendly to cams talents. i would love to see him with the raiders just because i am a fan from back in their badboy days. and i was hoping he would win a superbowl for us as well.

he is right tho i do copy and paste. i am not a computer guy. and while some of you can copy a link in a second or two i have to do it the old way and sometimes it takes a while. i am not ashamed to admit i am puter illiterate. but i do the best i can for site because i enjoy it. and yes i get slapped around a couple times a year for it but as far as free news goes they are almost the only game in town anymore. more and more auburn friendly papers give you two or three articles a month then you pay. people are so quick to anger anymore. i just do not get it. and the people that bitch read the articles anyway and views are almost always in the hundreds. but i needed a break anyway.