JCCW has an excellent breakdown of Auburn's 23-17 win over Ole Miss. Pay particular attention to his "what-if-Auburn-had-blown-OM-out" scenarios.
As I said to a buddy of mine who is an Ole Miss alum, if Patrick Willis isn't drafted in the top five, some people in the NFL deserve to lose their jobs. I can't remember how many running plays he single-handedly turned into a one yard loss. Unbelievable. He collapsed running lanes all day long. Add to that an offensive coordinator smart enough to capitalize on gaps in the linebacker pass coverage, and Auburn was in for a tough game.
The Auburn offense responded with 428 total yard of offense. Brandon Cox was sharp (absent one play in which he lost the ability to see an OM safety), completing 21 of 34 passing attempts for 253 yards and a touchdown. Kenny Irons had the most quiet one-hundred yard game in recent memory. And Courtney Taylor (whom the 3 Daves believe is a talented actress from "Friends")caught 8 passes for 108 yards. All in all, pretty good offensive output.
On the other side, Auburn did a great job of limiting OM to just 86 yards of rushing. Schaeffer passed for 161 yards, but 78 of those yards came off of just two plays. Both involved the dreaded fullback out of the backfield. For whatever reason, Merril Johnson was fooled twice, resulting in significant gains the two times the play was called.
Not a great defensive performance, but certainly not a bad one.
Auburn played well enough to win. I would love to have seen a fifty point beat down. All I got was a win. I'll take it.
Also, some Auburn fans are griping about homefield calls by the refs. Don't. Auburn has benefited from a few "close" calls this year. As many of us told LSU fans, it happens; move on.
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