Auburn wasn’t supposed to win by a margin of 31-10 against Memphis in the Birmingham Bowl. Before Wednesday’s game, he had only thrown two interceptions this season.
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Auburn jumped out to a 10-0 lead, but two interceptions allowed Memphis to tie it. First, after forcing Memphis to turn it over on downs near midfield early in the second quarter, Gus Malzahn dialed up a trick play. The senior has tossed for 3,413 yards and 25 TDs this season while rushing for another 541 yards and a team-high 10 TDs.
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Auburn (7-6) scored three touchdowns in a five-minute span starting late in the third quarter.
White is still just a freshman so there is still hope that he can improve, but as we get ready to go into the offseason you still can’t count on him being the clear cut starter in 2016.
Paxton Lynch is the Memphis QB, he threw 28 touchdowns and only three interceptions on the year.
In the days and hours leading up to kickoff, speculation about the replacement for Will Muschamp at defensive coordinator surrounded Auburn. Memphis offensive coordinator Darrell Dickey will coach the bowl game as a result of Fuente being hired to coach Virginia Tech. “Their defense, to be quite honest, defended us better than anybody’s defended us in the last two years”. All Auburn quarterback Shaun White has to do to turn this from an automatic gain of 5 yards into a game-changing play is hit Marcus Davis, who is completely unguarded and can run for days.
Memphis quarterback Paxton Lynch may be headed for the National Football League draft, but he looked pedestrian Wednesday. Lynch, who entered with 3,670 yards and a 28/3 TD/INT rate, was awful, failing to lead the Tigers to even one TD (Memphis had a pick-six).
The first drive included one pass — a 37-yard completion on fourth down from punter Kevin Phillips to Kerryon Johnson.
“This game was special because it’s Memphis”, Robinson said.
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For Auburn (6-6), running back Peyton Barber will be one of the team’s main threat on offense. “When I go out there, I’m trying to make every play possible, and I know I left a few throws out there today”. Jeremy Johnson threw only one pass for an eleven-yard touchdown. “It was a great feeling to see all of those guys smiling”, he said. “We really wanted to put pressure on the quarterback”. The play – Ball’s second interception of the game – occurred shortly after second-team All-America kicker Jake Elliott had a field-goal attempt blocked. His touchdown run made things easier for Auburn.
