Auburn is known for its raucous crowd and atmosphere that can be hard on opponents, and the Tigers have a roster of 63 underclassmen, some of which will be required to play for the first time. Clemson covers the 7.5-point spread and wins a signature road game down on The Plains.
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Malzahn said Tuesday it’s his belief that players should not carry handguns with them while on Auburn’s campus or a member of the football team regardless of whether the weapon is properly registered.
TP: How will the latest installment in the Auburn-Clemson series shake out?
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Just looking at the score from Clemson’s 45-21 loss at Georgia to open the 2014 season, you wouldn’t know that the Tigers went on to have the best defense in the nation at the end of that season.
Add in the crowd noise at Jordan-Hare Stadium and the unknown as far as how Steele might try to scheme to stop Clemson, and Deshaun Watson and his loaded offense could have to make some early adjustments. Enter Kamryn Pettway. Though he showed terrific speed in Auburn’s A-Day game, make no mistake. Though Auburn had two starters depart in the offseason in Avery Young and Shon Coleman, this group has gelled and can be one of the very best.
“We are going to wear white so I guess you wear white”, Swinney said after practice on Wednesday.
“I thought he was a great guy”. The rest have been iffy their whole careers or are freshmen. Auburn, meanwhile, may have the best defensive line its had since 1988.
But there are depth issues at wide receiver, and running back took a hit with the dismissal of projected starter Jovon Robinson.
STS: A few things stand out about my trip to Auburn in 2010.
He spent two seasons at Alabama, one as the director of player personnel and one as the linebackers coach, before serving as LSU’s defensive coordinator previous year. We’re going to play them. The Tigers could be historically great on that side of the ball.
People everywhere, Auburn included, expected a return of the run-first, zone-read attack with John Franklin III at the helm, yet Sean White was named quarterback.
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The Clemson coaching staff is very familiar with Kevin Steele from his time with the Tigers, but that doesn’t mean Dabo Swinney & Co. know what to expect from his Auburn defense on Saturday. Very bad. Historically bad.
As for his return, Malzahn said it’s going to be “week-to-week”. Most fans should be friendly and receptive and just want to share in the mutual joy of FOOTBALL IS BACK! If you’ve never seen it, it is truly a sight to behold. “We hope to be there and expecting to be there, but we’ve got to put in the work”. Does that feel too high, too low, or just right to you? “I think he’s close to being 100 percent healthy”. Clemson will look to see if the remade secondary can hold their own and keep Auburn from making big plays over the top or stopping the play in front of them. Auburn has a pretty stellar record in non-conference games at home; particularly sellouts.
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TT: Since this is a mini-rivalry, it should be a contested game from the start. “When you play at those schools you’re playing on the biggest stage”. “Just getting those guys prepared and ready to play and I tell them you just gotta play it like it’s a normal game”.
