And some will point to the quarterback position as the reason for the inconsistencies, but that’s not necessarily fair to Sean White.
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White has failed to throw a touchdown pass in either of the two losses against Power 5 conference opponents this season and has failed to throw a touchdown pass in eight of his 11 career games since taking over the starting quarterback job last season. “But we got a real good start in conference play”.
While Auburn defenders pledged their support for the struggling offense following the 29-16 loss to Texas A&M, Malzahn expects a united front when the team hosts LSU this weekend. The fourth-year coach said after the loss he would “talk about things next week” in regards to a possible switch at quarterback but ultimately decided against it for the LSU game plan.
“We’ve got to finish out games”, LSU safety Jamal Adams said. He also said his own offensive play calling hasn’t been all that good.
White has only spoken to the media twice since the start of preseason camp but has not been made available since the conclusion of the 51-14 victory over Arkansas State on September 10. And against Texas A&M, “we didn’t put points on the board when we had opportunities late in the game”. Gus Malzahn for once listened to the fans and made the switch going to John Franklin III in the fourth quarter.
“I think there are two (sides) to this”, said Steele about the performance of his defense. We had some drops, y’all saw the drops.
GoFundMe accounts are good for ridiculous things that are usually pretty amusing, and this is one of them.
No Auburn player has more than a single sack through three games.
A humbled Malzahn spent 20-plus minutes issuing a mea culpa of sorts for Auburn’s recent struggles. “There were a lot of runs with the quarterback option to pull it and throw it or make a read”. I hurt, too. We’ve got to do a better job. We are putting the hurt behind us.
“(LSU’s) a big game, no doubt”. Under Franklin, the Auburn offense had pace, it had seven of its 27 plays go for over double-digit yards.
That was not the case against Clemson or for most of the game against Texas A&M where the offense was abysmal.
As Auburn (1-2, 0-1 SEC) looks for consistency and stability at quarterback and from its offense as a whole, barring injuries it’s hard to imagine Barrett playing this season rather than redshirting. “Every time he goes out there, we learn something new about him”. “I just felt like this is much more what we were in search of”.
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The Auburn coach said Tuesday he’s disappointed the Tigers are have lost to No. 5 Clemson and No. 10 Texas A&M, but he’s working to fix things before Saturday’s 5 p.m. game against LSU. He told us he thought it would be amusing to start the account, but that he feels (sadly) that it’s time for Malzahn to say his goodbyes to the Tigers.
