HARRIS – The sophomore LSU quarterback will be comfortable in a start for the first time in his career as it will be his first one in Tiger Stadium after two at very loud SEC stadia – Auburn past year and Mississippi State last week.
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How far Auburn (2-1, 0-1) will fall in the national rankings will be apparent by Sunday. The simple storyline of this game was that Auburn, having endured a wobbly afternoon against Jacksonville State of the FCS, had a chance to show that it was made of sterner stuff in a main-event SEC West throwdown.
Running back Alvin Kamara became just the second player in Tennessee history to score a rushing and punt return touchdown in the same game, highlighting a rout of Western Carolina at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tenn. “He sure loves playing”.
“He took one of their tacklers and threw him into another tackler”, Miles said.
“It was bad”, said LSU defensive tackle Christian LaCouture, who was part of a unit that allowed 298 yards rushing and 566 yards in all.
“That definitely helps us”, Adams said. “He’s fantastic “.
“I’m not focused on it”, Fournette said. I’m blessed with an ability and a talent. “#DontplaywithUs”, Fournette tweeted after the game. The lack of offensive production combined with that resulted in an Auburn team that just really didn’t look like it wanted to be on the field.
“I won’t react no way”, Johnson said about the potential of a quarterback change. I think the line has some issues, too. We took it into consideration. “Who’d a thought it would happen on the first play of the game?” No, it didn’t motivate me.
During most of Gus Malzahn’s two-plus seasons as Auburn’s head coach, his offense has usually had its way on the ground.
Then he turned in the other direction.
0 Turnovers or takeaways for LSU this season. Like a fine cut of meat with all the fat trimmed off, his line was devoid of the superfluous 50+ pass attempts that seem so common in the age of the Spread. Fournette was unstoppable, rushing 19 times for 228 and three touchdowns.
Just as LSU has won its first two SEC games to start a season since the 13-1 season of 2011, it is off to upstate New York.
LSU, which rushed for 411 yards, was 6-of-11 on third downs and controlled the ball for more than 33½ minutes.
Senior cornerback Jonathan Jones said there is no excuse for the defensive play, even without Lawson.
“Today we faced major adversity”, Malzahn said.
Again, that’s no slight against LSU; it’s merely a reflection of the belief that Auburn crashing and burning represents the bigger story in September… when seasons aren’t necessarily made, but can certainly spin out of control. Harris was just 3-of-12 passing by halftime, and Auburn led 31-7. “That’s our job this week as coaches, to get our guys ready to respond on Saturday and that’s the only thing we can do something about right now”. The game was another chapter in the Leonard Fournette book of wow. Harris kept the drive alive with a 27-yard scramble up the middle on third-and-7 from the Auburn 27. Auburn, though not officially done and dusted, has exposed itself as a team which is just not ready for prime time.
By half time he had rushed for a career-high 169 yards from 15 carries. The Tigers from Baton Rouge outgained the Tigers from Auburn in total offense 485 to 260, which is a great thing not to be overlooked.
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Thirteen plays later, the Bengal Tigers added to their lead.
