Everything Auburn could want from a season opener, it got, albeit against a lesser opponent.
Ainslie Lee | [email protected] of Auburn’s four rookie receivers found the endzoneAuburn also managed to score a touchdown on special teams, while freshman kicker Towns McGough was perfect as he filled in for Alex McPherson, who missed the game as he continues to recover from a gastrointestinal illness.
And while Auburn’s second-year head coach might’ve said that in response to the offense lighting up the scoreboard with chunk plays , the same principle can be applied up and down the roster and across all areas of play. “It gives us a lot of confidence. We put a lot of work in during the summer for stopping the run, emphasizing that, and that’s what we did tonight,” McLeod said. “And we gotta keep doing that when we play big opponents.”More than anything, simply lining up across from someone wearing a different colored uniform presents plenty of opportunity to learn and build, says quarterback Payton Thorne.
“So you go out there and take the good things that we did and you build on those, and then there’s other things to learn from tonight too.”Auburn’s head coach specifically pointed to the Tigers’ pair of turnovers on offense, a few drops by Auburn’s receivers, a pair of bad decisions by the quarterbacks and the Tigers’ defense not pressuring the quarterback enough for his liking.
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