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November 23, 2020
Inside the Auburn Tigers Saban referred to Auburn as a "very, very good team" and added, "Gus has done a really good job there. These guys play well in all phases of the game . . . Monday was named the SEC Defensive Player of the Week, while Brahms was named the league's Offensive Lineman of the Week . . . Although Troxell is not officially a starter, Malzahn said the team views him as one anyway . . . Auburn's offense has made considerable improvements on third-downs this season, going from a 40 percent conversion rate through the first three weeks to now 51 percent on the season through seven games . . . Bigsby, left tackle Alec Jackson and right tackle Brodarious Hamm all went down with injuries in Auburn's win over the Vols. Their statuses, as of now, are all "questionable" for the 85th Iron Bowl this coming Saturday in Tuscaloosa against No. 1 Alabama . . . Auburn sophomore linebacker Owen Pappoe was the leader with seven solo tackles and five assists . . . Auburn's defense now has recorded at least one interception in the last four games . . . Auburn jumped two to No. 19 in the Amway Coaches poll . . . The Tigers have opened as 23.5-point underdogs to the No. 1 team in the country this Saturday in Tuscaloosa . . . "I just feel like all-around, we're just playing like Auburn plays football," Shivers said. "Fast, explosive and getting your best players the football . . . Auburn running back D.J. Williams carried the ball 11 times for 66 yards and a touchdown while teammate Shaun Shivers had 14 carries for 65 yards . . . "I just knew my guys were fighting that whole drive," Monday said. "I knew, as the man I am, I had to make a play . . . "We don't call it 7-on-7; we call it Interception Drill," Pappoe said . . . A full transcript of what Malzahn had to say after his 100th game with the Tigers . . . "Not playing in 21 days is extremely challenging," Malzahn said. "We knew it would be, but our guys showed a lot of fight . . . Seth Williams now has 1,927 career receiving yards, ranking ninth among Auburn leaders . . . Malzahn said, "I think everybody just kind of settled in in that second quarter, we took a deep breath and we started playing clean football . . . Nix only completed 29 percent of his passes in the first quarter, but he completed 79 percent of his passes after that . . . Watching Tank Bigsby, Alec Jackson and Brodarious Hamm all leave the game, the Tigers found a way to win . . . Auburn-Tennessee stats . . . Pearl said, "This was a difficult decision but the right decision. I hate it for our current players. They lost the opportunity for the postseason last year because of COVID, and now they will miss the postseason again . . . Citing allegations against former assistant coach Chuck Person, the Auburn Tigers men's basketball team announced a self-imposed postseason ban for the 2020-21 season . . . Trey Alexander, a four-star shooting guard out of Oklahoma City, is the second commit in the class of 2021 to sign with Auburn . . . This week is not only indicative of the talent and hard work of those three players; it's momentous for what Pearl hopes will be a vicious cycle for his program — insert high-level high school talent, churn out NBA draft picks . . . Auburn is projected to finish in the middle of the conference after going 12-6 in the conference last season . . . Josh Bynes will experience one of those rivalries for the first time on Sunday, when the Cincinnati Bengals visit Pittsburgh . . . Coach Butch Thompson and the Tigers signed Rankin Woley's potential replacement on Wednesday when junior college standout Luke Burk out of Neosho Community College in Kansas signed on the dotted line . . . |
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