The Texas A & M Game

In its first SEC season the Aggies come into Jordan-Hare a 14 point favorite with a 5 and 2 record.  The Tigers are struggling with their worst start since 1952 at 1 and 6.  A & M runs a terrific spread offense, which Auburn struggles to defend, and our offense struggles to score.  There doesn't seem to be much hope that Auburn can win this game.  A & M will score easily and we will not be able to keep up.  Speculation swirls about the future of Coach Chizik.  My guess is that this is his last season at Auburn.

FIRST QUARTER

Most likely if TAM receives they'll march right down the field and score within 3 minutes.  If Auburn receives we'll go three and out, punt, and A & M will go right down the field.  This shows you how hopeless this thing seems to be before kickoff.
Auburn wins the toss and defers.  The wind is gusty.
Sure enough, the Aggies drive 70 yards for the touchdown.  The drive is kept alive by a careless offsides penalty on Auburn on the first series.  Otherwise, it would have been three and out.  Once again Auburn gives up an opening touchdown drive.  The only thing I was wrong on is that it took A&M 3: 42 to score.
This is going to be embarassing just like everyone thought it would be.

Auburn 0  Aggies 7

Fulse is wide open on the first play but Mosely underthrows him.
The Tigers go 3 and out and go backwards as Mosely is sacked on 3rd and 9.
Yep, here we go as expected.
A&M could score 60 tonight.
This is as hopeless a game as I have ever seen Auburn in.
We can't stop their offense and our offense is totally inept.
Is this the worst Auburn team in 60 years?  Probably so.
Here A&M  goes again as we have missed tackles all over the field.
This is sad to watch.  They are smashing our defense at will.
Their fast-paced offense is overwhelming our defense just as we knew it would.  How pathetic.
This is A & M's only second possession but this game is already over.
Right down the field they go and there's another touchdown with a run in from the 7.

Auburn 0  Aggies  14

With 5:38 to go Mosely is out of the game with an injury.
Quentin Riggins says our defenders are not tackling  but diving and missing the runner, not locking up.
This is nothing new, is it?
Kiehl Frazier is in the game.  Will there be any fight from this offense.
Frazier bobbles the first shotgun snap and there is an incomplete short pass attempt.
There is a first down pass to Blake but we have 5 men in the backfield.
The Tigers are 3 and out.  Frazier makes no difference except that he did throw the ball well but the penalty negates the first down.
TAM has the ball back at their 37 already leading 14 to 0.
It doesn't take them long to score again and A & M is running away with it before the end of the first quarter.

Auburn 0  Aggies 21

How many points will they score?  The sky's the limit.
There's a gain of 6 but Frazier is sacked and then he is sacked again. 3 and out & we go backwards.  This IS the worst Auburn team I have ever seen.
With 6 seconds to go in the quarter A & M has the ball again.
Not only do we trail by 21, our offense has negative yardage so far.   A & M looks confident and Auburn looks lost.  The Auburn Tigers are a dead football team.
The first quarter ends on a long pass incompletion by A & M.

Auburn 0  Aggies 21

SECOND QUARTER

This is sad and pathetic to watch.
3rd and 10 but Auburn jumps offsides again for the third time tonight already.
That makes it 3rd and 5 and their QB Manziel runs for the first down easily.
On a third and 7 there is a 34 yard TD run with the middle wide open as we dialed up an outside blitz.  There was nobody in the middle of the field for Auburn.

Auburn 0  Aggies 28

How bad will the final score be?  Our only hope is that A & M has some mercy.
Aand M  is exploiting our defense like it isn't there.  Their QB is checking to our defensive weaknesses mainly an open middle of the field as our tackles are nowhere to be found.
This is so ugly.  It is almost an accomplishment for us to get lined up properly.
There is a 37 yard pass completion.  At least Frazier does look good so far.
Surprisingly the Tigers drive for a touchdown with Frazier throwing and Wallace running.
Mason runs it in from the one.

Auburn 7  Aggies 28

Well, that was refreshing, but if this game is like the rest of the year so far, it won't last.
The Aggies drive again.
On a 2nd and 27 their QB runs for 36 yards.  We score the TD but we simply cannot stop their offense.  It's isn't going to happen tonight.  Their offense is a total mismatch for our defense.
The score comes on a run from the 2 by their quarterback running around the right end and extending the ball over the goal line.   Their QB Manziel is great and is better than our defense.  Our defense is getting gashed as I expected.

Auburn 7  Aggies 35

They have 346 total yards already and have scored on every possession.
Our defense is getting totally manhandled.  They have guys running free and we have missed assignments.  This is what I expected.
Mason runs for 11.
Wallace runs for 4.
Frazier overthrows Mason on a short route.  You gotta hit those.
Frazier loses 2 and looks lost under pressure.
Auburn has to punt after one first down.
Clark gets a good roll on a poor punt.
TAM gets another chance starting on their 28.
Immediately there is another LONG pass completion to the AU 23.
The score comes from a 7-yd. run with arm tackling.  Stan White says he's never seen anything like this.
Quentin Riggins says the defensive effort isn't there.

Auburn 7  Aggies 42

This team is getting embarassed more than any Auburn team in my memory.
Auburn is 3 and out with about a minute left.
Frazier is inaccurate on that possession.
The punt goes to the A&M 30 with 45 seconds left.  Plenty of time to score again!
The half ends with A & M missing a 48 yard FG attempt.

Auburn 7  Aggies 42

THIRD QUARTER

The Aggies amassed 464 yards of total offense in the first half. 
Auburn receives to start the third quarter.
We go 3 and out and TAM goes right down the field as if our defense isn't there.  No effort and no intensity.  It's that simple.

Auburn 7  Aggies  49

I am not going to do the rest of the game in detail.  This is so pathetic.

The only bright spot is that Jonathan Wallace plays most of the second half and looks good.  He plays with more confidence and decisiveness than our other quarterbacks.

FINAL SCORE

Auburn 21 TAM 63