Auburn at 4 and 6 takes on Western Kentucky 7-4 at Jordan-Hare with 3 p.m. kickoff on the SEC Network. I think Auburn is maybe a 5 point favorite. The visitors can certainly win this game. They are a pass oriented team with quick passing that always gives us trouble.
FIRST QUARTER
The Tigers kick off to start the game. WKY is quickly to our 32 all passing. The 50 yd FG attempt is no good.
One first down to midfield, back five, leading to 4th and 3. First down to the WKU 35. First down to the 25. Faceguard call on WKY. First downs at the 12. No gain. Incompletion. Third and 10 from the 12. First down completion to the one. Tank in on the next snap.
Auburn 7 Western Kentucky 0
On third down the Hilltoppers complete a pass close to midfield. We are not getting any pressure on their quarterback. We move to fourth and five. Pass incomplete. Auburn ball.
First down close to midfield. To the Hilltoppers 49. Third down conversion to the 34. Loss back to the 40. Ashford misses a wide open Tank in the flat. We move to 4th and 14. The long FG attempt is good. The freshman kicker looks good.
Auburn 10 Western Kentucky 0
The quarter ends with Hilltopper ball.
SECOND QUARTER
The visitors are punting.Auburn on their 42. Loss of two. Ashford is then sacked. Our passing game is still not good. Fourth and 21 after a dropped pass. Punting from our 30. WKY starts on their 44. They advanced to the Auburn 40. There's a completion to the Auburn 14. We move to fourth and five. The kick is good.
Auburn 10 Western Kentucky 3
Good kickoff return to the 34. Across midfield. First down to the 23. TD pass. Reviewed but the call stands.
Auburn 17 Western Kentucky 3
WKU on the move abetted by a foolish OOB personal foul. TD pass to an uncovered receiver.
Auburn 10 Western Kentucky 10
We are punting with 3:51 left. Not good. WKY on their 18. Our passing game is painful to watch.
The Hilltoppers drive. We are going to have to keep scoring to win this game. Screen pass completion for the touchdown. We have a tie game going into halftime.
Auburn 17 Western Kentucky 17
THIRD QUARTER
This game doesn't feel good at the half.
First possession three and out. Not good. WKU starts on their 29.
Second play Auburn interception. As much as they throw the ball I was waiting for this to happen.
But unless we can complete some passes we are going to lose this game.
Quickly it's fourth and four. Ashford is not a passer.
We have no offense not under Cadillac just like Harsin all because our QB has no passing plan.
I see their sharp passing game and I do not understand why we cannot do the same thing.
The Hilltoppers go three and out. Their QB is not always accurate either. We start across our 40.
First and goal from the nine.
Low snap and we move to third and goal. Now fourth and goal and field goal time once again. We simply do NOT have a strategic passing game. We line sup for the short FG attempt and somebody jumps. The kick is good but we are not going to win this game with field goals.
Auburn 20 Western Kentucky 17
WKU is punting on fourth and four.
Auburn ball on our 22.
The Tigers try to get it done on the ground. Good run by Ashford to the WKU 35. First play from there Tank to the house. Yay!
A 35 Yd dash.
Auburn 27 Western Kentucky 17
1:02 in the third.
The quarter ends with WKU first down across their 40.
FOURTH QUARTER
The Hilltoppers move to fourth and 7 from their 46. Auburn fields the punt on the 15.
Ashford can't hit the broadside of a barn. If he could only complete short easy passes he would be a good quarterback.
We move to fourth and 5 all because our passing is so egregious.
WKU on their 34. To our 41. To our 25. Big loss we almost recover the fumble. Fourth and 23 from our 38. Fourth and 23.
Auburn ball. Big run across midfield. Next play to the WKU 40. Next Hunter to the house!!! A simple eye formation toss sweep around the right side.
Auburn 34 Western Kentucky 17
Pick 6! Pressure finally on their QB and the throws right to our man. Yay!
Auburn 41 Western Kentucky 17
WKU drives looking like they are going to score leading to 4th and 9 from our 20 with 32 seconds left after their timeout then we sack their backup quarterback to end their possession.
Lots of celebrating on the Auburn sideline. The game looked to be close at the half but the Tigers closed strong in the fourth quarter. The Cadillac is jumping around. He and the players have to be be pleased.
FINAL SCORE AUBURN 41 WESTERN KENTUCKY 17
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