It was a beautiful day to be outside. And a lovely afternoon to watch two struggling teams see who could struggle the least and overcome the most. It was a beautiful day to be outside.
Arkansas’ Tyler Wilson drove his team down the field on their opening drive and set up a field goal try. The Hogs missed.
Nova flew. I have a huge panaroma of it I’ll show off later this week.
Tre Mason carried the ball six times for 32 yards. This was Auburn’s second-leading rusher.
Onterio McCalebb had seven carries for just 24 yards. He remains 11th on the all time school rushing list. He’s now fifth all time in kickoff yards and sixth all time in all purpose yards. This is a rough way to experience a senior season:
Kiehl Frazier rushed five times. In the college game sack yardage is subtracted from rushing totals. He was sacked four times, so he had -25 yards rushing on the day.
Aubie throws pigs in a blanket to kids. Razorbacks, Hogs, pigs in a blanket. Get it?
Kiehl Frazier was nine of 14 for 118 yards with one interception. It was, in some respects, perhaps his most manageable performance of the season. Still not convinced Scot Loeffler, the new offensive coordinator, is setting him up to succeed. They pulled the sophomore at halftime.
Angelo Blackson is a beast, but Tyler Wilson found Dennis Johnson. The running back caught four passes for 15 yards.
Aubie just wants to bang on his drum all day.
I just like this one because it shows how close blocked kicks can be. Zach Hooker was one of three for the day.
Trey Flowers (86) of Huntsville, Ala., had a great day. He had three-and-a-half sacks totaling 39 yards. Think he was inspired to play in his home state?
And now, a series of fan shots:
That is a bedazzled phone:
Old school hat. I bet he’s a graduate of API.
We’re all sad at halftime. Auburn is not playing well.
It is almost like the offense is handcuffed. I blame the offensive coordinator.
The fans are wondering what is going on out there?
But, hey! Look who’s on the field!
Clint Mosely, much as he did last year, was called into action to start the second half of a game where the offense was underperforming. It felt that he was a bit more in command of things, where the younger Frazier still looks a bit hesitant.
And the defense has been growing up recently. Jake Holland puts pressure on the quarterback:
But Tyler Wilson kept finding open receivers. Here’s Dennis Johnson again.
Aubie got his roll on, even as it became clear that the Tigers were going to lose:
Though it was hardly all roses for Clint Moseley he went 13 of 21 with two interceptions and was sacked four times for a loss of 41(!) yards he did produce the one score of the day, play-faking and then looking to the corner of the field:
And Moseley found Emory Blake, who made the catch, turned and dived inside the pylon. That score moved Blake into a tie for fifth all-time in receiving touchdowns. He finished the day tied for 10th all-time in receiving yards.
I don’t why this guy put this on. It was 85 degrees:
Say Tigers!
Auburn lost 24-7, falling to 1-4 on the year. So we’ll fall back on the old saying “War Eagle anyway.”
Still number one in the hearts of fans, though.
