re: The excuses from last year's LSU/FSU game

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Seeing it as "they only lost by 1" is extremely narrowminded because the stats of the game reflect otherwise.

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5. Auburn ran six offensive plays in the fourth quarter for 2 yards.

6. Auburn only had the ball for 3:04 in the fourth quarter and still overcame a 14-point deficit.

Auburn’s offense went 3-and-out twice in the fourth quarter. Those two yards of offense went away on the game-ending kneel following the final interception, so it officially had zero yards of total offense in the final frame.

These next few numbers are going to show just how little Auburn did on offense in this win.

7. Auburn went 0-for-8 on third downs after the first quarter.

8. Auburn had only one first down after the second quarter.

9. Auburn had five more points (21) in the second half than it had total yards (16).

10. Looking for a spark, Auburn benched quarterback Patrick Nix during the game for Dameyune Craig, who went 1-for-4 passing for 8 yards.

In 1997, Craig would set the Auburn single-season records — that still stand to this day — for passing yards and pass attempts. But he was still a long way from those free-wheeling days in this matchup, when the redshirt freshman couldn’t make much of a difference for a struggling offense.

The lsu vs auburn pick 6 game says hello.

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