Monday, September 27, 2010

Auburn Uses a Simple Plan as Its Guide Against South Carolina

Filed under: Auburn, South Carolina

AUBURN, Ala. -- South Carolina wasn't confused Saturday night.

What happened at Jordan-Hare Stadium wasn't a function of trickery or intellectual profundity or even strategy. Auburn, a team pushed around by Clemson seven days earlier, decided that being dominated along the line of scrimmage is unpleasant.

So the Tigers did something about it.

Their 35-27 win over the Gamecocks became a statement of purpose. Offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn eschewed his innovative attack and instead made things surprisingly simple.

Auburn ran. And Malzahn promised to stop only if South Carolina found a way to foil that plan.

How did that go?

"We weren't stopping them, so they kept running," South Carolina defensive end Cliff Matthews said.


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