The Arkansas Review: A Win is a Win
What do you need after two losses of exorbitant points? Arkansas. What do you need after a bad 1st half? A Toodle and a Brown. Auburn beat Arkansas and is now 5-4.
🙂 HOW I’M FEELING
Auburn won, so I’m good. The first half was bad offensively. Auburn’s defense mixed with Arkansas’s offense was just what the offense needed to get to the half and figure it out. The 2nd half seemed like a different team (or play caller) and Byrum Brown made plays that make people stupid.
👍 WHAT I LIKED
I liked Brown’s leadership. I liked his ability to make plays. I liked the 2nd half play calling. I liked Auburn finding a way to win after former 3A high school 3rd-string defensive backs boo’d from the stands.
👎 WHAT I DIDN’T LIKE
I didn’t like former 3A high school 3rd-string defensive backs booing from the stands. Get over yourself, dorks. I didn’t like Auburn’s offensive line. Like, I really don’t get it.
👀 WHO STOOD OUT
Shadarius Toodle came out of nowhere. He had three sacks (an Auburn record for a freshman) and was all over the place after coming off the bench. You could also say his dad stood out, too. He sits behind the Auburn bench wearing anything Auburn he can find.
🤔 STILL THINKING ABOUT…
That scramble drill touchdown pass from Byrum to Singleton. In a dire situation, with even more awful pass protection, he found a way to stay up and found Singleton wide open before he stepped into the corner of the end zone. It was the play of the game.
😬 STILL WORRIED ABOUT…
The offensive line. This will always be the answer henceforth.
📈 DID ANYTHING CHANGE?
Not totally. It was a game Auburn was supposed to win. It looked bad early and then the better team won.
🏆 THE BLOGLE GAME BALL
Toodle. I’d probably give it to Byrum for having over 300 all-purpose yards, but he has a bunch of Blogle game balls on his mantel. Give the rookie one.
➡️ WHAT’S NEXT
Auburn is one win away from bowl eligibility and has Mississippi State, Samford, and Alabama the rest of the way. So the options are a decent bowl, a pretty decent bowl, a really good bowl at 8-4, or burn it all down.
