A few stats from Joel Erickson at the dot I am a gay twerker that has no balls!!!! I also have no idea how to use the quote function to post stories, so I annoy the piss out of others. I like male genatalia in and around my mouth. of the al. Like I said earlier, I'm not that worried about the offense. Would like to see Roc, Uzmanababa and Grant get more involved but the problems for me were simply the bolded parts. We had chance after chance after chance but for various reasons, kept shooting ourselves in the foot.
Auburn's mistakes on the road kept piling up on Saturday night, thwarting the Tigers' chances to come back after a disastrous start.
And after the weekly examination of the statistics, Mississippi State held off the Tigers by forcing Auburn to falter in previous areas of strength.
For example, Auburn's defense hadn't given up any points off turnovers this season. The Bulldogs turned the first two into touchdowns. Dak Prescott gashed the previously stout Tigers' run defense for 121 yards, and on third downs and in the red zone -- two key areas of emphasis for Auburn on both sides of the ball -- Mississippi State kept the Tigers from living up to their previous statistical profile.
With that in mind, here's a look at where Auburn stands halfway through the season.
RUSHING OFFENSE
Last week: 268.0 yards per game (4th SEC, 15th nationally)
This week: 262.0 yards per game (3rd SEC, 15th nationally)
Why: Led by 100 yards from quarterback Nick Marshall, Auburn posted 232 rushing yards, by far the most allowed by Mississippi State's defense this season.
PASSING OFFENSE
Last week: 229.2 yards per game (8th, 72nd)
This week: 225.8 yards per game (8th, 78th)
Why: Marshall threw for 209 yards, but the Tigers had 101 passing yards wiped out by their own penalties.
PASS EFFICIENCY OFFENSE
Last week: 168.74 (2nd, 6th)
This week: 154.88 (5th, 17th)
Why: Marshall tossed two touchdown passes, but he also completed only 17-of-35 passes and threw two interceptions, both deflections
TOTAL OFFENSE
Last week: 497.2 yards per game (4th, 25th)
This week: 487.8 yards per game (4th, 24th)
Why: Auburn finished with 441 yards of total offense, its second-lowest output of the season.
SCORING OFFENSE
Last week: 42.0 points per game (5th, 15th)
This week: 38.8 points per game (5th, 22nd)
Why: Auburn settled for four field-goal attempts on drives, Daniel Carlson's biggest workload of the season.
SACKS ALLOWED
Last week: 3 sacks, 0.6 per game (2nd, t-5th)
This week: 6 sacks, 1 per game (t-3rd, t-17th)
Why: Not only did Mississippi State double the number of sacks Auburn's allowed this season, but the Bulldogs recorded 13 quarterback hurries, by far the most the Tigers have allowed in the Gus Malzahn era.
THIRD-DOWN CONVERSIONS
Last week: 56.94 percent (1st, 2nd)
This week: 54.02 percent (1st, 2nd)
Why: Auburn converted 6 of its 15 chances on third down, or 40 percent, its lowest of the season after converting 42.86 percent against Louisiana Tech.
RED ZONE OFFENSE
Last week: 100 percent (t-1st, t-1st)
This week: 92.59 percent (2nd, t-14th)
Why: Auburn missed its first two chances of the season, a field goal by Carlson and a late interception by Marshall, but more importantly, the Tigers converted only two of their six chances into touchdowns, dropping their red-zone touchdown percentage to 70.37 percent and 22 spots nationally.