Unbelievable As Auburn QB decommit and terminated his contract over Head coach remarks…
Week after week the Auburn Tigers offense has continued to find ways to not win the football game, and Auburn’s road trip to Missouri continued that season-long theme. Auburn was 105-1 in games they led by 14 points or more in the second half. After losing 21-17 to Missouri on Saturday, they’re now 105-2 in those situations.
Payton Thorne has taken his share of blame by both head coach Hugh Freeze and the media. But the truth and the unnerving part is that it’s a host of players who keep preventing Auburn from scoring points.
This time the big mess up and turning point in the game came when senior receiver Robert Lewis couldn’t catch an easy touchdown that would have extended Auburn’s lead to 24-6 late in the third quarter. Up 11 with a first and goal at the Missouri 10-yard line, Lewis beat his man off the line, Thorne dropped it in the perfect spot, and Lewis failed to make the catch.
Three plays later Kicker Towns McGough was called on, and as he has done much of the year, missed an easy field goal, this time from 30 yards. McGough is 5-10 on the year and 3-7 in conference contests – plus there was a miss from 27 yards on a penalty versus Oklahoma that didn’t count toward the stats.
