StatTiger 3,188 Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Prior to the Mississippi State game, Auburn was one of the top offenses nationally inside the red zone. Auburn's lack of production inside the red zone was a primary reason Auburn lost to the Bulldogs. Auburn netted 20 points inside the RZ from 6 trips and MSU scored 31 points from the same amount of trips. Going into the South Carolina game Auburn is currently No. 15 in scoring inside the red zone and No. 27 in RZ TD's. This was one of the areas Auburn worked on during their bye-week. Duke Williams has been Mr. Clutch inside the RZ this season. He has caught 6 passes inside the RZ and 5 have gone for touchdowns. The play... On this play Auburn is 3rd & 9 from inside the MSU 10-yard line. The Tigers comes out in a 4-WR set with "trips" to the wide-side of the field. At the snap Marcus Davis (Inside slot) will run a crossing route to clear space for Duke Williams, running a short post route. The Bulldogs have a major breakdown in coverage with 3 defenders ending up on Marcus Davis, leaving Duke Williams wide-open in the end zone. Marshall fires his pass to the wide-open Williams for the easiest touchdown Williams will likely score at the collegiate level. Auburn will run virtually the same play later in the game, which also resulted in a touchdown. The coverage is far better the second time around but Williams makes an incredible grab to haul in his second touchdown of the game. Second touchdown... Once again Auburn finds itself in a 3rd down situation, this time at the MSU 15-yard line with 8-yards needed to convert. Auburn comes out in the same formation and basically runs the same play. This time Williams has 2 defenders on him but Marshall makes a back-shoulder throw, which is hauled in by Williams for the score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzzurd24 11 Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Stat, have the coaches mentioned anything on what happened that made running the ball so ineffective in the red zone that game? To me it looked like MSU's front seven was just that dang good and they whipped Auburn at the point of attack, putting Auburn in 3 & 9 or 3 & 8, which you can't expect to convert many of those in the red zone going forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plaric 4 Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Stat, have the coaches mentioned anything on what happened that made running the ball so ineffective in the red zone that game? To me it looked like MSU's front seven was just that dang good and they whipped Auburn at the point of attack, putting Auburn in 3 & 9 or 3 & 8, which you can't expect to convert many of those in the red zone going forward. I assume it has something to do with short field and MSU having one of the nastiest DLs in college football this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SumterAubie 3,031 Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Was the location of the second throw by Marshall by design or just happenstance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexava 6,973 Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Was the location of the second throw by Marshall by design or just happenstance? yea. Best catch all day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StatTiger 3,188 Posted October 23, 2014 Author Share Posted October 23, 2014 Marshall has done a much better job of throwing to the proper shoulder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexava 6,973 Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 That was the only place for it. It wasn't really open. That is a special talent to haul it in.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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