Gridiron Now · Nov 29, 2015
Good not good enough for Auburn in Iron Bowl
Sometimes, the other team is just better.Sometimes you play about as well as you can and still lose.
That was the case for Auburn in its 13 to 29 loss to Alabama Saturday. The Tigers played a solid game and still lost.
To beat this Alabama team, it needed to play a great game.
Auburn needed Jeremy Johnson to connect with Ricardo Louis for a touchdown late in the second quarter. It needed Blake Countess to catch Jacob Coker’s errant pass even later in the second quarter and return it for a touchdown. It needed to put Coker to the ground on two missed opportunities at sacks mid-way through the third quarter. Those missed sacks allowed for a long Alabama touchdown pass.