Hugh Freeze's Auburn Tigers may have fewer redeeming qualities than previously realized as a team, despite having highly regarded players up and down the depth chart on both sides of the ball. The Auburn Observer's Justin Ferguson, far from a pessimist on the program, delivered the deflating message in his latest mailbag.
As Ferguson notes, AU's offense is a bottom-third offense that could've put up a normal number of points per game in college football and still win -- and at the same time, the defense is having its counting stats look better against less aggressive and conservative opposing offenses that are running out the clock in games already decided.