Auburn held Kent State to 321 yards of offense with only 92 of those yards coming on the ground and came away with 5 sacks. Yet it still felt like a somewhat disappointing performance given the Golden Flashes’ success on 3rd downs and the 16 points. That’s how far things have come under Kevin Steele. The bar has been raised.
Most importantly though Auburn got a chance to get some young bucks a chance to get some snaps under their belt. Auburn rotated early and often Saturday night eventually inserting a number of walk ons and true freshmen for their first action of the season.