Bo Nix comments following tough road performance in loss to Florida
Auburn QB Bo Nix admitted that the loss at Florida came in the loudest environment he’s played in so far in his career. The freshman said the Tigers’ defense “played their butt off” and gave the team all the chances in the world to win.
“The offense just didn’t get it done, and the quarterback didn’t get it done,” Nix said, via Auburn Football. “I feel like we left a lot out there on the field and we had so many chances to do some things, and we just let them get through our hands.”
Auburn finished with 269 yards and converted just 2-of-14 third-down attempts. The Tigers also had four turnovers and six three-and-outs. Nix was 11-of-27 passing for 145 yards, with a touchdown and three interceptions, his first turnovers since the season opener. He was sacked twice, once for a 22-yard loss that was especially troubling.
Nix said his mistakes were off of scheme, but he admitted to making three of them, unfortunately.
Nix agreed with coach Gus Malzahn that this is good timing for an off week.
“I’d say so, any time coming off a loss this big, and a loss that hurts this much, it’s good to regroup,” he said, and added that he could work on timing and accuracy. “I know we’ll regroup and we’ll come back and we’ll be a good team again.”
Nix said his teammates supported him, as he did them, and was disappointed that he didn’t play his role in the loss.
“I feel like I let them down in certain areas,” he said.
That kid is going to be a great QB in our league… nothing at all to worry about going forward.
And you base this on what? Especially in a league that has had so many freshman QB’s come right in and succeed. Jalen Hurts was SEC player of the year as a freshman. Jake Frohm won the SEC. Tua came off the bench to win the national championship game. Bo Nix should be redshirting. He isn’t ready to play. Auburn fans were desperate to run Jarret Stidham off (Stidham is one of the classiest guys I’ve ever seen in college football, and I wish him nothing but success, mind you) and this is the result.
Auburn fans were desperate to run Stidham off? And you base this on what?
There is always a learning curve with freshman quarterbacks. Hurts had Harris, Scarbrough and Jacobs as well as Ridley and OJ Howard. Fromm had Chubb and Michel.
Don’t think Bo has those types of players at his luxury..
So, it’s really Gus not having a recruitment pipeline and developing players? After all, he’s been the HC for 7 years.
You are right. That is what good programs do with good coaches. Put your QB in a position to succeed. Whether it is with talent around him or play calling. Gus is not that kind of coach and put Bo Pix in bad situations with no talent around him. He may turn out to be average at best, but not because he doesn’t have the potential, but because his coach doesn’t know how to get it out of him.
57939names – don’t think recruiting is a problem. Those are all all Americans and/or first round draft picks.
RT_Colorado – You obviously didn’t watch the game.. those were terrible throws. Gus put him in the right situations and he made terrible decisions.
Oh I watched every minute of that game and loved it. I have a very understanding wife during CFB season. He shouldn’t have been throwing in those situations was my point. Throw a screen or run the ball and punt. Don’t force him to throw in those situations. Gus is not a good play caller. It will get exposed as the season gets tougher.
Yes because on 2nd and 14 and 3rd and 12 you obviously just run it and concede to the opponent
How did throwing work out for you?
Not too good but that doesn’t mean you don’t try. They were poor decisions by a true freshman in a hostile environment against a good D.
Hurts struggled in 16 against good defenses in hostile environments, so did Fromm in 17.
Hurts struggled for sure. That’s why he got left behind. It’s gonn be tough making a run at the SECCG or a playoff spot without a rush atack, or even a mediocre passing game. Gonna be a tough finish to the year.
Don’t think any reasonable auburn fan expected an SECCG appearance or a playoff run with a freshman quarterback and not a proven o line. 9 regular season wins would exceed expectations this year
I feel like Auburn is similar to Michigan in their expectation. I lived just south of Ann Arbor for about 6 years, and they are completely content with 9 or 10 win seasons. And by all counts, that is a good season, if you win a bowl game. Bama fans are completely spoiled and unless you compete on Bama’s level, you can’t say anything or have an opinion. I’m not that guy. But man do I love this game. Can’t wait till the Iron Bowl. My Pop went to Auburn so we battle. Take it easy buddy.
I would kinda agree with that. I think any reasonable Auburn knows what type of schedule we have to go through to get to the top. Michigan and ND fans are never reasonable.
I have several friends that are Walmart Wolverine’s. That is what they are called up there in Southeast Michigan. They are such elitist. The ego for no reason kills me.
The young freshman got clobbered. He will learn. And the humility is part of it. This game, sans mistakes, could have had a very different outcome.
It wasn’t all on Bo. He didn’t get much help from his teammates, especially the offensive line.
I’m sorry but how did Auburn’s offensive line not help? They protected Nix VERY well all things considered. He only had 2 sacks and those came in the 4th quarter I believe. Auburn just had the misfortune of going up against the #16 rush defense in the country which focused on containing their speed threats on the outside and stopping or limiting the runs in the middle. Florida wanted to force Bo Nix to win the game for Auburn and it did just that. Auburn’s fastest player ended the game with -1 rushing yards. Don’t blame that on your offensive line, you just ran up against the SEC’s #1 rush defense and #2 pass rush. Also getting Florida at home put the crowd into the equation and Gus admitted that the noise contributed to several of the false starts. I thought Auburn’s offensive line did just fine all things considered.
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You can gloat if you want that’s expected from Florida fans. But to pretend that your team was that dominate is to just that pretending.
Your offense wasn’t much better then Auburns. You had one good run play on a missed tackle and one busted coverage pass that went for a TD.
Truth be told if you play like that next week you will get smashed at LSU.
Truth be told, if you play like that against LSU you will be smashed. LSU has a much better defense and you can’t depend on a botched fake punt and 3 turnovers to keep you in the game. Their defense stuffed your offense in a very dominant way. You can pretend otherwise but that is just Fantasy Island.
Have you seen LSUs defense this year?
Pretend your team was that dominate? No need to pretend, the Gator D was that dominate. In fact if not for the fake punt mistake, the result would have been that much more worse for you. It’s OK to accept the freshman ran into the best defense in the worst environment he has faced so far and he wasn’t ready.
UF’s DL controlled the LOS for most of that game. That was the difference in the game. If the AU OL had won those matchups, they would have won considering their redzone opportunities after the UF fumbles. AU couldn’t run and had no explosive plays. Nix played like a freshman. He was confused by the coverages and very inaccurate.
The frustrating thing was that for a lot of the game the problem wasn’t that we couldn’t run, but that we just weren’t for some reason. During the drive that ended with the pick in the end zone, we had several runs in a row averaging about 8 yards per carry, and then had the one long completion to get in the red zone and never ran it again the rest of the drive. That’s why Bo Nix throwing the pick in the end zone didn’t even make me mad. The awful playcalling put him in that position. We probably could have just run the ball like we had been that drive and scored. In the first half, I think we only ran the ball like 6 times and were averaging between 3-4 yards per carry, which isn’t great, but certainly would have been a better option than incompletions and gimmick plays resulting in 3 and outs.
Proves you have to play for 60 minutes. You can’t have one or two good drives and call it a day very often. Auburn got exposed. Need better schemes and more talent on offense.
11-27 with 3 picks. Many of his misses where to open receivers. Yeah, it’s the lines fault. Looks like the wide open receiver that made a heck of a catch on an overthrown ball let him down. Every fan seems to be blaming everybody but the guy who played the worst.
Joe Burrow Will NOT THROW 3,4,5 or 6 TD’s against Florida’s Defense = PROMISE ! You Can BET THE FARM ON IT !!!
Oh, great. Now I have to go buy a FARM, because I wouldn’t want to miss a lock bet like this.
Ha!
He’ll throw 3.
What are you willing to say Burrow will throw? That is a lofty goal of 245 yards and 6 td. I bet he throws for 275 and 4 TD. He isn’t a freshman and he has talent around him. Florida’s D was decent at best against a Mickey Mouse offense with a Freshman QB and no running game.
He looks like a stud QB in the making. He has struggled with the passing game but is growing in this offense. Auburn should be announcing Gus’s extension in the next few days so at least Nix knows Gus will be back next year.