Gus Malzahn admits to being broken record: We have to run the football better
Auburn waited out a two-hour weather delay before knocking off Southern Miss 24-13 on Saturday.
Coach Gus Malzahn was pleased with his defense holding Southern Miss to just 2-of-13 on third down. But the Tigers mustered jut 96 rushing yards on 36 carries with one touchdown.
“We’ve been talking about playing good third down defense and our guys did,” Malzahn said. “Offensively, I think we had a little trouble protecting, and at times it made things a little bit ugly as far as that goes. Running the football, once again, we’ve got to be more consistent with that.”
Malzahn said because the delay came about four minutes before halftime, the flow of the game because a bit disjointed, but there’s no excuse.
“That’s part of it,” he said. “We just need to come out ready to play.”
Malzahn said he would like more consistency from his offense, though he was glad it hit a couple big plays.
“Any time you can run the football, it helps everything else, and we had trouble running it,” he said.
Auburn will return to action next week at Mississippi State.
Auburn HC Gus Malzahn on the offense: "I think the big thing is consistency… Any time you can run the football, it helps everything else out. We had trouble with that tonight. And it got ugly with our protection."
— Justin Ferguson (@JFergusonAU) September 30, 2018
Gus Malzahn said he doesn't have an update on Whitlow, Driscoll or Wanogho. "We'll know more tomorrow."
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Malzahn says "I know I sound like a broken record. …To be able to have a good offense, we're going to have to run the football better."
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Auburn HC Gus Malzahn: "Pleased to be 4-1. Want to thank our fans for sticking around with the delay."
— Justin Ferguson (@JFergusonAU) September 30, 2018
Malzahn’s opening statement after the USM win. pic.twitter.com/YvDdeUDHgH
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