What Gus Malzahn said after the Sugar Bowl loss to Oklahoma
Monday’s Sugar Bowl got off to a hot start for the Auburn Tigers.
Coach Gus Malzahn’s squad held an early lead and only trailed 14-13 at halftime. However, the Oklahoma Sooners dominated the second half and pulled away for a 35-19 victory.
After the game, Malzahn said his team was disappointed, but he was proud of the season overall.
Here’s what the Auburn coach had to say early Tuesday morning after the game:
On QB Sean White’s arm injury:
HC Gus Malzahn confirms Sean White suffered broken arm vs. Oklahoma. Will have a full offseason to rehab arm and past shoulder injury.
— Noah Mindel (@noahmindel) January 3, 2017
On deciding to punt on a key fourth-down play:
Malzahn: Didn't like the look (when he punted instead of going for it on 4th down), thought could flip the field.
— Josh Vitale (@AUBlog) January 3, 2017
On overcoming adversity in 2016, according to AuburnTigers.com:
“We played a very tough schedule. We had some tough injuries,” Malzahn said. “I guess probably the best way (to describe the season) is we overcame a lot of obstacles to get here. We are disappointed we didn’t win.
“We’re losing some great leadership, but we have got a bunch of talented young guys.”
On having a bright future in 2017:
"We have a bunch of talented young guys."
-Gus Malzahn 1/2/17
— Auburn Forever Young (@AUYouthExcuse) January 3, 2017
Auburn will open the 2017 season against Georgia Southern on Sept. 2.
This guy can come up with more excuses than a pregnant teenage crackhead.
I hate this guy
Really didn’t think Auby could hang with OU’s offense but I didn’t think they would get shut down for 85% of the game. OU was not noted for there run defense.
Well without white all we can do is run so it’s pretty easy to key in on.
We could have hung 60 on them.
If not for white breaking his arm on the first drive it WOULD have been a much different game. BUT with that, we should have a valid 2nd string qb instead of 3 4th string qbs, and that IS on Gus.
Ugh…there is absolutely no way Gus can win when he doesn’t have the right QB. Only an idiot would continue to run a zone read with White or JJ. It’s throwing a play away. I’m ready to see an offense that can evolve and adapt to the personnel.
Patience…. The Jarret Stidham era begins soon…..
I wonder how well he runs the zone read.
The same as all Gus Malzahn press conferences…a lot of “we’re disappointed” and “we gotta fix it” followed by some “we didn’t get it done”.
Please Gus! Give the fans SOMETHING to hang our hats on! Feels like the same stuff every year with this staff. First it was lets hope Kiehl Frazier is the next Cam Newton. Then it was let’s hope Nick Marshall can light the world on fire. (luckily he was good enough for a turnaround). Then it was Jeremy Johnson is the next Cam. He was closer to Frazier than Newton. Now it feels like the entire AU program is hinging on Stidham being the greatest thing since Pat Sullivan. We shouldn’t have to pray for once in a lifetime QBs in order for the offense to be competent.
Please Malzan find a stud quarterback and thing will be much better on the plains.