What Gus Malzahn said after Auburn's last-second victory over Arkansas
Auburn escaped a game against Arkansas with a field goal in the closing seconds to secure a 30-28 win following a controversial bobbled snap by QB Bo Nix.
It was a bounce-back field goal by Anders Carlson after he missed a kick earlier in the second half, which gave life to Arkansas upset hopes.
Auburn RB Tank Bigsby had 20 carries for 146 yards in the win. Nix accounted for two touchdowns.
Auburn will play at South Carolina next week.
Here’s a sampling of what coach Gus Malzahn told the media after the game:
Gus Malzahn after Auburn beats Arkansas in the closing moments: “For our team to fight back, the way we won… and of course Carlson coming through with the winning field goal. A lot of times it’s how you win. That’s what I told our team.”
— Auburn Gold Mine (@AUGoldMine) October 11, 2020
Auburn’s Gus Malzahn: “We talked all week about being balanced. We’ve got to be able to run the football. I think the offensive line did a good job.”
— Auburn Gold Mine (@AUGoldMine) October 11, 2020
Gus Malzahn on Anders Carlson’s bounce-back game-winning field goal: “He was looking forward to do that. You could see it in his eyes.”
— Auburn Gold Mine (@AUGoldMine) October 11, 2020
Auburn’s Gus Malzahn on Tank Bigsby: “He broke tackles. He ran extremely hard… I thought he did a good job.”
Bigsby rushed for 146 yards. pic.twitter.com/vIoqkP58Ob
— Auburn Gold Mine (@AUGoldMine) October 11, 2020
Gus Malzahn on Auburn coming back to beat Arkansas: “How you win a lot of times is so important. SEC wins are extremely hard… You can’t take anything for granted.”
— Auburn Gold Mine (@AUGoldMine) October 11, 2020
Gus Malzahn after Anders Carlson missed his first attempt at the game-winner: “I just kind of gave him that look. … He knows. He’s one of the best kickers in the country.”
— Josh Vitale (@JoshVitale) October 11, 2020
Gus Malzahn: “These SEC wins are not easy. … I think we can take that and it will help us.”
— Josh Vitale (@JoshVitale) October 11, 2020
Gus Malzahn on Jordyn Peters’ punt-blocking acumen: “He’s done a super job in his whole career. He was close in the first game to blocking one, and it was nice we got that.”
— Tom Green (@Tomas_Verde) October 11, 2020
Gus Malzahn’s final words in his post-game interview after Auburn beat Arkansas 30-28 in the final seconds: “They found a way to win. That’s a great characteristic of a team.”
— Auburn Gold Mine (@AUGoldMine) October 11, 2020
Arkansas 28 – Auburn 27 – Officiating crew 3.
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No…
No, he’s absolutely right. Nix threw a backwards pass and Arkansas recovered. The refs were wrong to whistle a live ball dead.
We are 2-1. Im not even acknowledging anything else. SEC just trying to protect its “playoff contenders”. People need to be fired over this.
If you think auburn is a playoff contender then you are sadly mistaken lol
Thats why the quotation marks. The SEC just wants the top to stay at the top. The less the bottom beats the top the better to them. Straight garbage.
So they weren’t trying to protect their “playoff contenders” then..
He didn’t say he believed that, he said the SEC believes it. LOL… No offense to y’alls fanbase, but I am SOOOOO glad you guys got both Gus and Chad. All in all, it was a helluva good game. The ending didn’t pan out the way I hoped…
Well if the sec believes it then they are sadly mistaken. Better? Good hard fought game
“A lot of times it’s how you win. That’s what I told our team.” Well, you won on a very suspicious bad call. The official who blew that play dead thus preventing review should be tarred and feathered.
Sleep good tonight piggy
Oh, I will. I actually feel bad for the ref that blew the call. He may not sleep so well. Or maybe he will…Just think about this when your head hits the pillow tonight. The team that was deemed ‘THE WORST’ in the SEC last year just made your coach and your fan base nearly pi$$ their britches…
You can’t keep playing the “we are the worst team in the sec” card when you just beat a ranked team. The ref didn’t blow it. It’s a tough call. The whistle was blown. It happens.
We’ll be ready to bury you in our back yard next year.
Lol
Hogman yes the way these players fight against all odds is amazing I can’t wait to see what the future looks like for us hell I can’t wait until next weekend I haven’t got to say that much the last few years Arkansas won refs had a tough call chose the wrong one but I believe we have pulled ourselves out of the basement WPS!!!!
Arkansas you guys have a great foundation for future success. In all honesty yall may have a better foundation for future success than we do. I wish yalls head coach was coaching our O-Line. Yall are definitely moving up in the world. Gave us everything we could handle. I tip my cap to yalls work and improvement over last year.
Thank you. From a true fan of football to another Auburn is a beatiful place and enjoyed the hospitality.
Well, Coach Malzahn seems particularly upbeat.
The overall very-sloppy play on defense in the SEC this year is atrocious this year…yes it’s a strange year indeed, but that “D” must improve for SEC teams some time…but when ?
The CMP (Chad Morris Pattern) is still holding up. Like Clemson, SMU, and Arkansas before you…Auburn will be back on top shortly after he leaves.
The game was given to Auburn by the Zebra’s Gus. Go hang some paper, that win deserves toilet paper.
Technically…Auburn “won” the game, Arkansas “lost”…everyone who loves SEC football knows what happened at the end of the game….all I will say is, I want Auburn to ENJOY Chad Morris as I see he is doing for Auburn what he did for Arkansas!
Arkansas was robbed like a bank!
Auburn’s record should be 1-2 right now. Thanks to that extremely inaccurate call by the Ref’s they are 2-1. Auburn should have dumped the barrel of gatorade on the ref and carried him off the field in celebration of their unearned victory.
I see Farmer has turned into Spenser. Do they get paid as writers or twitter cut & paste artists?
WDE 0012 is in every single story posting defending the win. Multiple times over and over you mad bro? Don’t like that fake win the hanging Chad got you?