What Gus Malzahn said after Auburn's loss to Georgia
Auburn lost a frustrating game against Georgia Saturday 21-14.
The Bulldogs led the Tigers 21-0 going into the fourth quarter before AU’s offense came alive and scored two touchdowns. Two pivotal plays stood out — officials reversing receiver Seth Williams’ catch on the field to an incompletion and Bo Nix’s incompletion to Harold Joiner on fourth down in the fourth quarter.
Gus Malzahn’s offense continues to search for an identity. With a freshman quarterback in Nix and a lack of a running game, Auburn hasn’t really had an identity all season on that side of the football.
Following the loss to the Bulldogs, Malzahn spoke to the media:
Auburn HC Gus Malzahn on the message to the offense in the first three quarters: "Score the first touchdown, we'll get the crowd back in it. We'll get some momentum. Sure enough, that's what happened."
— Justin Ferguson (@JFergusonAU) November 17, 2019
Gus Malzahn: "There's a lot of hurt guys in that locker room."
— Justin Lee (@ByJustinLee) November 17, 2019
Gus Malzahn: "We're disappointed. I think everybody can see we have a good football team.
"We have great character. "
— Auburn Gold Mine (@AUGoldMine) November 17, 2019
Gus Malzahn: "They (the defense) stuffed them in the fourth quarter. We had the momentum. The crowd was in it."
Said the overturned catch by Seth Williams, essentially, was a killer.
— Josh Vitale (@JoshVitale) November 17, 2019
Gus Malzahn just said the offense is a "work in progress."
— Brandon Marcello (@bmarcello) November 17, 2019
Gus:
"We've got a game next week and then we play our rival right out here.
"I think everybody can see that we have a good team."
— Justin Lee (@ByJustinLee) November 17, 2019
Gus: "We had the one turnover and that was huge. They didn't have a turnover."
— Justin Lee (@ByJustinLee) November 17, 2019
Gus, on Seth's overturned reception on the sideline: "Looked like an NFL catch to me. That was a tough one."
— Justin Lee (@ByJustinLee) November 17, 2019
Gus: "Seth is a fine receiver. He's a go-to guy. They know that. I thought he battled. He thought he competed."
— Justin Lee (@ByJustinLee) November 17, 2019
Auburn HC Gus Malzahn: "When two good teams play each other, the little things matter. That's what this came down to."
— Justin Ferguson (@JFergusonAU) November 17, 2019
Kirby’s defense dominated Malzahn’s offense for the first 3 quarters. Then with the lead he went to the prevent defense, and just like Florida, Auburn was finally able to move the ball and score 14 points.
If not for Kirby loosening up the defensive, I doubt Auburn even scores. Good for a 3-peat SEC Eastern division championship.
All and all a hard fought game by two good teams.
They were prevent on the first TD but not the second. AU had the mo, but missed an easy pass. Good game.
Auburn D dominated despite the score. One big play in the first and bad clock management by Gus at the end of the first half we’re leading factors in the 14-0 halftime score. Cant change it. This game was tough.
@beachbum………..Its. natural to want to defend your team. But NO, Auburns defense did NOT DOMINATE ANYONE!!!! When we went predictable and conservative. Then y’all looked alright.
. But the UGA offense looked fine when pressing on the gas!!!! And it’s the UGA DEFENSE THAT DOMINATED!!! If we didn’t loosen up and give y’all momentum. I DON’T THINK YOU SCORE A SINGLE TD!!!! Maybe not even 3!!!!! We beat you a lot worse than LSU did!!! And we beat y’all AT HOME!!!!! Admit it and STOP crying!!!!
Go dawgs!!!!!
King Negan
Nah, as a loyal fan, I’d have to say that Auburn’s defense pretty much dominated our offense throughout. Yes, we had a big play here and there, but 11 punts; 9 three-and-outs; 3 of 15 on third-down conversions (including 0-4 in the fourth quarter); a season low in total yardage; Fromm throws for only 110 yards. I’d say all of that qualifies as being dominated. And it wasn’t just happening in the fourth quarter, but because our defense was playing so well, we didn’t notice how poorly our offense was doing until the fourth quarter when the game got tight.
Haha no crying here. What did I say that sounded like crying?
Prevent maybe. But 2 touchdowns is a little much to be giving up. They were soft one we were ahead, still no killer instinct.
UsmcDawg, I think the defense has a killer instinct, but when you pull them back and tell them not to let anything get behind them it takes away their aggression. They went away from it on the last two drives, and look at the results.
The offense went conservative at the same time. It worked, but I think this defense is good enough to not blow the lead while still keeping them in attack mode…
Lanning better not do that against LSU in a couple of weeks. Else, we get toasted by Burrow and Co.
GA nearly “prevented” themselves into a loss! I just don’t get it unless you are up 42 points with 3 minutes to go! Stupid move that nearly cost them the game or at least having to win in OT.
And hence you understand our frustration with the coaching staff
Where’s the Barner who guaranteed the Auburn blowout win? Seems conveniently absent.
Dude you didn’t come on the board for a solid month after the South Carolina loss only to slink back AFTER the Florida win. Oh yeah … still claiming that UF is going to go 8-5 this year with Mullen being on the hot seat? I predicted before the season that UF was going to lose to UGA and LSU and go 10-3 with a shot at 11-2. How’s your preseason prediction of UF falling apart because a bunch of kids who were third and fourth on the depth chart and the lack of 5 star recruits on their roster looking?
Oh … and what was it about Justin Fields failing again? Can’t forget about that. Kid has 37 TDs despite usually being on the bench shortly after halftime and has a real shot at the Big 10 single season TD record. But you never own up and acknowledge being wrong so …
Um, I was here. I came in after the game, took my lumps for a week, and then spent the two weeks after moving. One of those weeks for Georgia was a bye week. So I missed the Kentucky game commenting here.
Who are you? You’re the dumb@$$ who said we almost lost to Florida except the game was literally never in doubt.
You’re not a Colorado fan. You’re some kind of moron with a shadow account pretending to be a Colorado fan.
That’s just sad, dude. You’re sad.
Dude why are you talking about Florida and Justin fields when this article is about uga and auburn?
Being a Colorado fan why are you even here?
Well, if by the “little things” you mean, UGA beat you soundly for 3 straight quarters, before going into that stupid prevent D, and poor offensive play calling, then sure Gus, whatever you say. The dude is classless. AU deserves him.
Maybe, just maybe, everybody in the SEC West has been over-rated again this year and Malzahn just coached the game of his life to stay that close to Georgia. There is no reason for a recruit to pick Auburn over Florida, Georgia, Clemson, Alabama, Vanderbilt if they are smart, Ohio State if they have no morals, Michigan if they have long underwear, or Oklahoma State if they sport a mullet. Being on the plains is only exciting if you are a bowling ball.