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Bryan Harsin discusses Auburn’s blowout loss to Arkansas, says ‘everyone is hurting’
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It was another tough day for Bryan Harsin and Auburn.
The Tigers were blistered at home Saturday afternoon by Arkansas.
The final score was 41-27 but the outcome was never in doubt.
The Razorbacks piled up 520 yards against the Auburn defense and led 38-13 midway through the 4th quarter before surrendering a couple of late TDs.
Arkansas improved to 5-3 on the season with the win while Auburn dropped to 3-5.
The Tigers have now lost 10 of their last 13 games under 2nd-year head coach Bryan Harsin, who most don’t believe will make it to a 3rd season on The Plains.
After the game, Harsin met with members of the media to talk about his team’s 4th consecutive defeat.
On what hurt his team’s chances most:
Auburn HC Bryan Harsin: "Physically, we just got beat."
— Justin Ferguson (@JFergusonAU) October 29, 2022
On his team’s play overall:
Bryan Harsin: “Overall we did not have a good enough play, and play well enough, to beat a good football team.”
— Henry Zimmer (@henryzimmer) October 29, 2022
On whether or not the bye week hurt the Tigers:
Auburn HC Bryan Harsin is here now: "Both teams had a bye week, there's really no advantage there"
— Alex Husting (@AlexHusting) October 29, 2022
On the state of his team right now after another loss:
Bryan Harsin confirms that his team feels defeated: "I would hope no one is happy losing a game… If it's not painful when you lose, you got the wrong people."
— Jacob Waters (@JacobWaters_) October 29, 2022
Bryan Harsin: “No one is going to feel like what we did is good enough. Everyone is hurting. We lost a football game, one where we prepared ourselves.”
— Henry Zimmer (@henryzimmer) October 29, 2022
On Auburn being 3-10 in its last 13 games:
Auburn HC Bryan Harsin on the difference from 6-2 in his first 8 games here to 3-10 in the last 13: "I don't think we have a finger on that right now, or we'd change that."
— Justin Ferguson (@JFergusonAU) October 29, 2022
On his team’s ability to stop the run as of late:
Bryan Harsin told #Auburn has given up more than 1,000 rush yards, 13 rushing TDs the past three weeks.
"It's not good," he says. "I see the same thing you see."
Asked to put his finger on it, Harsin points to better tackling as a key moving forward.
— Adam Cole (@colereporter) October 29, 2022
On what his defense can do to perform better:
"We've got to get off the field on third downs…Slowing the run game down and trying to make teams one dimensional." -Bryan Harsin on how to get the defense to be more productive.
— Callie Stanford (@bycalstan) October 29, 2022
On his team’s desire to win not being enough:
Auburn HC Bryan Harsin "We need a lot more action than just hope and wanting-to."
— Justin Ferguson (@JFergusonAU) October 29, 2022
On where the Tigers go from here:
Bryan Harsin: "We've just gotta keep getting better, we're just not good enough…everyone's got these intentions for what they think they are and then the actions for what they really are"
— Alex Husting (@AlexHusting) October 29, 2022
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