Quick slant: Auburn running game dominant in blowout over Arkansas

Cary Marshall
03:29, Oct 25, 2016
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Three of first four touchdowns were 20 yards or more.

Beat . Done. Auburn's defensive coordinator said his line played exceptionally well from "start to finish" in Auburn's 56-3 win over the weekend in Jordan-Hare Stadium. Auburn is 4-0 against the spread in their last 4 games, 8-2 against the spread against a team with a losing record, and 4-1 against the spread in their last 5 road games.

Kamryn Pettway had 192 yards rushing with two touchdowns. Auburn is No. 9 against Power-5 competition and will face an Arkansas defense dead last in the conference. They faced only 12 third downs all game, an average of three per quarter. Razorbacks QB Austin Allen leads the SEC with 1,861 passing yards and 18 touchdowns. "It was just a fun day". The home team is 5-2 ATS in their last 7 meetings and the over is 5-2 in the last 7 meetings in Auburn.

"I expected to come in here and get a victory", Arkansas senior wide receiver Keon Hatcher said. "That's when you knew the moment was not going to be too big for him". We had a great week of practice. Arkansas gave up the most rushing yards in a single game in school history to Auburn. Starter Rawleigh Williams is emerging as an All-SEC-caliber back leading the conference in rushing with 785 yards (140 att.) and five touchdowns.

Steele's praise of the defensive line echoed what players said Saturday night. Who are you going to get to replace him? The talk all week was that this would be the week we learned who Arkansas is. Instead, they're being priced like a team that can't step up in class, despite that SU win over the Rebels last week.

Sophomore Stanton Truitt had a career game with 78 yards and two touchdowns on eight carries.

White sustained a knee injury against Arkansas but led a last-minute drive toward a tying field goal in the fourth quarter to force overtime.

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Johnson has been dealing with a right ankle injury suffered early in the Tigers' win at Mississippi State on October 8, but was able to use the week off to rest and get treatment.

The impressive win could send the Tigers close to the top 15.

Head coach Gus Malzahn isn't exactly chomping at the bit to reveal which one the No. 21 Tigers will put on the field when No. 17 Arkansas comes to town on Saturday. There are no more overwhelming opponents like MI or Ohio State, merely good ones that have just enough questions on offense to ensure Wisconsin is all but assured of playing a series of low-scoring slugfests as it navigates the Big Ten West. "I think that's a really good thing as far as depth is concerned", Malzahn said. "We were already plenty motivated". Auburn set a regular season record with 543 rushing yards, the most for the team against an SEC opponent.

It's something they hold dear, and when the Razorbacks were all standing on the logo as Auburn emerged from the tunnel a few hours before kickoff, that sight 'added fuel to the fire, ' as Deshaun Davis said.

They've helped lead a turnaround since a 1-2 start that included competitive losses to No. 4 Clemson and No. 6 Texas A&M. However, that combined with the domination in the running game against a very good running back shows just how powerful the Tigers are up front.

If either reaches that plateau - which is a conservative assumption considering how Auburn is playing - it continues a remarkable stretch.

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