Let's take a look at what mattered in another insane weekend of college football.
We’re going to take a new approach with our Sunday review and that means heading to the buffet. How about going full lightning round the whole way to munch on nuggets and observations instead of going full narrative hunting?
-- Penalties brought a classic good news/bad news. They were down to five for 45 yards after the nine pre-snap flags last week at Texas A&M. That’s good. The bad? Both defensive penalties -- a face mask on Jaylen Key and a pass interference came on third downs on drives extended resulting in an Arkansas touchdown. And the pre-snap offensive infractions were down to two, but one came on a kneel down play that sent Saban into a sideline frenzy.
-- And it was a tale of two passing halves as Milroe was 7-for-10 in the first 30 and 3-for-11 in the second.-- The plea for patience continues as the growing pains and side effects of a prior failed coaching experiment remained after the open week. The one-year turnaround still isn’t in the cards. -- The Auburn output was on par with the 307 it gained the last time out against Georgia . This is an offense that just feels like has to work incredibly hard to align the stars to unlock a successful drive. The third possession was one such example of putting it together as it followed consecutive 3-and-outs with an 8-play, 75-yard march. Starting with plays of 15, 12, 3 and 10 yards to open got Auburn into the red zone where Jarquez Hunter took the Wildcat snap two yards to make it 20-7.
-- Another number of note, Auburn was 3-for-12 on third downs to push its season average to 33.3%. That’s 110th in the nation and a recipe for opening SEC play 0-3 for the first time since the 2012 disaster.-- Washington’s Michael Penix is your October Heisman. The numbers back up the eyeball test you saw in Saturday’s win over Oregon. The Indiana transfer is completing 72.1% of his 215 throws in an offense that’s not exactly dink and dunk.
-- The status of Brock Bower’s ankle sprain will be a storyline to watch as the Bulldogs enter a four-game stretch with Florida, Missouri, Ole Miss and Tennessee. This was a Georgia team that led Vanderbilt just 30-20 late in the fourth quarter before adding a late touchdown. Each of those next four are capable of anything in a SEC season devoid of clarity even as we hit the Ides of October.
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