They say South Carolina has the #5th run defense in the country? Tell that to Auburn and Cameron Newton, Dyer, and McCalebb who only rushed for 334 yards in their earlier match up. Auburn has a premier rusher too in Lattimore, but in South Carolinaâs 3 losses he rushed for just 33, 11, 79 one of those games 33 yards rushing was against the Auburn Tigers.
A lot has changed since then and nobody thought this would be the SEC Championship, but it is and each team has gotten better, but the biggest difference to me is Cameron Newton. Yes he was a stud then, but Iâve seen him play multiple games since then and he has proven to me that he can pass the ball and thatâs something South Carolina has had no success guarding.
One thing I think that changes here is Auburn getting out to a fast start. They have fallen behind and I donât think it will happen here against South Carolina who they got off to a slow start because multiple turnovers in the first half. South Carolina let them win that game with TOâs at the end of the game. At the end of the day 11 of the last 12 SEC Championship games have been decided by double digits and in the last 16 years only 3 teams ranked more than 1 spot away from the favorite has upset the fav.
So wait a sec canât Stephen Garcia throw the ball to the best WR arguably in the country in Alshon Jeffery? He had 8 for 192 agaisnt them the first time around? Yes they can but I donât trust Garcia at all heâs turnover prone and Nick Fairley is the best DT in America that continues to turn up the heat week in and week out he had 2 sacks against Alabama and forced a key fumble. Heâs been relentless leads the conference with 20 tackles for loss. Auburn has the ability to stop the run and get pressure and force TOâs that will win this game.
South Carolina loses against good offenses thatâs just what happens. They lost to Auburn, Kentucky and Arkansas all with some top offenses in the conference and Auburn puts up more yards than all of them. Auburn gets out early and Alshon Jeffery will get a bunch of big plays to try to get them back in the game, but Auburn doesnât look back and they win big with forced INTs late.
