Posted on 10/04/2014 8:59:48 PM PDT by Clint N. Suhks
AUBURN, Ala. -- Nick Marshall and the Auburn Tigers rose to the occasion on a week when most of the teams ranked ahead of them fell.
Marshall passed for 207 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 119 and two more scores to lead No. 5 Auburn to a 41-7 blowout of No. 15 LSU on Saturday night.
Auburn (5-0, 2-0 Southeastern Conference) dominated from the start on a week when No. 2 Oregon, No. 3 Alabama and No. 4 Oklahoma were upset. The 41 points equaled Auburn's highest total in the rivalry -- set with the same margin in the 1999 game.
"Nick played like one of the better quarterbacks in the entire country," Malzahn said.
And Auburn played like one of the better teams.
LSU (4-2, 0-2), which turned to freshman quarterback Brandon Harris, has dropped its first two SEC games for the first time in coach Les Miles' decade-long tenure.
Harris completed 3 of 14 passes for 58 yards before getting replaced late in the third quarter by former starter Anthony Jennings.
With Marshall playing again like the Heisman Trophy candidate many expected him to be, Auburn could rise to the No. 2 spot it held after last season.
He completed 14 of 22 passes, had 16 carries and supplied a steady diet of big plays. Marshall threw touchdown passes of 56 yards to Sammie Coates and 9 yards to tight end C.J. Uzomah, and scored on runs of 7 and 29 yards.
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Prayers for Imogene and you both. You must be on a mission? I hope you two have protection with all this evil from Islam going on around the world. Stay safe!
Yes, we are on a mission. We’ve been here since 1995 and all our kids grew up here. We teach the children of church planters, translators, jungle pilots, seminary professors and church planters. Our school is allowed to admit some nationals, hence, Imogene is able to attend. We are, unabashedly, a Christian school and Imogene’s family knows this. Yet, all of the children in that family are enrolled.
Truth will win. I’ve read the end of The Book.
Thank you for the ping. Great game against a very young LSU team. This week will be a war. MSU is very good and will be the best team we have played so far. I do think that our experience at Kansas State will be beneficial. That was a tough environment against a good team and we found a way to win. If the offense plays like it did on Saturday and the defense keeps playing tough we have a good chance against the cowbells. WDE!
So hope you are doing well now. You just have to be well and help us get our Tigers through the jungle of the SEC West!!
Thank you. I’m doing much better now ~~ if only my hair would grow back! I expect to be up and listening and cheering on Sunday morning to help drown out those dang cowbells.
Shug Jordan was right!
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