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Bo Nix confident heading into Baton Rouge

<p>Bo Nix (10) warms up before Auburn vs. Arkansas on Oct. 19, 2019, in Fayetteville, Ark.</p>

Bo Nix (10) warms up before Auburn vs. Arkansas on Oct. 19, 2019, in Fayetteville, Ark.

Throughout the season, the story has been about Bo Nix continuing to grow and improve. Nix suffered some growing pains during his matchup with the Florida Gators, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t lessons for Nix and the Tigers to take away from the matchup.

“I felt like at Florida it was more on me than anyone it was on anyone else,” Nix said Tuesday. “I didn’t do a good enough job communicating with others and being loud enough so I fully take that on myself but going forward I think that the Florida game did help a lot, just from experience and from being there and doing that. So this week I feel like I can just really sit back and do my job and not really worry about the atmosphere.”

While Auburn had been focusing on making practice loud all season, they still failed to communicate well in Florida and that’s a point of emphasis for the Tigers this week before heading to Death Valley. As usual they’ll have speakers playing music or crowd noise to force players to talk louder and improving their communication. 

Following a bye week, Nix and the Tigers travelled to Fayetteville, where they were able to handle the Razorbacks 51-10, but they can expect a much tougher opponent and hostile environment when they take on No. 2 LSU in Baton Rouge on Saturday.

Auburn will look for its first victory at LSU since 1999, which was before Nix was even born.

“The fact that it hadn’t been done since I’ve been alive I think that’s pretty crazy,” Nix said.

As an offense the Tigers also had some things they struggled with during the Arkansas matchup that’ll need to be fixed before their matchup with LSU. After coming out hot with a 14-0 start, the offense came out flat and only accumulated 13 yards during the second quarter. 

Nix ended the half 4-for-9 with only 45 yards. Following halftime Nix went a perfect 8-for-8 for 131 yards and three touchdowns, marking his first collegiate game with four total touchdowns. 

The Tigers will look for Nix to carry on a similar performance to the one he had in the second half of the Arkansas game as he travels to Baton Rouge for his first experience in Death Valley. 

“I have never been to a game at LSU, which I probably should’ve considering how loud it’s going to be,” Nix said. “I’m looking forward to it, especially with all the things I’ve heard, all the good things about the stadium and the atmosphere.”

Nix will look for a different result than that of his father, Patrick Nix, who was apart of the infamous “Whistle Game” when the elder Nix lost to LSU 12-6 in 1995.

“We’ve talked about it a lot, the phantom whistle game and how he got thrown on his head and stuff like that,” Nix said. “But obviously he’s done everything he can to tell me how loud it’s going to be, but until you’re there in person, no one can really fathom how loud it is.”

With ranked matchups remaining against No. 2 LSU, No. 1 Alabama and No. 10 Georgia, the Tigers are focused on going to Baton Rouge and taking care of business.

“I think with the way things stand this is a really important game to win,” Nix said. “We’re definitely not going in there thinking about losing the game. We’re going to do whatever we can to win the game and bring it home so it gives us the best chance to make it farther in the season and eventually make it to the championship.”

While Vegas doesn’t like Auburn this weekend, Nix is confident in his team going into the matchup.

“Being an underdog you still have to play the game and they still have to play it too so we just feel confident that we’re a good team and we’re gonna go out there and give it our best shot,” Nix said.

Nix and the Tigers will take on LSU in Baton Rouge on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. CST. 

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