Gus Malzahn provides injury updates ahead of Iron Bowl
Kamryn Pettway will play for the first time since injuring his leg against Vanderbilt, but a decision on Sean White's status won't be made until later.
Kamryn Pettway will play for the first time since injuring his leg against Vanderbilt, but a decision on Sean White's status won't be made until later.
Kevin Steele is no stranger to the Iron Bowl.
Sean White is in line to start the Iron Bowl if he gets healthy in time, but John Franklin III and Jeremy Johnson will step up if they need to.
When Jeremy Johnson arrived at Auburn in 2013, he was considered one of the best young quarterback prospects in the country and a perfect fit as the future of Gus Malzahn's offense.
Johnson will start in place of Sean White, who will sit out Senior Day to rest his injured shoulder in preparation for the Iron Bowl.
After a disappointing 13-7 loss to Georgia in Athens, one in which the Auburn defense allowed just a pair of field goals, Kevin Steele's unit has put the result behind it and begun preparations for FCS foe Alabama A&M.
Byron Cowart underwent an emergency appendectomy Wednesday morning, Auburn coach Gus Malzahn confirmed.
Pettway is one of 10 running backs in the country named a finalist for the award, which is given to the top running back in college football.
The Tigers fell to No. 15 following the 13-7 loss on Saturday.
Kamryn Pettway, Chandler Cox and Stanton Truitt will all miss Auburn's game this Saturday.
Despite aggravating the shoulder injury he suffered against Ole Miss, there was never any consideration given to removing White from the game in favor of John Franklin III or Jeremy Johnson.
Rarely does writing a "day-after dissection" piece actually feel like a literal dissection. Then again, rarely does a Gus Malzahn offense go an entire half without so much as gaining a first down, let alone in a game with national championship hopes on the line. Auburn now finds themselves at 7-3 and firmly out of the playoff picture.
Auburn's third loss has cost them. After falling 13-7 at Georgia on Saturday, the Tigers took a nosedive in both the AP and Coaches' Polls, dropping out of the top 10 in each. They plummeted to No. 16 in the Coaches' Poll, and fell to No. 18 in the AP Poll. Auburn was No. 8 in both polls last week, and was No. 9 in the College Football Playoff rankings.
Sean White went just 6-for-20, and Auburn didn't pick up a first down in the second half.
For the first few weeks of Auburn's 2016 campaign, the offense struggled to establish its identity while the defense did all it could to save the day.
Not much went right for Auburn in the 13-7 loss to Georgia.
White won't be limited in any way come game time, and the coaches won't hold back in their playcalling.
Auburn running back Kamryn Pettway, who injured his left leg in the No. 9 Tigers' 23-16 win over Vanderbilt, dressed out for practice on Wednesday, offensive coordinator Rhett Lashlee confirmed during his weekly press conference.
John Durham, the Assistant Sports Editor at The Red and Black, answered a few questions from The Plainsman about Auburn's matchup with Georgia this Saturday.
Gus Malzahn praised his team's guts and courage in coming back to beat an upstart Vanderbilt team, and now the Tigers turn their focus to Georgia, a place they haven't won at since 2005.