The Stark-ville reality...

Human nature has proven it over and over. People learn from their mistakes. Sometimes they heed their education and correct their mistakes...sometimes they turn a deaf ear and make the same mistakes again.

And this is the very point where I have a concern. Think back for a moment to the week prior to Auburn vs. Kansas State. It was a Thursday night...before a capacity crowd and a national television audience. Mississippi State and LSU were kicking it off. LSU....highly ranked...highly talented...and Mississippi state....highly.....well.....highly hopeful.

In the first half, the Mississippi State defense played extremely well. In fact, were it not for the three interceptions that Henig threw in the FIRST half, LSU may never have scored by halftime. Of course, we know the rest of the story. 3 more turnovers, and the rout was on.

What did Mississippi State do? They learned from their mistakes. The next week, against Tulane, they had ZERO fumbles and ZERO interceptions. They had 28 first downs and almost 500 yards of total offense. Now, you can say "yes, but this was Tulane, not LSU".
Granted.

However, even against much less talent, when was the last time Auburn played a game with ZERO fumbles and ZERO interceptions?

And what about Auburn? Week #1 against Kansas State Cox threw 2 interceptions. Both costly. But, thanks to guts and glory defense, a victory is grasped. Did Auburn learn from it's mistakes? Let's look.

Against South Florida, Auburn threw 3 interceptions and lost 2 fumbles....for a total of 5 turnovers and was 2 of 13 in third down conversions.

Did Auburn learn from it's mistakes?

The stark (ville) reality is, Mississippi State is a potentially dangerous football team. If Auburn comes out flat this week, it could be disastrous.

I don't expect that to happen. I expect Auburn to be less predictable and more imaginative on offense. I expect the defense to play well. But most of all, I expect them to learn from two weeks worth of mistakes.

Prediction: Auburn 27 Mississippi State 10

War Eagle

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