It wasn’t pretty but Auburn was able to pick up the win Saturday night over Cal, beating the Golden Bears 14-10.
With Auburn’s offense struggling to move the ball and consistently giving the Golden Bears great field position, the defense stepped up. They forced three turnovers and held Cal to just three points on their four drives that started inside Auburn territory.
Outside of a couple of carries, they were able to shut down the Cal rushing attack that is led by star running back Jaydn Ott, limiting them to 114 yards on 40 carries.
A major reason why was the play of linebacker [autotag]Eugene Asante[/autotag] who led the team with 12 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss. Here are my grades for Asante and the rest of the Tigers.