Streaks are meant to be broken.
LSU lost to Auburn for the first time since 1999 on Saturday, and the result was largely due to one reason — Auburn made halftime adjustments and LSU didn’t.
Auburn shut down LSU’s passing game in the second half. The Tigers went to a three-man front and were often dropping a defensive lineman as a quarterback spy or as an extra defender in coverage. Once Johnson realized nobody was open, he began to scramble away from the Auburn pressure that had finally gotten home and the game turned ugly.
Auburn dared LSU to run the ball and it didn’t. On the flip side, LSU dared Auburn to throw the ball, as it stacked the box to prevent Tank Bigsby and Jarquez Hunter from getting going. Unfortunately for LSU, the pass rush couldn’t bring Bo Nix down when it mattered. Overall, adjustments needed to be made, and they weren’t.
Here are some unit grades following LSU’s loss to Auburn on Saturday night.