Week 4 in college football is the SEC opener for the Auburn Tigers. After knocking off Mercer and San Jose State to begin the season, Bryan Harsin’s squad fell to Penn State, 41-12.
After the worst home loss since a 38-0 thumping by the Georgia Bulldogs in 2012, the home team looks to bounce back in front of the home crowd at Jordan-Hare Stadium. The visitors come in with a similar resume and are led by a former Auburn assistant, Eli Drinkwitz.
Both head coaches are hovering around the .500 mark with their schools. Drinkwitz was 12-1 after one season at Appalachian State before taking over Missouri. Since the beginning of the 2021 season, both coaches are 8-8 after finishing 6-7 with bowl game losses to end the campaign.
It almost feels like these two coaches are mirror images of one another. The only difference is that Missouri’s head coach didn’t lose five-straight games to close out last year. But that is neither here nor there, the focus is on winning this SEC matchup on Saturday.
With that being said, the Auburn Wire staff weighs in on the game with predictions and X-Factors for this all-Tiger matchup.