Cadillac Williams may be new to being a head coach, but he has tried to instill an old-school mentality to his alma mater since taking over.
Case in point: Auburn’s heavy reliance on a physical run game over the last two weeks. In Williams’ two games as head coach, Auburn has run the ball 101 times and attempted just 35 passes — a run-pass ratio of nearly 3-to-1. The results have been prosperous on the ground, with Auburn averaging 366.5 yards per game and 5.3 yards per carry against Mississippi State and Texas A&M.
People are also reading… That was on display, particularly against the Aggies, as the Tigers dominated the line of scrimmage and controlled time of possession during their 13-10 win at Jordan-Hare Stadium. The performance on the ground included dueling 121-yard rushing games from Tank Bigsby and Jarquez Hunter, who became the first Auburn running backs to post 100-plus yards in the same SEC game since Onterio McCalebb and Ben Tate did it against Mississippi State in 2009.
Against Texas A&M, Ashford attempted just 13 passes and completed six of them. It was the just the ninth time since 2000 that Auburn attempted 13 or fewer passes in a game, and the first time since 2016, when the team threw it just 12 times in a 56-3 rout of Arkansas. Auburn’s passing game also missed some opportunities for more robust production against Texas A&M. That included a misfire by Ashford on a wheel route to a wide-open Hunter out of the backfield. The sophomore back would still be running if Ashford had been able to put the throw on-target, and it would have produced a 75-yard touchdown for the Tigers.
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