![]() ![]() I don’t know what two plays exactly, but I know they were running inside and they were getting some yards on it. "Yeah, I think just, they ran inside zone they ran it hard," he said. "I know that was one of the two plays. When Harsin was asked about Beamer's comments, he did a double take. When there are enough of those miscommunications in pivotal situations deeper into a season, it ceases to be merely a player issue. He attributed that play to a miscommunication by Auburn's players - a familiar refrain this season when defenders have been asked to explain what went wrong on a certain play. "They did a good job of feeding him," Wooten said. The moment that changed the game was a fourth-down pass to White, who slipped out of the backfield and was completely unmarked as Auburn tried to get pressure. On the rare occasions when South Carolina did decide to throw, Auburn couldn't do much to stop that, either. We kind of knew what plays they were running we just didn't tackle." "He was a very big, strong back who ran extremely hard, so tip your hat to him," Wooten said. "We just didn't tackle well, plain and simple. On the two touchdown drives that tied the game, the Gamecocks ran 14 times and passed three times. Mason and the Tigers were depleted by injuries, but they could do virtually nothing to stop the inside zone to White that allowed South Carolina to close a 14-0 gap. The second half of the season has been an entirely different team. ![]() Not against this Auburn defense, the Derek Mason-led defense that was a second-half team in the first half of the season. He knew that South Carolina running back Zaquandre White should not have accounted for 168 total yards while averaging 6.2 yards per carry. Wooten knew Beamer had earned that right. BRYAN HARSIN REACTS: What Auburn's Bryan Harsin said about crucial overturned muffed punt call vs South Carolina ![]()
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