The run defense has been nonexistent for Auburn against top-tier talent this season.
Against Penn State, it gave up 245 yards and five rushing touchdowns. And the past two weeks — against Georgia and Ole Miss — it gave up a combined 740 yards and nine rushing touchdowns.
“You don’t fit a gap or, you know, if you’re not in the right position, that’s going to hurt you, alright?” Harsin said. “I think that’s one area that we got hit on a couple times.” People are also reading… “Big emphasis, not only on just defense but offense too, on doing your job,” linebacker Owen Pappoe said Monday. “We’ve got guys that just lose focus because you worry about, I don’t know whether it’s a lack of trust or something, but the guy next to you. But just focus on your job and doing it to your full ability and just wrapping up.”