Game 12 Review: The Ugly, the Uglier and the Ugliest

Bama 55  Auburn 44.  The 2014 Auburn football team defense is the worst defense on a winning team at Auburn I have ever seen.  They are simply the worst.  They might be the worst of all time.  Like tonight it is not about the numbers, it is about coming through in the clutch and this defense can give up the big play or score at the worst time every time.  I have never seen a worse job of defensive coaching in my life period.  Bad teams put their defenses in bad positions but the Auburn offense put up over 600 yards of TOTAL OFFENSE and over thirty points.  That is not near enough with this defense.  The only thing that stopped Bama on this night was Bama.  Here is my breakdown of this game:

THE UGLY
The Auburn defense in the first quarter.

THE UGLIER
The Auburn defense in the second quarter.

THE UGLIEST
The Auburn defense in the second half.

Here are the totals for this pathetic unit in our last six SEC games: Mississippi State had 469 yards of offense and 38 points, South Carolina had 535 yards of offense and 42 points, Ole Miss had 485 yards of offense and 31 points, Texas A&M had 457 yards of offense and 41 points, Georgia had 412 yards of offense and 34 points and finally the Pièce de résistance in Tuscaloosa tonight where Bama had 541 yards of offense and 55 points.  Auburn was also 2-4 in those games.

Gus Malzahn will not fire any of these defensive coaches so there will plenty more of this next year.  I also think that if anyone thinks a few new players or the return of Carl Lawson will change things they are sorely mistaken.  The game has clearly passed these coaches by.  The only results that matter on the resume is this season and again these totals are the worst I have ever seen for a winning team at Auburn.  It is also patently obvious that Auburn does not have many good defensive players either.  I just don't see any quick solutions to Auburn's defensive problems. 

However the obvious place to start is revamping the coaching staff and making a commitment to finding better defensive players.  Otherwise I see a lot more seasons just like this one in our future.