re: Here's what everyone needs to remember about last night re:Auburn

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God...how big of a homer are you? Kansas State gifted you the game and you can't admit it.

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I admit I prefer to look at stats and reality vs emotion and conjecture.

Team Statistics (Final)
2014 Auburn Football
#5 Auburn vs #20 Kansas State (Sep 18, 2014 at Manhattan, Kan.)

AU KS

FIRST DOWNS................... 22 20
Rushing..................... 7 4
Passing..................... 15 13
Penalty..................... 0 3
NET YARDS RUSHING............. 128 40
Rushing Attempts............ 45 30
Average Per Rush............ 2.8 1.3
Rushing Touchdowns.......... 0 2
Yards Gained Rushing........ 143 71
Yards Lost Rushing.......... 15 31
NET YARDS PASSING............. 231 245
Completions-Attempts-Int.... 17-31-1 24-40-2
Average Per Attempt......... 7.5 6.1
Average Per Completion...... 13.6 10.2
Passing Touchdowns.......... 2 0
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS........... 359 285
Total offense plays......... 76 70
Average Gain Per Play....... 4.7 4.1
Fumbles: Number-Lost.......... 1-0 2-1
Penalties: Number-Yards....... 6-46 0-0
PUNTS-YARDS................... 5-192 3-136
Average Yards Per Punt...... 38.4 45.3
Net Yards Per Punt.......... 24.2 45.3
Inside 20................... 1 2
50+ Yards................... 0 1
Touchbacks.................. 0 0
Fair catch.................. 0 1
KICKOFFS-YARDS................ 5-299 3-186
Average Yards Per Kickoff... 59.8 62.0
Net Yards Per Kickoff....... 42.8 45.3
Touchbacks.................. 2 2
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD. 0-0-0 3-71-0
Average Per Return.......... 0.0 23.7
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 2-35-0
Average Per Return.......... 0.0 17.5
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD.. 2-0-0 1-1-0
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD. 0-0-0 0-0-0
Miscellaneous Yards........... 0 0
Possession Time............... 31:00 29:00
1st Quarter................. 4:56 10:04
2nd Quarter................. 7:32 7:28
3rd Quarter................. 8:05 6:55
4th Quarter................. 10:27 4:33
Third-Down Conversions........ 10 of 18 8 of 14
Fourth-Down Conversions....... 0 of 0 0 of 0
Red-Zone Scores-Chances....... 3-3 2-5
Touchdowns.................. 1-3 2-5
Field goals................. 2-3 0-5
Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 3-14 0-0
PAT Kicks..................... 2-2 2-2
Field Goals................... 2-2 0-3
Points off turnovers.......... 12 0

Three times more yards rushing, more total yards, equal passing yards, greater time of possession are all indicators to people who understand football that you played well. Stats don't reflect dropped touchdown passes preventing ceasing a double digit lead etc…K-state played us well but we forced mistakes and the made some to. The same can be said of Auburn. Except we won.