Your Ridiculous Numbers from a Wild Game: Auburn 65, Arkansas 43

by cocknfire on Oct 16, 2025 8:53 PM EDT in SEC Football

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Zac Etheridge was one of many, many players to score Saturday in the Arkansas-Auburn game.

There are few words for the Krakatoa of points we saw Saturday night in the Auburn-Arkansas game, so let's go with some numbers instead:

55: The total number of first downs in the game, 30 for Arkansas and 25 for the Tigers. Most of those came on first or second down; the teams converted "only" eight third- and fourth-down conversions.

1,036: The total yardage in the game, including 566 for Arkansas and 470 for Auburn. To put that into context, New Mexico State went into this week with 1,313 yards of total offense -- for the season (five games).

428: Passing yards for the Razorbacks; Army had 408 in six games at the beginning of the day.

330: Rushing yards for the Tigers. Cameron Newton accounted for 188 of them.

1.8: Points scored per minute by the two teams.

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Ridiculously blown calls at crucial points of the game, both resulting in TDs, that gave auburn the win. And no, they weren’t “close.”

by trip andrews on Oct 16, 2025 11:03 PM EDT reply actions

"that gave auburn the win"

Blown calls didn’t give Auburn a 22 point win. But I agree, that was not a touchdown.

by wareaglerichmond on Oct 16, 2025 11:58 PM EDT up reply actions

Oh I'm sorry, were you up by 22 when those calls were made?

No - you were losing on the first one and up by one point on the second. Either way, please tell me how you think those were the correct calls, if you can. And then please tell me how they didn’t matter after that regardless.

by trip andrews on Oct 17, 2025 12:11 AM EDT reply actions

You can cry about those bad calls all you want,

and I agree that both were bad. A bad call may stop momentum or change the face of the game, but I would hesitate to say they gave Auburn the win. (Just like those two interceptions didn’t give them the win by themselves either.)

I knew Tyler Wilson was pretty good, but I had no idea that Auburn’s secondary was going to put him into Heisman contention. Still, I don’t know how you stop a machine like Cam.

by artiger on Oct 17, 2025 12:57 AM EDT reply actions

DC's for both teams should fired...

ridiculous..unless your in the wac

by hotstove97 on Oct 17, 2025 2:20 AM EDT reply actions

Given that Arkansas couldn't stop Auburn at all,

I think the Tigers win even without the benefit of the two blown calls.

That being said, Penn Wagers and his crew continue to be an absolute joke to this conference. At least Marc Curles didn’t implode again in Florida last night.

by D.N. Nation on Oct 17, 2025 4:33 PM EDT reply actions

This has probably been mentioned before, but

doesn’t a name like Penn Wagers just smack of corruption? (Still agree that the Tigers win without “official” help though)

How long has he been around anyway?

by artiger on Oct 17, 2025 4:50 PM EDT up reply actions

Penn's been in the midst of controversy for a while

It was his personal foul (and not offsetting personal fouls) call against Florida that screwed the Gators against Tennessee in 2004. He was also in Jacksonville for Georgia’s on-field celebration in 2007.

by D.N. Nation on Oct 17, 2025 5:20 PM EDT up reply actions