Auburn in the Red Zone: Poor Play Calling or Poor Play Execution?

Why not both?

Four trips into the red zone. Six points. Just 1.5 points per trip despite Auburn moving the ball well between the 20s, much better and more consistently than earlier this season. The poor results in scoring position reminded some of similar results in last year's Iron Bowl. Eight trips. 29 points, or 3.6 points per trip. And that leads some to wondering if the red zone is Gus Malzahn's kryptonite.

One word.

From 2008 to 2014, Malzahn never had a team ranked in the bottom half in points per red zone trip.