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Circle the Wagons

Related Topics: Scott Donaldson, Gus Malzahn

The first three weeks of Auburn’s season have produced an alarming number of questions with no sign of any answers in sight. There’s really no debating it at this point – Gus Malzahn is on the hot seat. Questionable play-calling, lack of consistency, and an apparent failure to develop talent has seemingly crippled Auburn’s chances of having a bounce-back year in 2016. At a glance, Auburn’s record on paper does not immediately raise an overwhelming array of red flags.

Close losses to two higher-ranked teams would not normally translate to doom and gloom among the fanbase – but it is the way in which those losses occurred that make Auburn’s situation so puzzling and frustrating.