Okay, Bruce, we need to step it up a bit.
Auburn hasn’t been able to close things out lately. The Tigers have lost five of six, with close calls abounding. Auburn erased a big deficit against West Virginia on the road, hung in with top five teams in Tennessee and Alabama (leading the Tide down the stretch), and came up short in College Station. At 17-8, you’re not really in the danger zone yet, but you can’t afford to make any mistakes before heading to Lexington in a couple weeks.
Now, it’s Missouri at home. The gold and black Tigers haven’t won on the Plains since 2014, but that’s of little consequence.