AUBURN, Ala. — Had the same words come out of Will Muschamp's mouth last spring instead of Kevin Steele's this week, they would have inspired joy instead of dread. Context, as always, remains critical.
"We're keeping things underneath us," Steele, Auburn's third defensive coordinator in three years, said Tuesday. "Probably the biggest thing I have noticed, if you had seen the scrimmage Saturday, was the ability to control snap after snap after snap the explosive plays. We just didn't let things get out deep on us or long on us. If you do that in this league, you've got a chance.