This year will be much worse
Kirby Smart been had y'alls card
I dont know why that first half was so bad but the second half adjustments lead me to believe Gus still knows how to bust their defense. Pretty much every time they play with a competent Auburn squad, Malzahn has busted the Alabama defense. 2013, he ran it down their throat when no one said Auburn could, Marshall made the right throws to keep the defense honest. 2014, Auburn completely raped the Alabama secondary, but Alabama stayed in the game late(Our fukking defense that year jesus christ) and our lack of an established running game caused the offense to stall once the deep passes ran out. 2015 is somewhat hard to evaluate statistically, but from a first half perspective, Auburn probably had one of the best running days on the UA defense out of anyone that year (not the best, one of). Lots of misdirection, good blocks, etc. Jeremy had alot of chances to break them down with the QB run and just didn't. When Malzahn found success running passing plays in the second half, he abandoned the running game, and shyt dikk Jeremy couldnt hit a god damn open person so we lost the game.
I'd say including 2009, Malzahn outcoached Kirby 4 out of 6 times, with 2011 being an atrocity the entire year for Auburn and 2015 depending on Jeremy being garbage