Game 96 - Auburn vs. Memphis

Birmingham Bowl
December 30 at Legion Field in Birmingham, AL
ESPN

Memphis had pulled even at 10-10 late in the first half, yet never scored again as Auburn won 31-10.

It was an excellent day on the defensive side of the ball for Auburn, which held Memphis quarterback Paxton Lynch to a 16-for-37, 108 passing yard and one-interception night. Lynch had a 69% completion percentage and a 28-to-3 touchdown-to-INT ratio coming into the game.

This was my first, and I suppose last time seeing Auburn in 2015, but apparently Jeremy Johnson lost his starting job at quarterback at some point in the season.

Sean White wasn't very good at all on Wednesday and Johnson came on in relief and was the difference offensively.

The junior threw an 11-yard touchdown pass to Jason Smith late in the third quarter that gave Auburn the lead for good at 17-10, then on the first play of the fourth, scored on a five-yard run and that pretty much put the game away.

Memphis had 205 total yards & its best second-half drive ended in Lynch's third quarter interception.

In fact, other than an interception return for a touchdown and another pick leading to a field goal, both in the second quarter, Memphis' other 10 possessions ended in:

1 missed FG
1 INT
6 punts
2 turnovers on downs

* Also, commentator Anthony Becht said some things:

- A second quarter pass by Lynch went incomplete and Becht said "two referee eyes were watching". I'm pretty sure he meant two referees were watching (four eyes), but it's much funnier to think of it the first way.

- If Lynch forgoes his senior season and enters the NFL Draft, he's expected to be one of the first handful of quarterbacks taken. But some scouts are unsure if he's capable of making NFL throws.

I'm not sure how those throws will be any different than the ones he's had to make in college other than they'll be made in places like Jacksonville and Buffalo instead of Greenville, North Carolina.

Anyway, Becht said "NFL throws" five times and "NFL-type throws" once.

And when talking about Lynch, Becht also said "I'll put my GM cap on" twice, so he wasn't going to get away with that.

Game 10 - Tulane at Georgia Tech

September 12 at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta, GA
Fox Sports South

Tulane's defense: yikes.

No. 15 Georgia Tech rolled up 571 yards in a 65-10 win, which turned out to be Tulane's worst loss since a 63-10 thumping against Louisiana-Monroe in September, 2012.

I might use "thumping" a few more times this season.

Fox interviewed former Tech quarterback Joe Hamilton during the fourth quarter and Joseph said "he's in the fox hole with them". He wasn't going to get away with that.