A day didn't help to solve the fans quarterback questions for the new season.
Cameron Newton hit Darvin Adams on a frozen rope for his first pass in front of a live Auburn audience Saturday and followed later with a 61-yard pass to put Blue in the red zone.
Neil Caudle had big passes, too. He hit Quindarius Carr for a 70-yard touchdown and was part of three touchdown drives.
Barrett Trotter was just as sharp. He had two long touchdown passes and ran the offense without showing any ill effects of a season lost to a torn ACL.
If you found clarity in Auburn’s quarterback race Saturday, you weren’t at the highest-attended A-Day scrimmage in program history.
The game ended, by the way, with Blue on top, 21-17, after Dontae Aycock’s touchdown run early in the fourth quarter. If the drive would have finished in the third quarter, the points would have been awarded to White team, a perfect summation of just how trivial the final numbers were Saturday.
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Numbers
63,217 – Saturday’s announced crowd, overwhelmingly good for the school record
30,000+ – Estimated crowd that visited the new Auburn Arena on Saturday.
18 – players who recorded at least one catch
50 – rushing yards compiled by Auburn, which ranked 13th in the nation in rushing offense last season
Notes
Roszell Gayden looked down at his bandaged left hand and shook his head.
This wasn’t how he envisioned his first appearance in front of thousands of Auburn fans to unfold.
Gayden, a junior-college transfer who is battling with fellow JUCO-transfer Brandon Mosley for the opening at right tackle, played just two series Saturday, both with the White team and both at left tackle.
Coaches opted to hold out Gayden for the entire second half after he dinged up his hand on a routine block.
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So a TD equals 6 right?
There won’t be any need for extra explanation of the scoring system used at this year’s A-Day game.
The Tigers will break up into two separate teams and play football like the founders envisioned, with the only points coming from touchdowns, extra points, field goals and safeties.
“We’re trying to make it as competitive as we can,” wide receivers coach Trooper Taylor said. “It’s not just going to be 1s on 1s or 1s on 2s.
We’re going to mix it up.”
Taylor said the only aspect that needs to be ironed out is special teams, where players will likely have to flip back and forth.
Last year, Auburn used an elaborate point system that pitted the offense versus the defense. Special teams, particularly field goal kicks, was largely an afterthought at the end of the scrimmage.
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