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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.

Mr. Carr goes to the endzone.

Quindarius Carr caught two passes all of last season.

Saturday, during A-Day, he caught four for 152 yards, including a 70-yard touchdown catch and run.

Not a bad way to state your case for playing time next season, especially when Auburn’s looking for a third wide receiver who can take some pressure off Darvin Adams and Terrell Zachery.

It’s also not a bad way to earn the Lionel James Offensive MVP Award, which he also snagged Saturday.

“I finally had the opportunity to showcase my skills and have fun with my teammates,” Carr said.

And no group was having more fun Saturday than the Auburn wide receivers — a group that head coach Gene Chizik called one of the most improved this spring.