Alabama, Auburn Coming Off Conference Wins As Both Host Mississippi Teams

Alabama News Center | September 28, 2017 @ 3:01 am

By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.

A border war happens this week in the Southeastern Conference with skirmishes in Tuscaloosa and on the Plains. Alabama hosts Ole Miss and Auburn entertains Mississippi State on Saturday in a doubleheader on ESPN.

After a loss to Clemson and an unimpressive victory over Mercer, the Tigers routed Missouri 51-14. Coach Gus Malzahn hopes his 13th-ranked team can build on that confident showing while entertaining the Bulldogs at 5 p.m.

“Our defense has been playing at an extremely high level … really establishing themselves as one of the better defenses,” he said. “Our offense for the first time actually played well on the run game and the pass game. We’ve got to keep building on that thing.A post shared by Auburn Football (@auburnfootball) on Sep 23, 2017 at 8:05pm PDT

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