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Alabama Newscenter 2018 Football Preview: Auburn University

| August 17, 2018 @ 5:00 am

By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.

Auburn was on its way to a storybook ending to its 2017 season. The Tigers came back from a demoralizing loss to LSU to knock off top-ranked Georgia and Alabama to earn a berth in the SEC Championship Game as the West Division winner.

But back-to-back losses, to the Bulldogs in the league’s title game and then a crushing loss to undefeated Central Florida, left Gus Malzahn’s squad thinking of what might have been.

“We didn’t get it done,” Malzahn said of his team’s 34-27 loss to the Knights. “We laid an egg that day. That’s not taking anything away from our opponent, excellent team, but we weren’t happy with the way that season ended.“That’s something that our team has really used to motivate them over the summer,” the coach continued. “I know our coaches feel the same way as far as that goes.”

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