AUBURN — Bryan Harsin will stumble upon a former training collaborator this weekend as Auburn soccer’s nonconference slate ends on a national level.
From 2011-12, Harsin become offensive coordinator and Manny Diaz become shielding coordinator on Mack Brown’s Texas group of workers. Harsin moved directly to a seven-yr tenure as Boise nation’s head educate. Diaz eventually scored the pinnacle process at Miami, one of the maximum coveted applications in college football. However he best lasted 3 years, and after a tumultuous finishing, he ended up in any other DC process at Penn kingdom this season.
They may reunite as opponents Saturday (2:30 p.M. CT, CBS) when Auburn (2-0) hosts No. 23 Penn nation (2-0) at Jordan-Hare Stadium in a ought to-win recreation.
Closing offseason, Miami kept Diaz as its head teach for 2 weeks after public reviews that the school had already selected his substitute, Oregon’s Mario Cristobal. Diaz was subsequently fired on the end of an ugly saga.
“I felt for him in how Miami treated the whole scenario,” Harsin said this week. “I didn’t like that, a man I labored with and had appreciate for. … He’s a totally nicely respected educate in this career. The reason he turned into a head teach is because he’s excellent at what he does.”
Now he is scheming and play-calling towards Harsin, whose very own head coaching role feels tenuous. Can the Tigers earn an early statement win in opposition to a ranked big Ten foe? Comply with alongside here for stay score updates and analysis from Jordan-Hare.
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Date: Sept. 17
Time: 2:30 p.M. CT
Tv: CBS
Venue: Jordan-Hare Stadium, Auburn, Ala.
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Fourth quarter
Final: Penn kingdom forty one, Auburn 12. A blowout at home. The Tigers are 2-1. Testimonies upcoming.
Five:21 left: Penn kingdom kicks a 22-backyard area intention. Now up to 245 rushing yards. Penn country 41, Auburn 12.
Eleven:08 left: Auburn will punt. Starting to see greater backups on each facets.
12:03 left: Nicholas Singleton sprints via a large hole on the right side and outraces the Auburn protection for a 54-backyard touchdown run. Penn kingdom 38, Auburn 12.
The Nittany Lions have 209 rushing yards on 29 includes, or 7.2 yards in step with rush.
14:27 left: Jarquez Hunter dives into the quit region after a few right YAC to attain Auburn’s first TD of the game. Two-point conversion is not any right. Penn state 31, Auburn 12.
1/3 zone
1:07 left: That was the very best pressure yet for Penn nation’s offense. Keytron Allen’s 7-backyard touchdown run became thru a completely open hole. Six plays, forty eight yards. Penn nation 31, Auburn 6.
3:07 left: After a Penn nation offensive bypass interference penalty, PSU’s Parker Washington takes a easy crossing route for 28 yards and a first down.
Four:35 left: Robby Ashford sacked on 2nd and purpose, then is picked off on third down. The soccer and the vibes are not appropriate in Jordan-Hare.
Auburn has four turnovers today. PSU’s Ji’Ayir Brown with the interception.
6:thirteen left: Auburn going on 4th down close to the PSU 30, and the Tigers convert. Ja’Varrius Johnson makes a very good seize over the left side.
Robby Ashford sacked on 1st and purpose after a fifteen-yard trap by means of Malcolm Johnson.
8:00 left: Tank Bigsby with a run up the center into Penn country territory. May additionally see a lot him with the ball, as time lets in it.
9:21 left: Robby Ashford in at QB to begin the Auburn drive.
9:27 left: Auburn’s defense stands tall after the turnover again. Jake Pinegar’s forty nine-backyard subject intention is right. Penn state 24, Auburn 6.
10:36 left: Auburn’s offense is meltdown mode. TJ Finley is moved quickly, sacked and fumbles. Penn country ball in Auburn territory.
13:00 left: Nicholas Singleton has a big hole on the right facet and sprints down the sideline for fifty three yards on Penn nation’s first second half play from scrimmage. Performs later, Singleton scores from a backyard out.
Penn state 21, Auburn 6.
13:43 left: TJ Finley sacked on 1/3 down. Auburn three-and-out out of the locker room.
15:00 left: Auburn receives the ball to begin the second half. TJ Finley in the game at QB, and a first down handoff to Tank Bigsby is going nowhere.
2nd area
HALFTIME: TJ Finley is sacked. He has been hit plenty in this 1/2. Penn state 14, Auburn 6.
18 seconds left: Tank Bigsby is without a doubt, in reality good. He YACs it up to midfield.
29 seconds left: TJ Finley runs for a primary down, however Brandon Council is flagged for a very past due hit after the play. Finley has taken photographs in this drive.
Fifty one seconds left: suitable force by means of the Auburn protection. Penn country three-and-out.
1:07 left: Shedrick Jackson fumbles close to midfield. Penn country recovers. Now not top at all for Auburn, as Penn state gets an additional opportunity overdue within the half.
1:forty six left: Kaytron Allen ratings from three yards out, and Penn kingdom leads 14-6 nearing halftime. Allen had a really pleasant cutback to the left to discover room for the rating.
2:forty seven left: Sean Clifford catches a throwback display pass and runs to the Auburn 10. First and purpose, Nittany Lions.
5:24 left: Sean Clifford with suitable pocket presence on third all the way down to climb the pocket, avoid Auburn’s skip rush and complete a skip for a primary down into Auburn territory.
Clifford has been stable nowadays thus far.
6:59 left: Anders Carlson suitable from 22 yards. Penn kingdom 7, Auburn 6.
Auburn had two Jarquez Hunter rushes and a skip brief of the goal line on that aim-to-cross series. Now not perfect.
Nine:45 left: TJ Finley scrambles for 22 yards on third and 18. Auburn’s offense has flashes. Can the Tigers positioned it all together with consistency?
Eleven:00 left: What a seize through Landen King on a 3rd down leap ball! First down Auburn.
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12:thirteen left: Auburn receives a stop near midfield after a pair of PSU offensive consequences. Proper selection through Keionte Scott to choose the ball up and go back the punt for excellent yardage in place of permitting the punt to roll inside the five.
First sector
Zero:00 left: TJ Finley throws an premature interception on a bad decision as the clock strikes 0 on the area. PSU’s Zakee Wheatley at the INT.
In reality, it seems the clock went to zero:00 before the play turned into snapped. In all likelihood might have erased the play upon evaluation, but the officers and the booth do now not evaluation the play. It’s far a big Ten officiating team.
Three:35 left: TJ Finley scrambles for a first down, as does Tank Bigsby on the next play. Bigsby’s run is called returned after a protecting penalty by way of Austin Troxell.
Four:21 left: Sean Clifford ratings a 7-yard touchdown run up the middle on a designed QB run. He wasn’t touched until he lunged over the purpose line. Penn kingdom 7, Auburn three.
5:24 left: Mitchell Tinsley wins a jumpball and gains 34 yards. First-and-aim, Penn state.
8:20 left: Auburn 3, Penn kingdom 0. Anders Carlson true from 31 yards. A third down sack stymied Auburn’s drive in the 10.
Nine:20 left: Shedrick Jackson makes a tough trap over the middle as TJ Finley steps up in the pocket on 1/3 down. Auburn first-and-goal.
Thirteen:thirteen left: Owen Pappoe lays it onto Sean Clifford because the latter scrambled for a first down. Clifford fumbled, and the ball went backward a pair yards. Penn nation is going for it on 4th and a protracted yard from its personal 48, and Auburn gets the forestall on a Clifford sneak. What a begin for the Auburn protection.
15:00 left: Auburn defers after prevailing the coin toss, and Penn state will start with the soccer. Sean Clifford is Penn country’s QB.
Pregame
Should be an charged-up atmosphere in Jordan-Hare Stadium. Getting near kickoff time.
