No. 21 Auburn runs over No. 17 Arkansas, 56-3

But not even Gus Malzahn expected the Tigers to start as fast as they did. Quarterback Sean White lined up under center for the first snap, something he rarely does.

Stanton Truitt (10) runs for a touchdown in the second half, his third of the night. “I didn’t think we’d win 56-3, but that was awesome”. “You don’t plan on [it going 78], but that was great”. The defense didn’t even have a chance to catch its breath.

Auburn coach Gus Malzahn has been known down through the years as being an offensive guru. They’re without a doubt the most improved team in the SEC since Week 1 and may be the most improved team in the nation.

“He’s a very fast guy. We just tried to let them know that they needed to get off of our logo”.

Freshman quarterback Jake Bentley threw two touchdown passes in his first game and running back David Williams added a pair of rushing scores as SC held off MA to snap a three-game losing streak.

“Any time you’ve got Pettway running downhill, it opens White up”, Malzahn said. “It definitely set the tone”.

After surrendering a combined 28 sacks in the 2014 and 2015 seasons, Arkansas has allowed 21 sacks in eight games during the 2016 campaign.

Chad Kelly capped Ole Miss’ opening drive with a 15-yard scoring pass to Van Jefferson, and the Rebels briefly led 10-0 before Fournette came rumbling through the right side of LSU’s offensive line for his 59-yard score.

Auburn did keep it rolling.

In Auburn’s unexpected 56-3 annihilation of Arkansas on Saturday, Pettway ran for 192 yards on 27 carries and two touchdowns. In the Tigers’ last three games, against Louisiana-Monroe, Mississippi State, and Arkansas, Auburn has outscored opponents 49-0 in the first 15 minutes.

But it all started with Stove’s touchdown.

Since Alabama began beating LSU consistently – five straight games beginning with the 2011 season BCS national championship game – many LSU fans like to transfer blame to the fact that the Southeastern Conference office is in Birmingham, Alabama, which is just 45 miles from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. “I’m very proud of Eli”. On the offense, everybody was making plays. It was much more an indicator of where the Tigers’ season is headed. Kamryn Pettway has shown that he should never have left the running back slot two years ago, and Stanton Truitt is growing more and more into the running back role and looking like a natural.

Life in the rough-and-tumble SEC West usually means hard-fought, close games decided by the smallest of margins, often turning on just a few plays.

For Stove, it was only the fourth carry in his Auburn career.

Rawleigh Williams entered Saturday’s game with 763 rushing yards, but Auburn’s vicious defensive line limited him to 22 yards on 13 carries, and he was the Hogs’ leading rusher for the game.

The obvious cause for caution – if not outright skepticism – was simple: This was Mississippi State, a team which lost to South Alabama (a team which hasn’t yet won a Sun Belt Conference game) and then to Kentucky this past Saturday night.