You're smarter than this. The Box Score does not tell the whole story. For one, that Auburn Pass D was really bad, so of course he threw for some yards...hell, I coulda threw for some yards on that secondary. But as far as running, he made wrong decision after wrong decision. Kept when he shoulda gave, gave when he shoulda kept, and didn't know what he was doing when he did keep.
You're right about one things: Auburn won the game in the trenches (well, namely Fairley), but Thomas' indecision certainly helped.
there was zero run game because they were trying to zone read fairley who was one of the the quickest and smartest DT in the nation, thats coaching not darron thomas
the box score DOES tell the story, they had like 70 rushing yards WITH heisman finalist lamichael james, they had 2 extra points from 2pt conversions
even the final score was called back because dyer's knee was down, Auburn could have won by 7 or more
hell the game was 19-11 for the longest until a late drive by Oregon that was on 4th down at that!
Oregon played hard, but Darron Thomas isnt the reason they lost, they lost because they couldnt run the ball and even with the good passing game being 1 dimensional is recipe for success
IE if Andrew Buie doesnt have a good game today Texas wins

youre supposedly smarter than this
