... team will need to improve, we must first take a brief look at the 2009 Auburn football team.

Auburn ran 842 offensive football plays this season, averaging 6.16 yards per play. While this might read well, it puts Auburn at about the same amount of plays this year as Alabama, Florida, Arkansas, etc.

Auburn had 830 defensive plays this season, allowing 5.11 yards per play. However, Alabama ran 774 defensive plays in 13 games as compared to Auburn's 12, and Florida ran 777 also in 13 games. Arkansas ran 813 allowing 5.9 yards per play.

We all have the perception that the Auburn defense was the weak point this year. If Auburn had limited the total amount of defensive plays per game to similar totals for Alabama, Florida, or Ten...

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