The Auburn Tigers fell to the No. 21 Oklahoma Sooners 27-21 on Saturday. They drop to 2-3 on the season and remain winless in SEC play. They let a very winnable game on home field slip away. Unlike their previous losses to Cal and Arkansas,

Here is what we learned about the Tigers after the loss. Quarterback Payton Thorne was benched a short couple of weeks ago and thrown back into action last week against Arkansas after struggles shown by Hank Brown. He responded this week in one of the biggest games of Auburn’s season by playing well, which is what fans desperately needed to see.

Auburn had a miscue on a punt that resulted in great field positioning for the Sooners early in the contest. To close out the first half, Auburn missed a 27 and 51-yard field goal that could have extended the Tigers lead to double digits twice during the contest. The return game was also stagnant with very few yards.