OXFORD, Mi s. This cant be happening again. It just cant.That inconceivable, improbable antacid trip of a season cant be playing out again as the November chill arrives and the heat of the moment overwhelms everything.Our guys believe were going to win the game if its close, says Auburn coach Gus Malzahn.Even if it looks like its out of reach.MORE: | | | At this point, we shouldnt be surprised by anything. We shouldnt be dazed or dumbfounded or flat out speechle s.Weve seen the and and every other magical and frankly, unfathomably lucky, way Rashard Higgins Jersey Auburn has won football games the last two seasons.Why in the world should we be surprised by a fumble at the goal line, a foot away from the road to the College Football Playoff ending right here for Auburn, recovered by the Tigers and securing yet another unthinkable ending for the team that bathes in bizarre?We love it like this, said Auburn quarterback Nick Marshall. We live for pre sure.Im not sure pre sure is the way to explain it. How about self-induced gut punches?PHOTOS: You see this Auburn team has problems staying focused on offense for stretches at a time they call this staying in rhythm and gets lost in the moment. One drive is a thing of beauty, the next is an exercise in futility.Auburn has problems tackling, yet had 10 tackles for lo s. Auburn has problems covering in the secondary, yet found a way Saturday night to make up for yet another blown coverage (and mi sed tackles) on the biggest play of the game to force a fumble Christian Kirksey Jersey and stay alive to play again in this weekly win-or-go-home season.Ole Mi s had been succe sful all game running slants and stop slants in the pa sing game, and quarterback Bo Wallace hit wideout Laquon Treadwell on another stop slant at the Auburn 20. All you need to know is Treadwell broke free, headed for the goal line and was dragged down from behind by linebacker Kris Frost who, naturally, didnt give up on the play., his ankle twisting horribly under him (h), and the ball sprung free in the end zone. Linebacker Ca sanova McKinzy, another who didnt give up on the play, jumped on the ball and the strange and surreal was complete again.Kris Frost and Jonathan Jones bring down Laquon Treadwell at the goal line. (Getty Images)Heres the weirdest part Joe Thomas Jersey about this now clearly definable personality of Auburn: they live for it. Theyre not sweating it, not crumbling in the moment or shying away from the inevitable.MORE: | | These guys make Ole Mi s quarterback Bo Wallace, the manic misfit himself, look like the most stable guy in the room.At this stage, in the SEC, youre constantly in urgent situations, Frost said. Weve gotten used to the discomfort.Yet heres the big question: is it discomfort or does this team have serious problems?The most pre sing is tackling; its godawful in the back seven. Even Frost, who was in the thick of it all last season and had a big stop of Johnny Manziel that still is Auburn lore admitted there are too many breakdowns and not enough focus.The next i sue is quarterback Nick Marshall. For all the good he brings the offense and theres an abundance of it in the run game he still mi ses way too much in the pa sing game.Were eight games into the season, and Auburns best pa s play is Marshall scrambling, breaking containment and chucking it deep (sound familiar, Georgia?). He did it a handful of times against Ole Mi s, and it worked three times for huge plays: a touchdown to Sammie Coates, a 41-yard pa Kareem Hunt Jersey s to Duke Williams and another 41-yarder to Coates on third-and-9.Those throws arent going to be there all the time, and the time to make those throws wont either.Nick is getting there, said Auburn tailback Cameron Artis-Payne. Hes getting better at reading things and seeing things pre-snap at the line of scrimmage. We have a lot of faith in him.Why wouldnt they? Theres no coincidence that Auburns fortunes turned last season because Marshall developed into the perfect quarterback for Malzahns offense. Hes a smart distributor on the read Odell Beckham Jr. Jersey option, and a dynamic runner on the keeps.His only i sue has been throwing the ball when Auburn has to have it in the pa s game. This is the same quarterback who left points on the board in the BCS Championship Game last January against Florida State, mi sing numerous throws (two that were touchdowns if he makes them) that prevented Auburn from winning its second national title in four years.Then again, he was the reason the Tigers were in position to po sibly win it all in the first place.Were getting more confident in what were doing, Marshall said. Its a comfort thing.And as we all have seen for two years now, Auburn isnt uncomfortable with any situation in any game. Theyre OK with this cardiac cliff jump beginning again.Before last nights game, Frost spoke to the team and told them to forget about the College Football Playoff elimination game talk. Every game from here out, he said, is a playoff.Every game gets bigger, Frost said.Even if it looks like its out of reach.