5 things we learned about the SEC in week 2: A superstar pass rusher in the making

Five things we learned about the SEC: Auburn hasn't figured out their offense yet

Last week against Alabama A&M, the Auburn Tigers looked like they had some juice on the offensive side of the ball. After last year, in which Payton Thorne looked lost with next to no skill at the receiver position to help him out, things looked far improved.

Granted, this was against a pretty poor opponent in Alabama A&M. But still, it looked way better than anything Thorne and the Tiger receivers could have even done against air last year. The outlook, for the most part, felt pretty positive.

The Tigers welcomed in Cal this week. They did not win.

In fact, they really didn't win. It was only a seven-point disparity at the end, but the Tigers were a whopping minus-five in the turnover category. This was a little bit juiced thanks to two interceptions thrown by Thorne at the end of the game, but these were going along with two interceptions he had thrown earlier as well. A one-touchdown, four-INT day for your QB will rarely win you games.

Though there's doubtless much more potential in the passing game this year, things still haven't quite been figured out yet. There's some heavy lifting yet to be done for this Auburn team.