Kansas State and Auburn were locked in a tight game Thursday night, matchup Wildcats head football coach Bill Snyder said the Tigers won because they were stealing signals.
According to ESPN, Snyder had to change the Wildcats' offensive signals because he felt as though Gus Malzahn's defense was picking off their signs. Auburn won the game 20-14 thanks to a big game from quarterback Nick Marshall.
Snyder told an ESPN sideline reporter of his decision to alter his signs because "[Auburn's] getting our signals."
Malzahn denied that his team was stealing signs in his postgame news conference, simply saying, "No, no."
It is not the first time Malzahn's squad has been accused of such an act. Jimbo Fisher accused Auburn of spying on the Florida State Seminoles' signs in the National Championship game. If true, Malzahn and Auburn were not successful in that instance and lost the title game.
Kansas State's defense played well and held the Tigers' rush attack to 128 yards, about 200 yards less than their game average. What's more is Kansas State managed to shut down Auburn's leading running backs Cameron Artis-Payne and Corey Grant, who ran for a combined 90 yards on 28 carries, good for about three yards per carry.
Marshall came up big for the Tigers, especially in the fourth quarter when he kept his team in the lead despite the Kansas State defense shutting down the run game. Marshall ended with 231 yards through the air and two touchdown strikes.
"We knew it wasn't going to be easy," Marshall said after the game, according to the Associated Press. "Adversity hit us and we wanted to see how we would respond, and we responded well."
