Here's how my advance for today's Auburn-Furman game starts:

AUBURN, Ala. — Auburn got a lesson in overlooking a Football Championship Subdivision opponent last year, when the Tigers rested several starters and needed a second-half rally to pull away from pesky Tennessee-Martin.

They are determined not to make that mistake again today against Furman.

“We’re going to keep our same focus,” Auburn linebacker Josh Bynes said. “Of course, when people look at teams like this, you just let them go ahead and slide by. Last year, we struggled because of the simple fact that we started in practice playing lazy. We’re going to make sure that doesn’t (happen).”

The Tigers (6-3, 3-3 SEC) would like to rest some starters while giving valuable playing time to less-experienced players against the Paladins (4-4, 3-3 Southern Conference), but they vow that won’t come at the expense of winning.

“It’s a football game we’ve got to win,” Auburn defensive coordinator Ted Roof said. “To say that because it’s outside the league it’s less important, it’s a football game we’ve got to win. So that’s how we’re going to prepare.”

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