I wrote a story for today's newspaper about how Auburn's struggling rushing defense is going up against LSU's underperforming running game. Here's how it starts:

AUBURN, Ala. — What happens when a resistible force meet a movable object?

We’ll find out Saturday in Baton Rouge when two once-proud units that are a shadow of their former selves — LSU’s running game and Auburn’s run defense — try not to be the reason for their team’s demise.

It’s been an unusual year for both groups. Despite a stable of running backs led by the powerful Charles Scott, LSU’s ground game has been stuck in neutral, ranking 89th nationally at 123.8 yards per game, its lowest total in a decade.

To find a worse Auburn rushing defense, you have to go back 30 years to 1979. The Tigers are allowing 181.4 yards per game, ranking 99th nationally and nearly last in the SEC. Only Kentucky is worse by less than a yard a game.

“In this league you know that stopping the run will be a challenge,” Auburn coach Gene Chizik said. “Everyone in the SEC will run the ball. … We have to be able to hold up. It can’t be for three quarters, it needs to be for all four.”

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