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Auburn hopes for better luck with its Plan B QB

With the utterance of one sentence, Auburn coach Gus Malzahn on Tuesday afternoon signified change on the Plains and officially threw everything we thought we knew about the 2015 Tigers out the window.

"We're going to make a change at quarterback this week and Sean White is going to be our starter," Malzahn told reporters Tuesday.

Anyone predicting that this preseason should buy a lottery ticket. Expectations for Jeremy Johnson were through the roof, including from coaches both inside and outside the SEC who have seen Johnson play or evaluated him as a recruit. The praise of Johnson coming into the 2015 season was everywhere: media, coaches, fans, etc.

How did so many get it so wrong?