I'm a huge Malzahn fanboy, I love what he fucking does, I watch Auburn a ton because of him and only him. It's also the same reason why I watched a ton of Clemson, their O talent helped too. Morris ran a bastardized version of Malzahn's O, but it was nowhere near as good. He's new age power run football, along with Chip obviously, but I think Malzahn's a bit different. So much misdirection, more so than Oregon O.
Legit concern, but teams just stack the box so often they give them chances outside 1 on 1. QB has to make the bucket throws like Marshall is doing tonight. You go back a few years when Cam was playing in the Iron Bowl and Bama stuffed the run cold. Cam comes out in the second half, nails two deep balls and the game turned on a dime. Can also blame Mark Barron for taking terrible angles.
I just love watching Malzahn's O, would pay to watch his team play. Just fun football. Can be frustrating when it gets shut down though, all this motion and misdirection for a 2 yard loss. O is like Barry Sanders, -2, -3, 2, 4, 40, 2, -3, 45, 20... you get the point. When it's rolling though, it's fun to watch.