Auburn's Adams becomes Tigers' go-to guy

On the Tigers’ first drive of the second half, Newton dropped back on a second-and-18 and heaved one in Adams’ direction with much the same result. Adams climbed the ladder, made the play and had 35 yards to show for it. "That’s what wide receivers Coach Trooper Taylor says he likes about me, I catch the ball away from my body," Adams said. "We have drills that take us through that. I had an opportunity to do that in the game and I tried to do that the best I could." Until Terrell Zachery’s 78-yard catch and run at the end of the third quarter, Adams’ hands were the only ones to possess the ball on an Auburn pass play, besides Newton, Xavier Brewer and Deandre McDaniel, the two Clemson defensive backs who recorded interceptions. Adams caught five passes for 118 yards and a tightrope-walking, toe-dragging 8-yard touchdown that tied the game at 17 during the Tigers’ win Saturday. "There was no easy catch for him. He made tough catches all night long," coach Gene Chizik said. "There was usually someone right on him and he had to take the ball or tiptoe inbounds." So Chizik wants to see more of that. He also wants to see some other playmakers get into the act.