Vandy: Solid win. This is what we should be doing against the likes of lower tier SEC teams. e.g. Miss St. Although I will say that Vandy has been no slouch this year, just ask Steve Spurrier. The offense continued its imporvement and the 4th string defense end up letting the Dores score in the 4th. Not too shabby at all.
@ Arkansas: What a nerve wracking game to watch. Watching us march down the field and eitheer 1) Kick a field goal 2) miss a field goal or 3) punt/turn the ball over was frustrating. However the defensive effort was noithing short of spectacular. Holding possibly the 2 best RBs in the nation to a combined 87 yards? I doubt LSU will be able to accomplish that. Cox continued his souless robotic last minute game winning drive ways, marchiung down to the 12 to set it up for Wes Byrum, whom I could not be happier with. Muschamps antics I missed on TV and when I saw the youtube video, I thought for sure was editted. But sure enough after going back to the ole Tivo, there it was clear as day. I have to say that I like the way he coaches. It seems that the players agree, as does their play.
@ LSU. That was gut wrenching. Those are always thge hardest to lose. We came out in the 1st half and completely dominated. Our offense did everything it wanted. Of course, Glen Dorsey going out on a much dispute chop block helped a little. But I concede we should have been penalized for that. However, Auburn got the short end of the stick wehn it came to the officiating. The waved off 6 men on the line of scrimmage should not have been waved off and the spot on a thrid down on LSUs last drive was a good foot extra.
Cout them: 6 men on the line
Also worth mentioning were the countless facemask tackles that went unflagged. But aside from all of that, the bottom line is that Auburn couldnt maintain its level of play inthe 2nd half that it enjoyed from the 1st. We let LSU back in it, our offense couldnt give our D a rest and so it happened the way it did. This is a loss that hurts. We can most likely kiss going to Atlanta goodbye unless LSU somehow miraculously loses 2 more games (big time unlikely). Nonetheless, we must move on and focus on an Ole Miss team that isnt sure what it is. They scared Florida and lost big to Ark. Who knows which tema we will face. I just know that Auburn needs to focus on winning out.
By the way, I wont repost it because Erik at Deepsouthsports has done so in a way that cant be duplicated. Check out the pics of classy LSU women that I sent to him.
Other things worth noting:
Quentin Groves tied the Aubrun career sack record with his sack this weekend.
Montez Billings has emerged as a great option for Cox. Im sure Rod Smith is grateful for the attention taken off him.
Speaking of emerging, Cox has brough himself out of the depths since Miss St and is playing great. 18-28 for 199, 2 TDs, 0 INTs against LSUs D is impresive. And yet again another last minute go ahead drive, even though we lost. If there was another minute left I have no reson to doubt that he would do it again.
The Kodi Burns situation is getting retarded. Everybody now knows that when he comes in he will run a quarterback draw to the right out of bounds for two yards. I like what they started to do against Florida throwing to him in the flats for a possible trick play. They need to let him come in for a series and run the offense, which includes throwing. It will only help him. If all else fails on a dropback, he can scramble for 20 yds instead of 2 on the draw.
This coaching situation with TAMU is both silly and scary. I have heard so many scenarios. Finebaum, of course is leading the parade with the Tubby will leave blah blah blah. I, along with every other Auburn fan would love to buy Phillip Marshall's view that he would never leave, but Im sure any Ole Miss fan would tell you not to fall for that. Even funnier situations that Ive heard are 1) Saban has no buyout so hed go to TAMU for a pay raise. 2) Ive heard Les Miles is gonna be gone after this year no matter waht at LSU and they are going to hire Steve Spurrier (crazy, I know, even though Miles has proven to be an idiot with is prayer agaisnt us with no time left). Theres also the Miles to Michigan rumor. The rumors are good and plenty. While I hope that Auburn is left out of the coaching carousel come seasons end, I cant help but wonder who they would go after if it actually happened. My vote would be for Will Muschamp or Bobby Petrino. Just a thought.
War Eagle!
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