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Chills...

Really?

The bammer version of rivals has this posted on their site:



All I can say is wow. Who knew there was a natianl championship awarded for recruiting? Ive never heard anyone talk about one, much less brag about one, until now.

Here is one we could use:



Or better yet:

Who knew Frank Thomas could act (or looked so young still)

I ran accross this on Jay Tates Blog and thought it was worthy of a repost. Enjoy

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WOOHOOOO

Auburn joins in the fun with Borges' resignation. I think it was for the best. Tony Franklin appears to be the heir apparent. His spread offense could be very dangerous with Kodi Burns and a plethora of good RBs. Im excited thinking of the possibilites.

Both nfl.com and ESPN report that Petrino has resigned as the Falcons' Head Coach and will take the job that no one else seems to want at Arkansas. He must be really desperate to get back to college football and a shot in the SEC. Even if it is at scandalous Arkansas.

There have been several reports of Muschamp a strong candidate too. All theses so called "sources" arent worth crap. Just goes to show you, dont believe a thing until there is a press conference.

SIXCESS!!!

It feels every bit as good as it did the first time! What an incredible atmosphere. Ive never seen so many people at Tiger Walk. The players were pumped, dancing and yelling with the fans. The crowd before the game was roudy and loud-just an electric atmosphere. I cant find any words to try and describe the awesomeness of it all. Here are some great videos of it:







War Eagle!

How Embarassing

That was pathetic. That was unacceptable. That was embarassing. That was a whole lot of other adjectives that come to mind, none of which gives warm and fuzzy sensation. We got beat like a red-headed step child. The first play from scrimmage was foreshadowing of what was to come as Brandon "what color jersey does my team wear again?" Cox lobbed one up ripe for the taking...and Georgia took it. It will be commonplace to say that the Tigers lost in in the 3rd quarter, but to be brutally honest, it was way before then. Even though at the half the score was 17-10, it shouldve been much worse. The only reason our offense was able to score was because of stupid penalties on a very pumped up UGA team. For that reason, and thanks to the defense, did AU sustain any drives. It had to happen though. Too many games this season has our D been the glue that holds together a win and even some close losses. In the 3rd quarter, once again, the D set us up to hold on and take it to the wire. Jerraud Powers (who is the only competent, trustworthy corner on the team) made a nice INT by baiting Stafford into the throw to set the Awulffense up at the 27. Again, the D is the only reason we scored. The next drive we could not cash in for 7 which could have started deflating UGA, but instead had to settle for 3. Following the go ahed FG, the defense finally let 11 straight weeks of lights out play get to them and ran out of gas. Although, I blame the secondary (excluding Powers of course) moreso than the rest of the D. However, when it all comes down to it. I blame the lack of offensive execution. Perhaps its the playcalling? I dont know. I do know that it is rediculous that our receivers cant get open. Its hard to believe that Tim Hawthorne, Rob Dunn, Chris Slaughter, et al (all of whom were highly regarded recruits) dont have the talent. The problem is much higher than them.

Here is why our offense did not work:

1) The O line did not block as well as they needed to, therefore our running game was ineffective.

2) Because of the illegitimate ground game, the play action pass was therefore ineffective.

3) We cant throw the long ball.

4) Since we cant throw the long ball, all UGA had to do was blitz and cover short and medium passes.

5) Cox holding the ball too long + non blocking O-line = sacks

The recievers combined for 6 passes caught. 6! 6! I wont say anything more about this as it infuriates me. The offense we have is not a big play style offense. It is designed to chew up time and move the ball methodically downfield. The only problem is that it wasnt moving. I vote for some new philosophies or maybe a mixture. We need big play capablities.

Interesting Facts:

Aubrun and Bama have each lost to MSU, UGA, LSU, and a team from FL (USF and FSU)

Both teams are 6-4

Both are unranked

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Another interesting bit of info:

In the 2003 season
-Auburn had just endured a disappointing season, culminating with a blow-out loss at Sanford Stadium against Georgia.
-Tommy Tuberville was rumored to possibly be coaching his last game...with Bobby Petrino reportedly ready to leave his current head coaching job after just one season to replace him.
-Alabama had a brand new coach who would be coaching in his first Iron Bowl and would be bringing Alabama back to the top of the SEC.
-After originally being scheduled as a CBS afternoon game, because of the poor performance thus far by both teams, CBS opted out. ESPN then picked up the game as their Saturday Night Game of the Week.

Sound familiar?

I will say this. I know I definiately could not have gone out there and played any percentage as well as the players go out and do. I know I cant coach anywhere close to a good as any on the staff. That being said, my opinion doesnt matter, plain and simple. The only reason any fans get so ticked off with performances like Saturday's is because we've been spoiled. We have tasted victory time and time again. We have felt what its like to be mentioned with elite teams. We have experienced winning a lot of games. Its for those reasons and the simple fact that I love Auburn with all that I have that its such a crushing loss in a disappointing season. A lot of Auburn fans believe this team is better than 6-4. Im one of them. We keep forgetting though, that these are a bunch of 18-22 yr old young men (mostly 18 and 19 on this team). This is a VERY young team. It will be great to see what they in the coming years. Its easy for us to complain and place blame. Each of the players experienced that same loss on Saturday. Something tells me it bothers them a little bit more and they take slightly harder than I do knowing that they were the ones that lost. The difference is, that they have to go back out there each week and try and get better, while we sit on our asses and point out the problems. You better believe they want to make up for it.

But now as fans we have a job to do, just as the players have a job to do. In less than 2 weeks, everyone knows who is coming into our house. This game will be our season. Sure, its been a disappointing year. The one thing that can take the pain away is to wipe the floor with the school we all love to hate. I challenge all the fans out there to slow down and think before you change your attitude towards Coach Tubberville and start calling for his head. He has done so much for Auburn, and we take him for granted. I challenge you to come to Auburn ready to go to war for this team, to stand behind them no matter what and put some validity behind the cheer that we chant each week. No matter how we play, or who we have lost to, It is great to be an Auburn Tiger. You better come ready to let the players and coaches know it.

War Damn Eagle

3 weeks in review

Sorry for the lack of posting. School has gotten pretty busy. Luckily it has backed off a little. Anyway on with the recaps.

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!