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Today's clip stars wideout Mario Fannin, offensive coordinator Tony Franklin, wideout Rod Smith and wideout Tim Hawthorne.
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What was so hard about that last question for Franklin that he had to pause? HMMMMM?
It was funny.
Looks like it may be a soaker on Saturday. We just need to run it down their throats. Old school Auburn Football (hopefully no fumbles)
that was funny stuff from franklin & timmy h. t.f. cracks me up every interview. love it.
Tim seemed none to happy. What other recievers aren't happy I wonder? I feel like this will be a growing trend. In Tim's case though, it would help to know that he can actually get open and catch it.
as of now, high of 84 degrees, 30% chance of thunderstorms in starkville.
my cell phone finally dried out last nite from the downpour saturday. i had to buy a pay-as-u-go phone so my wife wouldn't freak out on my drive home.
uh, didn't 11 diff. receivers catch a pass iand 9 diff. in the 1st half? maybe he's mad he wasn't one of them.
I don't think Hawthorne is really down. He's surprised at the trend toward tailback screens during USM, but Auburn endeavors to spread the love, so to speak.
Hawthorne is just like that. He sounds despondent when he's really not.
Hey Tim, get open and the ball will come your way more often. Just a thought.
Tim has bizarre luck. When he is open, a bad pass is thrown, when he is thrown a good ball, he either dros it or makes good play and there is a enalty.
Hoopie, you're exactly right. I came to that conclusion Saturday and I had a feeling that, by now, he was getting ready to blow a fuse.
Tim's a strong possession guy. Throw him the ball when he's one on one with a DB or a LB. He's not flash and dash. He's your power forward.
I'm afraid our one big play receiver (at least after the catch)was lost for the season on the first freakin kickoff. By the way, Frenchy's size is generously listed.....I was front-row-joe at the ULAMO Tiger Walk and he is at best my size: 5'6" 150 lbs. I actually think I am taller, though the pavement on the walk area may have sunk a couple of inches over the years....
Might just be me, but this offense seems identical to last year's, only it doesn't eat as much clock. The receivers either don't or can't get open, the QB either can't or doesn't find them if they do....We simply have to sign a few of those stud wideouts that every other team in the country seems to get (have we had one since Lawyer Tillman?). I think we have the QB's.
I think Jay G made that point about the receivers in his article the other day, or maybe on the radio.
This is the same crew that couldnt get open last year. Not much changed but we seem to be expecting a lot out of them...
I don't think this offense is anything like last years. At least this offense spreads the field and gets different people involved. With improved Quarterback play this offense would be very good. Last year's offense had very little innovation it seemed like Borges was in a rut.
By the way Frank Sanders was five times what lawyer tillman was.
Sanders was a better receiver, but Tillman was more dynamic. Tillman had more big plays in him, but Sanders was far more consistent.
mexico:
What I meant to imply about this offense is that while it gets more people involved, the end result has been (at least this far) the same. This year's three yard pass was last year's three yard toss sweep. There are still no big plays to be had and at least the old one ate clock. You are right about Sanders....can't believe I forgot about him.
Lawyer had an ability that would be great in this offense though. Wish we had somebody like him. All you had to do was throw it up in his direction. He caught more balls in the air than he did with his feet on the ground.
I think Kris' point makes a lot of sense.
The numbers generated by this offense so far are reminiscent of what Borges was accomplishing last season.
I'll compare the numbers FO REAL later today and see if our hunch matches reality.
The results seem the same, it's just how we are getting them is a little different.
I think we all expected this offense to be a bit more dynamic. Maybe that is still to come.
Judging by high school rankings and how hyped some of our WR's were coming on campus, it seems they haven't lived up to the promise which causes the QB to have to throw underneath even if he has a strong arm.
How long has it been since we had a threat to score from more than 15 yards out?
That's the part that's hard to watch at times. We get the ball down to the 30 or so, but it's sometimes a struggle in the past 3+ years to get it in without 4 of 5 more plays. Sometimes we don't even try the long pass to loosen the D up.
A decent offense should be able to consistantly have a chance to throw a 25-30 yard TD pass, and we haven't had that in recent years.
These numbers are better than Borges' last year. And considers four turnovers vs. So Miss and four turnovers vs. MSU last year. So Miss easily has a much better offense and we easily won the game.
Folks, Borges was in his 4th year! TF has coached two games and I belive the passing game had an almost dramatic turn around from Game 1 to Game 2.
I've research Troy under Franklin and learned that Franklin is going to use the power I in short yardage situations coming up pretty soon. I have film from a Troy alum! We've only seen an inkling of what this offense can do. Problem is it needs to be somebody with legs to make it what it's supposed to be. Good news is we have a fine collection of running backs.
Oh, I get tickled by Rodney Scott's continuous doubting of the tailback's part on this offense. Obviously the tailbacks touch the ball a lot more than the WRs do. The offense requires multi-talented tailbacks. If you can't catch you can't play.
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