Awesome job on the TECMO-style screens, you all! I think this one is from Mr. Sensi.THE TALK: Tuberville only spoke for 90 seconds or so. Several coaches were headed for the planes immediately after practice for recruiting visits. I saw Greg Knox sprinting out of the building just moments after Tuberville left. I guess he was running a bit late.
So, really, there wasn't any news. Here are some things I heard:
- Steve Ensminger didn't sound all that enthusiastic when asked about how Kodi Burns now is the starter. He said, yeah, this is Burns' team ... "right now." Maybe I'm reading too much into it. I put the quotes up a bit later and let you decide.
YOU DECIDE (updated): "I told him that last week. You're starting. If I feel like we're struggling a little bit, we'll do what's best for this offense. Right now, it's his and he knows it. He knows there's some things he's got to improve on to make us better. The ball's in his court." - Jason Bosley and Rod Smith said the offense hasn't changed much from what they ran against Arkansas.
- Sen'Derrick Marks said Tray Blackmon has been coping OK with his surgery situation. Blackmon apparently believes he can get back on the field three weeks after the procedure, which is scheduled for next week. Marks and Blackmon are roommates.
- Antonio Coleman was the only defender who didn't watch that First-and-Goal drive on the Jumbrotron. He refused to watch. Marks said Coleman is "too competitive to watch," and added that Coleman won't play most video games because he's so afraid to lose. One exception: Goldeneye 007 for the N64. Great game, sure, but not one I expected A.C. to be playing in 2007.
Thanks, man! I love doing those.
ReplyDeleteI'll try to work up some more for later in the week.
nice work as always mr. sens, i feel 12 years old all over again looking at me some Tecmo Bowl. good times.
ReplyDeleteThose comments should really bolster Kodi's confidence. Why can't these coaches develop qbs instead of laying blame?
ReplyDeleteI didn't see any laying blame there.
ReplyDeleteThe comments on how the offense didn't look any different than the Arkansas game is what is more concerning.
As far as the Tecmo goes...that's just awesome.
ReplyDeleteI loved those games.
Mr. Sensible
ReplyDeleteVery cool screen shots.
Do you do an online radio show? If so, could I have the details please?
If we only had "Tecmo Bo" right now things could be much better.
ReplyDeleteSteve Ensminger laying blame on anyone is f'in hillarious.
ReplyDeleteHey Steve, the offense is yours.....for right now. We told Steve last week it's his and he knows it. Steve knows there are some things he could improve on to make us better. The balls in Steve's court.
It works both ways there asshat.
Tecmo Bo = greatest video game figure of all time.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great link about Bo in Tecmo Bowl that I've always saved:
http://proxy.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/030821
Offense stays the same. So, must stop fantasies of 9-3. Still looking like 5-7.
ReplyDeleteand from another top video gam athletes of all time ranking from ESPN when Madden 03 came out:
ReplyDelete1. Bo Jackson (late-'80s): Anyone who played video games in the late-'80s discusses Bo Jackson reverentially, in hushed tones ... you can't even understand unless you were there. If ESPN ever decided to run a "SportsCentury and Beyond: Video Bo Jackson" episode, they could easily fill the hour just with people telling Tecmo Bowl stories about Bo. Nobody else was even close.
do you need an interpreter for Steve. I can't understand a blamed thing the guy says. Maybe I have slow ears or something.
ReplyDeleteI feel bad for Ensminger...not that he's done anything positive when given the chance, but he's been asked twice to call plays for an offense he didn't create and probably doesn't even believe in.
ReplyDeleteIn 2003 we were going to continue to run Petrino's offense, and now he's being asked to run Franklin's offense. That's just being put in a bad situation.
As far as what he said he told Kodi, what did you want him to say. "You've got the job, even if you screw up and we keep turning the ball over, it's still all on you kid."
Does anyone truly believe that Ensminger has any more control over this offense and play calling than a guy who was hired to be OC had before he was canned?
ReplyDeleteRk, no I don't. Not me. He's in over his head once again. The offense is horrible and I don't give it any hope through the rest of the season. We will beat someone we're not supppsed to. Things will click one game. But nothing more.
ReplyDeleteThat quote by Ensminger is pretty telling to me. They obviously are putting all their chips on Barrett Trotter. If it was truely Kodi they believed in, they wouldn't be messing with his pysche like this.
ReplyDeleteI believe that the coaches think it is Barrett Trotter or bust...and that is scary as hell.
bust most likely. Honestly, I am torn. As bad as I want to win, I do not think I want to be watching this four years from now.
ReplyDeleteI want new blood.
So as bad as I hate to say it, I hope the one game that CTT manages to get it all together is not UGA or BAMA. There would be a huge outcry of support for him (like last year), and we will be here at 4-3 next year.
Get someone that can win them all CONSISTENTLY.
Seriously, how impressive is it really that we have beaten Bama over the last six. They have sucked. Big TIME!
Give me Butch or some other guy that can build a program. Heck, I'd take Blakeney.
Mond, shoot me an email to mr_sensible_auburn@yahoo.com and I'll send you details on the show.
ReplyDeleteThanks to everyone for the HABOTN love!
Eddie, honestly. Nothin is scary at this point. After losing to Vandy and a horrible Arkansas team nothing is scary. I've been scared out of my wits already. I'm ready to see some freshmen.
ReplyDeleteNothing to lose.
Publishing the entire offensive playbook in your blog is dangerous. What if the other team sees this?
ReplyDeleteUPDATE: I'm not seeing a video in my immediate future. Our semi-weekly weekend preview video shoots at the Advertiser at 4. I gotta be there. I'm in Lee County right now.
ReplyDeleteSo let's shoot for a 4:30 campfire and scrub the video ... for now.
Sweet like nectar
ReplyDeleteMuschamp...I'm not scared any more watching the offense. I find that beating your head against the wall is about the same as watching our offense. What I am scared is that if Trotter comes in and stinks it up, what does that mean for next year. That is the scary thing. Two years of this, and I will need to go to AA meetings.
ReplyDeleteI'm confused...Here is what Ensminger had to say about the Arkansas game. I don't think we were watching the same game. ``There were some positive things and that's what I tried to tell the kids. There were some real positive things. We had opportunities to score. I thought we actually left four or five touchdowns on the field.''
ReplyDeleteBosley said the same thing -- about the five touchdowns.
ReplyDeleteI mean, I guess every handoff is a touchdown if nobody tackles the tailback. That's one way to look at it.
Maybe 4 of the 5 TD's they left on the field was with less than 2 mins left on the clock and 1st and goal at the 5.
ReplyDeleteThe other one, was the Rod Smith drop.
I can only think of one, 1st and goal from the 5 and they choose to throw the ball 3 times as opposed to lining it up and running it.
ReplyDeleteon top of that, running the ball would have runn all of the clock. No time left for a possible comeback.
ReplyDeleteI like to pick on WNSP in Mobile. They just inferred that Vandy beating UGA would be their biggest win of the year and it would mean more than beating Auburn since UGA had actually beaten an SEC team this season.
ReplyDeleteI don't like to remember the MSU and UT games but we won. And Vandy beat UGA in '06.
These guys are really, really bad this year. They make Finebaum look like a sports reporter. These guys down here on WNSP in Mobile, they evidently don't even know how to surf the web.
I just don't understand with a mobile QB, if we are going to pass, why not roll him out of the pocket with a naked bootleg and have Trott or the RB cross in front him. Those plays are gold on the goal line.
ReplyDeleteCan Trott catch?
ReplyDeleteIf it's a bad throw, Trott can catch it. If it's easy and on the number, then it's questionable.
ReplyDeleteMy guess with the pressure, Kodi's nerves would cause him to throw it high and Trott would have to jump and he would catch it.
Rk, you nailed it. I sure do miss the rumbling Gabe as TE.
ReplyDeleteWhen I return from a Casino next time, I will tell all my friends how I easily left 4 or 5 million at the table. It was mine for the taking, if just a couple of things went differently.
ReplyDeleteYea, all that had to happen was for me to get pockets Aces, then the other 2 flop on the table.
ReplyDeleteNo biggie.
Back to the Tecmo thing...does Tecmo Kodi fall down while scrambling if anyone near him sneezes, much less touches him like real Kodi?
ReplyDeleteAbout Trott and the other receivers who mysteriously "drop the ball when Kodi is throwing." Can you really absolve Kodi of any blame? The guy only throws it 100 mph. He throws it harder than most pros do in the game. I'm not saying he has a stronger arm, but he only knows one speed: really hard.
ReplyDeleteI remember reading an interview by a Packers player this year who said that Aaron Rodgers throws it much harder than Brett Favre. Now, I am pretty sure Favre has a stronger arm than Rodgers, but he understands how to throw a catchable ball to the wide receiver. Only gun it in when necessary. Kodi isn't easy on his receivers by only throwing bullets.
And about Trott, that guy has had some bad drops for sure, but I don't think he catches the hard one and misses the easy ones. If you have played receiver before, you know that the long ball he caught against Arkansas is an easier catch than a slightly off target bullet on a slant route. I always found the slant the route requiring the most concentration. You are running full speed, and you have very little reaction time. However, on a bomb you have to stretch out for, the ball comes in slowly and you have plenty of time to make sure you get the catch.
So, in summation, yes our receivers drop the ball too much. Heck, they dropped the ball consistently when Cox was throwing. But it is no coincidence they drop the Kodi passes more often than they did Todd's passes. Some of it is on Kodi, too.
Looking at those Tecmo plays, I've realized what our offensive problems are. The defense is calling our plays.
ReplyDeleteIf only we had a play like the slant from Tecmo Montana to Rice that worked even if the defense called the play.
We need the QB Waggle
ReplyDeleteI think the 5 TD's left on the field were (1) the first time we ran out of the pistol with play action roll to the left and Kodi missed someone wide open on a corner route (2) Rod Smith in the endzone (3) Rod Smith on the fade on 2nd & goal (4) Tim Hawthorne on the fade on 3rd & goal and (5) maybe the 4th & goal play but that one was just a busted play
ReplyDeleteDEFCON
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The 4th down play kinda looked like we were trying the UF/Tebow play where the QB runs to the line like it's a QB keeper then he makes a jump throw.
ReplyDeleteyeah the saddest thing about first and goal from the 5 was not one ball was catchable by anyone. It's like trying to make a basketball shot without the ball going over the rim.
ReplyDeleteWasn't 1st & goal a run directly into the line by Kodi for no gain then two fades into the corner then the pass over Eric Smith?
ReplyDeleteyes
ReplyDeleteB.S. If you can touch it, you catch it. That's the rule.
ReplyDeleteOkay Kodi.
ReplyDeleteNot if your finger is broken from the last throw.
ReplyDeleteEverybody knows why Gabe moved from TE to defense this year. He wanted to score a touchdown.
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