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9.26.2009

Ball State @ AU: 2nd Half

Hey everyone. We're watching the second half of the Ball State-Auburn game. You can find it on Fox Sports South HD.

AUBURN WINS, 54-30.

Auburn's first possession: Darvin Adams 26 pass from Chris Todd ... PAT is good ... drive covers 76 yards in 10 plays.
Ball State's first possession: Some guy scored a rushing touchdown.
Auburn's second possession: TOUCHDOWN. Mario Fannin 36 pass from Chris Todd ... PAT good ... play covers 72 yards in 4 plays.
Ball State's ... possession: TOUCHDOWN. Some guy catches a pass from the quarterback.

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360 Comments:

Jay G. Tate said...: Seriously?

Ball State should be ashamed.; 9:34 PM
auforme said...: YEA NEIL!; 9:34 PM
wes said...: caudle for wildcat; 9:34 PM
Miller said...: Good for Caudle!; 9:34 PM
Dear Leader said...: have I said OMG; 9:34 PM
AUBigCat said...: I told you the kid is fast!; 9:34 PM
Anonymous said...: Neil Caudle what a run. Good for him!; 9:34 PM
Unknown said...: Ummm, uhhh, yea. I had heard Caudle could run. Nice job.; 9:34 PM
coosa said...: Our streak of a score in every quarter will continue another week!; 9:34 PM
Dear Leader said...: have I said OMG; 9:34 PM
Miller said...: Maybe Caudle can run the wildcat if Burns is out...; 9:34 PM
Unknown said...: the line is coached that if the D moves, snap it stay still and throw it deep. if it gets picked, it won't count. nice run, neil. hey, maybe neil take over wildcat if Kodi is injured? I'mjoking, kind of..; 9:35 PM
Jet said...: The WildCaudle offense is UNLEASHED!; 9:35 PM
JgobravesHAG said...: That put us over 50 points and over 500 yards, now I can relax and watch the rest of the game carefree; 9:35 PM
Unknown said...: Okay, who predicted Caudle would have a 50 yard run. Come on, come on. Don't be bashful.; 9:35 PM
Unknown said...: I'm glad to see Caudle get that.; 9:36 PM
AllenD said...: guess those surgically repaired QB's are reasonably healed

Todd - shoulder
Caudle - wheels; 9:36 PM
Fearless Freep said...: OK, I don't think Todd could do that.; 9:36 PM
Scott Coats said...: Someone, quick! When was the last time we scored 50?; 9:37 PM
Unknown said...: Looks like Caudle needs a 12 yard run to pass Tate for second in rushing this game.; 9:37 PM
AUBigCat said...: I dont think Kodi could have scored on that run; 9:38 PM
Scott Coats said...: Caudle looks like a 12 year-old; 9:38 PM
Wakeriderof87 said...: Was it the last time we played Ball State?; 9:38 PM
Unknown said...: We did against LaTech in 2005 I believe.; 9:38 PM
AUBigCat said...: I counted 5 missed tackles on that coverage jeesh; 9:38 PM
Miller said...: Atta Boy Wade Christopher...; 9:38 PM
Wakeriderof87 said...: I was just about to say that Scott, Todd looks 10 years older than Caudle.; 9:39 PM
Unknown said...: Did we have 9 TD passes last season?; 9:39 PM
Kathy said...: Gabe out there now; 9:39 PM
Anonymous said...: 2007 New Mexico St. 55 - 20; 9:39 PM
missinit said...: Look at those cheeks!!!; 9:40 PM
Scott Coats said...: Wade Crhistopher is obviously #1 in our hearts, but what number is he on the feild?; 9:40 PM
JgobravesHAG said...: Okay Ball State better not score again; 9:40 PM
JgobravesHAG said...: #36; 9:41 PM
AUBigCat said...: Someone please help our run D!; 9:41 PM
Anonymous said...: There are two teams Caudle could have scored on with a run like that. Ball State and Auburn.; 9:41 PM
JgobravesHAG said...: Yup their gonna score...ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh; 9:41 PM
Anonymous said...: Ooops!!; 9:41 PM
Unknown said...: after 2 weeks of rain and games, that turf at JHS is destroyed. good thing we are away for a while; 9:41 PM
wes said...: Downs? who are these people?; 9:41 PM
AUBigCat said...: freaking walk-ons!; 9:41 PM
Jet said...: That'll get you 15 in all 50 states.; 9:42 PM
Unknown said...: Mr Downs gets a talking to.; 9:42 PM
WDCWE said...: Who the heck is Downs?; 9:42 PM
missinit said...: He just wanted to hit somebody!#*!; 9:42 PM
Anonymous said...: Ooops!; 9:42 PM
Kathy said...: Did coach call Downs a DA?; 9:42 PM
Scott Coats said...: Anyone want to take bets that Downs doesn't play anymore tonight? Or maybe this year.; 9:42 PM
Anonymous said...: Chizik is not looking happy with his D.; 9:42 PM
Anonymous said...: D Ford.; 9:43 PM
Unknown said...: Nice to see Ford playing.; 9:43 PM
AllenD said...: Didn't look as bad on the late hit without the sound (oops there was a whistle there) - on the replay; 9:43 PM
Anonymous said...: Mackenzie with the tackle.; 9:44 PM
JgobravesHAG said...: AHH Gabe is in there; 9:44 PM
Scott Coats said...: Looks like Ball State will equal or better WVUs scoring.; 9:44 PM
missinit said...: Get 'em Gabe!; 9:44 PM
WDCWE said...: GAB MCKENZIE!; 9:44 PM
Fearless Freep said...: Wow, our 2nd team defense is, uh, not very good.; 9:44 PM
Scott Coats said...: Dee Ford!!!; 9:44 PM
JgobravesHAG said...: Lets score 60, any takers?; 9:44 PM
Anonymous said...: D Ford with the sack. Fast!; 9:44 PM
AUBigCat said...: D ford is going to be a goood one; 9:44 PM
WDCWE said...: Get em' Dee.; 9:45 PM
Jet said...: Way to quit on a play, Gabe, while Dee Ford gets a sack.; 9:45 PM
WDCWE said...: Neil Caudle for the 61...; 9:45 PM
Unknown said...: Iowa on top of JoePa- 11-10; 9:45 PM
Scott Coats said...: I'm with you jhag; 9:45 PM
Unknown said...: Now I hope we see Caudle complete some passes.; 9:45 PM
Anonymous said...: Dee Ford is FAH; 9:45 PM
JgobravesHAG said...: Iowa 11 PSU 10...11 minutes left in the 4th; 9:46 PM
AUBigCat said...: Wow Ball St scored 30 points on us. They couldnt even do that against New Hampshire; 9:46 PM
Miller said...: I would have the defense running stadiums until they turned the lights off in J-H tonight after the game.

This is pathetic.; 9:46 PM
wes said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 9:46 PM
JgobravesHAG said...: Unless we break a long one we wont reach 61 daggumit; 9:47 PM
JgobravesHAG said...: Who the hell just got the ball?; 9:47 PM
Jet said...: How about let's just get the game over?; 9:47 PM
Anonymous said...: Headlines:

BALL STATE SCORES 30 ON AUBURN

QUESTIONS REMAIN FOR AUBURN'S DEFENSE

AUBURN'S SPECIAL TEAMS NOT SO SPECIAL

AUBURN'S OFFENSE GEARS UP FOR TENNESSEE; 9:47 PM
AllenD said...: clocking it in; 9:48 PM
Scott Coats said...: Hooper?; 9:48 PM
Jet said...: Davis Hooper representin' the Gump!; 9:48 PM
AUBigCat said...: Who is this running the ball for us?; 9:48 PM
JgobravesHAG said...: Ball State you have officially been CHIZZED ON; 9:49 PM
Anonymous said...: We have some very good athletes and make some great plays, but as a whole....we are sloppy and regularly miss asssignments.

Do that against the good SEC teams and we will get blown up.; 9:49 PM
Kathy said...: C'mon guys. Why all the pessimism? We had a tough, emotional game last week. We have a big game next week. We had a 0-3 team come in tonight and a rain delay. And we are going to win, be 4-0, and lots of offense.; 9:49 PM
Scott Coats said...: Ballgame; 9:49 PM
Unknown said...: Nice performance.; 9:49 PM
WDCWE said...: Here's my headline:

TODD'S SURGEON LINKED TO WITCHCRAFT; 9:49 PM
AllenD said...: Awww, we were just looking ahead; 9:50 PM
Anonymous said...: War Eagle, Tigers!; 9:50 PM
Unknown said...: There is some sloppy play, but we have seen a good bit this season. We still do well. Chizik isn't kidding when he says there is a lot of room for improvement, but there is a lot to like about this team too.; 9:50 PM
auforme said...: War Eagle and goodnight.; 9:51 PM
coosa said...: Not exactly what we wanted, but it beats a sharp stick in the eye.; 9:51 PM
Dear Leader said...: Tenn, LSU, Ala, Ole piss... they all will run one back on us if nothing changes on Special teams.; 9:51 PM
Scott Coats said...: We only gave up 260 total yards...not terrible. Definitely not 500; 9:51 PM
JgobravesHAG said...: It was a sub par performance IMO...the D, not gonna cut it; 9:51 PM
Jet said...: Kathy ...

I am disappointed in that we seemed more worried about scoring 50 and getting style points rather than intelligently managing a game.

The sloppiness I expected. Some of the goofy decisions I did not.

We got a long way to go yet. But we're 4-0, and that's a good thing.; 9:51 PM
Jay G. Tate said...: Thanks for kickin it on the HABOTN tonight, peeps.

I'll be posting some quotes and stats in a bit ... but they'll be here for you in the morning as well.

Take care.; 9:51 PM
Dear Leader said...: After watching the first game, I hope CGM is sandbaggin some of his O; 9:52 PM
wes said...: next time i will ask for anesthesia...; 9:52 PM
Unknown said...: Iowa 11, Penn Sate 10 in the 4th!!!; 9:52 PM
Dear Leader said...: War eagle Good night..; 9:52 PM
Jay G. Tate said...: Auburn yards: 560

BSU yards: 260; 9:52 PM
Dear Leader said...: and to ball state... 800K; 9:52 PM
Kathy said...: Jay, check on those injured please.; 9:52 PM
JgobravesHAG said...: only 560 yards tonight?; 9:53 PM
Kathy said...: Iowa just intercepted.; 9:53 PM
Dear Leader said...: 254 rushing 306 passing; 9:54 PM
Anonymous said...: TD Iowa!!; 9:55 PM
Unknown said...: Touchdown Ioway!!!!; 9:55 PM
IV said...: I now know why DeAngelo Benton has not been playing. I thought Stallworth had a good game though.; 9:56 PM
Unknown said...: down goes another top 10 team. i think that makes 4 or 5 this week; 9:56 PM
Kathy said...: Lots of upsets today. Glad we weren't one of them.; 9:56 PM
Unknown said...: Keep the defibrillators ready for Paterno. Iowa cost them a possible trip to the BCSNC last season, and they are doing it to them again.; 9:57 PM
Anonymous said...: I missed Benton, he did nothing?; 9:57 PM
Miller said...: Giving up 30 to Ball frickin State is a bit of an upset... it is at the very least upsetting.; 9:57 PM
Unknown said...: IV, I agree. Stallworth has looked good. He has made a few catches as well as made some blocks. Benton just hasn't got it together yet.; 9:58 PM
Kathy said...: And did Blake ever get in?; 9:58 PM
Unknown said...: tx tach up 21-10 on houston. another top 20 team going down?; 9:58 PM
Unknown said...: DM, I didn't mind giving up 30 to Ball State at all. We got some backups some playing time, which was the goal.; 9:59 PM
IV said...: Gang, I just don't know. Our special teams suck, our backup defense sucks and we are about to be in some real trouble IMHO if we get many more injuries. I just didn't see the type improvement this week that I was looking for. The offensive pace seemed way off to me. I wonder how many plays they ran tonight.; 9:59 PM
Jay G. Tate said...: I saw Blake playing special teams. And Jamar Travis? Why is Jamar Travis playing?; 9:59 PM
Kathy said...: Bad call on that late hit.; 10:00 PM
Anonymous said...: Fumble PSU, Iowa recovers; 10:00 PM
Kathy said...: Fumble!; 10:00 PM
Unknown said...: We only ran 63 plays tonight.; 10:01 PM
Kathy said...: C'mon Iowa.; 10:01 PM
Unknown said...: fumble, penn st. LSU= overrated anyone? should've lost to MSU today, so are they that good?; 10:01 PM
IV said...: Jay,

Do you know how many plays our offense ran tonight?; 10:01 PM
Miller said...: Good question... why is Travis playing? The one place we have some depth is the interior DL... there is no reason why he should not be redshirting...; 10:02 PM
Kathy said...: That was some boneheaded calls Mullen made at the end of that MSU/LSU game. Les lucked out another one.; 10:02 PM
Unknown said...: 63 IV; 10:02 PM
wes said...: i'm not a coach, never have been. so seriously, how difficult is it to develop a kickoff coverage unit. i mean, it seems like it would not be that difficult. stay in your lanes and tackle, right? i'm confused.; 10:02 PM
Anonymous said...: 63 plays 21:34 TOP; 10:02 PM
Unknown said...: Ball State actually ran 74 plays, but you have to realize we had a lot of big plays.; 10:03 PM
IV said...: Thanks Steve. I knew that we were slower tonight but some of that may have to do with the long TD plays.; 10:04 PM
Unknown said...: I still can't believe Caudle ran for 52 yards. I would have never thunk it.; 10:04 PM
IV said...: I was very glad for Caudle on getting the TD run. It is about time that young man had something good happen for him.; 10:05 PM
Fearless Freep said...: Good news, Bad news, 2009 vs 2008 edition:

Good news first. After four games in 2008, we had scored 7 offensive TDs - 5 rushing and 2 passing.

After four games in 2009, we have scored 21 TDs - 9 rushing and 12 passing.

Now the bad news. After four games in 2008, our defense had allowed only 5 TDs, all through the air.

Thus far in 2009, we have allowed our opponents to score 10 offensive TDs - 6 on the ground and 4 through the air.; 10:05 PM
Unknown said...: wes, i can tell you, that you can coach all day to stay in your lanes, but when you have kids trying to impress coaches and wanting to make a tackle/big hit, and getting blocked on the way downfield, it is a bit harder than it would seem...still, it was BALL STATE. unexcusable for them to get over 10 points and 150 yards; 10:06 PM
Anonymous said...: When did the first team D come out? I missed most of the game.; 10:07 PM
Miller said...: I don't think our offense played very well. We were slow lining up, slow getting the play off, no consistent pace... Our o-line was not opening holes or getting a push in the running game, backs seemed tentative running.

Our defense was putrid. The DL got pushed off the ball all night, the DB's played way too soft, and the LB's got sucked into the line and had trouble shedding blocks. Again we tried to arm tackle or stick...not both at the same time.

Our ST is special all right... e-special-ly bad! Poor punting, poor coverage, kickoffs out of bounds, not staying lanes on coverages... just plain bad.

I feel a dejavu moment typing this... like maybe I have said it all before.; 10:07 PM
Unknown said...: I don't mind Ball State getting the points at all. I hope some of our backups learned something.; 10:07 PM
IV said...: I am glad also that some of the backups on defense got some playing time but was disappointed that they had to put the first D back in because the backups just didn't play that well.; 10:07 PM
Unknown said...: I really liked the way our defensive line played, including the second string.; 10:08 PM
Anonymous said...: I am glad that people are complaining and we won 54-30.

We went into the 4th quarter 47-17.

Sloppy or not 4-0. Last yr we were wondering what was beginning to happen.; 10:09 PM
Unknown said...: That Caudle interception was my biggest disappointment. Those kind of plays are what scared me about Kodi and it is what scares me about Caudle. A QB can't win the game by himself, but he sure as heck can lose one.; 10:10 PM
IV said...: The Bull also did not impress me with his play. He looked confused again tonight. Did he make any tackles?; 10:10 PM
Unknown said...: I wonder if Jay was bored, ill, unhappy with covering a horrid game or what; meaning looking at his coverage of the game on the frontpage of the blog; unlike other games. hope all is ok..; 10:10 PM
Kathy said...: Iowa is going to beat Penn St!; 10:10 PM
Unknown said...: IV, the bull has been very disappointing. Herring was making more plays when he was the starter and should likely be the starter now.

I did see the Bull get pressure on the QB once, but that is about it.; 10:11 PM
IV said...: I thought that Ben Tate looked as good as anyone that we have tried on KO returns. He seemed to set up and use his blocks well on his one return. To bad we had a holding call on that one.; 10:12 PM
Unknown said...: The offensive line was concerning early. I expected them to push Ball State back early. It didn't happen.; 10:12 PM
IV said...: I did not see Adam Herring in the game. Was he hurt?; 10:13 PM
missinit said...: You are right...look at the new thread; 10:14 PM
Unknown said...: I saw him once very late. I don't think he played a lot from what i could tell.; 10:14 PM
IV said...: I am glad we won. I may sound as though I am complaining. In reality, I just see so much that needs work and improvement. I am not as confident as I was about the next few games.; 10:15 PM
AUBigCat said...: I think our lack of depth is very evident when you look at our special teams. Unless we use more starters, I think our special teams is what it is until we get more depth.; 10:15 PM
Anonymous said...: IV - I understand, but heck it seemed as everyone struggled today. Even UT was winning 31-23 over Ohio.; 10:19 PM
Anonymous said...: And Purdue is beating ND; 10:22 PM
Anonymous said...: Spoke too soon.; 10:22 PM