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10.31.2009

OLE MISS at AUBURN, 1st half

Welcome everyone to Jordan-Hare Stadium, where the Auburn University Tigers are playing host to the University of Mississippi Rebels. The game can be seen on the SEC Network. That means it's probably on one of the local networks in your area.

Auburn has made no changes to its depth chart.

Ole Miss first possession: TOUCHDOWN. Andy Hartmann 7 pass from Jevan Snead. PAT kick good. Drive covered 94 yards in 10 plays.
Auburn first possession: FIELD GOAL. Wes Byrum 36 FG. Drive covered 41 yards in 6 plays.
Ole Miss second possession: PUNT. Auburn missed a pair of prime interception situations ... one by Neiko Thorpe, one by Joshua Bynes.
Auburn second possession: TURNOVER ON DOWNS. Auburn faced a 3rd-and-1 ... and couldn't get the single yards. I don't understand why Auburn would run from a shotgun formation on 4th-and-1. Maybe you understand.
Ole Miss third possession: MISSED FG.
Auburn third possession: PUNT. Penalty on first down, dropped pass on second down.
Ole Miss fourth possession: TURNOVER ON DOWNS. Ole Miss went for it on 4th-and-6 ... and Snead was sacked for an 11-yard loss. Oops.
Auburn fourth possession: PUNT. Not much going on there.
Ole Miss fifth possession: PUNT.
Auburn fifth possession: TOUCHDOWN. Darvin Adams 28 pass from Chris Todd. PAT kick good. Drive covered 90 yards in 6 plays.
Ole Miss sixth possession: TURNOVER ON DOWNS. The half was about to end anyway.

484 Comments:

Jet said...: War Eagle!

With Substance!

DWWD!; 11:17 AM
Anonymous said...: Xcellent!!; 11:18 AM
WarEagleRK said...: Ben Tate needs 118 yards to go over 3,000 for his career, does he get it today?; 11:18 AM
Anonymous said...: Ole Miss 9- 24 all time against AU. Please don't let them get to double digits; 11:19 AM
WarEagleRK said...: Cadillac & Carlos Rogers are apparently walking out with the team today.; 11:19 AM
WarEagleRK said...: Mario Speedwagon averaging 8.5 yards per carry this year. Does he get a good amount of carries today?; 11:20 AM
Jet said...: RK ...

YES!; 11:21 AM
Dear Leader said...: WOW Lots o Empty seats..; 11:21 AM
michael said...: Ole Miss isn't going to know what hit 'em!; 11:21 AM
Jay G. Tate said...: I've been working on a pair of HS stories. Sorry for the late start.; 11:22 AM
Jay G. Tate said...: Lots of empty seats, no doubt.; 11:22 AM
Anonymous said...: WHAT A SMACK!!; 11:23 AM
Unknown said...: Who's special teams was that?; 11:23 AM
WarEagleRK said...: Good start, kickoff into the endzone...but how did we not recover that fumble?; 11:23 AM
Jet said...: THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKIN' 'BOUT!; 11:23 AM
michael said...: WHAT A HIT!; 11:23 AM
Anonymous said...: Let that be the start of something PLEASE!!; 11:23 AM
Dear Leader said...: how did we miss that ball 4 people.... right on top; 11:24 AM
WarEagleRK said...: Oh well, so much for the momentum.; 11:25 AM
Eddie McCoy said...: All the momentum in the world can't help our defense. That blows.; 11:26 AM
Jet said...: Eltoro burned on the pass. Was he blitzing?; 11:26 AM
WarEagleRK said...: Freeman missed the coverage on the big play.

Oh, the bull.; 11:26 AM
Anonymous said...: ELTORO!!; 11:27 AM
Dear Leader said...: hello eltoro; 11:27 AM
Unknown said...: Eltoro is playing today. Pretty cool.; 11:27 AM
Dear Leader said...: hold em; 11:27 AM
WarEagleRK said...: Looking too easy for Ole Miss to move the ball starting at the 6 yardline.; 11:28 AM
Unknown said...: This bend and break defense is driving me nuts.; 11:28 AM
Eddie McCoy said...: Notice how our slade lept at him off his feet to try and make that tackle. That is the key reason this defense can't tackle. Period.; 11:28 AM
WarEagleRK said...: Eltoro makes one big play, but it doesn't make up for the 40 yard play he didn't cover well.; 11:28 AM
Jay G. Tate said...: Bad pass-coverage bust by Eltoro. Goodness.; 11:28 AM
Eddie McCoy said...: Steve- It ain't bending, it's breaking.; 11:28 AM
WarEagleRK said...: Eddie, Slade learned that from Ethridge.; 11:29 AM
Anonymous said...: Should have been a late hit; 11:29 AM
Jay G. Tate said...: Wow. That was easy.; 11:29 AM
Dear Leader said...: 90 how many yards....; 11:29 AM
WarEagleRK said...: Nice effort there by McFadden...; 11:30 AM
Anonymous said...: More of the same.

Appropriate for Halloween, a date with several associated movies with tons of remakes.

They all end the same.

Just like this.; 11:30 AM
Eddie McCoy said...: 94 yard touchdown drive. This is just terrible and really tough to watch.; 11:30 AM
WarEagleRK said...: 94 yards given up on D already.

They made it look easy.; 11:30 AM
Jet said...: We're amazingly bad at several positions defensively.; 11:31 AM
WarEagleRK said...: Well if it stays this way, at least it's over early.; 11:31 AM
Eddie McCoy said...: The bad thing is that the defense was fresh then. What about later when it's not.; 11:31 AM
michael said...: Don't worry about it gang, just the traditional first drive jitters for or D. Nothing to worry about.; 11:31 AM
Dear Leader said...: like a hot knife thru butter; 11:32 AM
WarEagleRK said...: So will we get the now traditional 1st drive jitters with 2 strange plays with the wildcat then a punt?; 11:32 AM
wes said...: When freeman hits he hits big...when he misse he misses big; 11:32 AM
Eddie McCoy said...: On the bright side, the kickoff coverage looked good.; 11:32 AM
michael said...: Boy, it would have been nice to recover that fumble on the kickoff; 11:32 AM
WarEagleRK said...: Dear Leader, butter puts up more resistance.; 11:32 AM
missinit said...: where, oh where, has my ole football team gone???

Somebody....PLEASE bring them back!!!!; 11:33 AM
WarEagleRK said...: Well they only averaged 9.4 yards per play.; 11:33 AM
Jet said...: I don't like the DE twist, by the way.; 11:33 AM
Jet said...: Kickoffs are looking good for us.; 11:33 AM
J. Kev said...: Gonna be a long, long day for the Tigers I'm afraid.

And no tailgating with HOTTIES, to boot. Damn you, HS football.; 11:34 AM
Dear Leader said...: longest brive by old miss this year... glad we can help; 11:34 AM
WarEagleRK said...: Good field position, what can we do with it from an offensive standpoint?; 11:34 AM
Eddie McCoy said...: Jet- the twist that take 5 minutes to execute.

Fannin can't hold the rock, period. That's why he is the player he is.; 11:34 AM
WarEagleRK said...: I could see the way Fannin was holding that ball it was coming out at some point.; 11:35 AM
Jet said...: Wario! And a fumble! Wow!; 11:35 AM
Anonymous said...: We get a break; 11:35 AM
WarEagleRK said...: Ben Tate being saved for later?; 11:35 AM
Anonymous said...: Then we get a penalty; 11:36 AM
WarEagleRK said...: Positive plays followed by a penalty, hmmm.; 11:36 AM
J. Kev said...: Is that lead official Penn Wagers, a.k.a. The Meth Ref?; 11:36 AM
Dear Leader said...: sit his but down... i; 11:36 AM
Eddie McCoy said...: And the penalties start....is this the LSU game?; 11:37 AM
Jet said...: Third snap ... first penalty.; 11:37 AM
Dear Leader said...: RUN FORREST RUN; 11:37 AM
Anonymous said...: No Kodi-Cat yet

That's a change; 11:37 AM
WarEagleRK said...: For some reason the Chris Todd runs in the past few weeks makes me think that even the coaches are afraid to make him throw.; 11:37 AM
Anonymous said...: That took two weeks to get there.

Sheesh.; 11:38 AM
Dear Leader said...: Line needs to block...; 11:38 AM
Jet said...: A small win, Andre? Sheesh.; 11:38 AM
WarEagleRK said...: The line can't pick up the number they sent.

Todd might need to put a little less air under that one.; 11:38 AM
Dear Leader said...: hey its production... i will take it..

better than a punt..; 11:39 AM
Jet said...: Mr. Obvious enters the building ...

A 3 and out would be nice here.; 11:39 AM
Anonymous said...: Yeah, points are points, I suppose. But 3 for every 7 of theirs isn't going to cut it.; 11:39 AM
Eddie McCoy said...: See if the defense blows a second drive. Offense can't get the ball down the field any longer. It's going to make for long game.; 11:39 AM
AUfan said...: Nice to see some early points. Bad news, defense is coming back onto the field.; 11:39 AM
WarEagleRK said...: Byrum is a big bright spot so far this year.; 11:40 AM
WarEagleRK said...: we need to keep running the kickoff into the endzone and forced fumble play we did on the opening kickoff.; 11:41 AM
Eddie McCoy said...: Agreed RK.; 11:41 AM
Eddie McCoy said...: Is this the highest you'eve ever seen the grass at JH? I don't think i've ever seen it that high.; 11:42 AM
WarEagleRK said...: Todd is 12 yards away from passing his total yards from last week.; 11:42 AM
Jet said...: Eltoro wasn't even hustling to chase down the play.

Nice cushion on first down.; 11:43 AM
WarEagleRK said...: They are keeping the 9 yards per play thing going.; 11:43 AM
Dear Leader said...: if el toro can keep dexter in check we may have an opp; 11:44 AM
WarEagleRK said...: I want to like Eltoro, I really do.

But celebrating after you make a tackle for 2 yards like you just stopped them on the goalline late in a 14-10 game doesn't work well.; 11:44 AM
Anonymous said...: Ugh! Just missed; 11:44 AM
Jet said...: Pass rush ... non-existent.; 11:44 AM
Eddie McCoy said...: Thorpe should have made that play.; 11:44 AM
Jet said...: Now we get to return a punt!; 11:45 AM
Anonymous said...: Ugh! Just missed again.; 11:45 AM
Eddie McCoy said...: Good job D!!!!!; 11:45 AM
Anonymous said...: A defensive stop.

It's been awhile. Please keep doing that.; 11:45 AM
WarEagleRK said...: Good stop D, but I'd love for them to actually have caught the ball there.; 11:45 AM
WarEagleRK said...: That was Ole Miss' 1st 3rd down of the game.; 11:46 AM
Dear Leader said...: as always we bring out the best in punters; 11:46 AM
Anonymous said...: RK - Baby steps.; 11:46 AM
Anonymous said...: KodiCat special #2; 11:46 AM
Jet said...: First down!; 11:46 AM
Dear Leader said...: hey zip on that ball; 11:47 AM
Anonymous said...: There we go. Quick hits, quick hits are the way.; 11:47 AM
WarEagleRK said...: Solid start so far by the offense. Maybe we can get some confidence built.; 11:47 AM
Jet said...: Free 5!; 11:48 AM
Anonymous said...: A penalty? On the opponents? Call me shocked!; 11:48 AM
Anonymous said...: TZach lost it in the clouds; 11:48 AM
Dear Leader said...: no
no
no
no; 11:49 AM
WarEagleRK said...: Week 1-5 that's a TD.; 11:49 AM
Eddie McCoy said...: Todd cannot connect deep. Absolutely has no touch any longer.; 11:49 AM
Jet said...: Can't catch a break.; 11:49 AM
Anonymous said...: 3rd career catch by Burns?; 11:49 AM
Jet said...: O
M
G

SNORT!; 11:49 AM
Eddie McCoy said...: Burns with the catch....nice!; 11:49 AM
WarEagleRK said...: WHAT?????????

A pass to Kodi Burns??; 11:49 AM
WarEagleRK said...: What?

Kodi runs off balanced?; 11:49 AM
Anonymous said...: Todd went Dancin' 'Cross the USA there; 11:50 AM
Dear Leader said...: that ball was higher than it was farther...; 11:50 AM
Anonymous said...: Lower the shoulder; 11:50 AM
Jet said...: May I suggest we take tackling lessons from Ole Miss?; 11:50 AM
Eddie McCoy said...: Dang Tate...so close, needed the 1st down there.; 11:51 AM
WarEagleRK said...: Good run by Tate, the O looking solid so far.; 11:51 AM
Anonymous said...: Third and short and we blow it again?; 11:51 AM
WarEagleRK said...: If we line up with a quick snap, it's always a dive into the line.; 11:51 AM
Dear Leader said...: what a crappy spot; 11:51 AM
WarEagleRK said...: Do we not have an I formation QB sneak play at all?; 11:52 AM
Eddie McCoy said...: Good god... I HATE RUNNING FROM THE SHOTGUN FROM SHORT YARDAGE PLAYS; 11:52 AM
Jet said...: Oh, it was the right spot. It was a dreadful play call.; 11:52 AM
WarEagleRK said...: I'm with you on that Eddie.

Practice some I-formation plays for short yardage.; 11:52 AM
Dear Leader said...: I will never understand when you have inchs to go you use the shotgun and start 4 yards back??; 11:53 AM
WarEagleRK said...: Gus' offense can be a beast, but sometimes I wonder if the other co-coordinator at Tulsa was the in game play caller?; 11:53 AM
Eddie McCoy said...: We needed a TD badly right there. THat is going to really hurt in about 4 minutes from now.; 11:54 AM
Unknown said...: The offense is looking quicker today. Really disappointed on that fourth down play, though.; 11:54 AM
Anonymous said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 11:54 AM
michael said...: I still think Mario should be our short yardage back. He hits the hole hardest.; 11:54 AM
Jet said...: By snapping backwards 5 yards, you are giving the defense the one second necessary to get the push it needs. Plus, the back has to wait to start his drive toward the line. It is fatally flawed.; 11:54 AM
WarEagleRK said...: Our D is getting the tackle on players who don't even have the ball.; 11:55 AM
Jet said...: Zac ain't moving.; 11:56 AM
Anonymous said...: Moment of silence for ZEth; 11:56 AM
Eddie McCoy said...: Agreed Jet. We used to have an under center play and I know it was a dive, but a dive is better than that crap we just ran. Should have been running that play on 3rd down. Malzahn is going to have to learn that it just doesn't work very often in this league. The defensive front is way too quick and powerful to do that crap.; 11:56 AM
michael said...: No replay?; 11:57 AM
WarEagleRK said...: I rewound it and Zach dove in after the play was almost over and might have jammed his neck.; 11:58 AM
JgobravesHAG said...: This is very scary, i feel terrible for the kid right now; 11:58 AM
Jet said...: On my DVR ... looks like Zac went head to head with Coleman.; 11:58 AM
Dear Leader said...: has anyone seen any movement from Z??; 11:59 AM
Jay G. Tate said...: The tailback was under Zac most of that time. Weird deal.; 12:00 PM
JgobravesHAG said...: Oh my goodness, did you see AC hit Zac...this looks bad my friends, prayers sent; 12:00 PM
Wakeriderof87 said...: Wow that was good to see.; 12:00 PM
Jet said...: OK, a thumb's up.; 12:00 PM
Anonymous said...: ZEth gives the thumbs up.

Good sign.

Hang in there, man.; 12:00 PM
Dear Leader said...: movement is good....; 12:01 PM
JgobravesHAG said...: Getting chills when he put his finger up; 12:01 PM
WarEagleRK said...: Scary moment there. I've been critical of Ethridge over the years, but you never want to see something like that happen.; 12:02 PM
Dear Leader said...: we are going to need sneed to make some mistakes...; 12:02 PM
Eddie McCoy said...: Those plays blow. Can't stand to see anyone down like that.; 12:03 PM
JgobravesHAG said...: Another player out in our secondary, good grief; 12:03 PM
JgobravesHAG said...: 3 dropped picks now; 12:03 PM
Eddie McCoy said...: Ok, that's 3 passes and a fumble we should have had. It ain't our day again.; 12:03 PM
Anonymous said...: ATTN: BATES

DON'T CELEBRATE UNTIL YOU'VE DONE SOMETHING YOU SPAZOID!; 12:03 PM
Jet said...: Gotta get these.; 12:03 PM
Wakeriderof87 said...: Third pick we should have had. We need those plays to go our way.; 12:03 PM
WarEagleRK said...: Also on the injury front The Bull is out with an arm injury, supposed to return after getting taped up.; 12:03 PM
WarEagleRK said...: Good stop there.; 12:04 PM
Michael X said...: It's a wonder we're not getting blown out when our defense can't tackle and can't catch balls that are practically thrown right to them.; 12:04 PM
AUfan said...: Too many almost TO's today. AU has to make some of these plays to win today.; 12:04 PM
Anonymous said...: THANK YOU SHANKAPOTOMOUS!; 12:04 PM
Jet said...: If it helps these guys get fired up and play better, they can do the Hokey Pokey for all I care.; 12:04 PM
WarEagleRK said...: Good job there, now let's get down and take the lead.; 12:05 PM
Eddie McCoy said...: Dodged a huge bullet there. Thank you ole miss for continuing to try and pass the ball.; 12:05 PM
Unknown said...: Everyone pray for Etheridge. I didn't like the way that looked at all.; 12:06 PM
Eddie McCoy said...: DANG!!!!!!!; 12:06 PM
Anonymous said...: There was nothing - nothing - on that pass.; 12:07 PM
Eddie McCoy said...: Someone tell me why Trott is out there full time? Seriously.; 12:07 PM
Dear Leader said...: jeez... ct can not do much more on that play; 12:07 PM
Eddie McCoy said...: Sensi- That pass had enough on it. Trott didn't make the play. Offense stinks again.; 12:07 PM
Anonymous said...: Living to punt...again; 12:08 PM
Unknown said...: Everyone pray for Etheridge. I didn't like the way that looked at all.; 12:08 PM
Jet said...: Mr. S ... if there were any more on the pass, would it have made it any more likely that Trott would catch it?; 12:08 PM
Anonymous said...: The pass was fine. Trott's play is disappointing. Penalties are killing us. Along with three almost INTs.; 12:09 PM
AUfan said...: Penalties, dropped passes, missed TO's. Ole Miss is trying to keep Auburn in the game by passing the ball, and AU keeps shooting itself in the foot.; 12:10 PM
michael said...: That was a good pass to Trott. Just the right amount of umph on it in my opinion.

Todd has played decent thusfar toay.; 12:10 PM
Unknown said...: good morning hotties.. i told the wife, as soon as we didnt get that fumble on the opening ko, it might not be our day. lots of fb to go, but we needed that. also, lets hope the players get good news at the half about Zac, and it fires them up.; 12:11 PM
stupup74 said...: they went out of the gun on 4th down cause working under center has worked SO WELL this year.

tounge planted firmly in cheek; 12:11 PM
Anonymous said...: Feeling and movement for ZEth.

Good news.; 12:12 PM
WarEagleRK said...: How can you say there was nothing on that pass to Trott?

It lead him perfectly right into those hands of stone.; 12:12 PM
Anonymous said...: Trott drops everything. Nothing new.

I'm just watching the ball wobble woblle out of CTs hands.; 12:12 PM
auforme said...: We started out very good looking today. Now our offense needs to get the zip back and lord help our d needs to catch those balls that are being thrown to it.; 12:13 PM
Eddie McCoy said...: Thank you Nutt for continuing to throw the ball!!!; 12:13 PM
auforme said...: the bull is back; 12:13 PM
Jet said...: Make a play, Miss a play: The Eltoro Story; 12:13 PM
WarEagleRK said...: Glad to see the bull back into the game...not glad to see him whiff at that tackle on 2nd down.; 12:13 PM
Unknown said...: The Bull is getting his name mentioned a lot now. It is nice to see.; 12:13 PM
Anonymous said...: GREAT PLAY DEFENSE!; 12:13 PM
auforme said...: what a hit! our d looks good right now.; 12:13 PM
WarEagleRK said...: Good stick by Stevens.; 12:14 PM
Eddie McCoy said...: Sensi- It's not wobbling right now. He is throwing it fine, no touch, but fine enough.; 12:14 PM
Jet said...: C'mon D!; 12:14 PM
Anonymous said...: Seeing some tackling today which is nice.; 12:14 PM
auforme said...: ack; 12:14 PM