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Blogger ehyou said...

Above average videos are my favorite kind.

9:52 PM  
Blogger Jay G. Tate said...

You haven't even seen it.

9:53 PM  
Blogger Jet said...

Hello, Mayor West.

9:53 PM  
Blogger Fearless Freep said...

One HABOTN.

9:54 PM  
Blogger ehyou said...

I took your word for it. I'll offer confirmation in mere minutes.

9:54 PM  
Blogger Jay G. Tate said...

One HABOTN.

9:55 PM  
Blogger ehyou said...

Fanin is funny.

Roof likes to get out if there's nothing else.

9:56 PM  
Blogger Jet said...

Two HABOTN
Three HABOTN
Four

9:57 PM  
Blogger Jay G. Tate said...

I love the Roof clip. Best part of my video day.

9:58 PM  
Blogger ehyou said...

Excuse me, Mayor West?
How do you know my language?

10:00 PM  
Blogger AUfan said...

Hard to see Roof doing the HC deal. He doesn't seem to like interviews very much.

Is Quindarius Carr one of the third or fourth wideouts Malzahn referred to in the earlier thread?

10:01 PM  
Blogger Peter Frankenschmidt said...

Hows much more money, Hoopie? You got an actual dollar figure? I don't count money until it's in the bank (even if that bank will be shutting its doors tomorrow, yuck yuck). Lots of people say things, but until they write the checks, there is no proof that it was anything more than posturing.

10:05 PM  
Blogger wtc said...

I am one of many that thought Benton and Blake would start and play a lot this year. What has happened to either of them?

10:06 PM  
Blogger ehyou said...

wtc...
You voice the question of many.

10:09 PM  
Blogger Jet said...

WTC ...

I'd say the lack of route running skills and the lack of a grasp of the playbook are the likely reasons why they're not, but that's speculation on my part.

I'm sure they're fine young men who love their mothers and help old ladies across the street, though, and please don't accept my assessment as casting aspersions at them personally.

10:09 PM  
Blogger wtc said...

You guys just can't help yourselves can you?

10:11 PM  
Blogger ehyou said...

I've never wanted to criticize players...until I was told I shouldn't. Now I want to just for spite.

10:17 PM  
Blogger Jet said...

Hoopie ...

You and I have experiences with the man up close. I defend him only to the extent in that he's the type of man who makes extremely difficult decisions, sees a field much larger than most, who puts his money where his mouth is and doesn't worry about whose feeling he hurts. There's a part of that I respect.

Is he a nice guy? Nope. Vindictive? Yes. I consider the person in the Biscuits' tickets anecdote a personal friend. It was a silly policy, but it was his policy.

Has he harmed Auburn along the way? At times, yes. At times, no.

But I believe that we'd nowhere near where we are right now without his sense of purpose, his singular focus, and his money. That's why I won't dump on him easily as others. I know who he is and what he's about. We're not friends, and he's not a likable character.

But a lot of Auburn people have been willing to burn the house down to save Auburn from him. I've seen too many faculty members beat the drum against him and whip up student frenzies about issues of which they have no basis for understanding.

I don't have much use for that.

His bank has failed ... either through greed or bad luck. He may be in greater trouble than that, but as I said earlier that's for the law to handle.

It's not that I'm a huge fan. I just get tired of people making him the cause of every problem from anthrax to our special teams coverage.

10:21 PM  
Blogger WarEagleRK said...

Well I heard that Lowder was on the sidelines giving Boulware tips on kickoff coverage.

It's just what I heard from a source.

10:24 PM  
Blogger WarEagleRK said...

AUfan,

Roof was the head football coach at Duke, he never had to do interviews there as the media there never realized they had a football program.

That Roof clip never gets old.

10:27 PM  
Blogger cincytiger said...

In answer to Kathy's question on the previous thread, we will be at the game and we will be tailgating at our traditional spot in front of Miller Hall. This will be our final traditional tailgate in this spot as we should have our condo by the Ole Miss game. Then we will be tailgating across the street from Lowder on the grounds of The Brown Crest.

All are welcome - we have new bags for our cornhole game. Well be at our site at about 10:30 am Saturday.

10:29 PM  
Blogger wtc said...

Jet-I get most of my 'cruitin' news from Lowder.

Just sayin'.

10:29 PM  
Blogger Jet said...

Well, RK, that changes everything.

10:29 PM  
Blogger cincytiger said...

well = we'll

10:30 PM  
Blogger Jet said...

WTC ... I got no problem with that.

10:30 PM  
Blogger Peter Frankenschmidt said...

Duke has a football team? That gym is not 100 yards long. I call BS.

10:30 PM  
Blogger wtc said...

Listening to the news, they just stated the NCAA infractions committee said UAT was a habitual offender.
I do not follow that stuff so I do not know what is happening but that doesn't sound good.

10:31 PM  
Blogger Jet said...

Coach K won't let the football team in the gym. He's afraid they'll infect it.

10:31 PM  
Blogger Jet said...

No, it was habitUAl offender.

10:31 PM  
Blogger AUfan said...

UAT- also, "an extensive recent history of infractions cases unmatched by any other member institution in the NCAA."

Why doesn't the NCAA say what they really think?

10:37 PM  
Blogger cincytiger said...

Is this something new with UA and the NCAA? Why is this on the news all of a sudden?

10:41 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

These videos are worth watching, if only for the cool closing music.

The players don't look as carefree, but they don't seem down. They seem focused. I hope I am getting the right impression.

10:45 PM  
Blogger Tar Heel Tiger said...

another great video, JayGT. Have you ever thought of Cannes? Or that place in Utah?

10:46 PM  
Blogger AUfan said...

Nothing new, Cincy.

Alabama's rebuttal to the textbook case was released to the media today. It contained the Infractions committee comments and Alabama's rebuttal.

10:46 PM  
Blogger cincytiger said...

Thanks, AUfan

10:53 PM  
Blogger ehyou said...

Goodnight HABOTN. I love you all, even the ones that suck.

10:59 PM  
Blogger missinit said...

Lawzy...been out of pocket for a few days with family and I see I missed a BUNCH of stuff. ou-wee!

Let it be known that I still believe in Auburn and love it!

So are we being nice to each other yet???

11:09 PM  
Blogger Mark said...

Maybe rehashed before; but, what is the story with Eltoro?

11:10 PM  
Blogger Jay G. Tate said...

Eltoro, as best I can tell, is super frustrated with his (peripheral) role.

I don't think he's suggesting that he deserves a bigger role. I think he's frustrated that things don't come as easily as expected and, rather than do something rash, he's taking a little time to step back and assess.

11:59 PM  
Blogger Matt said...

Happy Hump Day.

12:02 AM  
Blogger E-Bro said...

That Todd Van Ernst, he sure is a capable photographer. Hopefully he one day gets his due as a capable photographer. The guy's money...and capable.

12:27 AM  
Blogger E-Bro said...

優質行動網!!!!

1:02 AM  
Blogger Peter Frankenschmidt said...

I need to become an top specimen of human efficiency.

5:05 AM  
Blogger wtc said...

There is an app for that.

5:46 AM  
Blogger wtc said...

UAT fans hate him today, but what a lead to his article by Scarbinsky:
Lucky for Alabama that the NCAA Committee on Infractions doesn’t rule on eligibility issues.

Otherwise, Julio Jones and Mark Ingram might’ve been suspended for six games and Jerrell Harris disassociated for life. If anyone had any questions about the committee’s attitude toward its favorite repeat offender, those questions were answered in reading Alabama’s rebuttal brief in Bookgate.

It’s obvious. The COI looks at Alabama and sees red.

You don’t have to read between the lines when you read lines like these:

“Serial repeat offender.”

“Abysmal infractions track record.”

“An institution with an appalling and unprecedented recent infractions history.”

“Extensive recent history of infractions cases ... unmatched by any other member institution in the NCAA.”

Unmatched. Hey, another national championship.

5:48 AM  
Blogger WarEagleRK said...

Feng!

I can't believe you called me out too.

Did you not read Jay G's thing about harmony?

5:50 AM  
Blogger WarEagleRK said...

They can add the violation national title to their recruiting one and their largest spring game attendance one.

5:51 AM  
Blogger wtc said...

They will. Daniel Moore is working on a painting now so it can be out by Christmas.

6:03 AM  
Blogger Loganville Tiger said...

Good One WTC on Moore.. What will it be - a reclining $aban on a bed of money?

6:30 AM  
Blogger Eddie McCoy said...

Good Morning Hotties!!!

NCAA bama comments is hilarious. Can you imagine if something else comes up in the near future what the punishment will be?

6:48 AM  
Blogger Tar Heel Tiger said...

Hi Hotties,

I've been chillin' at Toyota for the past hour.

Here's JayGT's article for today on AC.

7:08 AM  
Blogger Tar Heel Tiger said...

I knew that was messed up, but I didn't get any html error. Let's see what I did wrong...

7:08 AM  
Blogger Tar Heel Tiger said...

JGT article of the day

7:09 AM  
Blogger Tar Heel Tiger said...

Congrats to former AU LB Haven Fields, Assistant AD at USA. Very nice article here.

7:15 AM  
Blogger wtc said...

How about Jones, Ingram, Saban holding up $$$ bills, in the Gulf of Mexico.

Title is "I'm on a $*&@ Boat"

7:17 AM  
Blogger wtc said...

Not that it matters, but I see where AU has moved up in the rankings on Rivals to #12.

To be fair-I WAS NEVER one of those that said stars do not matter. I said they are not the most important.

7:20 AM  
Blogger WarEagleRK said...

I like what I'm reading about how the team has reacted to the loss last week, hopefully that will translate well into the rest of the season.

7:22 AM  
Blogger WarEagleRK said...

Another thread successfully killed.

7:51 AM  
Blogger Eddie McCoy said...

Shane putting Tubs on the spot by asking him what he thought about it being his fault for the depth issues we are having.

7:55 AM  
Blogger WarEagleRK said...

Please tell us his response. I'm on a conference call until 11:30, so I can't listen to anything until after lunch.

8:11 AM  
Blogger Eddie McCoy said...

Tubs slivered his way out of it and said that basically nothing and changed subjects quickly. Said this defense returned most starters from last year and can / should be better. Classic Tubs deflect.

8:17 AM  
Blogger Fearless Freep said...

What, did any of you actually expect Tuberville to take responsibility for anything bad?

8:29 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Happy Birthday to Kristina!

8:30 AM  
Blogger IV said...

Have a great birthday Katrina.

8:32 AM  
Blogger Eddie McCoy said...

Freep- I expected what I heard from Tubs. It's just interesting that he takes calls knowing he will get pressed like this. Tubs is one cool cat under pressure. I'll give him that.


HAPPY B-DAY Kristina!

8:32 AM  
Blogger Scott M. Brannan said...

yippee Zoo Keeper! happy b-day gal!

8:41 AM  
Blogger WarEagleRK said...

Eddie,

I concur.

8:47 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Staff meetings are not interesting.

8:48 AM  
Blogger WarEagleRK said...

Conference calls developing a QA database are thrilling.

8:48 AM  
Blogger Fearless Freep said...

Here's your stat comparison between AU's defense from 2008 and the 2009 model.

2008 (entire season):
317.8 yards per game
2.2 TDs per game
64.8 plays per game
4.9 yards per play
29:48 average TOP allowed

2009 (through 6 games):
369.3 yards per game
3.2 TDs per game
73 plays per game
5.1 yards per play
32:07 average TOP allowed

As you can see, our per-play average is a mere .2 of a yard worse than last year (to put it another way, on average our defense is giving up roughly 7 inches more on each play than they did in 2008).

The real difference is the amount of time our "D" is on the field relative to our opponents - more than 8 plays and 2 minutes a game longer than last year.

Throw in the obvious fact that three of the offenses we have faced this year (MSU, UT and Arky) are much better than they were last year, and you begin to see where that extra 50 yards a game comes from.

As an aside, if we were still following the same 'live to punt' strategy that Tubs utilized in '08, we would probably be 3-3 right now. At best.

8:51 AM  
Blogger WarEagleRK said...

What is the points per game difference?

That's the key stat.

8:53 AM  
Blogger Eddie McCoy said...

Difference in last year and this year's defense:

2008- Bend don't break
2009- Bend over and take it like a man.

When an opponent gets in the red-zone, I have zero confidence that we can hold them to a field goal. The holding pentalty that pushed Arky back to the like the 20 from the 5 to have them even closer the next play was a good example of that.

8:56 AM  
Blogger Fearless Freep said...

We're giving up 1 more offensive TD per game than last year (3.2 this year vs. 2.2 in 0.8).

In contrast, we are scoring 4.3 offensive TDs per game thus far in '09, vs. an abysmal 1.6 last year.

8:57 AM  
Blogger cincytiger said...

Happy birthday to you!
Happy birthday to you!
Happy birthday dear zookeeper Kristina!
Happy birthday to you!!!


Hope you have a totally AUsome day!

9:03 AM  
Blogger WarEagleRK said...

We are giving up 10 more points per game than last year. 18 to 28.

18 per game is generally unacceptable for an Auburn D, 28 is mind blowing.

9:03 AM  
Blogger Fearless Freep said...

Methinks you're missing the point.

Last year's defense wasn't all that good. This year's is worse, but not by that much.

Last year's defensive performance was skewed primarily by (a) Tub's ball-control philosophy and (2) the fact that we faced some absolutely horrid offenses.

The three schools I mentioned above, Arky, MSU and UT, are currently ranked #15, #44 and #48 in total offense. In 2008 they were #49, #113 and #115.

9:07 AM  
Blogger Commish of Old Pimps said...

Stars do matter. Very much. Especially the one that I named for Kate Beckinsale.

9:12 AM  
Blogger WarEagleRK said...

I never said last year's D was good...however last until the Ark game our D was only giving up 11 points per game, starting with the Ark game it gave up 25 points per game.

Last years D got worse as our offense got worse.

9:12 AM  
Blogger patdyeswildturkey said...

What up, Jay, no Michael Jackson theme today? I was dying to hear a little "you are not alone".

Yea, I was looking at this years Athlons this a.m. in my office (toilet) and took a pen, and crossed out all the players who are injured, not on the team, and or arent ready to play or didnt qualify. It wasnt pretty.

But its a fact, the starters we do have for the most part I think are very SEC talented type players. The problem is they cant play every snap nor can they play special teams. This isnt 1953, too much speed and power to stay out there all day at 100%. I say we ride it out see how it ends up. Really what else can we do? Nothing.

Aaron Savage would have helped at DB, Mike McNeil could have spelled Bates, (I prefer Bates, hell Drew Cole could have played special teams, Nose could have played some line, Pybus would have helped on special teams and subbing in, Zach Clayton, the MASH list goes on and on.

9:16 AM  
Blogger patdyeswildturkey said...

Stars are only good for one thing and thats buying the naming rights to them as a present when you dont have any cash for christmas. I have two already so I would know.

9:17 AM  
Blogger AUfan said...

Freep, I'm glad to see someone else mention the defense not being that strong last season. The rushing defense problems especially began last year and have gotten steadily worse this season. One more number-

08- Auburn allowed 138.9 yds per game rushing, 8th in the SEC

09- Auburn allowing 164.7 yds per game rushing, currently 10th in the SEC

9:17 AM  
Blogger Seanzie said...

To be 100 percent fair to the defense...we have seen such TBs as Noel Devine, Michael Smith, Anthony Dixon and Montario Hardesty. Those are good players.

9:19 AM  
Blogger AUBigCat said...

Good Morning Hot Ones!!

Last years D had a pretty good stretch where they didnt let teams convert on 3rd down...ever. That 08 D was WAY better than this 09 D. However, they had absolutely no help on offense and that took it's toll as the season progressed.

9:19 AM  
Blogger WarEagleRK said...

We had 2 different D's last year.

The one early on that was really strong and the one at the end of the year that wasn't the same due to the collapse of our offense.

9:20 AM  
Blogger patdyeswildturkey said...

Add in Senderick and Powers, wow, much better.

9:20 AM  
Blogger Eddie McCoy said...

Sean- Not to disagree with you, but Michael Smith was only averaging like 60 something yards a game rushing coming in. We tend to make backs look better than they are. Hardesty is the only exception this year.

9:21 AM  
Blogger patdyeswildturkey said...

Hot Carter, I know is recovering from a major surgery, but he should be renamed tepid carter.

9:21 AM  
Blogger Scott M. Brannan said...

DARVIN ADAMS!

9:21 AM  
Blogger Scott M. Brannan said...

i went blank on Zach Clayton. what's his deal?

9:22 AM  
Blogger patdyeswildturkey said...

Eddie,

Agreed, most of are tackles are from behind on running backs as we are chasing them.

9:22 AM  
Blogger patdyeswildturkey said...

Scottie, they say undisclosed injury, problem got hurt throwing the shot put in his dorm room.

9:22 AM  
Blogger Seanzie said...

Eddie, that's fine and it's a good point, but didn't he lead the league in rushing last season?

9:23 AM  
Blogger Eddie McCoy said...

PDWT- Agreed, but we also seem to try and take them down high off our feet and whiff and then it becomes a big gain when it could have been minimal.

9:23 AM  
Blogger Scott M. Brannan said...

thx PDWT.

9:23 AM  
Blogger patdyeswildturkey said...

Watch last weeks game, we throw our body at them no where close to the offensive player hoping to knock them down or throw them off balance.

9:24 AM  
Blogger patdyeswildturkey said...

What is Trotts major? Anyone notice he gets tons of interviews, which he does well. He is on the gameday interviews, the behind the tigers show, pre-game, post-game, is he the next Cole Cubelic?

9:27 AM  
Blogger Eddie McCoy said...

Sean- He was 2nd last season behind Moreno. I get that he is a good back, but others had not problem containing him before our game.

9:27 AM  
Blogger Eddie McCoy said...

PDWT- I hope he is a heck of a better person than Cole.

9:27 AM  
Blogger patdyeswildturkey said...

Good defenses shut down good backs. We have done it before, we just dont have a great defense this year.

9:28 AM  
Blogger patdyeswildturkey said...

Eddie, probably so. :)Im sure he is a better person than Tyler Watts.

9:28 AM  
Blogger Scott M. Brannan said...

Cole Cubelic and Tyler Watts are my favorite drinking buddies. be nice.

j/k.

9:29 AM  
Blogger Seanzie said...

And good backs can run on a good defense. See what I just did there? It's not hard to make overreaching generalizations. That said, we don't have a good defense.

9:30 AM  
Blogger IV said...

"We don't have a great defense". Boy, that's something you could have missed if you weren't paying close attention.

9:30 AM  
Blogger Fearless Freep said...

Like I said, through the first 5 games, last year's defense had played some of the worst offenses in FBS. And we had yet to play WVU, who by the way is also much improved in total offense compared to last season.

Here's the total season rankings for our first 6 opponents in 2008:
#82 LAMO
#20 USM
#113 MSU
#55 LSU
#115 UT
#117 Vandy

Now here's this year's rankings for our opponents thus far:
#88 LA Tech
#44 MSU
#16 WVU
#116 BSU
#48 UT
#15 Arky

I think the difference is pretty clear: only one in the top 50 (and three in the bottom 10) last season versus four in the top 50 (and only on in the bottom 10) in '09.

The good news is, some of the best offensive teams we played in the second half of 2008 (#22 UGa. #29 Ole Nutt, and #55 LSU) are really struggling on that side of the ball this year (#97, #85, and #109 respectively).

9:30 AM  
Blogger Eddie McCoy said...

Agreed there PDWT.

Our defense will rely on our offense to bail it out, plain and simple. I almost think it should sell out on ball control offense and risk giving up the big play for the chance at a turnover instead of getting methodicly driven down the field and then give up the score after 5-6 minutes goes by.

9:31 AM  
Blogger patdyeswildturkey said...

haha, we should all write motivational posters

9:31 AM  
Blogger Eddie McCoy said...

Scottie- Cole had plenty of chances to be nice but consistantly was an ass.

9:32 AM  
Blogger Seanzie said...

I did a couple of motivational posters for Bammer at the end of last season. One that says, TEBOWED: Nick Saban wears Tebow Pajamas. The pic is Tebow trucking some Bammer player.

The other says, HUMILITY: Pride Commeth Before the Fall. The pic is JPW being owned.

9:34 AM  
Blogger IV said...

Maybe, this was the wrong year to have Gus' offense. It has won some games but is hurting our defense. The offense either scores to quick or they turn it over with high risk plays. Hmmm, I still take the Malzahn offense.

9:36 AM  
Blogger patdyeswildturkey said...

You know who else is an ass? Danny Sheridan, I see him all the time around Mobile and he is an ass, even to the die hard bammers who kiss his ass. His hair is dyed blacker than tar. Once me and my friends realized he was an ass, after a few drinks we would yell things like "Yo Danny, you owe me $100 for that Vandy spread last week". It annoyed him enough where he would move.

9:36 AM  
Blogger WarEagleRK said...

Too much research for me to debate.

I'll just say our D was better last year and agree to disagree.

9:37 AM  
Blogger AUBigCat said...

At some point this D has got to revisit some fundamentals. We miss more tackles than a little league team. That is why we have made average athletes look so stellar.

9:38 AM  
Blogger patdyeswildturkey said...

With only 8 seniors each one should get their own personal gameday program cover.

9:38 AM  
Blogger Seanzie said...

WERK, quit being a naysayer and continue to supposedly support Auburn. Even if it means lying to yourself.

9:39 AM  
Blogger patdyeswildturkey said...

My brother n laws HS team is giving up like 300 to 400 yards rushing a game. HS Coach said "We are even making the bad teams running backs look like Heisman trophy winners"

I agree with that per Auburn.

9:40 AM  
Blogger Scott M. Brannan said...

PDWT, i agree on the program cover thing. i'm sure no one really cares but as a collector i like having the Seniors on there too.

Eddie, i know your love for Cole. i couldn't resist. ;)

9:41 AM  
Blogger WarEagleRK said...

Sean,

You are a liar.

9:41 AM  
Blogger Seanzie said...

WERK,

Everybody lies.

9:42 AM  
Blogger patdyeswildturkey said...

Scottie, as long as they refrain from the Tommy Trott cover this year, he looked like he was posing for JC Penny with his coat over his shoulder and his tie undone. That was gayer than the volleyball scene from Top Gun.

9:43 AM  
Blogger Eddie McCoy said...

Everybody lies???? Now i'm screwed. I don't know who to trust.

9:43 AM  
Blogger Fearless Freep said...

About Smith: it wasn't that 'other teams had no problem containing him' - it was Arky hardly used him the first four games - a grand total of 32 carries for 180 yards, or 5.6 ypc. I wouldn't call that 'containing' him.

Our "D" has already faced 3 of the top 12 rushers in FBS, plus the #14 and #15 QBs in passing efficiency (Mallet and WVU's Brown). We'd faced only one player in the top 20 in either category this time last year - USM RB Damien Fletcher, who we did hold pretty much in check.

9:45 AM  
Blogger Scott M. Brannan said...

PDWT, i see your Top Gun volleyball scene and raise you the Tennessee topless team photo. now, THAT was gay.

9:46 AM  
Blogger patdyeswildturkey said...

Scottie, touche' (spelling)? agreed, whoever started that trend needs to end it. I believe Florida did one as well.

9:47 AM  
Blogger WarEagleRK said...

28 points per game is still too much no matter who we have faced.

9:48 AM  
Blogger michael said...

Freep - nice analysis

I agree. Last year's D was abysmal against teams with a pulse.

9:52 AM  
Blogger Fearless Freep said...

OK, WERK, I will 'agree to disagree'.

This year's defense, with several key players either graduated, dismissed, injured or otherwise playing hurt, is not as good as last year's.

I'll make a prediction, though: our defense will achieve somethings last year's couldn't: a winning season and a bowl game.

Bottom line, that's all that counts.

9:52 AM  
Blogger michael said...

retract: abysmal is a strong word. More like subpar for an Auburn D, much like this year.

9:53 AM  
Blogger Seanzie said...

Well said Fearless. How many W's is all that matters. Besides, you can give up 28 a game if you're scoring 30+.

9:54 AM  
Blogger WarEagleRK said...

We had a photographer who wanted all the football players our senior year of HS to take a shirt less pic holding a football. I showed mercy on future picture viewers and declined

So maybe in 1994 this photographer was a trend setter.

9:56 AM  
Blogger Fearless Freep said...

And our 28-points-per-game average has also been hurt by the number of our opponents' drives that have started beyond their own 40 yard line thanks to poor kickoff/punt coverage and turnovers. During my research I counted 6 scoring drives of 35 yards or less.

9:56 AM  
Blogger WarEagleRK said...

I agree that the record will be better, so in the context of the season it will be a better D this year.

9:57 AM  
Blogger AUBigCat said...

Last year's D wasnt the reason for the losing season. It wasn't even the reason for the loss to ARK.

9:58 AM  
Blogger WarEagleRK said...

I agree the 108 yards and 3 points at the half was why we lost to Ark.

9:59 AM  
Blogger digger4au said...

Suddenly I don't know waht to say.
But I will say it anyway

The defense needs to go back to basics and learn how to taclke and play a little pool to better understand angles.

Roof needs to watch some good defensive football teams and see what is going on in todays world. Quit making excuses and try some bold plays. There are literaly thousands to choose from.

10:00 AM  
Blogger michael said...

The D was definitely a big part of the losing equation late last year. They were more responsible for the Ole Miss loss than the O in my opinion. They also got driven on by Vandy quite a bit.

10:01 AM  
Blogger mytommyd said...

Scottie, I see your topless team photo and raise you the Urban/Tebow man nuzzle.

10:02 AM  
Blogger digger4au said...

mytommy

NOW I am feeling ill

that was sickening

to say the least

10:03 AM  
Blogger WarEagleRK said...

The D giving up yards to Vandy was because after our 3rd drive of the game our O was done.

10:03 AM  
Blogger Scott M. Brannan said...

ah, the nuzzle. i fold.

10:04 AM  
Blogger mytommyd said...

Has any youtuber added music to it yet? If any clip is begging for "Muskrat Love' or "When a man loves a woman" that would be it.

10:04 AM  
Blogger michael said...

rk, make excuses all you want, but our D was giving up yards to Vandy. VANDY!!!!

10:05 AM  
Blogger mytommyd said...

Was last year's Vandy game the other game where we knocked out the starting QB just to get toasted by the backup? I know LSU was one.

10:08 AM  
Blogger michael said...

The D also played pretty much the same way against West Virginia for two years in a row now, also.

10:09 AM  
Blogger digger4au said...

A qoute from Evan's blog

Ted Roof has historically been known as aggressive coordinator eager to blitz and harass the quarterback

what! did we get the wrong Roof. The asphalt intead of the steel.

Surely someone jests

10:09 AM  
Blogger WarEagleRK said...

We gave up 263 yards to Vandy. Vandy's longest drive was 68 yards...their 2nd longest was 39.

One of their TD drives was 30 yards.

10:10 AM  
Blogger AUBigCat said...

I know no one wants to talk much about this but our offense made the ARK defense look all-world for at least a half. Our first series looked like they had a copy of our coaching notes.

10:10 AM  
Blogger mytommyd said...

Judging from what the players and coaches have said, they played like they practiced last week. I have a feeling that will remain with them as a constant reminder that you can't just show up for the game and expect a W.

10:12 AM  
Blogger digger4au said...

That first series was so screwed up it was pitifu.
Exicusion was like a Jr. College team playing an NFL top defense.
No blocking no faking no running no passing

10:14 AM  
Blogger Eddie McCoy said...

mytommy- Truer words have never been spoken. I'm hoping they are having a great week of practice this week.

10:14 AM  
Blogger mytommyd said...

Well Eddie, it sounds like Tuesday they got back on track. Lets hope they keep it rollin'

10:16 AM  
Blogger WarEagleRK said...

So was the bad practice week due to beleiving the press clippings and the ranking?

10:18 AM  
Blogger WarEagleRK said...

or believing

10:19 AM  
Blogger digger4au said...

I really think so.

Young folks seem to need to be shown not told.

10:20 AM  
Blogger Eddie McCoy said...

RK- Guarenteed that played into and how easily the truely beat UT even tho the score didn't reflect it.

10:20 AM  
Blogger AUBigCat said...

I think the team learned alot from the ARK game on both sides of the ball. I think the coaches learned as much as the players. Im pretty anxious to see the improvements on both sides of the ball. Did anyone read the article from the Arkansas paper that quoted their DC as saying our offense was predictable? I only heard about it but I beat Malzahn is thinking, "i have them right were I want them!"

10:21 AM  
Blogger Eddie McCoy said...

BigCat- I saw that mentioned but have never seen the real reference on that quote. I find it hard to believe he is predictable unless someone stole his scripted play sheet.

10:25 AM  
Blogger WarEagleRK said...

I think the quote was about on 2nd and 6 or less we were really predictable and it helped put us in3rd and long.

10:29 AM  
Blogger mytommyd said...

Well he can be predictable as far as the play calling goes. The trick is in the execution and tempo. The other team can know what you're going to run, but if our offense blocks and moves like they're supposed to, it shouldn't matter if they know or not.

10:32 AM  
Blogger mytommyd said...

At least I think that was part of the basics for Gus' scheme.

10:33 AM  
Blogger WarEagleRK said...

As long as we execute properly we should be able to move the ball even if we are predictable.

Execution was key. I know this is the type of comment that seems to make people think I'm not a true fan...however Tommy Trott got people killed on swing passes a couple of times by not holding his block.

10:39 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Did you all know Florida's defense has given up only 2 touchdowns all year?

10:40 AM  
Blogger WarEagleRK said...

Sensi,

I did not realize that, but they do have a really good D.

When we play them in the SEC title game, we'll see how well we do against them, right?

10:44 AM  
Blogger Eddie McCoy said...

RK- I saw the same and I also noticed in previous games how nice of a job we did in blocking on those screens. Before this year, I never felt Auburn was going to be able to block on a bubble screen, but they can. They just need to take it seriously again.

10:44 AM  
Blogger michael said...

My long post:

I think preparation played a lot into the loss, but I also think Arkansas is just good. Also, there have been numerous quarters this year where Auburn's O didn't show, but it has generally been for no more than one quarter a game. We were bound for a bad game where we got 2 or 3 bad quarters, and this was it. So much of the O is based on timing/execution and not necessarily how good or athletic the opposing defense is, so it also shouldn't be such a surprise that a D as bad as Arkansas was the one to shut the O down.

Take another look at the West Va game. Had W Va not shot themselves in the foot so much and if we had decided to turn the ball over like we did Saturday, that score could have been about the same.

So, I am sure lack of focus during preparation played into this last loss, but it is not like slow starts were new this last week. It’s just that they didn’t snap out of it fast enough this time. Add in all the turnovers, missed opportunities, and a couple of questionable calls from the refs, and you can see why the score ended up the way it did. Lack of focus at practice didn’t cause Fannin to fumble on the kickoff return, Tate to fumble the handoff at the goal line, or Todd to overthrow his receiver on a wide open bomb. These plays happen and they just all decided to happen in one horrible game.

10:46 AM  
Blogger mytommyd said...

I think the Florida was supposed to have returned all 11 starters and something like 10 of the second string on their defense. It was something crazy like that.

But they will still possibly get into trouble if they can't find their running game.

10:46 AM  
Blogger michael said...

Summary of my last post: it is fine to look for reasons for the loss so that they can be corrected, but in reality, the potential for this sort of game has been there all season if you just looked a little closer.

10:47 AM  
Blogger WarEagleRK said...

I think Florida's main problem isn't the running game, it's recievers. They don't have any go to guys like they have in the past.

10:49 AM  
Blogger mytommyd said...

True WERK. Percy Harvey ain't comin through that door.

10:53 AM  
Blogger Jay G. Tate said...

Roof has been forced to change his defensive plans at Auburn. That is 100% correct.

His top two linebackers play every snap of every game. You can't ask them to blitz very often under that workload.

As you saw last week, Neiko Thorpe has some issues in man coverage. So that's a situation where a safety needs to provide support as often as possible.

If your linebackers can't blitz and your safeties are needed in coverage and your corners are loaded to the gills as it is ... who is going to blitz?

11:01 AM  
Blogger michael said...

I understand the rationale with not blitzing, but I don't agree with it. I think both Herring and Freeman would be better used if they blitzed more often.

And I can also live with those passes on Thorpe. He was in good position, he just has to make a play on the ball. Easier said than done, but I am not worried about him. Blitz and trust your corners.

That being said, when we did blitz in the UT game, we still didn't get any pressure. That also might be a part of the problem: maybe we don't have effective blitzers.

11:04 AM  
Blogger Eddie McCoy said...

Jay G- I say it's a pick your poison at that point. I say that you are better to blitz against a good QB which Mallet is and risk giving up the homerun ball. Our defense is not good enough to give good QB's all day to throw the ball. I'd rather see us take our chances of blowing a coverage and getting to the QB quickly than a good QB picking us apart slowly.

11:05 AM  
Blogger digger4au said...

Good point J. I guess we just have to hang on this year and hope the calvary shows up within the next couple of years.

11:05 AM  
Blogger Jay G. Tate said...

FYI: I am doing a chat at the UK Athletics website at 1:30 p.m. CDT.They bring together a UK writer and an Auburn writer for a Q-and-A.

I'll post the information in a bit.

11:06 AM  
Blogger Jay G. Tate said...

Freeman isn't on the field. He's not playing. He won't be blitzing.

Adam Herring? Maybe. They run nickel a lot, so you're more apt to consider Demond Washington as your designated blitzer. Then again, why are you blitzing out of a nickel?

11:08 AM  
Blogger michael said...

I wonder if they will be surprised if a bunch of Hotties join in on the chat. They are probably not used to beat writer groupies.

11:09 AM  
Blogger michael said...

I know Freeman isn't playing, but he wasn't blitzing when he was playing. I think a good way of getting these youngsters feet wet is to take out the thinking part and let them run like mad men at a quarterback like Mallett.

11:10 AM  
Blogger Seanzie said...

Alright peeps, there's something everyone needs to realize. It's imperative we get pressure with our front 4. If we don't we will have all kinds of problems. Blitzing isn't much of an option for reasons already stated. The front 4 is our best chance to improve and get more pressure. IMO, that's where the majority of our defensive effort needs to come.

11:13 AM  
Blogger Eddie McCoy said...

I agree Sean, but I don't see it happening. I hope I'm wrong.

11:17 AM  
Blogger michael said...

But Sean, that's like saying, “Todd needs to start running faster”. It is a little late to work on the pass rushing techniques of our front 4, so you have to go to plan B: either play it conservative and drop into coverage or bring some extra rushers and make you coverage more vulnerable. Of course everyone wants to get a rush without blitzing, but it hasn’t happened the last two games, and it isn’t likely to happen in the near future.

11:18 AM  

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