This was basically what I took from the hiring of Franklin. I thought it was out of left field but if you look back on 2007, it made sense...sort of. Auburn lost 4 games in 07' and teams had figured Borges out, for whatever reason. The offense was a struggle all year, to say the least. There was only one team the entire year that manned up and slapped AU around and that was UGA. The other 3 losses were to USF, MSU and LSU. In those losses, AU scored 14, 23 and 24 respectivley and lost by totals of 5, 3 and 6 points.
If Franklin had come in and been even half way successful, you know that would translate into at least a TD per game. Not to rehash history or bring up reasons and all that shit. Suffice it to say that even a little shot in the arm in 07' may have resulted in a 1-loss season and some pretty big things. I didn't blame CTT for trying, just made the wrong choice(s)