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Pat Dye Field => War Damn Eagle => Topic started by: Townhallsavoy on September 21, 2014, 09:54:47 AM
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FINALLY an interesting weekend of college football. A few upsets, some hijinks, some scares, some drama - this was a much needed Saturday.
Alabama
- Very talented, yada, yada, but that was a SLOPPY performance. Turnovers galore, missed tackles, relying on the big play too often.
- Amari Cooper is a stud. I didn't realize it before. I mean, I knew he had some speed, but he's probably the best receiver in the country. Though I disagree with Gary and Verne's splooge comments about how he and Julio Jones will be the #1 and #2 receivers in the NFL in a few years.
- Blake Sims scares me. Not that I think he's all that spectacular. I think his performance was more on Florida's shitty defensive play calling. But he's fast and quick. I can't remember an Auburn defense in a long time including Tuberville years being able to really stop a running quarterback that can throw.
- Speaking of Gary and Verne splooge comments, anyone else hear Gary compare Kenyon Drake to Reggie Bush?
- Also on that play, that was not some maniacal ingenuity by Lane Kiffin. Florida allowed their middle linebacker to split wide to play cornerback without safety help.
Florida
- Muschamp is done. That was one of the more piss-poor efforts on defense I've seen since the last time I watched Texas A&M play football. What's Muschamp's specialty? Defense?
LSU
- Miles should bolt while he has a chance. The Tigers looked uninspired. With Auburn putting together a dominant program, Alabama being where they are, Miss State pounding ass, Ole Miss getting 8-9 wins, and Arkansas pushing you to the 4th quarter in Fat Bert's first terrible, bad, god-awful year, LSU is going to see a significant drop off over the next few years.
Florida State
- Is this the most despicable program in the country? You know, after the bullshit the media threw at Auburn and Cam Newton, it seems like the celebrities of college football have gotten worse and worse. Cam's been involved in charity, volunteering, and promoting a positive lifestyle in the wake of numerous NFL scandals. What are the rest of the big college guys doing? Johnny Money Manziel? Jameis Rapist Winston?
- And how fucking retarded does Winston have to be to STILL DRESS OUT FOR THE GAME? You know why he still dressed out? Because he's a moron OR because the leniency of Florida State (and Tallahassee) has enabled him to think that being suspended means he can still play if he wants to.
- Jimbo Fisher at the end of the game last night said that Winston was still a good kid and sometimes you have to discipline your kids if they step out of line. If my kid admitted to running trains on drunk girls that he later dropped off in parking lots and if my kid stole food from grocery stores and if my kid screamed absurdly inappropriate sexual comments in the middle of a large crowd of people, I'm probably either disowning him or if I really care about him, getting him some serious help. I'm also going to remove him from the environment that is enabling that kind of behavior.
- It really is despicable when I think about it. The police department doing jack shit to really investigate Winston's rape charge. The university waiting a year and a half later to run through the motions to see if Winston should be kicked out of school (he won't be). The football and baseball coaches doing very little to improve Winston's decision making. Awful what big business has done to athletics. A college sports program should be an environment that fosters characters in athletes ESPECIALLY if they come from a bad home town.
Clemson
- Hahahahahhaa Dabo.
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We interrupt this episode of To Catch a Predator to bring you the Florida State vs Clemson game.
Surely I wasn't the only one that finally started throwing things at the television every time the camera panned to The Rapist on the sidelines (approximately 6,395 times, or once every 1.245 minutes for Chizad)?
That would have made a great drinking game btw.
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Jabooboo Winston proved what women in Tallahassee have known for a long time.
He doesn't understand the meaning of the word "No"
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I hold Auburn responsible for a great deal of the extended leash the alleged rapist has been given.
I know, logical right?
Cooper runs right by corners but he also shines in traffic.
Prescott might be a 1/2 step slower than Sims which is why I think State will be a problem... Alabama as well with the weapons and bad matchups they present-for anybody.
I have been wrong twice but Miles is going to linger on much longer than he should.
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After SC and LSU looking like they did last night, MSU looks to be a tougher game on Auburns schedule and MSU has the good guys at home.
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With Hoke about to be out at Meeeeechigan, look for Les Miles to hear Momma callin.
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Florida had the right gameplan: sell out to stop the run, and make Sims beat you. The problem is that the Gaytor secondary apparently can't cover a peewee team.
Sims was unexpectedly good, but the UF defense made his coming out party (heeeeeey, queen!) especially easy.
Also, Dabo is the worst coach in the world. Kick and get SOME OT points on the board, you tard. From Twitter: "a reality show called Bobo and Dabo...they live in a house together and make bad decisions."
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Also, Dabo is the worst coach in the world. Kick and get SOME OT points on the board, you tard.
Or how about NOT lining up 9 yards back in the shotgun on 4th & inches within the 20 in OT? Have your QB fall forward.
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Florida had the right gameplan: sell out to stop the run, and make Sims beat you. The problem is that the Gaytor secondary apparently can't cover a peewee team.
Sims was unexpectedly good, but the UF defense made his coming out party (heeeeeey, queen!) especially easy.
Also, Dabo is the worst coach in the world. Kick and get SOME OT points on the board, you tard. From Twitter: "a reality show called Bobo and Dabo...they live in a house together and make bad decisions."
Florida needs more Hargreaves and you are right about their plan. And there is no beating Bammer with Coich Kiffin's awesome play selection.
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Just to put the gump passing numbers in perspective. Patrick Towles of Kentucky 379 yards passing vs UF and 3 TDs. Garrett Johnson had 6 catches for 154 yards and 2 TDs against the best DB in CFB.
Will also add, Henry will not last the season. Guy looks like a propped up sheet of plywood running with the football. Drake is by far the best rb they have.
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Just to put the gump passing numbers in perspective. Patrick Towles of Kentucky 379 yards passing vs UF and 3 TDs. Garrett Johnson had 6 catches for 154 yards and 2 TDs against the best DB in CFB.
Will also add, Henry will not last the season. Guy looks like a propped up sheet of plywood running with the football. Drake is by far the best rb they have.
Hargreaves is overrated. Yeah I said it.
Was more impressive with MacEnroes twin brother at Clemson holding Rashad Greene in check for the most part. Aside from the big play where the db fell down.
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Just to put the gump passing numbers in perspective. Patrick Towles of Kentucky 379 yards passing vs UF and 3 TDs. Garrett Johnson had 6 catches for 154 yards and 2 TDs against the best DB in CFB.
Will also add, Henry will not last the season. Guy looks like a propped up sheet of plywood running with the football. Drake is by far the best rb they have.
Drake and Yeldon are like slot receivers. This is the best group of skill players I've ever seen on a college team. No excuse for not putting up a heap of offensive stats.
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Drake and Yeldon are like slot receivers. This is the best group of skill players I've ever seen on a college team. No excuse for not putting up a heap of offensive stats.
You can tell Drake isn't one of the midget's favorites. Guy fumbles one time and don't see the field again till the 4th.
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You can tell Drake isn't one of the midget's favorites. Guy fumbles one time and don't see the field again till the 4th.
One more thing about Henry...better get the guy before he breaks the line of scrimmage because that's one thick-assed sheet of plywood, and I didn't see anybody from Florida looking to hit him square. Lucky for them.
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One more thing about Henry...better get the guy before he breaks the line of scrimmage because that's one thick-assed sheet of plywood, and I didn't see anybody from Florida looking to hit him square. Lucky for them.
He got popped a couple of times. Once he gets going downhill he can be a load but that guy has horrible pad level. Clog the middle and he won't beat you by bouncing it outside. Hes a poor man Brandon Jacobs at best.
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He got popped a couple of times. Once he gets going downhill he can be a load but that guy has horrible pad level. Clog the middle and he won't beat you by bouncing it outside. Hes a poor man Brandon Jacobs at best.
Yeah well Brandon Jacobs' destroyed defenders for quite a few seasons.
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Yeah well Brandon Jacobs' destroyed defenders for quite a few seasons.
Most bad-assed wedge-buster evAr!
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Yeah well Brandon Jacobs' destroyed defenders for quite a few seasons.
Maybe I should've said homeless man's version.
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http://espn.go.com/college-football/rankings (http://espn.go.com/college-football/rankings)
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Auburn has the most ranked teams on their schedule with EIGHT
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You can tell Drake isn't one of the midget's favorites. Guy fumbles one time and don't see the field again till the 4th.
Probably because you can bank on him coughing it up at least once per game. Literally.
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The train wreck that is still likely inevitable is postponed. Kiffin works for Sims. Denying that is turning a blind eye.
UF doesn't have the purported d many of the experts said. Still, impressive yardage that Bama put up.
I feel like FSU is running on fumes.
We are more likely to see an undefeated iron bowl as any point in my life, or at least post Dye. I don't see a 3 loss Bama team going into it, like many of us suspected with Coker at QB.
We will still know more next week, even though LSU offense appears anemic.
Unfortunately, Snyder gave everyone a blueprint. But I feel like Gus will adapt.
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They are saving Coker to "spring" on us.
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They are saving Coker to "spring" on us.
If they do that, we can just go into the locker room at the half and change into our orange jerseys. And then, run the wishbone in the second half. That would show them.
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The train wreck that is still likely inevitable is postponed. Kiffin works for Sims. Denying that is turning a blind eye.
UF doesn't have the purported d many of the experts said. Still, impressive yardage that Bama put up.
I feel like FSU is running on fumes.
We are more likely to see an undefeated iron bowl as any point in my life, or at least post Dye. I don't see a 3 loss Bama team going into it, like many of us suspected with Coker at QB.
We will still know more next week, even though LSU offense appears anemic.
Unfortunately, Snyder gave everyone a blueprint. But I feel like Gus will adapt.
Disagree with your football brilliance.
bama in my opinion showed nothing in beating Florida. That game was quite possibly one of the worst coached games this side of Gene Chizik circa 2012. They have no sort of offensive persona what-so-ever other than being offensive, and their defense (turn overs aside) looked like crap. We have a better secondary than they do.
If Muschamp had been fired Sunday morning it would not have surprised me.
I still think bama loses at least 3. aTm, Miss State, LSU, Us, Ole Miss.
Fuck I'm worried about us as well as we have to play No. 2, No. 7, No. 11, No. 13, No. 15, No. 16 and No. 18. Four on the road. We sure as shit better not play like we did Thursday night.
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Disagree with your football brilliance.
bama in my opinion showed nothing in beating Florida. That game was quite possibly one of the worst coached games this side of Gene Chizik circa 2012. They have no sort of offensive persona what-so-ever other than being offensive, and their defense (turn overs aside) looked like crap. We have a better secondary than they do.
If Muschamp had been fired Sunday morning it would not have surprised me.
I still think bama loses at least 3. aTm, Miss State, LSU, Us, Ole Miss.
Fuck I'm worried about us as well as we have to play No. 2, No. 7, No. 11, No. 13, No. 15, No. 16 and No. 18. Four on the road. We sure as shit better not play like we did Thursday night.
Every word of this is correct.
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Fuck I'm worried about us as well as we have to play No. 2, No. 7, No. 11, No. 13, No. 15, No. 16 and No. 18. Four on the road. We sure as shit better not play like we did Thursday night.
More ranked teams than FSU, Oregon, and Oklahoma combined.
Not to mention we already beat a ranked team last weekend and Arkansas is better than many ranked teams IMO.
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More ranked teams than FSU, Oregon, and Oklahoma combined.
Not to mention we already beat a ranked team last weekend and Arkansas is better than many ranked teams IMO.
Listening to the sports wonks you'd think Auburn lost by 20. #TheNarrative is skrong, I tell you. Skrong.
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Disagree with your football brilliance.
bama in my opinion showed nothing in beating Florida. That game was quite possibly one of the worst coached games this side of Gene Chizik circa 2012. They have no sort of offensive persona what-so-ever other than being offensive, and their defense (turn overs aside) looked like crap. We have a better secondary than they do.
If Muschamp had been fired Sunday morning it would not have surprised me.
I still think bama loses at least 3. aTm, Miss State, LSU, Us, Ole Miss.
fudge I'm worried about us as well as we have to play No. 2, No. 7, No. 11, No. 13, No. 15, No. 16 and No. 18. Four on the road. We sure as shoot better not play like we did Thursday night.
You and your gay supporters are right about our schedule. I won't deny we have a tougher road. And as I agree, UF is bad.
I simply maintain that Kiffin is good for Sims and that the Bama o is more productive than I expected. And minus the turnovers, improving.
Bottom line is that I know more about football than anyone else on here but even I could be wrong. Probably not though.
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bama in my opinion showed nothing in beating Florida. That game was quite possibly one of the worst coached games this side of Gene Chizik circa 2012. They have no sort of offensive persona what-so-ever other than being offensive, and their defense (turn overs aside) looked like crap. We have a better secondary than they do.
This will make the meltdown glorious...I say pump'em up every chance you get.
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Before the season started, if you would have told me that after game 4 Alabama would have the #6 offense in the country and average 587 YPG with Blake Sims and a new OC, I would have thought you are a fucktard. Alabama is also #4 in the country in pass efficiency. Sims makes mistakes, and isn't all world. But I have to admit that my prediction last year that Alabama would be fucked with him starting over Coker was wrong. Really wrong.
The defense is #5 in the country. They only allowed 93 yards passing on 14 UF possessions. Driskel was 9/28 with 2 TD and 1 INT. There were two starters in the secondary out, and a true freshman was one of the people starting in their place. He was matched against the UF WR that had 216 receiving yards against Kentucky. Brown (Alabama DB) only allowed 2 catches for 14 yards. I don't care who you're playing against, it doesn't get much better than that. Especially when your offense coughs the ball up 4 times, and two of those are inside your own 30 and the third was ran back for a TD. Now, is this a lockdown secondary as in the past? No. They are still susceptible to the big play. But then again, Saban's defense always has been.
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Before the season started, if you would have told me that after game 4 Alabama would have the #6 offense in the country and average 587 YPG with Blake Sims and a new OC, I would have thought you are a fucktard. Alabama is also #4 in the country in pass efficiency. Sims makes mistakes, and isn't all world. But I have to admit that my prediction last year that Alabama would be fucked with him starting over Coker was wrong. Really wrong.
The defense is #5 in the country. They only allowed 93 yards passing on 14 UF possessions. Driskel was 9/28 with 2 TD and 1 INT. There were two starters in the secondary out, and a true freshman was one of the people starting in their place. He was matched against the UF WR that had 216 receiving yards against Kentucky. Brown (Alabama DB) only allowed 2 catches for 14 yards. I don't care who you're playing against, it doesn't get much better than that. Especially when your offense coughs the ball up 4 times, and two of those are inside your own 30 and the third was ran back for a TD. Now, is this a lockdown secondary as in the past? No. They are still susceptible to the big play. But then again, Saban's defense always has been.
And yet you still haven't played anyone worth a damn.
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Before the season started, if you would have told me that after game 4 Alabama would have the #6 offense in the country and average 587 YPG with Blake Sims and a new OC, I would have thought you are a fucktard. Alabama is also #4 in the country in pass efficiency. Sims makes mistakes, and isn't all world. But I have to admit that my prediction last year that Alabama would be fucked with him starting over Coker was wrong. Really wrong.
The defense is #5 in the country. They only allowed 93 yards passing on 14 UF possessions. Driskel was 9/28 with 2 TD and 1 INT. There were two starters in the secondary out, and a true freshman was one of the people starting in their place. He was matched against the UF WR that had 216 receiving yards against Kentucky. Brown (Alabama DB) only allowed 2 catches for 14 yards. I don't care who you're playing against, it doesn't get much better than that. Especially when your offense coughs the ball up 4 times, and two of those are inside your own 30 and the third was ran back for a TD. Now, is this a lockdown secondary as in the past? No. They are still susceptible to the big play. But then again, Saban's defense always has been.
Kaos, I got this....
(http://www.colorfulstitches.com/blogs/data/upimages/CashmereGoat5F.jpg)
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Kaos, I got this....
(http://www.colorfulstitches.com/blogs/data/upimages/CashmereGoat5F.jpg)
Is...is that one of the Mythbusters?
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Is...is that one of the Mythbusters?
Not sure but he is certainly busting one myth.....
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You and your gay supporters are right about our schedule. I won't deny we have a tougher road. And as I agree, UF is bad.
I simply maintain that Kiffin is good for Sims and that the Bama o is more productive than I expected. And minus the turnovers, improving.
Bottom line is that I know more about football than anyone else on here but even I could be wrong. Probably not though.
Auburn has a tougher road- check. If we lose but one with this schedule it will be an accomplishment.
Kiffin good for Sims and he is improving- check. The added element is he can run unlike those before him.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PGmwpHKVFY#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PGmwpHKVFY#ws)
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Auburn has a tougher road- check. If we lose but one with this schedule it will be an accomplishment.
Kiffin good for Sims and he is improving- check. The added element is he can run unlike those before him.
WT knows more about football. Check, right?
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And yet you still haven't played anyone worth a damn.
^This^
West Virginia, FAU, USM & UF all at home...all of them aren't worth a damn on Offense or Defense...all of them would struggle against San Jose St.
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^This^
West Virginia, FAU, USM & UF all at home...all of them aren't worth a damn on Offense or Defense...all of them would struggle against San Jose St.
West Virginia has the #5 passing offense, and #10 total offense in the country. Their QB is 2nd in the country in regards to total passing yards. For the most part, they went toe-to-toe with Alabama and Oklahoma. Pretty good offense, so-so defense. Sorry, but WVU would blow San Jose State out of the water. Not that it is that much to crow about. Most Power 5 teams would. Even though I also don't think that UF is nearly as good as some thought they were going to be, sorry, but I don't see them struggling against SJSU. FAU and USM, probably. They're cupcakes, no question about it.
If Alabama turns the ball over against the Auburns and the LSUs of the world like they did against UF, it isn't going to be pretty. There are plenty of areas where improvement is needed. However relatively speaking, given all the things that really could have went wrong, I'm OK with where Alabama is right now. UF may not have been the greatest measuring stick, but it was a better challenge than FAU and USM. All you can do is play the game on your schedule and win.
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West Virginia has the #5 passing offense, and #10 total offense in the country. Their QB is 2nd in the country in regards to total passing yards. For the most part, they went toe-to-toe with Alabama and Oklahoma. Pretty good offense, so-so defense. Sorry, but WVU would blow San Jose State out of the water. Not that it is that much to crow about. Most Power 5 teams would. Even though I also don't think that UF is nearly as good as some thought they were going to be, sorry, but I don't see them struggling against SJSU. FAU and USM, probably. They're cupcakes, no question about it.
If Alabama turns the ball over against the Auburns and the LSUs of the world like they did against UF, it isn't going to be pretty. There are plenty of areas where improvement is needed. However relatively speaking, given all the things that really could have went wrong, I'm OK with where Alabama is right now. UF may not have been the greatest measuring stick, but it was a better challenge than FAU and USM. All you can do is play the game on your schedule and win.
This is all true, but I think the main point remains:
Arkansas > UF
Kansas St. > West Virginia
San Jose State > Southern Miss
BYE Week = FAU
And we played them all about the same.
The media is portraying it exactly the opposite, but them's the facts.
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Fuck I'm worried about us as well as we have to play No. 2, No. 7, No. 11, No. 13, No. 15, No. 16 and No. 18. Four on the road. We sure as shit better not play like we did Thursday night.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ByJXFCuIYAA8TJl.jpg)
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In other news from this past week...just read where Brett Bolemia texted congrats to Gus after the win at KSU. Gus and Brett...BFF's
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In other news from this past week...just read where Brett Bolemia texted congrats to Gus after the win at KSU. Gus and Brett...BFF's
I know Bert is a big fat fuck, but that's not a nice thing to say about Malzhan. He works out and everything.
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In other news from this past week...just read where Brett Bolemia texted congrats to Gus after the win at KSU. Gus and Brett...BFF's
I plan to send a congratulatory present to Chizad if he wins the BFTC.
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I plan to send a congratulatory present to Chizad if he wins the BFTC.
(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/05/13/article-2143792-1311A12A000005DC-139_634x401.jpg)
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I plan to send a congratulatory present to Chizad if he wins the BFTC.
Thats a different game. Battle for the cock.
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Thats a different game. Battle for the cock.
Like a **** in a box.
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Like a **** in a box.
Like a turd in a box.
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I can't remember an Auburn defense in a long time including Tuberville years being able to really stop a running quarterback that can throw.
KSU Jake Waters.
(v. Stephen F. Austin)
19-28 223yds 2 TDs 1 int.
17 rushes 55 yds 2 TDs
3 sacks -20yds. (That goes against the rushing yardage)
(v. Iowa St)
16-29 239yds
20 rushes 138yds 2 TDs
2 sacks -5yds.
(v. Auburn)
24-40 245 2 ints.
11 rushes -7 yds.
3 sacks -14yds.
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I saw that about the fat fuck's tweet. He wants Auburn to do well to make them losing to us not seem so bad.
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KSU Jake Waters.
(v. Stephen F. Austin)
19-28 223yds 2 TDs 1 int.
17 rushes 55 yds 2 TDs
3 sacks -20yds. (That goes against the rushing yardage)
(v. Iowa St)
16-29 239yds
20 rushes 138yds 2 TDs
2 sacks -5yds.
(v. Auburn)
24-40 245 2 ints.
11 rushes -7 yds.
3 sacks -14yds.
We knew we had to stop that QB draw, and we did.
There was a *Bleacher Report article written beforehand cautioning about Big 12 officials being tough against defenders making contact with receivers and I think we learned the hard way early on which might have affected our approach the rest of the game. Should expect the obligatory holding calls otr/ooc especially when we have 30 or 40 pounds on them.
We started playing too deep and Garrett got matched against Welker Jr. but we got through it. K. State's offense is very similar to that of Ole Piss so it was a good test.
*B/R is often like a 2nd grade reader with pictures but occasionally you can find something worthwhile.
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Watching the first half of the Kansas State game for the first time this morning.
Questions:
1) Why are the fans mooing before every play? That sounds really stupid.
2) Didn't know they had an open date the week before us, too. Explains a little bit.
3) We seem to be struggling with the turf. Lots of slipping and falling.
4) Marshall made the wrong read three out of the first four times he tried that play.
That is all.
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Watching the first half of the Kansas State game for the first time this morning.
Questions:
1) Why are the fans mooing before every play? That sounds really stupid.
2) Didn't know they had an open date the week before us, too. Explains a little bit.
3) We seem to be struggling with the turf. Lots of slipping and falling.
4) Marshall made the wrong read three out of the first four times he tried that play.
That is all.
I am going to have to disregard what you say about football for about a week now because you said Miss. State was horrible. You need to try and regain some credibility before you post anything football related. Maybe try some more funny movie posts and I will forget about it...
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I am going to have to disregard what you say about football for about a week now because you said Miss. State was horrible. You need to try and regain some credibility before you post anything football related. Maybe try some more funny movie posts and I will forget about it...
State isn't good. You will see. I was surprised they beat LSU but I think that says more about LSU than it does State.
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State isn't good. You will see. I was surprised they beat LSU but I think that says more about LSU than it does State.
I'm in agreeancement with the K-Man.
I think Miss State is very much improved, but they aren't as good as they appeared. LSU's offense was god-awful. Like possibly 2012 Auburn awful. Outside of a few speedy receivers that occasionally catch the deep ball, LSU has absolutely nothing in terms of offensive identity.
Miss State's offense was much better, but somehow Dak Prescott has gained a significant amount of speed. Or maybe LSU's defense took poor angles and was extremely soft. I think the fact that Dillon Day was able to stomach-stomp two LSU players without any kind of retribution said a lot about the state of LSU's defense. The LSU defense from 2011 would have broken that fat chump's sternum if he tried that bullshit. This LSU defense responded by allowing Dak stiff arm them on the way to a touchdown.
I think the big area of improvement with Miss State is simply leadership. They weren't rattled by LSU's stadium. Most good teams aren't rattled by being the visitor. Does Miss State have the talent and coaching to really hang with the big dogs of the SEC? Alabama? Auburn? Texas A&M? Ole Miss? Can they do that week in and week out as the bumps and bruises accumulate? As game film paints their portrait?
I'll be surprised if they keep this up. I'll be surprised if they lose less than three games.
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State isn't good. You will see. I was surprised they beat LSU but I think that says more about LSU than it does State.
This
Little bit being MSU playing over their heads...a lot being LSU playing badly.
At the end (which no one seems to want to talk about), MSU really shit the bed and let down their guard. They basically went MSU of old. Yeah, try playing 45 mins like that against a good team. Ask Auburn about the UGA game last year. Shit will get you kilt holmes.
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State is better than Ole Miss. Period.
TAMU gets at least one tough half out of Arky since the start of the season. About time.
Hill has been throwing to wide open receivers just like Sims.
So how good is TAMU w/o the hype?
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The next few weeks in the West are going to be fun to watch. Don't know if we'll be able to determine much when some of the dust settles but these are the games where we'll hear the term "Beat each other up" said a lot. Texas A & M and Arky should be fun. Strength against weakness on both sides. A & M will be flinging the ball around against a very suspect Hawg secondary while you know the Faggies won't be able to slow down the running game. Gonna' pull for Arky in that one. Then A & M goes to Starkvegas. I hope Sumlin hangs a Hundo on em'. Probably won't but I'll be hoping.
Only drawback is there's gonna' be a ton of putrid red and maroon and ugly shit in both games.
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Only drawback is there's gonna' be a ton of putrid red and maroon and ugly shit in both games.
Lots of cowbells and people molesting collies.
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The next few weeks in the West are going to be fun to watch. Don't know if we'll be able to determine much when some of the dust settles but these are the games where we'll hear the term "Beat each other up" said a lot. Texas A & M and Arky should be fun. Strength against weakness on both sides. A & M will be flinging the ball around against a very suspect Hawg secondary while you know the Faggies won't be able to slow down the running game. Gonna' pull for Arky in that one. Then A & M goes to Starkvegas. I hope Sumlin hangs a Hundo on em'. Probably won't but I'll be hoping.
Only drawback is there's gonna' be a ton of putrid red and maroon and ugly shit in both games.
A positive to take away from the aTm/Arkansas game...if Arkansas is able to win, they'll be in the Top 25 and aTm won't slip out, giving Auburn 9 ranked teams on their schedule (The toughest schedule, as far as rankings go, in NCAA History).
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A positive to take away from the aTm/Arkansas game...if Arkansas is able to win, they'll be in the Top 25 and aTm won't slip out, giving Auburn 9 ranked teams on their schedule (The toughest schedule, as far as rankings go, in NCAA History).
I don't doubt that this would be an NCAA record, but do you have a link for that?
I'd like to know what team(s?) holds the previous record with 8.
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I don't doubt that this would be an NCAA record, but do you have a link for that?
I'd like to know what team(s?) holds the previous record with 8.
1983 Auburn
2004 Auburn
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I'm confused. Early season ranking are ridiculous, biased and shouldn't exist. Unless you are using those same rankings to talk about how tough a schedule is? Seems like it would make more sense to rank schedules at the end of the season when the top 25 is finished. Or quit talking shit about preseason and early season polls.
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I'm confused. Early season ranking are ridiculous, biased and shouldn't exist. Unless you are using those same rankings to talk about how tough a schedule is?
Well yeah, duh.
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1983 Auburn
2004 Auburn
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Yup, Auburn's '83 schedule is generally considered the toughest in NCAA History...beating 5 top 20 (or Top 25, can't remember exactly) teams consecutively to close out the season.
So I can say, without a single doubt, that if Arkansas beats aTm putting them in the Top 25, Auburn will have the toughest schedule in NCAA History...per rankings, at that time (9 Top 25 ranked teams on schedule...DAMN).
Hell, at this time, Auburn has the same amount of ranked teams on schedule (8 ranked) as FSU, Oregon & Oklahoma COMBINED.
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I'm confused. Early season ranking are ridiculous, biased and shouldn't exist. Unless you are using those same rankings to talk about how tough a schedule is? Seems like it would make more sense to rank schedules at the end of the season when the top 25 is finished. Or quit talking shit about preseason and early season polls.
To determine a champion, they are useless and meaningless this early since they change so much and are just a guess. But you have to go off of something when determining SoS. Its not perfect but its what we have. I still think they are useless for the most part. On SoS its more of a guide.
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1983 Auburn
2004 Auburn
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2010 was no slouch either. 7 in top 20 I think. (at the time they beat them)
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1983 Auburn
2004 Auburn
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83 Auburn played 6 ranked teams at the time we played them. Why wait til Arkansas climbs into the rankings before we claim the crown? 2004 played 5, and lets not forget Citadel-gate got us kicked out of the championship game due to a perceived weaker schedule than USC & Oklahoma THAT YEAR.
So we're just pulling stuff out of our ass then?
I'm a biased barner and all, but there's no way that Auburn has the #1, #2, and #3 hardest schedules of all time in terms of ranked opponants.
2011 LSU played 9 ranked teams at the time they played each. Not sure about at any one point in the season. That's the tricky thing that makes this a very difficult stat to verify. It's a moving target week-to-week. If I'm going off of recent memory alone, I'd say they probably hold the crown.
I'm confused. Early season ranking are ridiculous, biased and shouldn't exist. Unless you are using those same rankings to talk about how tough a schedule is? Seems like it would make more sense to rank schedules at the end of the season when the top 25 is finished. Or quit talking shit about preseason and early season polls.
No, they're still ridiculous. But we're in week 5 now and as the year goes on, more teams on our schedule are cropping up into the rankings, thus proving that further.
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2010 was no slouch either. 7 in top 20 I think. (at the time they beat them)
6.
But that still qualifies us for the #1, #2, #3, and #4 toughest schedules of all time in all of college football according to Kaos.
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I'm not knocking the stat for being brought up, and I suspect that it very well may be true that no team has ever had 9 ranked opponents on their schedule at one time, partly because no one division of one conference has probably ever all been ranked concurrently. Throw in the fact that BOTH of our cross-division games are ranked opponents (the only ranked teams in that division) and that we played a ranked OOC team, and the fact that 12 regular season games are a relatively new thing, and you've narrowed the possibilities down quite a bit.
I just wanted to see that verified somewhere because if true that's a pretty solid thing to hang your hat on.
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Just throwing this on so it doesn't look like Chad is talking to himself...
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I'm confused. Early season ranking are ridiculous, biased and shouldn't exist. Unless you are using those same rankings to talk about how tough a schedule is? Seems like it would make more sense to rank schedules at the end of the season when the top 25 is finished. Or quit talking shit about preseason and early season polls.
Can't really do it that way though can you? You would have beaten the team their rankings would have dropped. Either way you of all people know that top to bottom the SEC west is the hardest division in all of College Football this year. I was giving a buddy of mine props (he went to Duke) about they might be undefeated facing Free Sex University for the ACC championship again this year.
Seriously look at their remaining schedule. Compare that to either Auburn's or spuat's its a fucking joke.
(http://www.tigersx.com/images/duke.jpg)
If that was our remaining schedule I would be booking my trip to Atlanta now.
However unlike spuat like Chizad said we also happen to be playing the two toughest teams from the East division.
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Just throwing this on so it doesn't look like Chad is talking to himself...
Meh, he is used to it by now.
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However unlike spuat like Chizad said we also happen to be playing the two toughest teams from the East division.
Put it this way. Everyone in the SEC West are contenders for toughest schedule.
Of the SEC West teams, their other non-SEC West ranked opponents are:
Auburn - 3 (South Carolina, Georgia, Kansas State)
Texas A&M - 1 (South Carolina)
Arkansas - 1 (Georgia)
LSU - 1 (Wisconsin)
Alabama - 0
Ole Miss - 0
Miss State - 0
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SEC West teams are 22-0 against teams not in the division and are winning those games by an average margin of 34 points. SEC West teams are a combined 24-2, with the only losses coming against each other. Along with Auburn's victory over Arkansas, Mississippi State upset LSU 34-29 on the road last week.
The SEC West has a 99.3 rating on a 0-100 scale in ESPN's division power rankings, which is 33 points higher than any other division in college football.
Each of the SEC West teams rank in the top 20 of ESPN's Football Power Index, which is more teams than the Big 12, Big Ten and ACC have combined. The top three teams in the FPI are from the SEC West: No. 1 Alabama, No. 2 Texas A&M and No. 3 Auburn.
Five SEC West teams (Alabama, Auburn, Ole Miss, Mississippi State and Texas A&M) rank in the Top 25 among FBS teams in both scoring offense and scoring defense. Texas A&M is No. 2 in scoring offense (55.3 points per game) and No. 8 in scoring defense (11.8 points). Arkansas is No. 3 in scoring offense (48.8 points), and the Razorbacks and Aggies are on pace to break the SEC scoring record set by Florida (46.6 points) in 1996.
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I'm not real concerned about it, because we get our wins we will get the respect. However good to see someone notices at least.
Where's the respect for the Auburn Tigers?
Like Roc-A-Fella Records, can we please acknowledge that Auburn is definitely in the building?
Four full weeks into the 2014 college football season, and we still aren't really talking about the defending SEC champions. Did I miss something? Wasn't this team 13 seconds away from winning the final BCS national title game at the end of last season?
Despite returning a handful of starters on both sides of the ball to a team that made a fantastic run through the SEC a year removed from being a certifiable dumpster fire on the Plains, the fifth-ranked Tigers (3-0, 1-0 SEC) entered the 2014 season ranked behind Alabama, which Auburn beat last fall -- on a miracle play, but still beat.
And even after a perfect start, which includes a 24-point win over a much-improved Arkansas team and a tough road win at No. 20 Kansas State, it's as if the Tigers are in our peripheral vision. Texas A&M (4-0, 1-0) is ranked one spot behind Auburn, yet has four first-place votes to Auburn's zero.
If you look at what Auburn has done thus far, the argument can certainly be made that it is probably the most complete team of the SEC's preseason favorites. The offense is balanced, and the defense is much improved. There's a quality veteran quarterback and a hot-shot coach running things.
You are what your record is, right?
The Tigers have done everything asked of them, and done it well. You say their six-point win over a Kansas State team that narrowly escaped what would have been an epic upset against lowly Iowa State isn't impressive enough? Well, I think you should look deeper at what the Tigers did to claw their way out of Manhattan, Kansas.
There were some mistakes on Kansas State's part that certainly helped Auburn, but one thing that really stuck out to me was how Auburn turned to its passing game to win. Kansas State's stout run defense thwarted Auburn's dynamic rushing attack, allowing just 128 rushing yards and a paltry 2.8 yards per carry (the lowest in the Gus Malzahn era). Auburn hadn't been held to under 300 rushing yards in either of its first two games, and this marked just the second time in 17 games under Malzahn that the Tigers were held below 200 rushing yards.
With the running game in shambles, quarterback Nick Marshall was given the green light to chuck away. This is the same quarterback we've had to question multiple times when it comes to being a more consistent passer. Well, the coaches didn't question him,and he didn't disappoint, throwing for 231 yards and two touchdowns. Marshall came up with a clutch, game-winning throw -- again -- in the fourth quarter when he found a wide open D'haquille Williams for a 39-yard gain on third-and-9 with 2:06 remaining.
The Tigers also forced three turnovers without key defender Jermaine Whitehead even in the state.
But that shouldn't surprise us with how this defense has played thus far. Auburn ranks fourth in the SEC giving up just 310.7 yards per game. Last season, the Tigers didn't hold a team under 415 yards of offense until Oct. 12 against Western Carolina.
Auburn limited Arkansas, which leads the SEC with 324.5 rushing yards per game, to just 153 yards on the ground. The Tigers, which gave up 163 rushing yards per game last year, are surrendering 86 per contest so far. And what's even more impressive is the fact that Auburn is playing without arguably its best defender, defensive end Carl Lawson, who is recovering from ACL surgery.
Auburn ranks within the top half of the SEC in seven of the eight major offensive and defensive categories. The offensive line has surrendered one sack, the running game is just as potent this year (262.7 yards per game), and the receiving corps got a major upgrade with Williams (two 100-yard receiving games in his first three games with the Tigers) becoming the only Auburn receiver in the past 10 seasons to have multiple such games before the end of September, according to ESPN Stats & Information.
Auburn isn't perfect, and the Tigers will continue to face tougher competition as they tangle with the teeth of the conference schedule, but this isn't a team that should be overlooked, and for some reason it is.
Fool me once, right?
http://espn.go.com/blog/sec/post/_/id/89426/wheres-the-respect-for-the-auburn-tigers (http://espn.go.com/blog/sec/post/_/id/89426/wheres-the-respect-for-the-auburn-tigers)
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I saw two jerk offs on espn u this pm and neither of them had AU in top 4. I'm like you in that it doesn't bother me much because I know if we win our games, we are in like Flynn. It's going to be a very, very, tall order to win all of our games. If there is any way to screw AU out of a chance of getting into the playoff, it will be found. You can count on that.
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I saw two jerk offs on espn u this pm and neither of them had AU in top 4. I'm like you in that it doesn't bother me much because I know if we win our games, we are in like Flynn. It's going to be a very, very, tall order to win all of our games. If there is any way to screw AU out of a chance of getting into the playoff, it will be found. You can count on that.
I hear this argument, and like you eluded to, IF we win all our games there's no worries.
My problem is when three SEC West teams are 11-1. They will take the two not named Auburn, mark it down. They will definitely take the one named Alabama. And the argument will be "Well, they were ranked ahead of Auburn all year."
It's a different era. You don't have to be the SEC champion to get to the National Championship anymore. So the rankings still kinda do matter.
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I hear this argument, and like you eluded to, IF we win all our games there's no worries.
My problem is when three SEC West teams are 11-1. They will take the two not named Auburn, mark it down. They will definitely take the one named Alabama. And the argument will be "Well, they were ranked ahead of Auburn all year."
It's a different era. You don't have to be the SEC champion to get to the National Championship anymore. So the rankings still kinda do matter.
I don't agree with much of anything that you say or do. Your alternative lifestyle, racism, cheating, etc. But you are right about this.