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Pat Dye Field => War Damn Eagle => Topic started by: Townhallsavoy on November 23, 2014, 08:35:10 AM
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Auburn
- Alright, well, it's about settled. This team has regressed to a level I think we all hoped we'd never see at Auburn again.
- We had to out-athlete Samford to win the ballgame. Our offensive line was getting zero push. Our defensive line was shoved around. Our secondary still had issues covering receivers. Nick Marshall looked like he really was a defensive back being asked to play quarterback. Our receivers had too many drops. The only player on our team that seemed to be at 100% was CAP.
- Speaking of CAP, he's leading the SEC in rushing by a pretty wide margin. Almost 300 yards more than #2.
- I am pretty much in the JJ camp now. Not necessarily because I think we need to look towards next year and not necessarily because I don't think Marshall can win games, but rather because the playbook opens up with JJ.
- I can tell you the plays we are going to run over and over every game with Marshall in at QB: CAP up the middle, Louis around the edge, QB draw up the middle, read option, Marshall Scramble Throw it Deep. That's really about it. When Duke was healthy, you also had the Marshall Wait and Maybe Scramble Before Hitting Duke on a Deep Hitch.
- What was that play where we hit Roc Thomas running down field? Where has that one been? That was brilliant. Or the short post route that we hit Wallace, a backup QB? Or the fake the handoff and flip it to the receiver in the flat running with a full head of steam?
- Yeah, there were drops. But they were 2nd stringers.
- It was also impressive - even if it was only three plays - how JJ timed the plays. I think that was most impressive. Instead of Marshall's staring, waiting, and launching, JJ looked like a NFL guy in the West Coast offense. One-two-three-throw. Maybe he was able to do that because it was late in the game and he didn't give a shit about where he was throwing. Maybe. But he looked fluid against Arkansas in the 1st half of the 1st game.
- I still think we can win with Marshall. I do think Malzahn has been too conservative with play calling. I don't understand why we told Marshall, especially this late in the year, to be the drop back passer. He should be taking the snap, looking for his 1st or 2nd receiver, then scrambling to make a play. We should be running the read option. We should throw more screens. Just my opinion. I'm sure the coaches know something I don't. But it's obvious that the offense has lost its spark.
- If it's any consolation, Alabama looked like puke against Western Whatever.
Missouri/Georgia
- Missouri has the same kind of gift-wrapped schedule that Alabama has. They avoided Alabama, Auburn, and LSU. Miss State and Ole Miss as well. Not sure which was their toughest OOC game. @Toledo or Central Florida at home. Maybe the 3-win Indiana team who blew them out.
- I'm not sure if I'm happy about Missouri winning the East again especially over Georgia or if I'm frustrated. I think Alabama's going to win the Iron Bowl, and I think Georgia has the best chance of beating Alabama in the SECCG. But then again, knowing that the leg humpers are sitting at home on December 6th is a good feeling too.
Final Thought
- Looks like Belk Bowl vs. Clemson or Outback Bowl vs. Minnesota. If we beat Alabama, I believe we slip into the Peach or Citrus. Maybe against Michigan State in one and Wisconsin in the other.
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Auburn
I don't understand why we told Marshall, especially this late in the year, to be the drop back passer. He should be taking the snap, looking for his 1st or 2nd receiver, then scrambling to make a play. We should be running the read option. We should throw more screens. Just my opinion. I'm sure the coaches know something I don't. But it's obvious that the offense has lost its spark.
Because NM stated he wanted to be a QB in the NFL, that's why.
http://www.al.com/auburnfootball/index.ssf/2014/11/auburns_nick_marshall_wants_to.html (http://www.al.com/auburnfootball/index.ssf/2014/11/auburns_nick_marshall_wants_to.html)
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Marshall appears to be scared to throw the ball unless it's a screen or a bomb. He lacks confidence with timing throws and it showed last night against fricking Samford. I have been in the JJ camp all year, but was ok with Marshall while our run game was clicking. Over the last 4 games run game has been hit or miss. I believe our only shot in the Iron Bowl is to pass the ball. Question is can we really start JJ in that game, against a solid defense, with the lack of playing time he has gotten this year?
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Missouri/Georgia
Not sure which was their toughest OOC game. @Toledo or Central Florida at home. Maybe the 3-win Indiana team who blew them out.
Indiana beat Missouri in the 3rd game of the season 31-27. Hardly a blowout but live your dream.
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Question is can we really start JJ in that game, against a solid defense, with the lack of playing time he has gotten this year?
Short answer is YES! The dude is tits on with his accuracy and release time. I still love the combination of JJ in the first half and then the let the dogs out in the second half as we did with Bulemia and crew.
ANOTHER Question: Will anyone catch what he throws????
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Indiana beat Missouri in the 3rd game of the season 31-27. Hardly a blowout but live your dream.
Oops. Messed up the description of losing to one of the worst Big 10 teams at home.
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Was told Gus was wearing a smile in his follow up comments but I just can't see how (if true) unless he is hiding this well or knows something no one else can see. We got pushed around in the first half. Unacceptable...at least it should be against a team located on Lakeshore Dr.
And I mean no disrespect to Coach Sullivan or Samford but watching that was close to punishment.
CAP runs hard but I sense that the rest of the offense is just going through the motions. This backward scrambling and hurling a ball into double coverage is mind boggling.
So now this team is about to roll into Tuscaloosa where they will have to play the game of their lives just to have a chance to win. I have actually seen some Auburn teams of the past that could pull it off but these were teams that made up with grit what they lacked in talent. And honestly, I don't have any idea how our team became so soft.
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SMILE??? Hmmm. I wonder WTF he has planned for the turds?
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Look I'm not saying we played an outstanding game, but a couple of things to add to this thread.
We appeared to sleep walk through most of the 1st quarter, after that it was pretty much all us.
Disagree with CAP appearing to be the only one playing 100%...Frost looked like he certainly gave a damn he was a beast out there.
Rumor has it that Kodi Burns was pretty much telling the defense what we were calling on offense throughout the first half. Would explain some of the offensive woes in the beginning.
Being a Pat Sullivan coached team does, anyone really think we were going to demolish this team? I don't...I don't think they were going to do that to Pat. Honestly this game was never in any jeopardy.
I think the thing that was still most concerning to me was the penalties again. Mincy had 45 yards in penalties alone. Granted one of those PI calls wasn't a PI call but still penalties...penalties...penalties. We cannot do that shit and expect to win at bammer.
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I was there. The atmosphere was electric. Samford traveled well and their fans were loud and rowdy. Pretty much on the edge of your seat until midway through the 4th when you could finally breathe a little sigh of relief, knowing we had it under control. I thought our guys showed a lot of heart out there in a game where we were grossly outmanned. But determination and an incredibly innovative offensive scheme for this game were the differences. Where in the world did that come from? Right?
I thought without Duke on the field, we really didn't stand a chance, but color me surprised. Wow, this bunch never ceases to amaze me. Looking forward to Saturday now. I have a feeling Coach Saban spent some long hours in the film room after Saturday night. War Eagle guys and let's beat the Tide.
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I was there. The atmosphere was electric. Samford traveled well and their fans were loud and rowdy. Pretty much on the edge of your seat until midway through the 4th when you could finally breathe a little sigh of relief, knowing we had it under control. I thought our guys showed a lot of heart out there in a game where we were grossly outmanned. But determination and an incredibly innovative offensive scheme for this game were the differences. Where in the world did that come from? Right?
I thought without Duke on the field, we really didn't stand a chance, but color me surprised. Wow, this bunch never ceases to amaze me. Looking forward to Saturday now. I have a feeling Coach Saban spent some long hours in the film room after Saturday night. War Eagle guys and let's beat the Tide.
Pass me some of that shit. Cause it be good.
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I'm sure that my fans on here are expecting both a break down of the Samford game and a "Rah Rah beat Bama" column from me this week, both full of valued insight and my usual wit. I'm trying to pack a weeks worth of my very important work into 2 days and thousands depend on me to get my job done, so I have to make this quick.
We sucked Saturday and Bama will beat us like a rented mule. Like a red headed step child. Like me using my martial arts on anyone on here.
Tear into us like a hobo into a bologna sandwich on Saturday, I'm pretty sure. Like a momma mountain lion on a baby goat. We will tote an old fashioned ass whooping.
Have a great week and Happy Thanksgiving.
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Fuck all of this.
I am calling for the upset on Saturday. Alabama is beatable and Gus has Nick's number.
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fudge all of this.
I am calling for the upset on Saturday. Alabama is beatable and Gus has Nick's number.
I got a feeling, too.
And no, Nook, no Avatar bets.
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Fuck all of this.
I am calling for the upset on Saturday. Alabama is beatable and Gus has Nick's number.
Well I should hope so. He's his starting QB.
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fudge all of this.
I am calling for the upset on Saturday. Alabama is beatable and Gus has Nick's number.
Not sure why, but I have a good feeling as well. We are absolutely due to put it all together once more this season.
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There are more important things to be concerned with today. Get ready for the Ferguson decision and regardless of whether or not the dirty cop walks, get ready to throw rocks at the pigs and get you a new big screen.
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Some observations of my own on Week Where's the Turkey?
Those little sun dresses with the boots all the ladies wear at the games is such a sexy look.
They've fenced off the old Foy Union building to start some type of construction. Wonder if it's getting a facelift or they'll blow that sucker up and start over?
Hamilton's in downtown Auburn is the bomb. Shrimp and grits after the game Saturday night. Wow.
I think we gave up less than 250 total yards Saturday and only 7 points. So.....yeah.
The play calling did seem very conservative and unimaginative. Well, it didn't seem that way. It was. One thing people haven't taken into account is right after kick off, the rain started and it stayed steady for about 3/5ths or 71.6% of the game. A buddy of mine said he watched it on TV and didn't know it rained at all. It did. A lot.
Auburn's basketball team scored 105 points Friday night.
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Some observations of my own on Week Where's the Turkey?
Those little sun dresses with the boots all the ladies wear at the games is such a sexy look.
They've fenced off the old Foy Union building to start some type of construction. Wonder if it's getting a facelift or they'll blow that sucker up and start over?
Hamilton's in downtown Auburn is the bomb. Shrimp and grits after the game Saturday night. Wow.
I think we gave up less than 250 total yards Saturday and only 7 points. So.....yeah.
The play calling did seem very conservative and unimaginative. Well, it didn't seem that way. It was. One thing people haven't taken into account is right after kick off, the rain started and it stayed steady for about 3/5ths or 71.6% of the game. A buddy of mine said he watched it on TV and didn't know it rained at all. It did. A lot.
Auburn's basketball team scored 105 points Friday night.
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As far as having a good feeling about the Iron Bowl, I don't have any idea one way or another. What I fully expect is for us to see what Gus Malzahn can be all about. Auburn has nothing to lose. We're decisive underdogs and no one expects much from us. I imagine you'll see guys like Uzomah get more involved than they have all season. There will be several, "Where the hell has that been all year?" moments.
Have no clue what the outcome will be but there will be no excuses if Gus doesn't do everything in his power to keep them off balance. And if Duke is back and healthy, he needs to saddle that horse up and ride it like a porn star.
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Being a Pat Sullivan coached team does, anyone really think we were going to demolish this team? I don't...I don't think they were going to do that to Pat. Honestly this game was never in any jeopardy.
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I think we get skull fucked. I don't understand why we should, but I don't think the team is cohesive enough to handle it. As a whole, the team hasn't responded well to adversity. It seems mentally fragile.
Funny thing? I think if we'd whipped Florida State's ass last year we'd be unbeaten this year. Letting that crab stealing punk ass bitch lead a comeback after we shot ourselves in the ass repeatedly last year erased that feeling they all had that they were bulletproof. Until that happened I don't think a single player on that team thought they could be beaten. That would have carried over. Instead the possibility that there were cracks in the armor stayed with them. Maybe focusing on it as we did in the offseason was good for Gus and his motivation, but in a way I think it reinforced the potential for vulnerability with some of the people on this team.
Other than Georgia -- and I don't understand that fuckall in any way -- we really were better than the two teams to which we lost. We could have slaughtered State if we'd gotten out of our own way. And demolished A&M if we'd halfway played defense at all.
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Other than Georgia -- and I don't understand that fuckall in any way -- we really were better than the two teams to which we lost. We could have slaughtered State if we'd gotten out of our own way. And demolished A&M if we'd halfway played defense at all.
Agree 100%
As far as the bammer game, I really don't know. I have an uneasy feeling about the game, but I always do when we play the turds. It really depends on what schizophrenic AU team shows up.
I think Gus still may have some magic in that bag of tricks.
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I think that UGA or Samford or LSU or aTm or whoever is not going to have any direct affect on this game. Auburn has the ability to come out and play good on both sides of the ball. I think our offense matches up well with their defense and our defense matches up well with their offense. Alabama is built like LSU and we were able to play them pretty good.
Alabama will have a nice home field advantage on their side but other than that...meh. I think Gus will have a good game plan and I think we cut out the stupid drops and penalties in this game because we are more focused. I think we win.
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Funny thing? I think if we'd whipped Florida State's ass last year we'd be unbeaten this year. Letting that crab stealing punk ass bitch lead a comeback after we shot ourselves in the ass repeatedly last year erased that feeling they all had that they were bulletproof. Until that happened I don't think a single player on that team thought they could be beaten. That would have carried over. Instead the possibility that there were cracks in the armor stayed with them. Maybe focusing on it as we did in the offseason was good for Gus and his motivation, but in a way I think it reinforced the potential for vulnerability with some of the people on this team.
Agreed.
I also think the team is tired. Jumping up 21-3 then retaking the lead with what could have been an all-timer highlight touchdown run by Tre Mason only to lose in the last minute? You know that the team has felt like every day since that night has been a chance for redemption. But that wears on you. It takes a long time to get back to the championship game to have a do-over. Too long for this team.
Bama's going to skull fuck us because we commit too many penalties, tackle poorly, and drop passes that should be caught. I think we'll tackle a little better in this one as Cooper is the only flashy guy they have, and he's hobbled. But the penalties will be just as bad because the pressure is on, and guys like Mincy who can't help but get pass interference calls won't suddenly be able to play disciplined football. Coleman seems to have regressed back to high school level and Alabama's big defensive linemen are going to bullrush him into two or three holding calls. And I don't think our receivers will catch the ball when blanketed by Saban-coached defensive backs.
If Duke (as rumored) does play, I may change my tune. But until we have a consistent receiver that can move the ball 5-15 yards down field, we're looking at a long evening this Saturday.
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bama is going down. We got'em exactly where we want them.
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I wouldn't even watch the game you nancy fucks
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I mean this srsly. I am glad that most of you are confident and optimistic. I really wish I could make myself feel that way. It's so much more fun. But, I'm more gloomy, as if I've accepted our fate. It looks like that's the way most of the team has been since aTm, so I guess I caught it.
I don't think we take a 2012 beating. I so hope not. But I'm expecting a beating.
Could go into all of the what ifs and such, and yes I do think this team is capable of beating Bama. But the number of things that I think would have to happen probably will not. Need Duke back at 100% and I think that the D has to play at least as well as against Samford. I actually saw several nice form tackles.
And beating the dead horse, would need to see JJ. I've called for it all season. Won't do it anymore. Maybe that will work.
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I still don't see what Jay Jacobs has to do with any of this. You people keep saying we need him when he's already our AD. Been there for at least a couple of years now.
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I think that UGA or Samford or LSU or aTm or whoever is not going to have any direct affect on this game. Auburn has the ability to come out and play good on both sides of the ball. I think our offense matches up well with their defense and our defense matches up well with their offense. Alabama is built like LSU and we were able to play them pretty good.
Alabama will have a nice home field advantage on their side but other than that...meh. I think Gus will have a good game plan and I think we cut out the stupid drops and penalties in this game because we are more focused. I think we win.
The good part about your post is that it is logical, correct and I agree.
The bad part is, we could have (and did) said the same thing a couple of days before the UGA game.
We matched up well with them. In their house. And we thought Gus would dig deep and pull out all of the stops. I thought we would have a good game plan. And that the dumb mistakes were gone since we would be up for a big game. But that balloon popped.
I hope for the best, but I'm in the state of Missouri at the moment and need to see it. Show me Gus.
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The good part about your post is that it is logical, correct and I agree.
The bad part is, we could have (and did) said the same thing a couple of days before the UGA game.
We matched up well with them. In their house. And we thought Gus would dig deep and pull out all of the stops. I thought we would have a good game plan. And that the dumb mistakes were gone since we would be up for a big game. But that balloon popped.
I hope for the best, but I'm in the state of Missouri at the moment and need to see it. Show me Gus.
Agreed.
And except for the penalties and stupid mistakes part, we may have been fine. I agree though, if we turn the ball over, suck on special teams, and have 4 or 5 PI or unsportsmanlike penalties...we will lose. I just happen to think these won't continue to happen...
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The SEC is just plain crazy this year. Like never before. You have no idea what you're going to get out of any team on any given week. Bama is 10-1 and ranked #1 in the country. Seems kind of status quo on the surface and probably does to those around the country. But in getting there, they lost to a team that just got their collective Hobby Lobby pushed in by Arkansas. They didn't just lose, they got dominated. Bama coulda', shoulda', woulda' lost to Arkansas, who we killed, and an LSU team that we stroked 41-7.
Florida runs three weak ass plays all game and physically manhandles Georgia. Then Gata loses to USCe. Surely we'll trample the Dawgs with our running game. No...and don't call me Shirley. A&M looks like the best team in the country in week one and later loses to Bama 263-0. Then, Dismuke gib it to him on da' HUT and we go down to the Faggies. (+3.6 to Sani)
Who knows what the hell we'll get from either of these teams Saturday? I think we can match up well enough defensively to stay in it. We know full well what our offense is CAPABLE of but we're all skeptical given the comedy of errors that's plagued this team in recent weeks. Ultimately, my thoughts are that IF....IF...all things are equal and we don't come out turning the ball over and making stupid ass penalties....and if Gus has this team coming in with a wide open, nothing to lose attitude and game plan that reflects that attitude (Think Spurrier against us) then Saturday is gonna' be wild.
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I still say Gus has got some magic in that bag of his.
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I still say Gus has got some magic in that bag of his.
Well, I'm sure Mrs. Malzahn is happy about that, but where does Gus' scrotum fit in to the conversation about the Iron Bowl?
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Some people simply do not know when enough is enough with the juvenile wise cracks. This is Iron Bowl week. Game face should be on. :facepalm:
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Some people simply do not know when enough is enough with the juvenile wise cracks. This is Iron Bowl week. Game face should be on. :facepalm:
:facepalm: This has been the game face in recent weeks
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:facepalm: This has been the game face in recent weeks
^^This is exactly the kind of stuff I'm talking about. There isn't anything funny about this. :taunt:
Get your head in the game.
The next person to use :facepalm: in a post is a dooky head.
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^^This is exactly the kind of stuff I'm talking about. There isn't anything funny about this. :taunt:
Get your head in the game.
The next person to use :facepalm: in a post is a dooky head.
He's just upset he doesn't have a bag....and the magic is gone.
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He's just upset he doesn't have a bag....and the magic is gone.
I'm magic on the mic. :dance2:
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I'm magic on the mic. :dance2:
Does that thing take batteries?
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My seven cents.
1) Here's the thing that worries me about this Auburn team. Next year. A&M is going to be better. LSU is going to be shit-tons better. Arkansas is going to be better. Alabama will be allowed to cheat and play a cupcake schedule so they will remain about the same. Mississippi State and Ole Miss will slide back to irrelevance. But the rest of the West will be improved. The row isn't going to get any easier to hoe a year from now. That's why this year should have been so important. This was the best opportunity in years for AU to be in a position to dominate. But nah. No thanks.
2) I hate the raging red fuck out of Bret Bulemia and the Arkansas Fuckerbacks. That smug bloated fuckersnog makes me physically ill. I can't stand that ass bag.
3) Rece Davis can pull my pud. I heard that Bama honking bobo on the radio today using the fact that Jameis shoved a referee as an excuse to soapbox about pace of play and how it was incumbent on the officials to slow things down. Fuck you, Reece. Eat my shorts, you bag of ass.
4) I don't understand this game. How can Georgia get punked by a Florida team that did nothing but run and then stuff the leading rushing game in the SEC and one of the top in the country? How can A&M shit the bed against a weak Alabama team and then drag AU all over the field? How can LSU look like warmed over puke against Auburn, take Bama to the brink (and should have beaten them) and then soil their drawers against a shitty Arkansas team? How can Alabama be number one when they are so shitty on offense? They're the weakest they've been in six or seven years but don't play a single team capable of exploiting their myriad weaknesses. Fuck this entire season, it's made me not care about football at all.
5) Why they fuck can't ANYBODY finish off the punk ass shit burger Seminoles? Every garbage bag team they play pushes them to the wall, but none of them can finish. They should have lost five games already. BTW? I wish Jimbo Fisher would DIAF. And I hope when he does that inbred retard Dumbo Swinney was sleeping over. Two for one.
6) I'd love to believe there was magic left in the bag, but the Georgia fucknasty leads me to believe that the bag is completely empty and will need to be replenished in the offseason.
7) I may be in the minority but I have Nick Marshall fatigue. He's done a lot of great things in his AU career but since he threw to the wrong receiver in the Georgia game and got away with the win, he's decided he's a long baller and CONTINUTALLY bypasses shorter first-down type routes to sling it up into double, triple and quadruple coverage. Hell, if you put 11 DBs on the field to shadow Coates on a stop and go route on third and six, Marshall would still throw it 45 yards and hope he'd come up with it. The fuck of it all is that Coates probably would catch that. But don't dare target him on a wide open 12-yard route for a first down because that ball is hitting the turf.
Where's the Advil?
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4) I don't understand this game. How can Georgia get punked by a Florida team that did nothing but run and then stuff the leading rushing game in the SEC and one of the top in the country? How can A&M shit the bed against a weak Alabama team and then drag AU all over the field? How can LSU look like warmed over puke against Auburn, take Bama to the brink (and should have beaten them) and then soil their drawers against a shitty Arkansas team? How can Alabama be number one when they are so shitty on offense? They're the weakest they've been in six or seven years but don't play a single team capable of exploiting their myriad weaknesses. Fuck this entire season, it's made me not care about football at all.
Be honest. Only one of these statements has made you not care about football at all.
The ebb and flow of teams rising and falling is normal. Auburn 2014 is the Georgia of 2013. They returned just about everyone important from the 2012 that damn near beat Alabama. Started off the season pretty well. 5-1. Then they lost to Missouri and friggin Vanderbilt, and suddenly they were chump change.
And LSU sucked early in the season because they're playing around 9 true freshman and 5 sophomores. As those young players improved, the team improved. And if they had any semblance of a quarterback, they'd probably have beaten Alabama and maybe put up a fight against Arkansas.
Alabama though is killing CFB. Legal or not, they're pulling in more NFL talent each February than any school in the history of the game, and even when they have an average team, their size and athleticism makes them very hard to beat.
But I am gaining some confidence about this week. IF our team gets their collective heads out of their asses, we can compete with and beat Alabama. Even the team that played against Miss State and Texas A&M could compete with Alabama. Unfortunately, our last two games have featured a team that would get run out of town.
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Be honest. Only one of these statements has made you not care about football at all.
The ebb and flow of teams rising and falling is normal. Auburn 2014 is the Georgia of 2013. They returned just about everyone important from the 2012 that damn near beat Alabama. Started off the season pretty well. 5-1. Then they lost to Missouri and friggin Vanderbilt, and suddenly they were chump change.
And LSU sucked early in the season because they're playing around 9 true freshman and 5 sophomores. As those young players improved, the team improved. And if they had any semblance of a quarterback, they'd probably have beaten Alabama and maybe put up a fight against Arkansas.
Alabama though is killing CFB. Legal or not, they're pulling in more NFL talent each February than any school in the history of the game, and even when they have an average team, their size and athleticism makes them very hard to beat.
But I am gaining some confidence about this week. IF our team gets their collective heads out of their asses, we can compete with and beat Alabama. Even the team that played against Miss State and Texas A&M could compete with Alabama. Unfortunately, our last two games have featured a team that would get run out of town.
Yes, we "can" compete with them.
But its the "will we" that we all need to see.
We also COULD beat Aggy, MSU and Georgia but we didn't.
I'm with K. I want to believe so badly in this team but my confidence has waned to almost nothing. We haven't just lost...we've lost ugly.
If it happens in T Town Saturday, thats awesome and I'll be happy. It would be a helluva coup. I'm just trying to be realistic here and see that, it is what it is.
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My Nickel's Worth
It was brought to my attention by a longtime Bammer friend of mine that Auburn hired a high school coach that had huge success on that level. He further acknowledged that Malzahn was also successful at Arkansas State but that the reality of what it takes to maintain that success as a head coach in the SEC is just something he is learning the hard way. It was a phone conversation so he wasn't able to see the hair stand up on the back of my neck and I maintained enough composure with my voice so as not to reveal my hatred for him at that moment. Then suddenly out of the blue he quickly told me he had a call coming in and had to go.
Afterwards I began thinking about what he said and dismissed it as just Bammer babble but it did give me pause, not in the loss I saw coming at Starkville or the humiliating beatdown we endured in Athens. It's that fucking TAMU debacle that bothers me the most because we were outplayed and out-coached badly by a less talented, wayward team with a good plan and a talented yet greenhorn QB making his first road start at JHS.
I don't have a great deal of confidence that we will respond well in Tuscaloosa after watching what appeared to be a backyard football game against Samford last week. All I can think is if this is the way Nick Marshall is going to be allowed to play then we are in trouble. After all, he is a team leader and it follows that the rest of the team (at least the offense) would follow suit...which it did.
So given we get our two holding calls, two pass interference calls, two procedure calls, a muffed punt exchange and at least one pick; can we overcome the road environment, getting backed-up deep a couple of times by that freak of a punter they have, avoid getting burned deep (wide open) less than twice and muster enough tackling skills to make Alabama work as hard as they have all season?
Moreover, will our team respond after getting hit in the mouth and being down a score because both are likely to happen?
We aren't built to come out and just run over a seasoned top ranked team like Alabama the way Georgia ran roughshod over us. We will not surprise them with a dazzling gameplan and a different QB slicing and dicing their secondary the way TAMU did us. We know they are beatable, Ole Miss proved that. But Alabama also knows what they stand to lose if we go in there and play better than we played that night in Manhattan, Kansas against a team that was hellbent on derailing our season much earlier than those back-to-back failures.
Whatever the outcome, our response on the field will be a reflection of how prepared our coaches have this team because the players should have all of the inspiration and energy required just knowing it's Alabama.
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So given we get our two holding calls, two pass interference calls, two procedure calls, a muffed punt exchange and at least one pick; can we overcome the road environment, getting backed-up deep a couple of times by that freak of a punter they have, avoid getting burned deep (wide open) less than twice and muster enough tackling skills to make Alabama work as hard as they have all season?
Moreover, will our team respond after getting hit in the mouth and being down a score because both are likely to happen?
Fuck no...if all that shit happens we will get skull fucked...
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Fuck no...if all that shit happens we will get skull fucked...
THIS
And I have no reason at this point to think most of that shit won't happen again. I keep thinking every game it is going to go away but it doesn't. It just keeps happening. Even against lowly Samford. Now we are playing the best team on our schedule at their place and they have a NC on the line. My natural vibe for this one just isn't good. I really wish they would prove me wrong.
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^^This. And obviously, jmar is trying to be realistic about what could happen and pretty much what has happened in all losses. We've gone out of the way to beat the shit out of ourselves. The only ass whipping we took was by the thugs and we still helped them.
I'm just trying to prepare myself mentally to not be let down. It's always a let down, anytime we lose and especially when we lose the IB.
But, there is no way on earth that based on past performance of last several weeks that we should win this game. Therefore, there should be very little pressure on our team. I think that's when we seem to perform the best. As underdogs and with little to lose.
That means that we could, at the very least, make it interesting. Or, if the team that played Georgia shows up, we could get our teeth kicked in worse than 2012. It's a toss up. But, in order to win, will take our best game.
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^^This. And obviously, jmar is trying to be realistic about what could happen and pretty much what has happened in all losses. We've gone out of the way to beat the shit out of ourselves. The only ass whipping we took was by the thugs and we still helped them.
I'm just trying to prepare myself mentally to not be let down. It's always a let down, anytime we lose and especially when we lose the IB.
But, there is no way on earth that based on past performance of last several weeks that we should win this game. Therefore, there should be very little pressure on our team. I think that's when we seem to perform the best. As underdogs and with little to lose.
That means that we could, at the very least, make it interesting. Or, if the team that played Georgia shows up, we could get our teeth kicked in worse than 2012. It's a toss up. But, in order to win, will take our best game.
Not that the fans matter but it would really be something if our team shows up and wins in spite of the severe ineptitude it seems to have adopted since we threw away the playbook and went to drawing up those doozies in the dirt. And imagine Saban's response when a team like ours puts over 400 yards on his vaunted defense and we somehow cover their receivers enough to force them to try to run for only a modest number of yards to the point that they have to throw it in a pressurized fourth quarter-where Blake Sims has never been "the man" in previous Iron Bowls.
Imagine that WT...we often commit the untimeliest errors, can barely catch a decently thrown ball, can't tackle a fucking lick and regularly lose opposing receivers when we are running right beside them! How can Auburn beat Alabama this Saturday? And how in the hell could it possibly happen here on this earth where we breathe and dwell while knowing this game as well as we do?
They will tell you it isn't possible.
But don't you believe them WiregrassTiger.
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Okay I personally don't see it happening but I wanted the rest of you to keep a stiff upper lip.
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Please stop referencing or basing anything we've done, will do, might do...off the Samford game. Defensively, we held them to 7 points and 238 total yards. Offensively, we were without 2 of our best weapons and played as conservative a game as I've ever seen....in a pouring rain. And yes, it rained from the opening kickoff to the 4th quarter. It was a let's just get through it, senior night win.
Everything that's been going wrong for this team the past few weeks is simply a matter of focus. Concentration. Fumbles, dropped passes and penalties have nothing to do with talent. It's all about focus on every play. Granted, we don't match up well with the wide open, spread clubs that fling it around. We're not playing that type of team Saturday night. I've seen people say Georgia ran roughshod over Auburn. Yeah, they got theirs. But not like USCe or A&M. They got theirs because all those lapses in concentration....dropped passes, roughing penalties, muffed punts...meant our offense never got in sync.
The bottom line for me is I'm not going into this game feeling like we're going to automatically continue that trend. I'm going to expect every player on this team to pop a 5 hour energy every single play. I'm expecting Gus to come in with a nothing-to-lose attitude and open up everything he's got. I'm expecting Nick Marshall to give a big fuck you to all the naysayers and put this team on his back. Whether he's pro QB material or not, I'm expecting him to believe he is and want to make a statement Saturday night.
I'm expecting 35-30 no matter who wins. I'm expecting jmar to call his friend back and tell him to shove it up his bammer ass.
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Okay I personally don't see it happening but I wanted the rest of you to keep a stiff upper lip.
Going into the game with an open mind and full of hope. And a fridge full of beer.
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Please stop referencing or basing anything we've done, will do, might do...off the Samford game. Defensively, we held them to 7 points and 238 total yards. Offensively, we were without 2 of our best weapons and played as conservative a game as I've ever seen....in a pouring rain. And yes, it rained from the opening kickoff to the 4th quarter. It was a let's just get through it, senior night win.
Everything that's been going wrong for this team the past few weeks is simply a matter of focus. Concentration. Fumbles, dropped passes and penalties have nothing to do with talent. It's all about focus on every play. Granted, we don't match up well with the wide open, spread clubs that fling it around. We're not playing that type of team Saturday night. I've seen people say Georgia ran roughshod over Auburn. Yeah, they got theirs. But not like USCe or A&M. They got theirs because all those lapses in concentration....dropped passes, roughing penalties, muffed punts...meant our offense never got in sync.
The bottom line for me is I'm not going into this game feeling like we're going to automatically continue that trend. I'm going to expect every player on this team to pop a 5 hour energy every single play. I'm expecting Gus to come in with a nothing-to-lose attitude and open up everything he's got. I'm expecting Nick Marshall to give a big fuck you to all the naysayers and put this team on his back. Whether he's pro QB material or not, I'm expecting him to believe he is and want to make a statement Saturday night.
I'm expecting 35-30 no matter who wins. I'm expecting jmar to call his friend back and tell him to shove it up his bammer ass.
If not for all of your previous transgressions I would nominate this for.......fuck it
POST OF THE YEAR.
MOTHERFUCKIN THIS!
It's IRON BOWL week and all I see is a bunch of namby panty wastes on this board. "Oh I don't think we can win, Gus is a high school coach" ...blah de fuckin blah.
WE GONNA WIN MOTHERFUCKERS!
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If not for all of your previous transgressions I would nominate this for.......fuck it
POST OF THE YEAR.
MOTHERFUCKIN THIS!
It's IRON BOWL week and all I see is a bunch of namby panty wastes on this board. "Oh I don't think we can win, Gus is a high school coach" ...blah de fuckin blah.
WE GONNA WIN MOTHERFUCKERS!
What the fuck happened to the X I used to know? Where's the spirit? Where's the guts, huh? This could be the greatest night of our lives, but you're gonna let it be the worst. "Ooh, we're afraid to believe in Auburn, GF, we might get in trouble." Well just kiss my ass from now on! Not me! I'm not gonna take this. Sims, he's a dead man! Cooper, dead! Saban...
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Please stop referencing or basing anything we've done, will do, might do...off the Samford game. Defensively, we held them to 7 points and 238 total yards. Offensively, we were without 2 of our best weapons and played as conservative a game as I've ever seen....in a pouring rain. And yes, it rained from the opening kickoff to the 4th quarter. It was a let's just get through it, senior night win.
Everything that's been going wrong for this team the past few weeks is simply a matter of focus. Concentration. Fumbles, dropped passes and penalties have nothing to do with talent. It's all about focus on every play. Granted, we don't match up well with the wide open, spread clubs that fling it around. We're not playing that type of team Saturday night. I've seen people say Georgia ran roughshod over Auburn. Yeah, they got theirs. But not like USCe or A&M. They got theirs because all those lapses in concentration....dropped passes, roughing penalties, muffed punts...meant our offense never got in sync.
The bottom line for me is I'm not going into this game feeling like we're going to automatically continue that trend. I'm going to expect every player on this team to pop a 5 hour energy every single play. I'm expecting Gus to come in with a nothing-to-lose attitude and open up everything he's got. I'm expecting Nick Marshall to give a big fuck you to all the naysayers and put this team on his back. Whether he's pro QB material or not, I'm expecting him to believe he is and want to make a statement Saturday night.
I'm expecting 35-30 no matter who wins. I'm expecting jmar to call his friend back and tell him to shove it up his bammer ass.
I hope you are right. I really do. And I was that way up until about this week.
The whole point about Samford was not about the score or stats or Sullivan pity or anything like that. It was the eye test. Technique still looked sloppy. Slants were still wide open. Tackles still missed in open field. Just some of the same shit. Sure, they wore them down in the 2nd half and tightened up like a straight man's asshole in prison. But there were still enough lack of fundamentals and mistakes to make one shake the head (no, not the one at the urinal at JHS).
But the rain excuse? Lame. UGA-ish. I sat in the shit until 5 mins til the end. It wasn't that bad aside from a few mins in the 2nd. And barely rained the rest of the time. Samford also played in it...on the same field even.
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WE GONNA WIN MOTHERFUCKERS!
Thats all I needed to hear. A loser mindset is not an option.
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What the fuck happened to the X I used to know? Where's the spirit? Where's the guts, huh? This could be the greatest night of our lives, but you're gonna let it be the worst. "Ooh, we're afraid to believe in Auburn, GF, we might get in trouble." Well just kiss my ass from now on! Not me! I'm not gonna take this. Sims, he's a dead man! Cooper, dead! Saban...
Was it over when Georgia tried to kick that game winning kick with 1 second on the clock last year? And it ain't over now! Because when the going gets tough...the tough get going! Who's with me? Lets go!
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If not for all of your previous transgressions I would nominate this for.......fudge it
POST OF THE YEAR.
MOTHERfudgeIN THIS!
It's IRON BOWL week and all I see is a bunch of namby panty wastes on this board. "Oh I don't think we can win, Gus is a high school coach" ...blah de fudgein blah.
WE GONNA WIN MOTHERfudgeERS!
This would have been a good post but for the calling of an obviously shittay post, the post of the year.
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Some a y'all done lost y'all minds.
I'll wait until late Saturday to divulge exactly who.
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We beat the ever lovin' shit out of LSU. Name your score. Bama had an overtime win handed to them against the same club. Bama went on the road and the Rebel Black Bears sent em' home with an L. We went to the same stadium and broke their hearts. Arky had no excuses for not doing better than a 14-13 loss and would have if Bulemia hadn't gone full on tard and thrown the ball every fucking down in the 2nd half. Auburn only beat the Hawgs by 146 points and held them to negative threeve yards in the 2nd half.
I'm gonna' have a cooler of beer, bourbon (And DCP), wings, ribs and all the sides and my fat ass is going to be pacing the floor on every play like it's the last. I'm gonna; throw my cap 50 times and give Lord Saybinz the bird 100 times. And all the people who come over to my house are going to think I've lost my mutha-frickin' mind. This ain't 2012. We've got talent and we can whip dat ass Saturday.
And my texting crew better have my back.
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Was it over when Georgia tried to kick that game winning kick with 1 second on the clock last year?
Homo say what?
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We beat the ever lovin' shit out of LSU. Name your score. Bama had an overtime win handed to them against the same club. Bama went on the road and the Rebel Black Bears sent em' home with an L. We went to the same stadium and broke their hearts. Arky had no excuses for not doing better than a 14-13 loss and would have if Bulemia hadn't gone full on tard and thrown the ball every fucking down in the 2nd half. Auburn only beat the Hawgs by 146 points and held them to negative threeve yards in the 2nd half.
I'm gonna' have a cooler of beer, bourbon (And DCP), wings, ribs and all the sides and my fat ass is going to be pacing the floor on every play like it's the last. I'm gonna; throw my cap 50 times and give Lord Saybinz the bird 100 times. And all the people who come over to my house are going to think I've lost my mutha-frickin' mind. This ain't 2012. We've got talent and we can whip dat ass Saturday.
And my texting crew better have my back.
Fucking about time someone around here gets it.
And I want in the texting group...
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Homo say what?
Not now he's on a roll.
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Please stop referencing or basing anything we've done, will do, might do...off the Samford game. Defensively, we held them to 7 points and 238 total yards. Offensively, we were without 2 of our best weapons and played as conservative a game as I've ever seen....in a pouring rain. And yes, it rained from the opening kickoff to the 4th quarter. It was a let's just get through it, senior night win.
Everything that's been going wrong for this team the past few weeks is simply a matter of focus. Concentration. Fumbles, dropped passes and penalties have nothing to do with talent. It's all about focus on every play. Granted, we don't match up well with the wide open, spread clubs that fling it around. We're not playing that type of team Saturday night. I've seen people say Georgia ran roughshod over Auburn. Yeah, they got theirs. But not like USCe or A&M. They got theirs because all those lapses in concentration....dropped passes, roughing penalties, muffed punts...meant our offense never got in sync.
The bottom line for me is I'm not going into this game feeling like we're going to automatically continue that trend. I'm going to expect every player on this team to pop a 5 hour energy every single play. I'm expecting Gus to come in with a nothing-to-lose attitude and open up everything he's got. I'm expecting Nick Marshall to give a big fuck you to all the naysayers and put this team on his back. Whether he's pro QB material or not, I'm expecting him to believe he is and want to make a statement Saturday night.
I'm expecting 35-30 no matter who wins. I'm expecting jmar to call his friend back and tell him to shove it up his bammer ass.
To the Samford comment I say the elements were the same for both teams and borrowing from your old coach "you practice like you play" still holds true if for only looking sharp and playing crisply blah, blah, blah.
To the lack of focus/concentration comment I say we must be attention deficit as a team or some of our afflictions haven't been addressed efficiently enough-"ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."
We were bludgeoned by a more physical tougher-minded team in Georgia, regardless of the number of errors or the final score. Auburn has been and is now a finesse team since the opener. We now look for match-up advantages instead of running at a brutal pace until a defense gets gassed. Team's now use more defensive linemen against us making that option less effective.
But don't confuse my observation of how I have seen the team trending since we let the Criminoles off the hook and write it off as just an Xer being a downer. I agree we have a puncher's chance in a game that plays in the 30's, last team with the ball type of scenario. And be it a FG drive or a tipped-ball interception to end it I still think we can win...but it's going to take our best effort from the players and a damn sight better play calling than we have seen recently from Lashlee and Gus. I even have enough faith in Johnson to think he can stop them for almost a half. Now let's go fuck up some Germans.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIvf0A7cCQk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIvf0A7cCQk#ws)
:facepalm:
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIvf0A7cCQk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIvf0A7cCQk#ws)
:facepalm:
Okay, that is the best show this side of the Big Bang Theory. I mean...the actors? Amazing. The script? Awesome. The acting? Out of this world. The production? Unbelievable.
Bravo!!!!!
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Are you...really??? That was fricking awful. Really???