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Kodi hauls in a pass from Cameron Newton, he also caught 2 TD passes and was one of the bright spots in Tuesdays practice.
The score was a lopsided 82-25, but there wasn’t an Auburn player or coach to be found Tuesday night that felt like celebrating as if the victory meant something.
This is the year of “eight ain’t it” and “good to great,” after all.
With 17 days remaining until the season opener against Arkansas State, Auburn’s players seemingly all agreed that they were not satisfied with what the team has accomplished after two weeks of camp. Coaches acknowledged the positives, but couldn’t avoid the areas that troubled them, weaknesses they’ve spotted that likely kept them in their offices well after the Tigers’ third scrimmage in six days.
“We’ve got to get better in a hurry. In a hurry,” defensive coordinator Ted Roof said. “The good news is they’re all correctable and we’ll get that corrected.”
Newton ready, but still has a lot of learning to do.
Cameron Newton was just as surprised by the timing of the news as everyone else.
Less than two weeks after Gene Chizik said the quarterback decision would likely drag through the summer, Newton was doing what normal football players do at this time of the year: lifting weights.
When one of the trainers flagged him down to meet with Chizik and offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn, Newton was taken aback.
He had no idea he’d be receiving the best news of his rebuilt football career to date.
“My first thought was I ain’t did nothing wrong,” Newton said. “So I was kind of nervous at first. When they told me, I just wanted to scream. I had to keep my composure.”
Newton kept his cool, fighting back a smile because Chizik “probably thought I was just joking around.”
Cam Newton preps during Spring, he was selected QB1 on Wednesday.
Cameron Newton won’t have to wait until the summer to hear the news everyone knew was going to emerge eventually. He’s Auburn’s starting quarterback heading into the summer.
“After thoroughly evaluating our quarterbacks during spring practice and over the last week, Cam has emerged as our post-spring No. 1 quarterback,” coach Gene Chizik said in a university statement. “Obviously, he will have a lot of work to do over the summer and during two-a-days to continue along this path. We fully expect our other quarterbacks to continue to work hard and compete with Cam during the off-season and into fall camp.”
Newton came into the competition considered to be the front-runner and did nothing, it seemed, to lose that distinction. Players raved about his combination of speed and strength, along with an arm that will bring back the deep ball to Auburn’s offense, wide receiver Darvin Adams said.
A day didn't help to solve the fans quarterback questions for the new season.
Cameron Newton hit Darvin Adams on a frozen rope for his first pass in front of a live Auburn audience Saturday and followed later with a 61-yard pass to put Blue in the red zone.
Neil Caudle had big passes, too. He hit Quindarius Carr for a 70-yard touchdown and was part of three touchdown drives.
Barrett Trotter was just as sharp. He had two long touchdown passes and ran the offense without showing any ill effects of a season lost to a torn ACL.
If you found clarity in Auburn’s quarterback race Saturday, you weren’t at the highest-attended A-Day scrimmage in program history.
The game ended, by the way, with Blue on top, 21-17, after Dontae Aycock’s touchdown run early in the fourth quarter. If the drive would have finished in the third quarter, the points would have been awarded to White team, a perfect summation of just how trivial the final numbers were Saturday.
Sorry, Auburn fans. Cameron Newton has weaknesses and he’s even willing to admit he has them.
The junior-college transfer quarterback, who many expect to be named Auburn’s starting quarterback sometime in the near future, said Monday that he has a few bad habits, none of which escape the eyes of offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn.
“I’m gaining confidence daily,” Newton said. “That’s due to coach Malzahn every day just working out with all the quarterbacks, watching film myself, seeing my mistakes and trying not to make the same mistake twice.”
Despite Malzahn saying Saturday he hoped to establish a quarterback hierarchy as soon as possible, coach Gene Chizik said Monday there had been no changes since the weekend scrimmage.
Neil Caudle, meanwhile, said Newton and redshirt sophomore Barrett Trotter received added repetitions Monday.
Cameron Newton just held court with reporters for a good 17 minutes.
It was intriguing, insightful and entertaining.
Here are some of the highlights.
(Expectations?)
My No. 1 expectation is to get everyone’s trust on my team. I’m not going to put too much on me. I just want them to have, at the end of spring, to have my coaches and teammates trust me at any point in the game.
(Your competition?)
It’s not nothing. Sometimes, I even forget we’re competing. Neil is such a good guy. We stay next door to each other. He’s a good guy to be around—an up-tempo guy. You never see him with a frown on his face. When I have a question, he’s probably the first person to answer. The competing on the field is not like everyone’s expecting to be the one. We’re still a team every day.
Chizik is excited...are you?
Spring football is finally here, and all the uncertainty that comes with it has arrived as well.
Compared to last year, when Gene Chizik and his newly hired staff were prepared to oversee their first spring practice at Auburn, there are far fewer questions when it comes to the overall vibe and feel of a Chizik-led spring. And with a bevy of returning starters on both sides of the ball, there are certainly fewer jobs up for grabs.
Yet there is still plenty to ponder starting today when the Tigers host their first of 15 important practices at the Auburn Athletic Complex.
Here are the five biggest questions heading into it.
1. Who will be the quarterback?
It’s not Auburn these days without this question popping up at this time of the year.
Who will it be? Cam Newton?
By: Mike Szvetitz | Opelika Auburn News
How’s your bracket looking?
That good? Yeah, mine, too.
Well it’s not like you have to pretend to care about college basketball anymore, now that spring football is kicking off.
Oh, and how’s Auburn’s search for a new basketball coach? Yeah, it’s still going.
Now, what’s that you said about spring football?
Oh, yeah, it starts today. Like you didn’t know.
Of course you did. You’ve been holding your breath ever since Auburn’s 500-play, overtime win over Northwestern in the Outback Bowl on New Year’s Day, only coming up for air on National Signing Day at the beginning of February.
Now, you can rest easy as the Tigers begin preparations for the 2010 football season.
And this year is just as handwringing as last year. Probably more.
Jobs aren’t necessarily won during spring football, but a strong first impression certainly doesn’t hurt.
Last year, for instance, Andrew McCain basically wrapped up the starting role at right tackle when he arrived to camp with a fresh outlook and something to prove. Linebacker Eltoro Freeman went from second-team to first in a matter of days.
Sure, the quarterback job wasn’t settled after 15 practices, but the lack of separation between Kodi Burns and Neil Caudle may have had a direct impact on where Gus Malzahn honed his focus in August.
With that in mind, here are 10 players to hone your focus on when the Tigers open spring practice Wednesday morning.
10. Jessel Curry — LB — freshman
* He’s one of the lowest-touted prospects in Auburn’s banner recruiting class, but he is already on campus and has a legitimate shot of receiving real playing time this season. Auburn’s linebacking corps is still razor thin on depth, and Curry, a Ted Roof favorite, will have the chance to make a strong first impression.
War Damn Dyer...Welcome to the Family Michael!!
That’s right Auburn fans, it’s National Signing Day. A day when all college football fans get to brag about what place
they came in for untested talent. Will this be Auburn’s best class ever? Only time will tell. Check back often as our resident poster and now official updater Chopper will be bringing you the latest signees.
Official Signees (faxes received) **Page will be modified often, check back!!**
1. Brenham (Tex.) Blinn C.C. QB Cameron Newton – enrolled
2. Visalia (Ca.) College of the Sequoias OL Roszell Gayden – enrolled
3. Coffeyville (Kan.) C.C. TE Brandon Mosley – enrolled
4. Ariton (Ala.) High DE Craig Sanders – enrolled
5. Buford (Ga.) High LB Jessel Curry – enrolled
6. Jupiter (Fla.) High PK Cody Parkey
7. Atlanta (Ga.) Washington WR Antonio Goodwin
8. Kansas City (Mo.) Park Hill P Steven Clark
9. Springville (Ala.) High WR Jeremy Richardson
10. Greenville (Ala.) High DT Kenneth Carter
