Auburn
- The offense is going to be the most dynamic offense in the country. Downhill running with Cam, Dyer, and McCalleb. Deep balls to Carr, Adams, and Zachary. Underneath screens to Fannin. I can't wait to see how much better it is once the tight ends get involved AND when Trovon Reed gets healthy.
- Cameron Newton will be a Heisman candidate next year. It might take too long to get him national recognition this year, but going into next year, he'll have Charlie Ward-type stats.
- We need a new defensive coordinator. Ted Roof just isn't working. We said all last year that it was depth and injuries. Well, the reports have been that the injuries were back 100%. I think that was evident last night as Savage and Etheridge were the most physical players on our team. We know from recruiting and players with "a year in the system" that our depth should be at a high enough quality to make adequate substitutions throughout the game. However, last night was the exact same thing as last year. Soft defense. Poor tackling. No subs. We didn't sub guys in until we had a comfortable lead in the mid 3rd quarter. No more excuses. Ted Roof isn't getting it done.
- Anyone else see Chizik chewing out Roof on the sideline?
- Our special teams are finally...knock on wood...at the level of an SEC team. I feel like we actually have a punt returner that I don't have to worry about.
Alabama...
- Julio Jones had one of the most ridiculous catches I've seen in a while. It's the fact that he used his left hand that made it so special.
LSU...
- You shouldn't be breathing a sigh of relief. You don't let a team with 9 starters out almost beat you. North Carolina should have been demoralized, yet you allowed them to show heart and intensity. You became soft when the game could have been put away. You jumped up and down to celebrate your comfortable lead like you knew you would get, and then you let your opponent punch you in the mouth for 15 minutes. You = Les Miles.
- North Carolina would have won that game easily if they had their starters.
Oklahoma...
- I've been saying it for months: Oklahoma is overrated. They should not be a NC pick by anyone. They went 8-5 last year because Landry Jones wasn't very good. Well, it was 31-24 late in the 4th quarter, and it took a very athletic interception to put Utah State away.
Florida...
- Your team has happened before. There's always a team each year that's loaded with talent and knows it's going to be very very good. However, you have just a few issues that will keep you from doing so.
1. Center-QB exchange. Shotgun or not, you can't play football if you can't hike the footbal to the quarterback. And I'm sorry about whatever excuses you have, you recognize that issue in spring and have it fixed by fall. And don't tell us that you'll get it worked out by next week. Obviously 6 months of practice didn't help it. It's not going to get any better.
2. Ball security - Your running backs fumble. A lot. And constantly giving the ball to your speedy and tiny scat backs is going to cost you. Tebow was your power man. Who's the big hoss eating up clock and yards this year? Moody? I didn't see them out there in the 1st half. Not good IYAM.
3. Defense - The talent and speed will outmatch most teams, but good teams (Alabama, Georgia) will exploit the mistakes.
Ole Miss...
- BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA HA HA HA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
Final Thought...
- This has the potential to be one of the greatest weeks of this season. We get an Auburn game in the middle of the week, and then there's good matchups on Saturday from 11am until midnight.
- However, it has the potential to be bittersweet. Miss State pulled their starters early as they won 49-7 in their opener. Our defense was gassed trying to shut down a Sun Belt offense. Dan Mullen is a good coach. He's going to make a name for himself somewhere soon. He almost did it against LSU and Florida last year. Let's hope he doesn't do it this week, this Thursday in Starkville.
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