Let's talk.
Let's talk some reality.
If we're going to have any chance of winning, we need two of these to happen:
- Pick 6 for Auburn
- Kickoff return for a touchdown
- Trent Richardson injury in the first half
- Two sack fumbles recovered for Auburn
- One punt block in Alabama territory
- One Alabama muffed punt recovered by Auburn
I halfway jokingly made this list. I listed those "keys" because I thought they were surely enough to swing momentum our way and stifle Alabama. Surely enough to put our offense in motion and cause more mistakes by McCarron.
We got a sack fumble for a touchdown and a kickoff return for a touchdown.
And still got blown out 42-14. Blown the fuck out at home after scoring on defense and special teams.
- "It's like a tornado ran through y'all today." - Random old man Alabama fan at Full Moon BBQ a few minutes ago.
And you wonder why we
have to beat these assholes.
From my Facebook: "Barners live to play on the same field as Alabama. Alabama plays only to win championships! Roll Tide!"
It's because when we do lose, it's a constant barrage of elephant shit smashed in our faces when we least expect it. It's because they're willing to use a horrific tragedy that struck Tuscaloosa to swing it back towards us.
A tornado tore up Tuscaloosa. But not anymore. Now the tornado hit Auburn.
- The butthurt is strong with me right now, but I have some legitimate reasons.
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Trooper Taylor, Auburn's mascot/WR coach, was just yapping at Bama CB Dre Kirkpatrick. Kirckpatrick motioned Taylor to come onto the field.
- When we're winning? I'm a homer and am going to defend Auburn to the max. When we're losing? This shit has to be addressed.
- I didn't see it, but apparently, a few media guys did. I'm sure someone caught it on video. If Trooper was really talking shit to an opposing player, he needs to be dealt with. Not fired. But I hope Chizik takes care of it because no college football coach who is making hundreds of thousands of dollars should be yapping at a college kid who is supposed to be playing for free.
Same Ole Story...
- Want to know the truth? If Zeke Pike doesn't come in and light the world on fire? We suck again next year.
- Maybe Frazier can grow as a player or maybe we can develop a run-only package for the offense. But Moseley/Trotter are so bad, they can't even be managers. They can't play in this league. They shouldn't play another down.
- We have a month until the bowl game. Frazier should get every rep at QB just to see if he can do it. Let's do an all out scrimmage and see if Frazier can handle an SEC defense at full speed.
- Whoa, THS. He won't face an SEC defense until next September. Because it's complete blasphemy to call this defense that we have right now an SEC defense.
Gus Malzahn...
- He can go now. I saw enough of the Mickey Mouse bullshit. We power it forward to convert a 4th down against one of the stoutest defenses in the last decade and then we lose 15 yards after whatever the fuck you want to call it.
- Don't get me wrong. Malzahn is really interesting and can do some amazing things on offense. But how many times over the last three years have we seen him outthink himself or get too cute and lose big yards? How many times has that happened at crucial points in the game? How many times has Gus hampered our ability to win after calling a reverse pass or triple read option or whatever you want to call some of his plays?
- I'm sure once we get a quarterback and a better offensive line, he'll be back to dominating the statistics. But Jesus I can't handle the Wiley Coyote ideas anymore.
What It All Boils Down To...
- Moseley is a division II quarterback. As is Trotter. They aren't SEC athletes. They don't know what they're doing. They can't handle it at all. One of them should lose his scholarship and transfer and the other should be the scout team quarterback.
- The offensive line was bad too, but I thought they did okay considering what they were facing. They gave Moseley the chance to make a few plays in the 3rd quarter, but Moseley threw it straight to Dre Kirkpatrick and then straight to Demarcus Milliner.
Final Thought...
- We go 8-5 if we win the bowl game, and most people will say we did okay. Youth. Inexperience. Need a better quarterback. Injuries hurt us. We faced five really good football teams and four of them were away. There are plenty of viable excuses, but they fail.
- This is Chizik's third year into his contract, and getting blown out like this is unacceptable. And yes, the Utah State, Miss State, and Samford games should also be taken into account.
- I think Chizik can turn it around. I think he knows how to motivate, recruit, and hire. I just hope he has the guts to do what needs to be done concerning players and coaches.