Auburn @ Miss. State

[Townhallsavoy]

Good God...Good fucking lord, even Prowler is worried about this team.   

[The Six]

Good God...Good fudgeing lord, even Prowler is worried about this team.   

When he jumps off the ship, we know how bad it is. Prowler is like the super sunshine pumper. Wow. I'm really, genuinely stunned.

[dallaswareagle]

Auburn will be lucky, absolutely lucky, to be 5-7 playing like they are now.  This would be the '08 & '09 signing class Senior leadership.

I'm also starting to wonder about the strength of the team (I'm seeing our front line guys, on both sides of the ball, getting pushed around).

I'm sorry I don't even see 5 wins with this team

  Clemson                                                                   Loss
  Sat, Sep 8 at Mississippi State                                  Loss  To fuckng MSU   
  Sat, Sep 15 Louisiana-Monroe 12:21 pm --                Maybe
  Sat, Sep 22 (3) LSU TBA --                                       Loss                     
  Sat, Oct 6 (8) Arkansas TBA --                                  Loss
  Sat, Oct 13 at Mississippi TBA --                               Maybe
  Sat, Oct 20 at Vanderbilt TBA --                                Maybe
  Sat, Oct 27 Texas A&M TBA --                                  Loss
  Sat, Nov 3 New Mexico State TBA --                          Win
  Sat, Nov 10 (7) Georgia TBA --                                 Loss
  Sat, Nov 17 Alabama A&M TBA --                              Win
  Sat, Nov 24 at (1) Alabama                                       Loss

And I figure one of the maybe's we lose.

And after 8 qtrs of football we have scored one (YES THAT IS 1) offensive touchdown and as somebody said eariler and that one was on blown coverage.


I was wrong  I said 3 and 9  we may only be 2 and 10

[JR4AU]

Who would be the B-back? Lutz? Mason?

I'm being factious.  To a point anyway.  I, unlike some of the "play calling geniuses" here, don't pretend to know the "playbook" that would make this team a contender.  I am of the opinion that there isn't one that exists, but "guess" that if you got Mason, Blakely, OMac, and Frazier on the field all at once and ran option, that it would be the BEST way to optimize our talent set.  But option is a specialty, and not all coaches get it, or run it. 

That's not to say it would be any prettier.  That said, IF I'm speculating, Frasier at QB, Blakely at B, Mason at A Back on the left, and OMac would be my counter back on the right.

[JR4AU]

Pffftt your ass. This is Auburn. We are supposed to have a QB ready to step in when necessary.

Yeah, we've always had big time QBs waiting in the wings. 

[dallaswareagle]

I'm being factious.  To a point anyway.  I, unlike some of the "play calling geniuses" here, don't pretend to know the "playbook" that would make this team a contender.  I am of the opinion that there isn't one that exists, but "guess" that if you got Mason, Blakely, OMac, and Frazier on the field all at once and ran option, that it would be the BEST way to optimize our talent set.  But option is a specialty, and not all coaches get it, or run it. 

That's not to say it would be any prettier.  That said, IF I'm speculating, Frasier at QB, Blakely at B, Mason at A Back on the left, and OMac would be my counter back on the right.

With this loss CGC just may have lost the team.

[JR4AU]

I'm sorry I don't even see 5 wins with this team

  Clemson                                                                   Loss
  Sat, Sep 8 at Mississippi State                                  Loss  To fuckng MSU   
  Sat, Sep 15 Louisiana-Monroe 12:21 pm --                Maybe
  Sat, Sep 22 (3) LSU TBA --                                       Loss                     
  Sat, Oct 6 (8) Arkansas TBA --                                  Loss
  Sat, Oct 13 at Mississippi TBA --                               Maybe
  Sat, Oct 20 at Vanderbilt TBA --                                Maybe
  Sat, Oct 27 Texas A&M TBA --                                  Loss
  Sat, Nov 3 New Mexico State TBA --                          Win
  Sat, Nov 10 (7) Georgia TBA --                                 Loss
  Sat, Nov 17 Alabama A&M TBA --                              Win
  Sat, Nov 24 at (1) Alabama                                       Loss

And I figure one of the maybe's we lose.

And after 8 qtrs of football we have scored one (YES THAT IS 1) offensive touchdown and as somebody said eariler and that one was on blown coverage.


I was wrong  I said 3 and 9  we may only be 2 and 10

If you're still all 

Then God help you.

[JR4AU]

With this loss CGC just may have just lost the team.

It's very possible.

[dallaswareagle]

If you're still all 

Then God help you.

Nah-this game just brought the world crashing down.

[jmar]

You can't pin it all on the OC in AU's current situation. Frazier is a dual-threat guy that ran Malzahn's offense since high school. Mosley was an experiment from day 1, and never was SEC caliber. Let's face it, Wallace isn't SEC caliber either. It was a little different last year. Malzahn had QBs that he hand picked to run his offense, and they sucked last year. Loeffler gets somewhat of a pass, IMO. I don't know many OCs that could do a good job with a QB who can't pass worth shit. Sure, you offense needs to be flexible and you need to be able to adjust for personnel changes every year. But that assumes that the personnel can handle the basic functions of their position. Such as passing the ball. You don't want to run a flexbone this year, and well, let's run an air raid style next year. Nothing that drastic. Loeffler is sort of stuck between a rock and a hard place here.

You run an offense from the personnel you recruit. Malzahn along with (Luper/ Trooper were given a blank check. Todd came through as did Super Cam...they tried to get Russell Wilson and failed-Jameis Winston and failed.
Kiehl Frazier was of the Malzahn system just picture perfect for the NH spread...or was he?
Moseley was filler as was in many peoples minds this past class' signee Wallace.
You can't draw bigtime WRs without a bigtime QB.   
They will not come.
And for the love of God it's insane to throw your hands up and suggest the flexbone.   
 

[The Prowler]

With this loss CGC just may have lost the team.

Not yet.

[dallaswareagle]

Not yet.

Well looking over the cliff and wondering is very close.

[The Prowler]

When he jumps off the ship, we know how bad it is. Prowler is like the super sunshine pumper. Wow. I'm really, genuinely stunned.

Like I've said before, I'm a realist and I'm one of the level headed Auburn fans around here...not a Sunshine Pumper nor a Doom and Gloomer. I look at everything with my eyes wide open.

[dallaswareagle]

Like I've said before, I'm a realist and I'm one of the level headed Auburn fans around here...not a Sunshine Pumper nor a Doom and Gloomer. I look at everything with my eyes wide open.

And pray tell please tell us what you see that us don't?

[AUTiger1]

Well looking over the cliff and wondering is very close.

Not gonna lie.......on the ledge wondering myself.   I could've understood a close loss at  on then road in the SEC, but they owned us today.  God help US for the raping we are going to receive in two weeks.

[RWS]

And for the love of God it's insane to throw your hands up and suggest the flexbone.

That's sort of the point. Loeffler was hired to come in and un-fuck this situation, using personnel recruited for a different type of offense, and recruited by somebody else. There are some pointing to the playcalling as being part of the problem, and that very well may be correct. But when you have a QB who can barely throw the ball 10 yards, I don't know what kind of outcome you expect to have. It's just hard to tell what kind of OC Loeffler is/will be because he's pretty limited in what he can do at this point.

[jmar]

And pray tell please tell us what you see that us don't?

I cannot give this staff with this talent a pass and contrive some sort of an excuse for the state of the current play. It is simply unnacceptable.

[JR4AU]

And for the love of God it's insane to throw your hands up and suggest the flexbone.

ROFLCOPTER

[JR4AU]

I cannot give this staff with this talent a pass and contrive some sort of an excuse for the state of the current play. It is simply unnacceptable.

Holy Shit!  I agree!

[Yoda]

If a team makes the most improvement from week 1 to 2, I hate to see what happens the rest of the year.