Thoughts - Week 9

[Tiger Wench]

So you are saying Gus is going to pull the starters at the half against UT?  Or do you only like to compare the two teams when Auburn is playing some shitty team while Bama is playing a conference rival?

I say he would if we were up by 30 points at the half.  On the other hand, Sabinz has a returning starter at QB while Marshall has been on campus for four months. Leaving in the starters for Auburn is a bit different than leaving in the starters for the Turds.

[Token]

...or you do like sabbin and keep most of your starters in the game to pad stats and run the score up...42-10? Let's throw some more passes.

Or maybe Saban was afraid a freshman running back was going to bust another 80 yard run for a touchdown in the final minutes, and felt it easier to not run the score up by throwing incompletions.

Or maybe Saban figured the best way to keep fans in the seats until the end of the game, was by not putting the black quarterback in until the very end of the game.

[Token]

And for the record, McCarron had 9 pass attempts in the second half. Saban was really padding those stats.

[jmar]

And for the record, McCarron had 9 pass attempts in the second half. Saban was really padding those stats.

5:00 mark of 2nd quarter seems I recall seeing the graphic that Tennessee had 15 or 16 plays while Alabama had 16 first downs The game was all but decided at the end of the first quarter. 

[Token]

5:00 mark of 2nd quarter seems I recall seeing the graphic that Tennessee had 15 or 16 plays while Alabama had 16 first downs The game was all but decided at the end of the first quarter.

I'm not saying it wasn't a beat down. But they weren't playing Georgia State. If starters came out every game Alabama went up 21 in, the backups would have more playing time than starters.  It's Tennessee, maybe they aren't that good, but it's still a rivalry game the starters wanted to play in.

Kudos to Gus for pulling every single starter at the half against Florida Atlantic and Western Carolina.   I expect to see starters pulled at the half against a shitty Arkansas and bad Tennessee in the next two weeks.

[jmar]

I'm not saying it wasn't a beat down. But they weren't playing Georgia State. If starters came out every game Alabama went up 21 in, the backups would have more playing time than starters.  It's Tennessee, maybe they aren't that good, but it's still a rivalry game the starters wanted to play in.

Kudos to Gus for pulling every single starter at the half against Florida Atlantic and Western Carolina.   I expect to see starters pulled at the half against a shitty Arkansas and bad Tennessee in the next two weeks.

It's a tough call when your coach has emptied the bench and you're still breaking runs off on straight dive plays or in our case the Mildcat. We got sloppier as the game went on and the refs actually made it all the more painful by calling penalties but that also helped to slow the scoring to an extent with a running clock.

Urban Meyer though was going after style points Saturday.

 

[Kaos]

So you are saying Gus is going to pull the starters at the half against UT?  Or do you only like to compare the two teams when Auburn is playing some shootty team while Bama is playing a conference rival?

Depends on the score.

Up 35-0 to start the second half?  I'd expect to see starters for a series or two.

Your comment is very BGish.

[The Prowler]

Depends on the score.

Up 35-0 to start the second half?  I'd expect to see starters for a series or two.

Your comment is very BGish.

Exactly.

If Auburn is up by 35 points to start the second half against Arkansas &/or UT, the starters will play for one or two more series, then the backups will get playing time (like Kaos stated). 4th qtr Auburn would be playing the 3rd string, walk-ons and a WR, on certain plays, at QB...That's a big "if".

[Snaggletiger]

Speaking of liberal substitutions, a friend of ours has a son, Reid Brooks, who is a walk-on defensive end.  Unfortunately, we exited JHS with around 5:00 to go and didn't get to see that he got his first action at the end of the game.  I believe he got in on punt coverage and a play or two on defense.  Trust me, papa was grinning ear to ear about his son getting on the foosballz field for AU.       

[dallaswareagle]

Speaking of liberal substitutions, a friend of ours has a son, Reid Brooks, who is a walk-on defensive end.  Unfortunately, we exited JHS with around 5:00 to go and didn't get to see that he got his first action at the end of the game.  I believe he got in on punt coverage and a play or two on defense.  Trust me, papa was grinning ear to ear about his son getting on the foosballz field for AU.       

Your pissing him off.