Predictions

if we lose by more than 10 in the opener gus is gonna have a hard time keeping this team together hell we just might experience a season that makes 2012 look like a championship season. the whole oh yeah "D's looking good crap reminds me too much of 2012 when all Chiz had to say was "welp we had a great week of practice"

Snaggletiger · « **Reply #69 on:** August 15, 2016, 05:49:33 PM »

Quote from: Starship on August 15, 2016, 05:11:55 PM

if we lose by more than 10 in the opener gus is gonna have a hard time keeping this team together hell we just might experience a season that makes 2012 look like a championship season. the whole oh yeah "D's looking good crap reminds me too much of 2012 when all Chiz had to say was "welp we had a great week of practice"

So, you'd rather the D look as hopeless as the QB situation right now?

Kaos · « **Reply #70 on:** August 15, 2016, 06:25:46 PM »

Quote from: Snaggletiger on August 15, 2016, 05:49:33 PM

So, you'd rather the D look as hopeless as the QB situation right now?

No. I think people are just expressing well-founded trepidation. There are plenty of reasons to doubt an offense that looked unstoppable in 2010 and 2013, looked pretty damn good for most of 2014 and 2009 but has also looked like two blind chickens fucking a frozen biscuit most of the rest of the time.

GH2001 · « **Reply #71 on:** August 15, 2016, 09:33:03 PM »

Quote from: Kaos on August 15, 2016, 06:25:46 PM

No. I think people are just expressing well-founded trepidation. There are plenty of reasons to doubt an offense that looked unstoppable in 2010 and 2013, looked pretty damn good for most of 2014 and 2009 but has also looked like two blind chickens fucking a frozen biscuit most of the rest of the time.

He speaks for all of us. ^

The Six · « **Reply #72 on:** August 15, 2016, 10:06:37 PM »

Quote from: Kaos on August 15, 2016, 06:25:46 PM

looked like two blind chickens fudgeing a frozen biscuit most of the rest of the time

Faulkner-esque

Snaggletiger · « **Reply #73 on:** August 15, 2016, 10:24:40 PM »

Quote from: Kaos on August 15, 2016, 06:25:46 PM

No. I think people are just expressing well-founded trepidation. There are plenty of reasons to doubt an offense that looked unstoppable in 2010 and 2013, looked pretty damn good for most of 2014 and 2009 but has also looked like two blind chickens fucking a frozen biscuit most of the rest of the time.

No. Did I say anything about offense? I'm addressing this statement from hit and run Starship.

"the whole oh yeah "D's looking good crap"

Most have simply said the defense could be pretty good. So, because many think we'll be improved on defense, that equates to "We're gonna' suck like 2012"?

Yeah, okay.

WiregrassTiger · « **Reply #74 on:** August 15, 2016, 11:36:37 PM »

Quote from: Snaggletiger on August 15, 2016, 10:24:40 PM

No. Did I say anything about offense? I'm addressing this statement from hit and run Starship.

"the whole oh yeah "D's looking good crap"

Most have simply said the defense could be pretty good. So, because many think we'll be improved on defense, that equates to "We're gonna' suck like 2012"?

Yeah, okay.

Kaos won.

jmar · « **Reply #75 on:** August 16, 2016, 01:39:16 AM »

Quote from: WiregrassTiger on August 15, 2016, 11:36:37 PM

Kaos won.

Not so fast.
We can have a NEAR shutdown D similar to some LSU had in recent years just not go Les Miles brain-dead in some kind of a contest of wills between two proud institutions in an epic struggle for liberty and justice for all.
In other words, throw the goddamned ball and do some things to keep the opposing D's guessing.

This is what I think K alluded to several days ago w/o the Miles reference. Snaggle, I believe disagreed. So yeah Kaos wins.

Snaggletiger · « **Reply #76 on:** August 16, 2016, 06:24:38 AM »

Quote from: jmar on August 16, 2016, 01:39:16 AM

Not so fast.
We can have a NEAR shutdown D similar to some LSU had in recent years just not go Les Miles brain-dead in some kind of a contest of wills between two proud institutions in an epic struggle for liberty and justice for all.
In other words, throw the goddamned ball and do some things to keep the opposing D's guessing.

This is what I think K alluded to several days ago w/o the Miles reference. Snaggle, I believe disagreed. So yeah Kaos wins.

Umm....no! You believe wrong. Have I ever even hinted that I disagree with mixing things up on offense?

My prediction has been simple. If a QB steps up, we're going to be pretty damn good. As in 9, 10 or better. If we get the same shittastic play at that position as we did last year, we're back in the Ham and most likely on another coaching search.

It's not rocket surgery with Gus. It's nothing real deep. It's not outside influences or Jay Jacobs or the BOT or something that changed to realign the stars and the fate of Auburn football back on a dreary night in November 2014. It's not a change in the quality of hash browns at the Waffle House. If he gets good QB play, his offense is almost unstoppable. It's been that way all the way back to his days at Tulsa. If not, he gets what he got last year.

That's the key, nothing more and nothing less. His hits and misses are well documented. And that's on him.

jmar · « **Reply #77 on:** August 16, 2016, 08:21:26 AM »

Quote from: Snaggletiger on August 16, 2016, 06:24:38 AM

Umm....no! You believe wrong. Have I ever even hinted that I disagree with mixing things up on offense?

My prediction has been simple. If a QB steps up, we're going to be pretty damn good. As in 9, 10 or better. If we get the same shittastic play at that position as we did last year, we're back in the Ham and most likely on another coaching search.

It's not rocket surgery with Gus. It's nothing real deep. It's not outside influences or Jay Jacobs or the BOT or something that changed to realign the stars and the fate of Auburn football back on a dreary night in November 2014. It's not a change in the quality of hash browns at the Waffle House. If he gets good QB play, his offense is almost unstoppable. It's been that way all the way back to his days at Tulsa. If not, he gets what he got last year.

That's the key, nothing more and nothing less. His hits and misses are well documented. And that's on him.

An above average run game was also a key component to that QB play. Without it, too much will be expected from White and others. It's not all about the QB.

Buzz Killington · « **Reply #78 on:** August 16, 2016, 08:48:27 AM »

All we need is a shutdown defense and Cam lite. Championship!

Godfather · « **Reply #79 on:** August 16, 2016, 08:48:43 AM »

LOUD NOISES!