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Pat Dye Field => War Damn Eagle => Topic started by: AUChizad on May 21, 2013, 11:05:22 AM
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Too much to copypasta. Do da link.
http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2013/5/21/4340494/auburn-football-2013-season-preview-schedule-roster
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In summation (and a pretty good assessment, IMO)
10. Year Zero
Auburn fans aren't necessarily known for their extreme patience, but they should probably try to take a lot of deep breaths this fall.
Like Kentucky, the Tigers are likely starting from too far back to make up serious ground in 2013, but the schedule is as favorable as it gets in the SEC. That will help. Auburn begins with three home games versus teams projected worse than 50th and welcomes Western Carolina and Florida Atlantic to town in October. Win those five games, and the Tigers would need only one more win -- Ole Miss at home? Tennessee or Arkansas on the road? -- to secure bowl eligibility. I would set the bar closer to five wins, but considering how far Auburn fell in 2012, and how consistently they've been heading downhill through the years (spectacular outlier aside), even that would represent demonstrable progress.
The Gus Malzahn hire really does make sense in so many ways. He brings an identity to an offense that needs one, and while he has only been a head coach for one season, he pushed a lot of the right buttons in that one year at Arkansas State. He is a known entity in the SEC, he will keep recruiting going awfully strong, and even if he doesn't reach a bowl in his first season, he should have this team deep, experienced, competitive and fun pretty quickly.
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In summation (and a pretty good assessment, IMO)
I'm not sure I agree. I'm not a kool-aid drinker by any means, but 7, maybe 8 wins is doable.
The talent is there. Last season it was as if the air got sucked out of every player. Talent is nothing without a belief that you can succeed. I think this coaching staff has brought that belief back.
With that in mind and everyone touting our mediocrity, I think we might just steal a couple of games.
I've seen AU do more with less.
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I'm not sure I agree. I'm not a kool-aid drinker by any means, but 7, maybe 8 wins is doable.
The talent is there. Last season it was as if the air got sucked out of every player. Talent is nothing without a belief that you can succeed. I think this coaching staff has brought that belief back.
With that in mind and everyone touting our mediocrity, I think we might just steal a couple of games.
I've seen AU do more with less.
I think they undersold us slightly, but not by much.
I think 4 wins is 100% guaranteed, provided we don't actually regress from last year (shudder).
Mississippi State should be a solid W, but not necessarily a guarantee. I think (hope) we win it though, putting us at 5. If not, as they mentioned, perhaps we can make up for it against Ole Miss, UT, or Ark. Best case, we win all four of those, putting us at 8. I think we drop at least one (most likely Ark), and probably two.
I'm equally as confident that we beat Washington State, Arkansas State, Western Carolina, & Florida Atlantic as I am that we lose to LSU, A&M, UGA, & Bama.
So, in summation, I see an even 4 Ws, 4 Ls, and 4 toss-ups. I'm hoping for 6 wins (a bowl win would be gravy). Less than 4 would be a disaster. 4 would be pretty disappointing. 5 would not be. 6 is glass half-full, but completely doable. 7 is getting a little too optimistic. 8 would be reason to celebrate. 9 or more is impossible, given where we're coming from.
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I'm not making any predictions whatsoever on this season. Other than to say we should be much more competitive. I know that's going out on a limb there, Nostra Dumbass, but the last 2 years left a real bad taste in my mouth. (Insert gay thread hijack here)
I truly believe we have much more talent than we've shown. Said that many times. But, we are a complete unknown at two key positions, namely QB and WR. After maybe sure thing, Trovon Reed, all we really have is a lot of hope. We hope Jonathon Wallace or Kalil Frayzha will thrive in Malzahn's system...or one of the two QB's coming in will turn out to be something special. We hope 2 or 3 guys will step up at WR and be playmakers, but right now there's not a soul in that group that we can point to and say he's going to have a big year.
And the biggest thing to me is the attitude or belief they can win. The coaches and players are all saying the right things and I think it will turn around. But, until I see this team do something other than lay down and die when things go bad, I'm still going to be wary of predicting anything for the season. I admit to some chub-worthy things and comments going on so far, but I gotta' see us compete first.
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And by the way, the link above is about much more than just the W/L record. Pretty interesting analysis. Charts n' graphs n' shit.
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And by the way, the link above is about much more than just the W/L record. Pretty interesting analysis. Charts n' graphs n' shit.
And they have science to back it up. See? Wow, science.
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And they have science to back it up. See? Wow, science.
Maybe they can finally explain to me how fuckin' magnets work.
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I'm not sure I agree. I'm not a kool-aid drinker by any means, but 7, maybe 8 wins is doable.
The talent is there. Last season it was as if the air got sucked out of every player. Talent is nothing without a belief that you can succeed. I think this coaching staff has brought that belief back.
With that in mind and everyone touting our mediocrity, I think we might just steal a couple of games.
I've seen AU do more with less.
I agree, unless the QB play isn't any better than last season. I see the 5 they mentioned and I think UT and OM are definitely winnable games.
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If Auburn does not win 6 games next year, it is a failure of a season...
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Maybe they can finally explain to me how fudgein' magnets work.
In engineering we refer to it as workin' by FM (fuckin magic)
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In engineering we refer to it as workin' by FM (fuckin magic)
Not down with the clown, huh?
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I'm not sure I agree. I'm not a kool-aid drinker by any means, but 7, maybe 8 wins is doable.
The talent is there. Last season it was as if the air got sucked out of every player. Talent is nothing without a belief that you can succeed. I think this coaching staff has brought that belief back.
With that in mind and everyone touting our mediocrity, I think we might just steal a couple of games.
I've seen AU do more with less.
^^^^This, because if not, then we are o.k. with mediocrity. I think we should expect 7 or 8 cuz it's realistic. It's not pie in the sky. It certainly won't be easy but we have enough talent and coaching to get there.
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^^^^This, because if not, then we are o.k. with mediocrity. I think we should expect 7 or 8 cuz it's realistic. It's not pie in the sky. It certainly won't be easy but we have enough talent and coaching to get there.
We have had talent-What I want the coaching to do is teach basic's and let their talent come through. I also want to see some heart and fire from these guys, last two years we saw mindless zombies going through the motions, and when things got rough they quit.
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We will see an 8 win season IF:
1. Lashlee can find a servicable QB that can make the easy throws and take a shot or 5 a game deep to keep the defenses honest enough for the running game to develop.
2. Garner can light a fire under the DL to replace their rollerskates from 2012 with some damn Land Sharks and the ends can get a good rush.
3. The Guards can step up their game so that they can pull and actually put a hat on somebody.
4. Two solid receivers take over the first team and help the aforementioned servicable QB stretch the field. (This is Trovon Reed's year!!!)
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^^^^This, because if not, then we are o.k. with mediocrity. I think we should expect 7 or 8 cuz it's realistic. It's not pie in the sky. It certainly won't be easy but we have enough talent and coaching to get there.
You're setting yourself up for disappointment.
Getting over .500 including a bowl game will be a success to me. Beyond that it's icing. "Expecting" 8 is guaranteeing disappointment.
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You're setting yourself up for disappointment.
Getting over .500 including a bowl game will be a success to me. Beyond that it's icing. "Expecting" 8 is guaranteeing disappointment.
I don't expect 8. But I damn sure expect 6. Hell, 5 of those should be fucking gimme's...
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I don't expect 8. But I damn sure expect 6. Hell, 5 of those should be fucking gimme's...
Until we know what we have I don't think any our games will be gimme's. :facepalm:
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Until we know what we have I don't think any our games will be gimme's. :facepalm:
We beat the SHIT out of 3 teams last year. Last year. If they aren't gimme's this year...I quit...
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We beat the SHIT out of 3 teams last year. Last year. If they aren't gimme's this year...I quit...
31 to 28 (Field goal in overtime) is not beating the shit out of anybody.
That is about the quietist I have ever heard the stadium after a win. :sad:
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31 to 28 (Field goal in overtime) is not beating the shit out of anybody.
That is about the quietist I have ever heard the stadium after a win. :sad:
Yeah...I forgot that one. However, we were up 28-10 and about to make it 35-10 when dumb ass fumbled at the goal line.
But...I see your point. The other two we handled pretty easily...
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We will see an 8 win season IF:
1. Lashlee can find a servicable QB that can make the easy throws and take a shot or 5 a game deep to keep the defenses honest enough for the running game to develop.
2. Garner can light a fire under the DL to replace their rollerskates from 2012 with some damn Land Sharks and the ends can get a good rush.
3. The Guards can step up their game so that they can pull and actually put a hat on somebody.
4. Two solid receivers take over the first team and help the aforementioned servicable QB stretch the field. (This is Trovon Reed's year!!!)
Your demands are too demanding.
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31 to 28 (Field goal in overtime) is not beating the shit out of anybody.
That is about the quietist I have ever heard the stadium after a win. :sad:
AAAAaannd, I'd argue that outside of Western Carolina, no team we play this year is as bad as LaMonroe. Including Arkansas State.
We "beat the shit" out of Alabama A&M and New Mexico State.
We'll "beat the shit" out of Western Carolina (hopefully). If our next best game was a 3 point win in OT against LaMonroe, and we're exactly as good as we were last year, then expect L's from Arkansas State, Florida Atlantic, Washington State, and Mississippi State, and everyone else.
"Expect" 1-11, if that's your measuring stick.
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31 to 28 (Field goal in overtime) is not beating the shoot out of anybody.
That is about the quietist I have ever heard the stadium after a win. :sad:
Yeah but we were on spice.
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On College Football Live, one of the douchebags said that Wassu would come to AU and beat us easily. :facepalm:
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On College Football Live, one of the douchebags said that Wassu would come to AU and beat us easily. :facepalm:
Andre Ware. And if true, we really are worse than last year.
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8-5 (including a Bowl win).
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On College Football Live, one of the douchebags said that Wassu would come to AU and beat us easily. :facepalm:
But here's the thing. Unless you're close to this program and really understand what the problems were the last two years, how can anyone look at Auburn and think the things we're predicting? Folks, this team was BAD, BAD, HORRIBLY BAD last year. What people around the country remember about Auburn is a team that just got steamrolled in 3 of their last 4 games on a national stage. Not even remotely competitive in any of them. Predicting a Mike Leach team will come in and beat a 3-9 Auburn is not exactly going out on the ole limb there. We've proven nothing to this point.
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But here's the thing. Unless you're close to this program and really understand what the problems were the last two years, how can anyone look at Auburn and think the things we're predicting? Folks, this team was BAD, BAD, HORRIBLY BAD last year. What people around the country remember about Auburn is a team that just got steamrolled in 3 of their last 4 games on a national stage. Not even remotely competitive in any of them. Predicting a Mike Leach team will come in and beat a 3-9 Auburn is not exactly going out on the ole limb there. We've proven nothing to this point.
Look, practicing law on spice is a lot different from playing football on it. You should know this.
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You're setting yourself up for disappointment.
Getting over .500 including a bowl game will be a success to me. Beyond that it's icing. "Expecting" 8 is guaranteeing disappointment.
Agree.
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Disappointment hell. My expectations are an 8-4 regular season with a win over either UGAy or updyke U. 7-5 and I won't be disappointed as long as we beat either UGAy or updyke U. Losing to those 2 fag schools has gotta stop. I know the suckage was grand last year but this is a team of highly recruited upperclassmen that should feel like they have something to prove this year. And that point is that they aren't the bunch of quitting pussies we saw last year. My
hope expectations is that Gus has can get these guys to play with a chip on their shoulders and play with the same intensity we saw against the Corndogs every week. Do that for 12 games, Auburn will win 8 or more. Its all about attitude and work ethic.
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In engineering we refer to it as workin' by FM (fuckin magic)
Got an answer right on a test by writing "fm=8". Dumbass professor had made the answer 8. I had to explain the "fm" part to him.
Good times.
We drank scotch together from then on.
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I'm not sure I agree. I'm not a kool-aid drinker by any means, but 7, maybe 8 wins is doable.
The talent is there. Last season it was as if the air got sucked out of every player. Talent is nothing without a belief that you can succeed. I think this coaching staff has brought that belief back.
With that in mind and everyone touting our mediocrity, I think we might just steal a couple of games.
I've seen AU do more with less.
Can't agree at all on either count. Hope I'm way wrong.
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Disappointment hell. My expectations are an 8-4 regular season with a win over either UGAy or updyke U. 7-5 and I won't be disappointed as long as we beat either UGAy or updyke U. Losing to those 2 fag schools has gotta stop. I know the suckage was grand last year but this is a team of highly recruited upperclassmen that should feel like they have something to prove this year. And that point is that they aren't the bunch of quitting pussies we saw last year. My hope expectations is that Gus has can get these guys to play with a chip on their shoulders and play with the same intensity we saw against the Corndogs every week. Do that for 12 games, Auburn will win 8 or more. Its all about attitude and work ethic.
I agree that normally we should expect 8 at minimum. But this season isn't normal circumstance. The SEC is pretty sick. And Gus has quite a rebuilding job ahead of him. This year I do expect 6, maybe 7. Anything more is icing. NEXT year, yes, we should expect more. We have to get back in that groove of Being a solid fundamental fb team first. We are not that team yet.
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I'm not going to lie...I will be disappointed with only 6 wins.
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Disappointment hell. My expectations are an 8-4 regular season with a win over either UGAy or updyke U. 7-5 and I won't be disappointed as long as we beat either UGAy or updyke U. Losing to those 2 fag schools has gotta stop. I know the suckage was grand last year but this is a team of highly recruited upperclassmen that should feel like they have something to prove this year. And that point is that they aren't the bunch of quitting pussies we saw last year. My hope expectations is that Gus has can get these guys to play with a chip on their shoulders and play with the same intensity we saw against the Corndogs every week. Do that for 12 games, Auburn will win 8 or more. Its all about attitude and work ethic.
I likes your style. You are beginning to make me actually believe. I've been saying 8 is possible but admittedly, I think 6 is more realistic. I'm pleased with 7 or more. If we find a QB, 8 is possible. Our D can't be worser.
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I'm not going to lie...I will be disappointed with only 6 wins.
I'm not gonna lie I expect less then that.
...but then again I also figured today was a good day to stop sniffing glue.
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I'm not gonna lie I expect less then that.
...but then again I also figured today was a good day to stop sniffing glue.
Oh yeah? Well, I tell you what. Put your money where your mouth is. Do you think we won't win 3 of the last 4? How'd you like to bet on that? Huh?
This airplane glue is great stuff.
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Disappointment hell. My expectations are an 8-4 regular season with a win over either UGAy or updyke U. 7-5 and I won't be disappointed as long as we beat either UGAy or updyke U. Losing to those 2 fag schools has gotta stop. I know the suckage was grand last year but this is a team of highly recruited upperclassmen that should feel like they have something to prove this year. And that point is that they aren't the bunch of quitting pussies we saw last year. My hope expectations is that Gus has can get these guys to play with a chip on their shoulders and play with the same intensity we saw against the Corndogs every week. Do that for 12 games, Auburn will win 8 or more. Its all about attitude and work ethic.
Problem is that for the last two years we had neither and you don't get it back in one year.
But I hope your right.
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Disappointment hell. My expectations are an 8-4 regular season with a win over either UGAy or updyke U. 7-5 and I won't be disappointed as long as we beat either UGAy or updyke U. Losing to those 2 fag schools has gotta stop. I know the suckage was grand last year but this is a team of highly recruited upperclassmen that should feel like they have something to prove this year. And that point is that they aren't the bunch of quitting pussies we saw last year. My hope expectations is that Gus has can get these guys to play with a chip on their shoulders and play with the same intensity we saw against the Corndogs every week. Do that for 12 games, Auburn will win 8 or more. Its all about attitude and work ethic.
If we had the talent, that would be true. We don't.
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Oh yeah? Well, I tell you what. Put your money where your mouth is. Do you think we won't win 3 of the last 4? How'd you like to bet on that? Huh?
This airplane glue is great stuff.
Zero chance.
We should beat UT. May beat Ark. Won't beat Bama or UGA. not this year.