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http://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/2013/5-reasons-auburn-beats-florida-state/ (http://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/2013/5-reasons-auburn-beats-florida-state/)
5 reasons Auburn beats Florida State and wins the BCS National Championship
Published December 23, 2013 - 11:30am
The BCS National Championship is only 14 days away, so the big dance between Auburn and Florida State is quickly approaching.
Auburn owns the biggest turnaround in college football, and they are just four quarters from completing one of the best stories – ever. From 3-9 to 12-1 and SEC Champions, and the only thing lacking is a national championship.
FSU, on the other hand, has dominated opponents the entire season, and they have looked like college football’s best and most talented team in 2013.
Here are five reasons Auburn beats FSU on January 6th:
1. Destiny: Don’t mess with Destiny’s Darlings. Auburn won four come-from-behind games in the fourth quarter this season, and three of them came in the final minute. In fact, in all three wins, there was a combined 36 seconds remaining on the clock. Nick Marshall threw a TD to TE CJ Uzomah against Mississippi State; Marshall threw the 73-yard tipped TD pass to Ricardo Louis against Georgia, and Chris Davis took back the ‘Kick-Six’ against Bama. How can you beat that? Sometimes it doesn’t matter who the team of destiny plays, and there are times when teams have to catch breaks and take advantage of it in order to win a championship. Credit Auburn for creating its own destiny.
2. Dominant running game/tempo: Nick Marshall and Tre Mason headline college football’s nastiest running game, and Auburn is the only team in college football to have four 600-yard rushers; Oregon didn’t even accomplish that feat. Mason went for 1,621 yards and 22 TDs, while Marshall went for 1,023 yards and 11 TDs. However, Corey Grant and Cameron Artis-Payne offer different dimensions and styles. Grant is a homerun threat, averaging 10 yards per carry, and he racked up 650 yards and six TDs, while Artis-Payne is more of a bully, rushing for 609 yards and six TDs. Combine all four runners with the quickest up-tempo attack in the country, and it’s very different than practice speed. But we’re leaving out the most significant part of it all – the offensive line, which has been outstanding all season. Auburn has about five base plays they run with about three to four options per play. But they execute those five plays perfectly.
3. FSU bigger unknown: How good is Florida State? That’s what everyone is asking with two weeks left to the national championship. The Noles played one semi-close game against Boston College during the season; all other games have been complete and dominant blowouts. How will they react to playing a close game on college football’s biggest stage? How will a Heisman-winning freshman react to a close game in the fourth quarter? Well, we just don’t know. What we do know is Auburn is battle-tested and has lots of experience playing in close games. Six of Auburn’s wins have been by eight points or fewer, and that experience of not panicking in a close game will benefit the Tigers. Gus Malzahn has continued to say all season, “If the game is close in the fourth quarter, I like our chances.†I do, too.
4. Big-play Marshall: ‘But they’re one-dimensional.’ That’s why a large majority of the country is picking against Auburn. However, when Nick Marshall has to throw it, he delivers; he has all season. Marshall’s passing numbers (1,759 yards, 60.4%, 12 TDs, 5 INTs) don’t just come out and smack you in the face, and they sure won’t impress FSU’s talented defense. A great example of Marshall’s game came against Alabama, where he threw for less than 100 yards, but he also threw two TDs on two big-time plays and throws. He’s one player who has taken his game to the next level over the course of the season. Marshall looked like a liability against Washington State; he looked like a championship quarterback against Alabama and Missouri. The evolution of Nick Marshall has been fun to watch, and it’s what every coach dreams about.
5. SEC-BCS history: BCS history is on Auburn’s side, and the SEC is gunning for its eighth straight championship to close out the much-maligned system’s era. The only time an SEC team lost the national championship was when they played another SEC team for the championship – 2011’s Alabama-LSU rematch. The SEC has played in nine BCS Championship games, and all nine have come away winners. It’s only fitting that Tennessee beat FSU in the first-ever BCS Championship in the 1998 season and the SEC will be playing the Noles again to close out the BCS era. If history is any indicator, Auburn will beat FSU in Pasadena. Specifically, the state of Alabama will be going for a crazy five straight national championships between Auburn and Alabama. That is incredible.
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More reasons via Cole Cubelic.
@colecubelic 19 Dec
Clemson handed the ball to a running back on 4 of their first 23 plays versus FSU...not the same offense.
@colecubelic
#BCS If FSU gives Auburn looks like these Marshall must make them pay. Big play potential for the Tigers if so pic.twitter.com/Vjo74IBFYn
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@colecubelic 20 Dec
3 of last 10 BCS title games have matched a 1 loss team and an undefeated team. The 1 loss team has won all 3 times by 20 or more #AUvsFSU
@colecubelic 20 Dec
FSU strength of schedule is worst of any BCS title game participant last 10 years. 06 & 07 OSU, 09 TX next worst, all 3 lost to SEC opponent
@colecubelic 15h
70% of FSU opponent rushes have gone for 4 yards or less (via @ESPNU)
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I don't know if anyone has checked in to this but assume that we pay much better than FSU on average.
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I don't know if anyone has checked in to this but assume that we pay much better than FSU on average.
Well should we win again then we are getting out moneys worth.
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FSU players are saying we do trickery. We'll be real close to what Clemson does. And that they have us figured out now. Our tendencies....they know em. They got this. Not sure why we should even show up.
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FSU players are saying we do trickery. We'll be real close to what Clemson does. And that they have us figured out now. Our tendencies....they know em. They got this. Not sure why we should even show up.
I mean, Auburn is just Clemson without the lake!
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I mean, Auburn is just Clemson without the lake!
Absolutely! I mean, we've even got Howard's Rock!
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Whine, whine, whine...
http://nolesports.tallahassee.com/article/20131224/FSU03/312240006/Schoffel-column-Coaching-awards-should-honor-all-aspects-job (http://nolesports.tallahassee.com/article/20131224/FSU03/312240006/Schoffel-column-Coaching-awards-should-honor-all-aspects-job)
FSU wasn't picked to win the division... waaahhhhh....
David Duke (or whatever his name is) won the ACC Coach of the year award ...waaaahhhhh... and
These national Coach of the Year awards, however, are a different story. First-year Auburn coach Gus Malzahn, who is preparing the Tigers to face Fisher’s Seminoles in the BCS national championship game, is apparently going to win all of them....
But when we consider everything that goes into being a college football coach, is Malzahn really more deserving that Florida State’s Fisher? Is overhauling the engine of someone else’s sports car that much more impressive than building your own hot rod from scratch?
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I'm no stat tiger but the combined yards per carry of teams fsu faced for the year was only 4.13 so holding their opponents to less than 4 yards per carry isn't that impressive in fact 6 teams they played couldn't didn't average 4 yards per carry for the year. Auburn averages 335 yards per game against defenses that give up 175 yards per game (which is 160 yards more or 194%) and fsu rush defense averages 116 yards per game against teams that run for 166 yards per game (which is 50 yards less or 70%).
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I'm no stat tiger but the combined yards per carry of teams fsu faced for the year was only 4.13 so holding their opponents to less than 4 yards per carry isn't that impressive in fact 6 teams they played couldn't didn't average 4 yards per carry for the year. Auburn averages 335 yards per game against defenses that give up 175 yards per game (which is 160 yards more or 194%) and fsu rush defense averages 116 yards per game against teams that run for 166 yards per game (which is 50 yards less or 70%).
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Prayers sent.
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translation, Auburn's going to run through them like wet diarrhea
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I'm no stat tiger but the combined yards per carry of teams fsu faced for the year was only 4.13 so holding their opponents to less than 4 yards per carry isn't that impressive in fact 6 teams they played couldn't didn't average 4 yards per carry for the year. Auburn averages 335 yards per game against defenses that give up 175 yards per game (which is 160 yards more or 194%) and fsu rush defense averages 116 yards per game against teams that run for 166 yards per game (which is 50 yards less or 70%).
You are giving me a headache. Are you trying to say that we're more gooder than most of the teams they have played? If so, I will drink to that.
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@colecubelic 4h
Against conference opponents Auburn ran for 2,853 yards this season. FSU allowed 1,068 rushing yards in conference play in 2013 #BCS
â€@colecubelic 4h
Mississippi State was only SEC team Auburn did not rush for 200+ yards. FSU held 4 ACC teams under 100 rush yards(Pitt, Maryland, UM, Duke)
@colecubelic 4h
How big will a quick start for Auburn be? FSU outscoring opponents 369-62 in the 1st half this season. #BCS
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Mississippi State was only SEC team Auburn did not rush for 200+ yards
That MSU game was also before the first bye week, which was when they worked on the zone read
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Absolutely! I mean, we've even got Howard's Rock!
I do like the rubbing
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Caught the FSU bowl preview show on the Sunshine network yesterday. Some quality analysis:
1) How do you stop the Auburn run game? Assignment football. FSU's defense is much more disciplined than any Auburn has faced. Auburn's one-dimensional offense will be shut down.
2) How does Auburn scheme to stop the FSU offense? You just can't. It's impossible.
Go ahead and cancel your trip to Pasadena. FSU has this in the bag.
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I wanna see us beat the shit out of FSU, but I don't want to have a premature ejaculation all over my lucky tv. Here's to beating the shit out of FSU, because we can.
Caught the FSU bowl preview show on the Sunshine network yesterday. Some quality analysis:
1) How do you stop the Auburn run game? Assignment football. FSU's defense is much more disciplined than any Auburn has faced. Auburn's one-dimensional offense will be shut down.
2) How does Auburn scheme to stop the FSU offense? You just can't. It's impossible.
Go ahead and cancel your trip to Pasadena. FSU has this in the bag.
Who's gonna break the news to Dinky?
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Auburn has:
the current best HC in the college game.
a defensive line poised to cause major distress for Jabo.
a RB hellbent on proving he is the nation's best and the OL to make it so.
a defensive backfield that will have at least two picks.
an elusive QB ready to show everyone that he's not a one trick pony.
Jake Holland-end of story!
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I only have one reason.
Auburn is better.
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I only have one reason.
Auburn is better.
He's not the best color man in the business for nothing, folks.
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The FSU fans in the Panhandle have gone full tard. The mouth-breathing host of our local sports talk show has declared a two-touchdown victory for the noles. The yokels light up the phone lines to agree with him.
We shouldn't even bother showing up apparently.
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The FSU fans in the Panhandle have gone full tard. The mouth-breathing host of our local sports talk show has declared a two-touchdown victory for the noles. The yokels light up the phone lines to agree with him.
We shouldn't even bother showing up apparently.
Ran into one Saturday night that was so full on tard that he swore FSU used to be in the SEC but then left in the 80's. He also alluded to the fact that we should just save the plane fare.
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From my few sources who are noles this attitude flows all the way to the players. Auburn falls somewhere between duke and Miami and will be romped on with ease. We have the worst defense they faced all year and a one dimensional offense. They would have beaten slow Alabama by two or three scores. Might score 100 on Auburn. Rings are sized. Parties are planned. Much raping to come.
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Ran into one Saturday night that was so full on tard that he swore FSU used to be in the SEC but then left in the 80's. He also alluded to the fact that we should just save the plane fare.
I asked one this week if Winston's ankle break was very bad (in an attempt at humor, thinking the guy would get it) and he said he didn't think it was that bad. And even though the guy didn't get my bad joke, I could still tell from a further conversation that this guy didn't know diddly poo about FSU or college foosball.
All he knew was that FSU was playing in the BCS national championship. I don't think he knew who Jimbo Fisher was. I'm serious. As a matter of fact, it was eerily similar to having a conversation with many of you.
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I asked one this week if Winston's ankle break was very bad (in an attempt at humor, thinking the guy would get it) and he said he didn't think it was that bad. And even though the guy didn't get my bad joke, I could still tell from a further conversation that this guy didn't know diddly poo about FSU or college foosball.
All he knew was that FSU was playing in the BCS national championship. I don't think he knew who Jimbo Fisher was. I'm serious. As a matter of fact, it was eerily similar to having a conversation with many of you.
Who is Jimbo Fisher?
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Much raping to come.
Jameis likes this post!
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From my few sources who are noles this attitude flows all the way to the players. Auburn falls somewhere between duke and Miami and will be romped on with ease. We have the worst defense they faced all year and a one dimensional offense. They would have beaten slow Alabama by two or three scores. Might score 100 on Auburn. Rings are sized. Parties are planned. Much raping to come.
I really hope they are thinking this way! I haven't heard much coming out of Auburn, which is a good thing to me. I really feel like this is shaping up like the Miami/bammer MNC game. Miami came in thinking it was going to be a cake walk and then got their asses spanked.
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I really hope they are thinking this way! I haven't heard much coming out of Auburn, which is a good thing to me. I really feel like this is shaping up like the Miami/bammer MNC game. Miami came in thinking it was going to be a cake walk and then got their asses spanked.
I don't think Nole players are as stupid as their fans or as delusional as Miami fans/players were then.
In those days, Miami had won a lot of games--just like FSU has this year--but FSU players likely feel more like they have something to prove than Miami did. FSU fans are delusional.
They are a good team and could easily win if we don't play our best but I'm sensing the fans feel it'll be a cake walk. Hopefully, this rubs off on their team.
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http://espn.go.com/blog/sec/post/_/id/77167/battle-tested-auburn-thrives-in-big-games (http://espn.go.com/blog/sec/post/_/id/77167/battle-tested-auburn-thrives-in-big-games)
Battle-tested' Auburn thrives in big games
December, 30, 2013
By Greg Ostendorf
AUBURN, Ala. -- Since losing to LSU early in the season, Auburn has won nine straight games and knocked off three top-10 teams in the process. The Tigers were supposed to lose at No. 7 Texas A&M. Nobody gave them a chance against No. 1 Alabama. And some even picked against them when they played No. 5 Missouri in the SEC championship game.
All Auburn did was win each of those games and prove the critics wrong time and time again. Now the Tigers are preparing to face No. 1 Florida State in the VIZIO BCS National Championship Game and to nobody’s surprise, they are once again the underdogs.
“I don’t care who they talk about as the favorite especially when you have two weeks to prepare,†Auburn defensive end Dee Ford said. “Honestly, if you’re a top caliber team -- I think any top-five team could play with two weeks to prepare. Once the ball is rolled out, it’s time to play football. It really doesn’t matter about any rankings.
“I could care less about people not believing or saying, ‘This is the time they’re going to fall.’ We prepare for this.â€
If anything, Auburn is more battle tested than Florida State heading into next Monday’s title game. The Seminoles have dominated their schedule, winning every game by at least 14 points and having an average margin of victory of 43 points. But they played four top 25 teams, two of which are no longer ranked.
Meanwhile, Auburn played six top 25 teams, four in the top 10, and nine of its 13 opponents are playing in a bowl game.
“I think if you look at our entire schedule, I would like to think we are battle tested,†coach Gus Malzahn said. “We’ve been in some true dogfight games. We’ve been in some games where the pressure was on -- on the road, at home -- and our guys have responded. In big games, I know they are not going to panic, so I’ve got to believe that will help us moving forward.â€
It’s not just the caliber of opponents they have played this season. It’s how they’ve won. “Dogfight games†doesn’t even begin to describe some of their victories.
It took a game-winning drive in the final minutes to knock off both Mississippi State and Texas A&M. Against Georgia, Auburn connected on a 73-yard Hail Mary with less than a minute left to hold off the Bulldogs. And how can you forget the field-goal return by Chris Davis to take down Alabama in the Iron Bowl?
“There were times that things didn’t look good at all,†Malzahn said. “I’d always look on the sidelines and didn’t see anybody defeated, didn’t see anybody with their head down. They really believed, and they found a way to do it.â€
“We know how to fight and we know how to battle and to push through and win a football game even when it’s tough,†fullback Jay Prosch said. “I think that’s a huge benefit. There’s always ups and downs in football games, and you have to know how to overcome that.â€
It has been a miraculous run for this Auburn football team. The Tigers leave for California this week, and regardless of the point spread or what the outside world is saying, they will be confident and prepared when they take the field next week.
This is the type of game, the type of moment, Auburn lives for.
"It's just something that we embrace, embrace the moment of being in the spotlight and playing big teams,†quarterback Nick Marshall said. “We just know we have to keep doing what we're doing, and we'll be all right. We're going to find a way to win the game."
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Good ol' Greg
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I don't think Nole players are as stupid as their fans or as delusional as Miami fans/players were then.
In those days, Miami had won a lot of games--just like FSU has this year--but FSU players likely feel more like they have something to prove than Miami did. FSU fans are delusional.
They are a good team and could easily win if we don't play our best but I'm sensing the fans feel it'll be a cake walk. Hopefully, this rubs off on their team.
“I don’t see where they’re going to throw it at, tell you the truth. We take pride in shutting teams down with the passing game, and that’s something we just have a respect for. That’s what we do. I wouldn’t really want to go against us either, tell you the truth.†- FSU DB Terrence Brooks
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Good ol' Greg
Alabama grad if I remember correctly.
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I don't think Nole players are as stupid as their fans or as delusional as Miami fans/players were then.
In those days, Miami had won a lot of games--just like FSU has this year--but FSU players likely feel more like they have something to prove than Miami did. FSU fans are delusional.
They are a good team and could easily win if we don't play our best but I'm sensing the fans feel it'll be a cake walk. Hopefully, this rubs off on their team.
You obviously haven't read the last two weeks of player quotes from Tally. Wes is correct. The team and their fans have gone full on tard. It's like last year was 2000 and the last 12 years haven't happened. That's how they are acting. Screw them. I hope Carl and Dee plant the rapist into the turf hard.
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You obviously haven't read the last two weeks of player quotes from Tally. Wes is correct. The team and their fans have gone full on tard. It's like last year was 2000 and the last 12 years haven't happened. That's how they are acting. Screw them. I hope Carl and Dee plant the rapist into the turf hard.
I think we should take a more placatory approach toward our adversary. Throwing out verbiage like, "screw them" does little to propagate good will and harmony.
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Well sure but will it get ya laid?
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I think we should take a more placatory approach toward our adversary. Throwing out verbiage like, "screw them" does little to propagate good will and harmony.
Didn't say it to them.
Just venting. That's what it's called friend. Just an observation.
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Yes. Believe it or not being battle tested MATTERS. What a concept.
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But it doesn't matter because they rested their first string the second half of every game. They are very fresh.
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They are very fresh.
http://youtu.be/sTJ1XwGDcA4 (http://youtu.be/sTJ1XwGDcA4)
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Well sure but will it get ya laid?
Rape gets you laid every time
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Carl and Dee have a therapist? Will that help us win?
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It looks like this is my lucky day. I'll take "The Rapists" for $200.
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Just think, if FSU would have got Bama in the championship, we coulda heard Kurt Cobain in Jameis' pre game warm up as the student section would throw panties onto the field.
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Just think, if FSU would have got Bama in the championship, we coulda heard Kurt Cobain in Jameis' pre game warm up as the student section would throw panties onto the field.
ISWYDT.
http://youtu.be/3rS6mZUo3fg (http://youtu.be/3rS6mZUo3fg)
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ISWYDT.
http://youtu.be/3rS6mZUo3fg (http://youtu.be/3rS6mZUo3fg)
'Twas a nice hustle
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'Twas a nice hustle
Look, it was my idea in the first place. I just don't currently have the technical capabilities to insert music onto the interweb page. And, nobody even Liked my post. At least Chizad got me.
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Look, it was my idea in the first place. I just don't currently have the technical capabilities to insert music onto the interweb page. And, nobody even Liked my post. At least Chizad got me.
I wondered what teen spirit had to do with why AU will win.
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They still seem pretty cocky to me,
"“It’s going to be a big challenge,†Auburn corner Jonathon Mincy said. “That’s all I’ve been hearing about, is their wide receivers.â€
Mincy said Auburn views the matchup as an opportunity to prove its critics wrong, to play man and press coverage against Florida State’s dynamic receivers and challenge Benjamin physically.
Benjamin, however, isn’t buying that.
“Mostly third down, they’ll go man. But it won’t be press coverage,†he said. “They’ll probably play us like Miami played us.â€
I hope we leave the noles bleeding like a Winston rape victim.