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Pat Dye Field => War Damn Eagle => Topic started by: Townhallsavoy on October 12, 2014, 09:36:25 AM
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I haven't really seen much "sky is falling" posts around the web nor have I heard anyone say Auburn is out of it. I have however heard a lot of "Miss State and Ole Miss are unstoppable" conversation, and I just want everyone to remember that 16 days ago, Miss State, Ole Miss, TCU, and Arizona were just some good teams that could make noise in their conferences. On the flip side, 16 days ago, Georgia, Texas A&M, Oregon, and Alabama were all worthy of being ranked #1. Oh and Kenny Hill had the Heisman in the bag.
Point is, shit changes and shit changes quickly. Especially as hype and momentum deteriorate throughout the grind of the season.
Auburn
- We weren't as bad as we looked. We started out crushing them on a great defensive 3 and out, and then proceeded to throw an interception. They scored. Then we got the ball back and went pretty much to the same play as before and Duke got popped and he fumbled the ball. They scored.
- But we were pretty bad. When it was 14-0, I was still really optimistic. Maybe even more so than when it was 0-0. I had seen our defense play well already. Duke Williams was wide fucking open on the first interception that was a tipped ball. The second fumble was more of a fluke. By the time it was 14-0, their stadium was rocking, their sidelines were dancing like morons, and Auburn still had 57 minutes of game time to put together a comeback.
- And that's when the shit show happened. Miss State goes up 21-0, and then we get FOUR FUCKING CHANCES IN THE FIRST HALF TO SCORE TOUCHDOWNS. It wasn't even red zone opportunities, it was goal line opportunities. We came away with 13 points. I don't know what to criticize. Play calling? Not really. Players executing? Perhaps. Offensive line? Most likely. I don't really know, but I do know that a Gus Malzahn offense with weapons all over the field has to figure out how to score touchdowns when it is less than ten yards from the endzone.
- The game very easily could have been 28-21 at the half, but it wasn't. Our team was off, mostly the center of our offensive line. We had zero push and outside of a few rare breakaways, CAP was limited for most of the game.
- I thought considering the dilemma our offense caused, the defense played well. Miss State is a good team with a really good quarterback that can run. I wouldn't have been upset if we gave up 24 points to them. But our offense has to come away with more than 23 after having four red zone attempts in the first half alone. And our offense can't gift them 14 points in the first three minutes of the game.
- I'm glad we have a bye-week. Nothing is anywhere near over. The only concern I have is that in our two away games this season, we've come out really flat. Our three remaining away games are @Ole Miss, @Georgia, and @Alabama. Ouch.
Miss State
- Could win the SEC West. I don't really think they will. But they could.
- Dak Prescott very well could win the Heisman. He keeps breaking off on long runs in every game and hitting some nice passes, he'll win it. But Cam Newton he is not. I'm sorry Gary and anyone else making the comparison, he's good, but Cam was all-timer good. Dak's going to have to do a lot more to get into the upper tier section of college football legends.
- They were still Miss State. Even though they had us by the throat, we were still in position to score 28 points in the first half. The fake punt, the Dak interceptions, the muffed punt return - I still a lot of the same ole Miss State blunders from that team.
- I don't think Miss State beats Ole Miss. I think they could struggle with Kentucky. But unfortunately, I don't know if I see them losing two games this season.
Alabama
- Sucks. Blows monkey dick.
- Remember when I said Amari Cooper disappears every year? To not count on him as a Heisman candidate? He had 2 catches for 22 yards. 0 touchdowns.
- Even Alabama's defense looked bad. If Arkansas had any semblance of a real quarterback, they win this game going away.
Ole Miss
- Land Sharks look legit. Great tackling all around. That's what I noticed most about them. Texas A&M did some good things in the game, but Ole Miss was always right there to put them on the ground and put them on the ground hard. Takes a tough team to compete against that. Texas A&M is not tough.
Texas A&M
- Kenny Hill just isn't that great. He's often inaccurate, makes ill-advised throws, and tries to do much with his legs. With A&M's defense being Pac 12 worthy, he has to make sure he doesn't put them in a bad position, and often, he's putting them in a bad position.
Baylor-TCU
- Basketball season starts next month, guys. I think you forgot the rules to football. You are allowed to tackle.
College Football Playoff Implications
- I think we really get to bitch this week. Alabama lost to Ole Miss @Ole Miss and dropped to #7. Alabama has done nothing this year outside of looking good at home in the 2nd half against an absolutely terrible Florida team. Where does Auburn drop?
I imagine the top ten should look something like this:
1. Florida State
2. Miss State (because of hype)
3. Ole Miss (should be #2)
4. Baylor
5. Notre Dame
6. Auburn
7. Michigan State
8. Alabama
9. Oklahoma
10. Oregon
But I get the feeling it's going to look like this:
1. Florida State
2. Miss State
3. Ole Miss
4. Baylor
5. Notre Dame
6. Alabama (because they didn't lose)
7. Michigan State (because their only loss is the almighty Oregon Ducks)
8. Oklahoma (because they beat Texas in a rivalry game!1!1!!!)
9. Oregon (the almighty mighty Ducks)
10. Georgia (we knew they were great all along! and without Gurley!)
11. Auburn
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I'm pissed, we are way better than that fucking team. I'm not going to take away the fact that they are good, they are. However, we should have won that game.
Turnovers and the fucking refs, we beat ourselves. FUCK!
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Every team you list is very vulnerable and beatable especially as a road team. There doesn't seem to be that team that the media would swear by. Mississippi? Who is going to hitch their star to a team led by Bo Wallace?...not that he isn't talented, it's just that so many of the others were over hyped that they all regarded better. Same for their teams. We are better than all on a given Saturday but I don't think we travel any better than the others.
I'm guessing we fall to tenth in the AP.
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If the team that showed up yesterday shows up for anymore games we lose two maybe three more games.
Maybe more. :facepalm:
Hopefully, like last year this loss gets their attention.
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Apparently, we have sidelined the zone read and replaced it with the "hurry up and drop it". And, we are trying a somewhat unconventional approach by trying to compress the field will batted balls at the line of scrimmage, rather than stretch it.
My only criticism of coaching is that we should have put JJ in the first half, at some point. Probably after the first batted ball.
My criticism of playing is too much to delve into. But, I maintain that we cannot afford the number of drops that we continue to have and we need to throw to Sammy less often. He can't jump. We need to throw to Duke first and then have a somewhat even disbursement between Sammy, CJ, Bray and Ray.
Defense defended the pass better than I expected but the arm and push tackling was disappointing.
We sucked and they are good. The offensive PI is a poor excuse. We should beat them, even though I think we are close in talent.
Glad it's over and we still have a shot at getting in the playoffs if we win out. An outside shot at the SEC if they fail to continue on their apparent road to SEC destiny.
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Apparently, we have sidelined the zone read and replaced it with the "hurry up and drop it". And, we are trying a somewhat unconventional approach by trying to compress the field will batted balls at the line of scrimmage, rather than stretch it.
My only criticism of coaching is that we should have put JJ in the first half, at some point. Probably after the first batted ball.
My criticism of playing is too much to delve into. But, I maintain that we cannot afford the number of drops that we continue to have and we need to throw to Sammy less often. He can't jump. We need to throw to Duke first and then have a somewhat even disbursement between Sammy, CJ, Bray and Ray.
Defense defended the pass better than I expected but the arm and push tackling was disappointing.
We sucked and they are good. The offensive PI is a poor excuse. We should beat them, even though I think we are close in talent.
Glad it's over and we still have a shot at getting in the playoffs if we win out. An outside shot at the SEC if they fail to continue on their apparent road to SEC destiny.
Maybe its just me but Duke looks uninterested and uninspired. On the touchdown catch coming off the field he just stood there while DC was hugging him. He has stickem hands and can go get anything thrown his way. He saved Nick a couple of times on some of his catches.
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Alabama
- Sucks. Blows monkey dick.
Yes.
- Even Alabama's defense looked bad. If Arkansas had any semblance of a real quarterback, they win this game going away.
Agree and disagree. Held Arky to 89 rushing yards on 39 carries. They average almost 300 yards per game. Alabama's offense only had 3 drives that weren't three-and-outs. At halftime I think Bama's time of possession was 10 minutes. That's a tough situation to put your defense in. Arky's QB was 21/40 for 246 yards 1TD 1INT. The secondary has to get better, and Alabama has to develop a pass rush. All in all, the defense is the only reason they won.
Also, I will be very disappointed if Saban didn't make Bobby Williams (special teams coach) walk back to Tuscaloosa. I have never seen a more inept special teams unit. Ever.
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Maybe its just me but Duke looks uninterested and uninspired. On the touchdown catch coming off the field he just stood there while DC was hugging him. He has stickem hands and can go get anything thrown his way. He saved Nick a couple of times on some of his catches.
Maybe he is underpaid.
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Jmo. What lost the game was 3rd down offense and defense in the in the 1st half and redzone offense and defense. Those were huge keys to the success we've had under Gus.
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Maybe he is underpaid.
Maybe he is pissed that he only gets ball thrown to him that takes yoga moves to catch.
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I'm pissed, we are way better than that fucking team. I'm not going to take away the fact that they are good, they are. However, we should have won that game.
Turnovers and the fucking refs, we beat ourselves. FUCK!
THIS!
Yes, giving up 14 points right off the bat hurt and put AU in the hole and yes the MSU is pretty good but holy cow, the refs were straight up putting the handcuffs on Auburns comeback. Three of the most obvious bs interference calls I have EVER SEEN!!!!!! It still makes freakin sick to my stomach.
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Bright side is, Auburn can still make it back into the playoff picture if W's come of the remaining games with two of those games being against bama and Ole Miss. Those victories will help a lot, but , Auburn will still need some help from some others losing. If the CFB season continues as is, there will not be one single undefeated team this year and if Auburn was to lose, the time was now and to a highly touted team like MSU. Auburn needs bama, MSU and Ole Miss to win all their games except Auburn.
Another thing, this loss may have also come at a good time to get the players AND coaches refocused on the end goal. It sucks though that it will be two weeks before Auburn gets the next victory but I suppose at bye week comes a good time.
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Bright side is, Auburn can still make it back into the playoff picture if W's come of the remaining games with two of those games being against bama and Ole Miss. Those victories will help a lot, but , Auburn will still need some help from some others losing. If the CFB season continues as is, there will not be one single undefeated team this year and if Auburn was to lose, the time was now and to a highly touted team like MSU. Auburn needs bama, MSU and Ole Miss to win all their games except Auburn.
Another thing, this loss may have also come at a good time to get the players AND coaches refocused on the end goal. It sucks though that it will be two weeks before Auburn gets the next victory but I suppose at bye week comes a good time.
Falling only to 6th in the AP is a good sign. I know these polls don't mean diddly squat now, but I expected Auburn to fall 3 or 4 more spots after thst bumfuckery of a performance yesterday.
Forced Sex U or Notre Dame fall Saturday, the Acbars and MSU will lose one, and Baylor generally shits the bed somewhere late.
If we win the rest, we're in. Realistically though, we have the possibility of up to 2 more losses on our schedule: Ole Miss and maybe UGA.
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Apparently, we have sidelined the zone read and replaced it with the "hurry up and drop it". And, we are trying a somewhat unconventional approach by trying to compress the field will batted balls at the line of scrimmage, rather than stretch it.
My only criticism of coaching is that we should have put JJ in the first half, at some point. Probably after the first batted ball.
My criticism of playing is too much to delve into. But, I maintain that we cannot afford the number of drops that we continue to have and we need to throw to Sammy less often. He can't jump. We need to throw to Duke first and then have a somewhat even disbursement between Sammy, CJ, Bray and Ray.
Defense defended the pass better than I expected but the arm and push tackling was disappointing.
We sucked and they are good. The offensive PI is a poor excuse. We should beat them, even though I think we are close in talent.
Glad it's over and we still have a shot at getting in the playoffs if we win out. An outside shot at the SEC if they fail to continue on their apparent road to SEC destiny.
Sammy is still not 100% but is playing through an injury to his left leg (heard anything from a high
ankle sprain to a minor knee injury) and still poses a deep threat although I'm guessing he can't plant or pivot well enough to sport that 44" freaky vertical just yet.
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Falling only to 6th in the AP is a good sign. I know these polls don't mean diddly squat now, but I expected Auburn to fall 3 or 4 more spots after thst bumfuckery of a performance yesterday.
Forced Sex U or Notre Dame fall Saturday, the Acbars and MSU will lose one, and Baylor generally shits the bed somewhere late.
If we win the rest, we're in. Realistically though, we have the possibility of up to 2 more losses on our schedule: Ole Miss and maybe UGA.
Yep. I hoping though that this loss and its effect on the AU players will be that of the same as last years loss to LSU. If it is, Auburn should be in shape.
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Falling only to 6th in the AP is a good sign. I know these polls don't mean diddly squat now, but I expected Auburn to fall 3 or 4 more spots after thst bumfuckery of a performance yesterday.
Forced Sex U or Notre Dame fall Saturday, the Acbars and MSU will lose one, and Baylor generally shits the bed somewhere late.
If we win the rest, we're in. Realistically though, we have the possibility of up to 2 more losses on our schedule: Ole Miss and maybe UGA.
We can beat Ole Miss but we need State to be beaten twice which leaves us having to depend on the Turds and Bo to take them down where losing the heads up yesterday won't come into play. And naturally we must win out.
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We can beat Ole Miss but we need State to be beaten twice which leaves us having to depend on the Turds and Bo to take them down where losing the heads up yesterday won't come into play. And naturally we must win out.
They are still Miss State, something tells me they start believing all their own hype and lose somewhere, Maybe the turds and Ole Piss.
Tall order for this team to win out, but the bye week comes at a good time.
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I haven't really seen much "sky is falling" posts around the web nor have I heard anyone say Auburn is out of it. I have however heard a lot of "Miss State and Ole Miss are unstoppable" conversation, and I just want everyone to remember that 16 days ago, Miss State, Ole Miss, TCU, and Arizona were just some good teams that could make noise in their conferences. On the flip side, 16 days ago, Georgia, Texas A&M, Oregon, and Alabama were all worthy of being ranked #1. Oh and Kenny Hill had the Heisman in the bag.
Point is, shit changes and shit changes quickly. Especially as hype and momentum deteriorate throughout the grind of the season.
Auburn
- We weren't as bad as we looked. We started out crushing them on a great defensive 3 and out, and then proceeded to throw an interception. They scored. Then we got the ball back and went pretty much to the same play as before and Duke got popped and he fumbled the ball. They scored.
- But we were pretty bad. When it was 14-0, I was still really optimistic. Maybe even more so than when it was 0-0. I had seen our defense play well already. Duke Williams was wide fucking open on the first interception that was a tipped ball. The second fumble was more of a fluke. By the time it was 14-0, their stadium was rocking, their sidelines were dancing like morons, and Auburn still had 57 minutes of game time to put together a comeback.
- And that's when the shit show happened. Miss State goes up 21-0, and then we get FOUR FUCKING CHANCES IN THE FIRST HALF TO SCORE TOUCHDOWNS. It wasn't even red zone opportunities, it was goal line opportunities. We came away with 13 points. I don't know what to criticize. Play calling? Not really. Players executing? Perhaps. Offensive line? Most likely. I don't really know, but I do know that a Gus Malzahn offense with weapons all over the field has to figure out how to score touchdowns when it is less than ten yards from the endzone.
- The game very easily could have been 28-21 at the half, but it wasn't. Our team was off, mostly the center of our offensive line. We had zero push and outside of a few rare breakaways, CAP was limited for most of the game.
- I thought considering the dilemma our offense caused, the defense played well. Miss State is a good team with a really good quarterback that can run. I wouldn't have been upset if we gave up 24 points to them. But our offense has to come away with more than 23 after having four red zone attempts in the first half alone. And our offense can't gift them 14 points in the first three minutes of the game.
- I'm glad we have a bye-week. Nothing is anywhere near over. The only concern I have is that in our two away games this season, we've come out really flat. Our three remaining away games are @Ole Miss, @Georgia, and @Alabama. Ouch.
Miss State
- Could win the SEC West. I don't really think they will. But they could.
- Dak Prescott very well could win the Heisman. He keeps breaking off on long runs in every game and hitting some nice passes, he'll win it. But Cam Newton he is not. I'm sorry Gary and anyone else making the comparison, he's good, but Cam was all-timer good. Dak's going to have to do a lot more to get into the upper tier section of college football legends.
- They were still Miss State. Even though they had us by the throat, we were still in position to score 28 points in the first half. The fake punt, the Dak interceptions, the muffed punt return - I still a lot of the same ole Miss State blunders from that team.
- I don't think Miss State beats Ole Miss. I think they could struggle with Kentucky. But unfortunately, I don't know if I see them losing two games this season.
Alabama
- Sucks. Blows monkey dick.
- Remember when I said Amari Cooper disappears every year? To not count on him as a Heisman candidate? He had 2 catches for 22 yards. 0 touchdowns.
- Even Alabama's defense looked bad. If Arkansas had any semblance of a real quarterback, they win this game going away.
Ole Miss
- Land Sharks look legit. Great tackling all around. That's what I noticed most about them. Texas A&M did some good things in the game, but Ole Miss was always right there to put them on the ground and put them on the ground hard. Takes a tough team to compete against that. Texas A&M is not tough.
Texas A&M
- Kenny Hill just isn't that great. He's often inaccurate, makes ill-advised throws, and tries to do much with his legs. With A&M's defense being Pac 12 worthy, he has to make sure he doesn't put them in a bad position, and often, he's putting them in a bad position.
Baylor-TCU
- Basketball season starts next month, guys. I think you forgot the rules to football. You are allowed to tackle.
College Football Playoff Implications
- I think we really get to bitch this week. Alabama lost to Ole Miss @Ole Miss and dropped to #7. Alabama has done nothing this year outside of looking good at home in the 2nd half against an absolutely terrible Florida team. Where does Auburn drop?
I imagine the top ten should look something like this:
1. Florida State
2. Miss State (because of hype)
3. Ole Miss (should be #2)
4. Baylor
5. Notre Dame
6. Auburn
7. Michigan State
8. Alabama
9. Oklahoma
10. Oregon
But I get the feeling it's going to look like this:
1. Florida State
2. Miss State
3. Ole Miss
4. Baylor
5. Notre Dame
6. Alabama (because they didn't lose)
7. Michigan State (because their only loss is the almighty Oregon Ducks)
8. Oklahoma (because they beat Texas in a rivalry game!1!1!!!)
9. Oregon (the almighty mighty Ducks)
10. Georgia (we knew they were great all along! and without Gurley!)
11. Auburn
Actually agree with almost every word.
Except I think you gotta give MSU #1 by default. Why by default? Because FSU blows donkey balls. To me there isn't a real #1. Probably 2-3 #2's, 3-4 #3's and so forth.
But yeah, MSU has some chinks in the armor that I saw. Someone will trip them up. Maybe twice. They will not get the kind of gifts they were given yesterday in all of their future games. And without those gifts yesterday, they lose. At home.
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We can beat Ole Miss but we need State to be beaten twice which leaves us having to depend on the Turds and Bo to take them down where losing the heads up yesterday won't come into play. And naturally we must win out.
Well that is to go to Atlanta, which may or may not happen. We win out and we are in the playoff without going to Atlanta.
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It was a pooch screw all the way. Week off to lick wounds, fix what can be fixed, and try to salvage something. Another loss and it's time to play the ones who will be here next year.
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Well that is to go to Atlanta, which may or may not happen. We win out and we are in the playoff without going to Atlanta.
I hope you are right. However I don't place too much faith in the committee giving the SEC the respect in a year where there will be one or maybe two undefeated teams and my belief that they will want to be more regional when it comes to filling the remaining spots which they can say are the best four teams.
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If the CFB season continues as is, there will not be one single undefeated team this year
I'd wager that the winner of FSU/ND this weekend finishes unbeaten.
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I'd wager that the winner of FSU/ND this weekend finishes unbeaten.
The FSU/UL game is a Thursday night game I believe. Could be interesting.
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I'd wager that the winner of FSU/ND this weekend finishes unbeaten.
That would be the most likely if any considering their remaining schedules. My theory is based solely on outcomes so far and growing likelihood there may even be a team with two losses in the playoff. FSU hasn't been world beaters and could easily slip up to a less talented but more hungry team outside of ND. ND still has USC. Funny thing is, both teams play Louisville.
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Well that is to go to Atlanta, which may or may not happen. We win out and we are in the playoff without going to Atlanta.
I'm going back and forth on this one. I haven't looked at all scenarios but we know that FSU, Okie, Baylor, ND, MSU, Ole Piss, Bama and AU are all players at this point, right? Oregon and Mich state a little lower. Let's pencil in ND and Okie and say that FSU gets eliminated Thur. We win out and Miss State wins out. State goes to SEC champ and to playoff. One spot left for playoff. If Baylor only has one loss to Okie (or vice versa) or Mich state wins out, I think we have to worry about anti SEC bias.
I could see people preaching equality. And I especially doubt that any SEC west team gets in with 2 losses. Point being, I'm thinking that the 4 team playoff is more about "hope and change" for the rest of the country. The fact that we play in the toughest division in all of football bites us in the ass, imo. We have to win out AND keep our fingers crossed.
I would love another shot at both Miss State and FSU.
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I'm going back and forth on this one. I haven't looked at all scenarios but we know that FSU, Okie, Baylor, ND, MSU, Ole Piss, Bama and AU are all players at this point, right? Oregon and Mich state a little lower. Let's pencil in ND and Okie and say that FSU gets eliminated Thur. We win out and Miss State wins out. State goes to SEC champ and to playoff. One spot left for playoff. If Baylor only has one loss to Okie (or vice versa) or Mich state wins out, I think we have to worry about anti SEC bias.
I could see people preaching equality. And I especially doubt that any SEC west team gets in with 2 losses. Point being, I'm thinking that the 4 team playoff is more about "hope and change" for the rest of the country. The fact that we play in the toughest division in all of football bites us in the ass, imo. We have to win out AND keep our fingers crossed.
I would love another shot at both Miss State and FSU.
I'm betting the players would love their shot at redemption against these two. It would be glorious I believe.
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In my dream scenario:
Auburn wins out, obviously. Including to Ole Miss, Georgia, and Bama on the road.
Bama loses to A&M this weekend. They rebound and beat UT convincingly, but then struggle against LSU but still end up squeaking out a win on some bullshit lucky interception in the end zone or something. Then they face MSU and get mauled. They're completely out of the SEC or playoff discussion, but hanging on to like a #20 ranking by the time Auburn gets to Tuscaloosa, and Auburn beats them by 3 TDs or more in front of a sea of crying Gumps. Bama drops completely out of the Top 25. Bammers call into Finebaum saying "PAAAWL, if we weren't playin for champeenships, we don't even wanna play. There weren't no reason to even try, PAAWWL. Tennessee's our real rival. We don't care about little brother." Bammers lose their shit and demand Kiffin's head on a platter, and lose faith in Saban almighty as well.
Meanwhile...
Ole Miss rolls through UT & LSU, but hit a brick wall against Auburn. We play lights out that game. One of our two or three best games of the year. Ole Miss rebounds against Arkansas, which brings us to the egg bowl...
MSU loses some of their momentum during this coming BYE week. Kentucky comes in and beats them up, but MSU narrowly pulls out a win. They go into Arkansas beaten up and end up dropping a game to ol' BERT. Maybe in overtime. The Egg Bowl and Iron Bowl, especially the Egg Bowl, combine for the most significance of all time. Auburn beats Bama at home convincingly in the 2:30 game. All comes down to the Egg Bowl prime time game. Auburn fans gritting their teeth pulling for Ole Miss. They end up pulling it out with a game winning TD with under a minute left on the clock.
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In my dream scenario:
Auburn wins out, obviously. Including to Ole Miss, Georgia, and Bama on the road.
Bama loses to A&M this weekend. They rebound and beat UT convincingly, but then struggle against LSU but still end up squeaking out a win on some bullshit lucky interception in the end zone or something. Then they face MSU and get mauled. They're completely out of the SEC or playoff discussion, but hanging on to like a #20 ranking by the time Auburn gets to Tuscaloosa, and Auburn beats them by 3 TDs or more in front of a sea of crying Gumps. Bama drops completely out of the Top 25. Bammers call into Finebaum saying "PAAAWL, if we weren't playin for champeenships, we don't even wanna play. There weren't no reason to even try, PAAWWL. Tennessee's our real rival. We don't care about little brother." Bammers lose their shit and demand Kiffin's head on a platter, and lose faith in Saban almighty as well.
Meanwhile...
Ole Miss rolls through UT & LSU, but hit a brick wall against Auburn. We play lights out that game. One of our two or three best games of they year. MSU rebounds against Arkansas, which brings us to the egg bowl...
MSU loses some of their momentum during this coming BYE week. Kentucky comes in and beats them up, but MSU narrowly pulls out a win. They go into Arkansas beaten up and end up dropping a game to ol' BERT. Maybe in overtime. The Egg Bowl and Iron Bowl, especially the Egg Bowl, combine for the most significance of all time. Auburn beats Bama at home convincingly in the 2:30 game. All comes down to the Egg Bowl prime time game. Auburn fans gritting their teeth pulling for Ole Miss. They end up pulling it out with a game winning TD with under a minute left on the clock.
You motherfucker
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We don't necessarily need MSU to drop 2 games. We obviously need to win out, but also need to cheer for Ole Piss to win every game but ours.
That puts a 3 -way tie for the West between Us, Ole Piss and MSU. According to the new SEC rules ($1 WE!!!) in a 3 -way tie scenario the tie breaker is the (used to be BCS Standings) total winning percentage of your 2 Eastern Division foes.
We obviously face USCe and UGAly
MSU faces Vandy & Kentucky
Ole Miss faces Vandy and UT
I like our chances in that. We still gotta take care of our business though.
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We don't necessarily need MSU to drop 2 games. We obviously need to win out, but also need to cheer for Ole Piss to win every game but ours.
That puts a 3 -way tie for the West between Us, Ole Piss and MSU. According to the new SEC rules ($1 WE!!!) in a 3 -way tie scenario the tie breaker is the (used to be BCS Standings) total winning percentage of your 2 Eastern Division foes.
We obviously face USCe and UGAly
MSU faces Vandy & Kentucky
Ole Miss faces Vandy and UT
I like our chances in that. We still gotta take care of our business though.
Yeah but yours doesn't get my heart pumping like Chizad's.
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Yeah but yours doesn't get my heart pumping like Chizad's.
Why's that? It's basically the same scenario, either way you need Ole Miss to win.
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Why's that? It's basically the same scenario, either way you need Ole Miss to win.
Where was the Bama melt? Where was the last Saturday of the regular season featuring us in a must-win vs. Alabama and a must-lose in the Egg Bowl?
That's the stuff of Romance novels.
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Yeah but yours doesn't get my heart pumping like Chizad's.
Well Chad spins a better yarn.
No really, he spins yarn for his partner at their sheep ranch.
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Where was the Bama melt? Where was the last Saturday of the regular season featuring us in a must-win vs. Alabama and a must-lose in the Egg Bowl?
That's the stuff of Romance novels.
Well we have to win out so that puts us in a must win situation with bama. And we need Ole Miss to win in the Egg-Bowl. I said all that, you weren't listening, open your eyes!
I'm sorry I don't speak ghey.
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Well Chad spins a better yarn.
No really, he spins yarn for his partner at their sheep ranch.
I think he makes penis sweaters with it.
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I think he makes penis sweaters with it.
You would think he could just cut the pinkies out of gloves and save the time.
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You would think he could just cut the pinkies out of gloves and save the time.
He likes to knit. And they make great gifts.
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I think he makes penis sweaters with it.
Hats for bats?
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Hats for bats?
Keep bats warrrrrrrrrrrm.
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I thought Chizad's dream scenario would be jacking off to some weird global warming porn.
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I thought Chizad's dream scenario would be jacking off to some weird global warming porn.
"Hot Homo Penis: A Global Warming Odyssey"
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"Hot Homo Penis: A Global Warming Odyssey"
With James Earl Jones doing the voice over being.
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I thought Chizad's dream scenario would be jacking off to some weird global warming porn.
Chlorofluorocarbons is my safe word, which I should probably change.
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Chlorofluorocarbons is my safe word, which I should probably change.
Just use "Freon"!
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Just use "Freon"!
Cats love antifreeze.
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Cats love antifreeze.
For about 20 mins anyway.
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In my dream scenario:
Auburn wins out, obviously. Including to Ole Miss, Georgia, and Bama on the road.
Bama loses to A&M this weekend. They rebound and beat UT convincingly, but then struggle against LSU but still end up squeaking out a win on some bullshit lucky interception in the end zone or something. Then they face MSU and get mauled. They're completely out of the SEC or playoff discussion, but hanging on to like a #20 ranking by the time Auburn gets to Tuscaloosa, and Auburn beats them by 3 TDs or more in front of a sea of crying Gumps. Bama drops completely out of the Top 25. Bammers call into Finebaum saying "PAAAWL, if we weren't playin for champeenships, we don't even wanna play. There weren't no reason to even try, PAAWWL. Tennessee's our real rival. We don't care about little brother." Bammers lose their shit and demand Kiffin's head on a platter, and lose faith in Saban almighty as well.
Meanwhile...
Ole Miss rolls through UT & LSU, but hit a brick wall against Auburn. We play lights out that game. One of our two or three best games of the year. Ole Miss rebounds against Arkansas, which brings us to the egg bowl...
MSU loses some of their momentum during this coming BYE week. Kentucky comes in and beats them up, but MSU narrowly pulls out a win. They go into Arkansas beaten up and end up dropping a game to ol' BERT. Maybe in overtime. The Egg Bowl and Iron Bowl, especially the Egg Bowl, combine for the most significance of all time. Auburn beats Bama at home convincingly in the 2:30 game. All comes down to the Egg Bowl prime time game. Auburn fans gritting their teeth pulling for Ole Miss. They end up pulling it out with a game winning TD with under a minute left on the clock.
Looking like I'm not a psychic, you guys.
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But you still look incredibly ghey though. Don't beat yourself up.
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I hope this is the one you get correct.
Meanwhile...
Ole Miss rolls through UT & LSU, but hit a brick wall against Auburn. We play lights out that game. One of our two or three best games of the year. Ole Miss rebounds against Arkansas, which brings us to the egg bowl...
Was listening to Auburn beat reporter Joel Erickson comment on the Auburn offense and he pointed to Auburn getting muddled down with short and intermediate routes as the reason for our recent inconsistencies.
He followed by saying that Auburn was comfortable with the long game going forward and I let out a long gutteral silent scream.
I would think the guy is more attuned to what Lashlee and Malzahn have planned ahead being that he can bend their ears with some questions.
Erickson also mentioned that Roc Thomas would be sharing more of the load which many of us expected but bombing away is not how the majority of us wanted our offense to trend.
I'm good with taking a couple of shots deep every quarter but if we begin to struggle up front as has been the case the shorter routes are a nice alternative (one missed tackle away) and move the chains for first downs which is what Gus says he wants.
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I hope this is the one you get correct.
Was listening to Auburn beat reporter Joel Erickson comment on the Auburn offense and he pointed to Auburn getting muddled down with short and intermediate routes as the reason for our recent inconsistencies.
He followed by saying that Auburn was comfortable with the long game going forward and I let out a long gutteral silent scream.
I would think the guy is more attuned to what Lashlee and Malzahn have planned ahead being that he can bend their ears with some questions.
Erickson also mentioned that Roc Thomas would be sharing more of the load which many of us expected but bombing away is not how the majority of us wanted our offense to trend.
I'm good with taking a couple of shots deep every quarter but if we begin to struggle up front as has been the case the shorter routes are a nice alternative (one missed tackle away) and move the chains for first downs which is what Gus says he wants.
^^^Agree with the old geezer. And I might add, I believe that in order to add a more sound intermediate passing attack, I think that we will need to employ the 2 qb system. I had hoped that it wouldn't be necessary but its evident that it is, IMO.
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Old Geezer thinks short game allows for both run game and deep game to excel by forcing opponents to cover our receivers with linebackers making their safeties and corners tackle our big receivers in the open field. This should compliment what we do as more of a finesse offense.
Holding on to the ball and not committing penalties at inopportune times is something all teams must guard against. It's lack of execution that keeps us behind the chains. But if we rely on the deep ball to bail us out when our offense sputters we will lose again.
Up until the State game we had averaged 19 passes per game and survived Kansas State. We attempted thirty five against State playing from behind as Prescott forced passes into coverage along the sidelines before they spotted no safety in the middle and finished us alternating between QB keepers and Robinson around end.
Don't necessarily agree that JJ is the answer for reasons of team chemistry. But as with penalties, the timing of such a decision is all important if you are to bench your team leader which I don't see happening except for injury.
I do think many of us feel JJ would be a welcome addition for several series as a change of pace that could keep things clicking...which brings me to genius play selection at just the right time. We don't have the offensive mentality where we can repeat successful run plays as we did with Trey Mason last season.
That's the play calling dilemma-repeat with whom, CAP or Nick? Because what we have till now is disjointed and frustrating to watch.
Corey Grant will see fewer touches.
What happened to Peyton Barber?
H-back is a term for we really don't throw to our TE nor do we have a true Fullback.
Roc Thomas is being rolled out in hopes that we can get those consistent bursts that move the chains.