So the next 2 Saturdays have us playing Tulane and Kent State. Hopefully, these are a couple of breathers where Nix and Company can gain some experience and get things clicking prior to the poop getting real. First off, where Saturday is concerned, even though it's a 6:30 kick, the forecast I saw last night has the temp for that day at 99. As much as I love Auburn and love going to as many games as possible, I'm pretty much over driving all that way to feel a gallon of sweat running down my ass crack. I believe me and Big Green Egg might be getting to know each other a little better this weekend.
As far as Tulane goes, I think we see a much better team than most are expecting. Come on, it's Tulane! This team was 7-6 last year and played well down the stretch. They have a buttload of starters returning and pretty much laid the wood to FIU Saturday, 42-14. Now, I realize none of that seems very intimidating. But my thoughts are that with the true freshman at QB and the way we wallowed around for 75% or 347/517ths of the game against Oregon, this might not be the cake walk most are expecting. I fully expect us to handle our bidnezz, but it may take a while to get on track against what I think will be a pretty decent club.