The grim reality

[JR4AU]

Who remembers Dye's first season?  5-6.  Losing season. 

But we fought our ass off.  I watched that team spit teeth.  I watched it hate to lose so badly that you could see each individual soul being torn apart after each loss.

And I don't think I've ever loved an Auburn team more. It wasn't the most talented, it struggled at times to get in the right places but I could feel what was coming.  Those guys were a foundation. They took their beatings to make sure that those who came after would learn from their heartache, from their faith and from their dedication.  We didn't have a quarterback. Ken Hobby, Clayton Beauford, Charlie Thomas, John Murphy and Joe Sullivan had uniforms but none of them were the answer. So we played whoever might have a chance on any given day.

I can handle losing. I can handle rebuilding. I can handle taking our lumps on the way to something bigger and better. 

I don't get that feeling right now.  Chicken fucking a soup can.

FWIW? In 1982 Dye took a fifth-string receiver who'd played QB in high school and gave him a chance to win the QB job.  He did.  The rest is legend.

People got the same feeling in 99 too.  You can feel it when a team is about to turn the corner, when the attitude has changed, and this team isn't that type team.  They're fucking lost.  Going through the motions.  Year 4 shouldn't be rebuilding.   

[Kaos]

People got the same feeling in 99 too.  You can feel it when a team is about to turn the corner, when the attitude has changed, and this team isn't that type team.  They're fucking lost.  Going through the motions.  Year 4 shouldn't be rebuilding.

It can be but only if you see where something is going. 

This is essentially the same shit we saw a year ago.  Same basic defensive schemes, same lack of production out of the linebackers, same abysmal offensive execution, same poorly prepared quarterback. 

The only difference between this season and last?   A successful onsides kick and a goal-line stop as the clock ran out.  (And the ability of Trotter to move the chains). 

[JR4AU]

It can be but only if you see where something is going. 

This is essentially the same shit we saw a year ago.  Same basic defensive schemes, same lack of production out of the linebackers, same abysmal offensive execution, same poorly prepared quarterback. 

The only difference between this season and last?   A successful onsides kick and a goal-line stop as the clock ran out.  (And the ability of Trotter to move the chains).

I understood why year 3 was rebuilding.  You can scoff at the Tubs recruiting lapse being an excuse, but it was true.  There's no improvement in this team from last year's, none. 

[AWK]

PATIENCE!!!@#@!%$@!%@#!

[Godfather]

[dallaswareagle]

People got the same feeling in 99 too.  You can feel it when a team is about to turn the corner, when the attitude has changed, and this team isn't that type team.  They're fucking lost.  Going through the motions.  Year 4 shouldn't be rebuilding.

I feel we are about to turn a corner and head in the wrong direction. The coaches lose this team if we get beaten badly by LSU and then turn around and the same thing happen with Arky. Watching other teams (onTV) they seem faster, stronger and better coached. I think I counted at least 14 times when our defense was still moving around as the ball was snapped and we had people out of position.   

[Godfather]

I feel we are about to turn a corner and head in the wrong direction. The coaches lose this team if we get beaten badly by LSU and then turn around and the same thing happen with Arky. Watching other teams (onTV) they seem faster, stronger and better coached. I think I counted at least 14 times when our defense was still moving around as the ball was snapped and we had people out of position.

Don't even get me started on the coaching staff not knowing it was not 4th down but actually 1st down.  (right before sideline warning)

[dallaswareagle]

Don't even get me started on the coaching staff not knowing it was not 4th down but actually 1st down.  (right before sideline warning)

I put some of them blame on that one on the Ref. I swear I saw him signal 4th down-Look at the ball and the sticks and change it to 1st down. He should have went to both sidelines and told them the change.

[djsimp]

I put some of them blame on that one on the Ref. I swear I saw him signal 4th down-Look at the ball and the sticks and change it to 1st down. He should have went to both sidelines and told them the change.

Was listening to Stan Whit and Rod, they also thought it was 4th down. That's because the refs called for 4th down and then changed it to 1st.

[JR4AU]

Was listening to Stan Whit and Rod, they also thought it was 4th down. That's because the refs called for 4th down and then changed it to 1st.

I was lost and confused too. 

[War Eagle!!!]

Don't even get me started on the coaching staff not knowing it was not 4th down but actually 1st down.  (right before sideline warning)

Congrats. You were the only one on the same wave length as an SEC official...

[dallaswareagle]

I was lost and confused too.

Can you Quarterback?

[djsimp]

Can you Quarterback?

GH led the way across campus to AWK's spot pretty good; maybe he should suit up. Capn J!

[JR4AU]

Can you Quarterback?

You saw me!  How good a coach would Loeffler have to be to make ME a QB?

[dallaswareagle]

GH led the way across campus to AWK's spot pretty good; maybe he should suit up. Capn J!

Bad play call for us-we started on the other end (Wood field and Donahue) make the trek to the stadium and then over to AWK. It felt like a triple reverse with a busted play and you keep running backwards.

And after all that we only had time for one freaking beer. I gonna make up some beer drinking in Oct.

[GH2001]

Bad play call for us-we started on the other end (Wood field and Donahue) make the trek to the stadium and then over to AWK. It felt like a triple reverse with a busted play and you keep running backwards.

And after all that we only had time for one freaking beer. I gonna make up some beer drinking in Oct.

We got started too late. Early games suck. Not enough time to do everything. But at least AWK gave us all a beer for the effort! 

[dallaswareagle]

We got started too late. Early games suck. Not enough time to do everything. But at least AWK gave us all a beer for the effort! 

Looked a little painful for him-but the cold beer for breakfast was good.