I didn't start a Pre-Dick-Shuns thread last week with it simply being a crazy time. Thanksgiving...short week etc. But if I had, I certainly wouldn't have said there would be 90+ points scored, Auburn's gonna win the football game and they're not going to keep them off the field tonight.
Always happy for any win in the Iron Bowl. Maybe they're a little sweeter because they don't come around nearly as often as we'd like. Going in, I was convinced we were going to lose simply because every time we've faced a good defense, Gus has gone full tard with his laminated sheet of jeenyus. I saw us pulling our usual 14-20 points and Bama having too many weapons for us to keep them in that range.
I thought Bama would score their share, but I didn't see 515 yards and 45 points coming. In a word, we got shredded. It was one thing to see it on TV. It was another altogether to see those receivers in person running away from our DB's like we were running in quicksand.
But, we held our own on offense. We ran the ball better than expected and got NFL caliber catches by Hastings, Williams and Canola. Those things allowed us to keep pace with Bama and take full advantage of two Pee-Wee caliber throws by Mack Jones. Yes, they were gifts, but you have to have some crazy stuff go your way to win a game like this.
A few other notes. With the cascade of excuses raining down from Bama fans about calls and injuries, we had our share of adversity as well. Anthony Schwartz was injured on the first play of the game and I don't believe he set foot on the field again. Both Marlon Davidson and Derrick Brown suffered injuries. Marlon hobbled through the rest of the game and was a total non-factor. Brown was far less than 100% too, and without those two at full speed, said shreddage referenced above was a bit easier.
Thank you Anders for finally realizing that you get more points for kicking the ball BETWEEN those two poles. However, since I didn't listen to any of the post game comments, I assume I missed the reasoning as to why he suddenly lost the ability to kick a ball into the end zone. Anyone?
They didn't keep mini-Snags and me off the field Saturday. Couldn't get down there in 2013 so I wasn't going to miss this opportunity. It took us about 20 minutes to finally make it through the hedges, unlike the two cougars. Just as we made it through, a cop stops me and says nobody can go on the field. I looked at him and said there are 70,000 people on this field and you stop me? We didn't stop. We brought a piece of the hedges home. It was a good night.
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