pick in the game. Auburn wins a squeaker 24-21

quiets the critics

Ben Tate more than just a few carries today? I sure hope so!

….that Fannin gets the start at running back, today.

…..seemed wounded/lame, last week. He’d get the handoff on the stretch play, and get chased down by the backside end, or the weak side linebacker.

http://www.everydayshouldbesaturday.com/2008/11/15/first-shift-open-thread/

…..I had the same feeling last night, after consuming a volatile combination of way too many turnip greens and several beers…

…..in Auburn, than it is in Birmingham. My son had a 9:30 AM tennis tournament match this morning. We left the house and it was 50 degrees. The wind was HOWLING. When we got home, it was down to 48, and it’s still falling. My son flushed his first opponent, 6-1, 6-0, in just 27 minutes. A good omen! Let’s hope we flush the Dawgs, too!

…..If there’s that kind of wind in Jordan Hare, it will affect Kodi’s passes more than Stafford’s bullets, too.

…..For an awesome shot of the eagle flight!

Lets go after these guys today and not play Spread Shotgun patticake. PLEEEEAASE.
The only way we have a chance of winning is to outphysical them on tboth sides of the line. They have too many offensive weapons for us not to play ball control. I want to see heavy dose of Mario Fannin and Tristan Davis running out of the I formation and gashing their line. If we can get Tristan and his speed and size into the secondary, we will get some big plays. We will need Kodi to hit some play action passes to loosen up their defense first though. I really like his progress the last couple of weeks and hopefully this will be his coming out party like Stafford had against us a couple of years ago.

If we can’t get on them early and force them into some mistakes, I like our chances IF we can get the offense going. We need to get pressure on Stafford and not allow he and Green to get into a rythem. Green has great talent but is still very prone to making mistakes by running routes wrong. We can take advantage of that if we can get in Staffords face enough.

The bottom line though, is Tubs has to show up with a game plan that will win and he hasn’t done a good job of that this year. He can do it though and nothing would make me happier than if he does it today.

WAR EAGLE!! Its game time!!

…..We’re fired up and ready!

I can’t believe this is on Raycom…..again.

…..go on offense, first. Auburn will kick.

….to the Daves, though.

….It’s a squibber, and we cover the return man at the 17!

….I set. Draw to Moreno, 11 yards. We didn’t look ready.

…..A slip screen to Green, too much cushion, and a good block. 17 yards.

….Stafford in the shotgun from the UGA 45, and we have clock problems. That’s happened several times, this year, at Jordan Hare.

good morning tigers. If our D-line can stop moreno and pressure Stafford with 4 we win the game.

…..Shotgun. Moreno up the gut, we can’t tackle, and it’s 20 more.

….1 back. Play fake, the deep corner, thrown into the boundary, incomplete.

to stop Georgia for less than 10 yards"…radio commentary

…..I set. Moreno for 5 off left tackle. Johnson wrapped him up.

3rd and 5.

…..2 back shotgun. Stafford with time, curl to Green, down to the 11. WIDE open.

This is going to be a long day if they keep this up.

…..I set, slot left. Moreno spins to the seven.

can’t give em the short pass on 3rd.

We ARE WIDE OPEN in the middle.

….from the 7. I set. Slot left. Moreno hit behind the line, powers to the 3.

…..I set, same formation. The fade, juggle by Green, NO GOOD!

…..McFadden fighting Green, no review!

Nice push off AJ

….It is BLOCKED! McFadden out over the 20!

We FINALLY GET A BREAK!!!!

….with EASE, and comes up empty!

…..got a paw on that kick.

Keep HOPE ALIVE!!!

I was thinking this would be a looonnngg game (listening over the internet, delayed from what you guys are watching)…NOW I am sooo pumped! Special teams coming out strong

this Kodi’s coming out party ?

And everybody thinks I’m negative. I’ll take the fact its not 3-0

…..the wind behind him.

…..with the block of a low kick.

He is getting better every game. Can’t wait for him to have a real quarter back coach…any commentary on footwork will be greatly appreciated

take the I set handoff, and slashes off right tackle for 6!

Fannin in the I gets 7!!

…..Under center again, 1 back. Short drop, Burns hit, throws it out of bounds.

…..3rd and 4. Auburn in the Shotgun. Burns options into the short side, keeps, and picks up 5! First down!

3rd down conversions…check

…..I set at the 33. Fanin dances around, gets away, but it’s prematurely blown dead as Fannin gets outside.

offsetting personal fouls.

I don’t want Fannin slung down.

……Zebras blew that last one. Shotgun. Burns with ALL Day, dumps it to Fannin for 4.

…..Shotgun. Rolls right, Burns will shuffle forward for 4 yards, out of bounds.

and we certainly don’t need a shank!

a TOWERING kick, short, but it ROLLS, to the 5!

Where is that lousy Willie Martinez defense.

GREAT PUNT!!

,,,,,when it’s all said and done, no return, Dawgs pinned deep!

Fannin and Burns in the backfield…. I like the future prospects of both players

..lookin’ (soundin’) good!

that the play with Fannin at FB and Tate at TB materialized..wanted to see what magic would happen

get some touches on O

We don’t get the cable carrier that allows that to happen

…..can we tackle Moreno? We didn’t do so well, on the first drive. We’re playing cover two in the secondary, with a large cushion. We NEED to tackle better in the middle. Tackles and middle linebacker have been absent, so far. Merrilll Johnson is slicing back in from the weak side, to make tackles WAY downfield.

….From the 5. Deals it to Moreno, and he’s into the secondary on broken tackles. My god, do we have a middle linebacker who can tackle?

….We hit Moreno in the backfield, but he escapes for 3.

…..Shotgun. Hitch for 10, no coverage, 15 yards.

…..1 back, Moreno, for 19. No one will wrap their arms around him.

Dude, where is our defense…they say that they are on the field. Are they confused or just not blocking or both?

…..they check to see who your provider is. If it’s not AT&T, or other provide, it won’t work.

….and Josh Bynes wakes up, and STUFFS Samuel.

…..SHotgun. No pressure, Stafford fires a bullet to Massaquoi.

….the push off, and FLAGGED!

…..All the way back to the UGA 44.

…..Shotgun, handoff into the boundary, reverses field, and finally brought down well short, at midfield.

…..into the wind, Dunn awaits. Flags, and they may have Auburn for jumping offsides.

…..back ’em up!

one of the most penalized team in the country….not complaining

…..The punt to Dunn at the 15, and terrible decisions. Dunn loses ELEVEN yards, back inside the 5. Wow.

…..Dunn seems to have brain damage, lately. That’s a terrible decision by the senior.

Triston Davis back to return punts

done anything since the first part of the year and that fumble last week was horrible

….backed up at the 5, with the wind behind him late in the 1st quarter. If we’re to take a shot downfield, it needs to be here. But we CANNOT take a sack, or get a holding penalty in the endzone!

I set. Burns chucks it to Slaughter, wind carries that thing 20 yards too far.

on Slaugher for changing routes.

to Tate, for a couple.

has it being the wind….

…..And Burns will be throwing from his own endzone.

bunch set. Motion, screen to Fannin, and Curran was all over it. No gain.

from his own endzone. Nearly blocked, Durst run over, UGA FUMBLES! Auburn HAS it, at the 48! Prince Miller gaffes again, like he did, last week!

Cmon O lets put 7 up

…..1st down at the 48. I set, slot left. Play fake, Burns with time, goes DEEP, for Fannin, who HAS it! A footrace! Fannin, IS GONE! TOUCHDOWN!

…..the point is snuffed before it can be kicked.

Auburn leads, 6-0! UGA mistakes, and we got it to our best offensive player in the open field!

accompanied by SuperMario!!!!!

Let’s hope the missing extra point doesn’t come back to bite them in the ass

…..and it’s Hull, booting it to the 16. And UGA is up out over the 31. Terrible kick with the wind behind us.

….of the 1st quarter. 1 back set. Slip screen, and we give up 15. WAY too much cushion.

Auburn leads, 6-0, but UGA has the ball and is on the move.

need an answer for the screen

….if we line up with a 12-15 yard cushion. I’m not exaggerating, it IS that much. We’re scared to death of getting beat deep.

…..Now Stafford has the wind at his back.

….tired of Stafford throwing over our DBs, but this is kinda ridiculous.

…..from the UGA 46. 1 back set. Play fake, deep go, McFadden gets by with the bumps, incomplete. Lucky.

…..Bunch set. Moreno up the gut, and on a stunt, Stevens shuts him down for nothing!

…..Shotgun. Play clock winding down. Keeper, Stafford sacked! Antoine Carter!

no call.

the punt is going to be fair caught at the 15.

is still allowed to return punts?

….that drive. Went away from what was working.

….fair caught that thing with a LOT of room. I think they had that programmed from the start.

the same thing way to much room to fair catch

1st and 10 from the 15. 1 back set, the Waggle by Burns, jump passes it to Hawthorne for 10!

…..From the 25, a personnel issue, and Auburn burns a timeout.

I’m telling you we can move on these guys if we keep them off balance. I’m sensing some sphincther tightening on the GA sideline, we need to score again to get the pucker really going.

….Burns goes with the 1 back set again, handoff to Tate, got a yard. Over center on the zone play, safety makes the tackle.

Shotgun. Draw, and Burns gets nothing. Hit out of bounds, and UGA gets flagged!

UGA gives up the first down.

at the AU 45. 1 back. Stretch play, Tate reverses field, breaks a tackle at the line, and picks up about 15!

For Georgias Thuuuuuuggs!!!

They are such losers,

….at the 41. I set, and we jump. NO! it’s on UGA!

……from the UGA 36. 11:15 left in the 2nd. Shotgun. BUrns will QB draw, for seven. Caught UGA in a 7 man blitz!

…..From the UGA 30. I set. Play action, deep out, nearly picked off, incomplete.

…..don’t get sacked!

…..Motio, play fake, Burns gets it to Trott, who DROPS it, bobbled up, should have been picked off. Oh, horrible!

……Shotgun. Screen, Tate, gets blocks, RUMBLES inside the 20! First down!

I could have sworn they would run the QB draw

On the Screen where has that been all year

….Frm the 18, 1 back.Fannin up the gut, gets 4.

War Damn Eagle!

…..Ace, Fannin, slams inside the 5, but it’s coming back on a hold. Tyrone Green.

…..Shotgun. Draw to Fannin, looks like they’ll give him five.

Lets put a touch on the scoreboard.

…..Burns will go shotgun. BUrns will lose it to Geno Atkins, turnover.

…..lost Atkins.

UGA from the 35. Moreno, nothing, Doolittle!

just sayin’

…..I set. Auburn stems. Short drop, and Doolittle knocks down the hitch pass.

…..Possession play. 3 man rush, delayed blitz, had a man, overthrown. Love that wind!

beaten, but no dice!

We have looked all season

Great Job D!!!! Good pressure, makes him put too much air under it.

…..Low snap, but gets it off WAY deep, Dunn lets it go at the 10, and we’re pinned at the 6.

Get him out

no, wait. He lost it in the clouds.

 Has he fielded punts before?

Tongue firmly in cheek

…..shaded visors.

….Slaughter can fair catch!

Ooooooh Boogey Boogey!!!

mistakes does Dunn need to make before they put someone else back there?

…..pinned deep at the Auburn 6. I don’t know if it’s Raycom, or Charter, but this broadcast is full of noise.

…..1 back set. Tate into the short side, two yards.

At all.

…..Shotgun, QB draw, BUrns slithers out to the 13.

…..Shotgun. Option to the short side, nothing. UGA was ready. No room to run.

We already ran our Play action pass for the day. Baby steps you know

……Need a good punt here. Miller has been benched, and Gray is in for UGA. Auburn calls timeout, their 2nd. Good, I needed to recycle some Cuervo.

Lets go D. We need a stand in the worst sort of way

…..Durst back in. Hits it only to the 50, fair catch. Only 35 yards, but against the wind.

…..field position, opens in te shotgun. Square in, 10 yards to Green. No coverage.

…..I set. Toss sweep, Moreno bottled up, but cuts back and gets 4.

…..1 back set. Bunch. Play action, screen to Moreno. Keystone cops routine by our defenders, and Moreno pinballs down the field for a touchdown.

…..the PAT, and leads, 7-6.

through hat hole

come back…….

I am ROOTING for my team…. to play smart.

….get an opportunity? Or will it be a touchback?

…..To Davis! He WON’T go down, and that might be a facemask.

we can put a drive together and if you would have told me 7-6 at half I would be happy

…..Personal foul, on UGA. That moves it out to, well, hard to say. Raycom tooting their own horn. The 40.

….for 4 and out of bounds.

…..2nd and 6. Fannin BARRELING into UGA territory, and a facemask? Yes!

Anybody know why we haven’t been using him more?

Seriously…has he been hurt.

….from the UGA 30! Burns under pressure, and lofts it to McKenzie(!), for another first down!

Ace, Fannin hit in the backfield, lost a yard.

…..key possession play. 1:17 left, UGA calls time.

….Shotgun. Option, no gain. No chance.

that Fannin was having a hard time with the spread, hence no much playing time, but the spread is dead baby, spread is dead….

…..And we appear to be going for it. Clock is running.

…..last timeout is called with under 30 seconds.

you are critical to nth degree in every post……this is the game time thread…..talk about the game criticise the game but don’t go into your same old rant over and over.

are we with the wind ? Byrum should be given a shot at a 42 yds

…..a post. To Slaughter. DEEP in the end zone.

….And it’s sliced WAY right.

IS TERRIBLE

…..23 seconds.

…..take a knee, and UGA leads at half, 7-6. Halftime adjustments will be INTERESTING, to say the least.

like Acid’s play calling……Good first half!!!!

…..over 40 yards, against the wind. I’d have thrown for the end zone, but I’m not paid to call plays.

I just think his body of work this year is poor. The Vandy missed extra pointstcks in my mind

aganst the wind I would have gone or it

We have a shot here.

……and we get out of hand, sometimes. I complained about the myriad plays to the short side, too. Dave Archer had a salient point on that. He said that the defense usually slants to the wide side, and that there is an advantage back against the grain, against that defensive line call.

…..We’re cool, everyone. A little heated discussion, in this frustrating year, no big deal. Us Auburn folks need to stick together, and cheer for a good second half. We’re doing WAY better than I expected!

We’ve got a chance if we play smart the second half and let the Dawg thugs slit their own throat.

WEGL, do your thing man. Last I saw we had Freedom of speech. Why Todd feels we all have to say Go Tubby after every play is beyond me. I wish he’d go play house with his sister, instead of telling everybody how to talk.

obviously would be so big for us, we have allot of our top recruits at the game. We could get bowl eligable and get the monkey of Tubbs back

criticise the game the play calling all you want i just would like to watch the game and read the thread with out you on your soap box about the season

We need a big second half. I have a strange feeling we are going to get it done in dramatic fashion.

We controlled the time of possession……..We have 134 total yards of offense…3rd down conversion action and only one penalty for 10 yards (versus 6 for 70). We are in it!! Pretty exciting.

……no one’s talked more trash on this thread, than me. I’m the bad guy. I’m the one with no class. I posted the shot of the awful Junior Rosegreen hit on Thomas Brown, at the top of the thread. Now, that’s UGLY. (I usually post my own photos, but not this time. At least I didn’t do the one with Brown face down, knocked out.)

…..Let’s get it together for the second half! War Eagle! Do we agree on that?

and planting all those flowers. lol.

…..all these years, but I consider myself a liberal. I’m for individual freedoms, but NOT massive deficit government spending. I think one should be free to smoke their weed. Just not government/taxpayer supplied weed.

….Fannin takes it at the ten. And is STOOD UP, at the 28. A late flag…

….is on UGA! Personal foul! And Auburn, too. Offsetting. Terrell Zachary.

it would be good for the economy….

….Tate gets 4 on the sweep to the wide side.

…..Tate on the deep handoff, we don’t block at all, loss of two.

…..against the wind. 3rd and 6. Shotgun. Pass tipped up the air, incomplete. Geno Atkins runs over Green and Bosley.

although Trotts’ blocking is helpful

…..BOOOMS it to the UGA 25, fair catch. Gotta love 50 yards! It was with the wind, not against. UGA will have the wind in the 4th quarter.

will hit the tight end on a drag route for about 15.

…..Shotgun. from the 40. Out, easy 9 to Massaquoi.

….From near midfield. I set. Moreno on the counter, Blanc gets him, but it’s a first down to the AU 49.

making the hippie lettuce legal

…..1 back set. Moreno up the gut, only two. Coleman. Haven’t called his name, much.

on 2nd and 9. The slant, Massaquoi, for 8. Thorpe drags him down. Tight coveage, good throw.

…..Shotgun. Dump to Mareno, down to the 30. Stafford threw as he was being hit by Coleman.

….I set. slot left. Moreno slashes up under the wide receivers, Etheridge hangs on, and limits it to 9 yards.

…..I. And we’ve got a stoppage.

false start!

…..I, slot right. Samuel on the give, Bynes gets him for a loss of one!

…..possession play. 1 back set. Bunch. Draw, Moreno BURIED by Doolittle for a loss! Big blitz on 3rd down.

…..1 back set, now shotgun. Stafford MISSES Green on the deep go! McFadden RIGHT THERE! NO GOOD! Auburn’s ball at the 27!

Our coverage has been really good downfield. I was really worried about Stafford gigging us for 40 yards at a time like last year.

….rolling up tons of offense, but they have no red-zone points. Might bite ’em in the end…

Moreno tons of yards, and Massaquoi tons of yards…doesn’t matter with no points to back it up

…..in the shotgun. Big drop, throw away, and a flag.

I like how the defense is playing. I would like to see better containment on Knowshon but you got to give a little sometimes to keep from giving a lot.

…..Grounding.

….2nd and very long.

….from the 14, the keeper, dropped for a loss. Curran is spying those QB keepers.

kind of gimpy on the left leg??

…..Bunch shotgun. Screen into the short side, Fannin loses another three.

….a fumble.

…..a 52 yarder, but a 14 yard return, on a no-call block in the back. Richt has been on the field for both plays, no call.

…..sideline call?

….on Auburn’s side of midfield.

Richt can walk on water, right? So why not walk all over the field?

pound Moreno. I would.

…..Stafford on the read option, gets 4. Moreno with a good block.

at the half. They had us pegged on each of those plays.

Keep running Stafford Richt. I’ll take that all day.

…..Shotgun. Auburn in press coveage. Moreno into the short side, gets 5. Blanc hanging on.

…..Stafford in the I. Handoff to the fullback, appeared to fall down short!

watch the play action

…..Review. I think the spot will stand.

he should have to risk the timeout.

…..maybe 2 inches short of the line. If that digital line is correct, that is…

……It’s 4th down. UGA has had PLENTY of time to call a play.

……The sneak, and our tackles get absolutely blown off the ball. The sneak goes for 2, on the quick count.

….I set. Play action, Massaquoi on the crossing route, down to the 15. No coverage.

….SHotgun. Draw to Moreno, down to the ten. Can’t get him in the backfield.

…..from the ten. I set. Blitz, Stafford missed the open fullback on the flare.

makes a big difference in Staffords accuracy

…..Shotgun, and UGA will call time, with 1:57 left in the 3rd quarter.

…..dial up. I’d run the read option, here, to the wide side. My bet would be that the handoff to Moreno would be WIDE OPEN, up the gut.

…..tries to avoid ANY white shirt, on third down, and the middle will be there.

…..Two back shotgun. Auburn bring EVERYBODY up. Fade, off the hands of Durram!

….McFadden made the play. UGA’s field goal is good, and they lead, 10-6, with 1:48 left in the third quarter.

we can get some offense going… HUGE stop by the D!

…..Auburn will be facing the wind in the 4th quarter. A quick score here would be huge.

….is out, though. No! Davis slashes out over the 31, but we get hit with the flag.

….with the illegal block.

….from the 10. Ace. Tate DIVES, to the 15.

…..Auburn will line up in the shotgun. Double stack each side. A messed up QB draw, for 1.

…..in the middle.

…..Out, short to Dunn. Just short.

….in the 3rd. UGA calls their second time out.