I've posted this before and i'll say it again.  This offensive system will not work in the SEC.  Okay, maybe it will after 3 years of implementation and recruiting the right players but not any sooner than that.  The question is, do we want to invest the time, energy, effort, money into becoming a team that resembles the early 90's University of Miami?  It is just a different way to score and win, but do we want to get away from our roots of running the ball down your throat?  After all we are Auburn and that is what we've built our traditions off of.  I've been coaching for some time now at different levels of play and i will say that i am no expert but even i can tell you why this system will not work in the SEC.

1. Everything is out of the shotgun and mistakes will happen such as bad snaps, offensive linemen who jump offside because they can't hear the count. (We saw both of these in the Miss St. game)

2. When you do want to run, you ask the offensive linemen who stay in the 2 point stance because everything is out of the shot gun, to run block from their heels.  When you run the ball the linemen need to be in the 3 point stance so they can fire out and hit the defense with some kind of speed/push.

3. When you do run, you only have 5 linemen blocking out of the 2 point stance.  In the traditional running method, you have 5 linemen blocking out of the 3 point stance as well as 1 or 2 other running backs blocking for the ball carrier (also out of the 3 point stance).

4. Auburn doesn't have the recruits to win at this level with this offense.  Don't get me wrong, I love our guys and they are great athletes, but if you are going to run this type of offense, you have to recruit the best WR, TE and QB and we did not recruit these type positional players.  We recruited linemen who can run block and have asked them to become great pass blockers in a short amount of time.  When they fail to pass block they get holding penalties. (ref. Miss St. game again)  Because we didn't recruit WR's with world class speed, they don't get open as quick as the WR's say from Florida, Hawaii or Miami and therefore we see a lot of coverage sacks on the QB.  Again an increase of holding penalties.  And let's face it, I like Kodi and Chris, but neither were high on the National QB radar in High School for passing proficiency.

5. This new offensive scheme works at the high school level because H.S. QB's can't read defenses and therefore depend on the coaches to audible, which is a very good feature.  Not sure it's worth changing a multi-million $ program just to use though.  What was the difference between Brandon Cox walking up to the line and audibling based off of what he saw on defense and having the coaches do it from the sidelines.  College QB's have the ability to read defenses or they wouldn't be playing at this level.  Borges' system was a good mix of spread and traditional SEC running game.

6. The only thing that separates this offense from traditional spread offenses is that it's no huddle and the offense gets the play from the sidelines so the defense has to be ready to play and can't make adjustments.  This is a great 2 minute drill offense but I'm not sure you want to hang your hat on.

7. The commentators said it best, "You can't date the spread offense, you have to marry it."  I'm not sure Auburn or Tommy want to make this their bride.  It's just not who we are and it will take years of recruiting changes to become proficient at.  The spread is also very fickle.  Sometime it looks flawless and awesome but most times it just looks bad (Miss St. game).  Hawaii last year made it look great because they had the personnel to run it.  However look what happened to Hawaii's spread offense when they faced a good UGA (SEC) defense...  Do we really want to try to compete in the SEC with this type offense?

  I even question Franklin's ability to call the right type of plays.  Fourth qtr, late in the game and all you need is first downs to run the game out and what does he call:  a play (again out of the shotgun - dangerous!) where the center snaps it back 4 yards and then the QB pitches it backward another 3 yards which turns into a fumble and recovery for Miss St.  Therefore the ball was passed between 3 players over a total of 7 yards and Davis fumbled.  The better play: under center, safe snap and a hand off to a tailback who has a fullback blocking for him. Clock runs, safe bet, ball control, positive results...

Let's face it, Auburn bailed this guy out by hiring him.  Sure Troy's offense looked good - in the SUNBELT CONFERENCE.  We took a big risk on this guy and we are watching him dismantle our offensive tradition.  The commentators who do not follow AU football were questioning our offensive play calling. 

These are just a few thoughts that i came up with from my recliner after the game.  Heads up folks, here comes the tigers of LSU - WAR EAGLE!!!