Live Thread, LSU at Auburn!

…..And LSU looks HUGE!. Look at those fireworks! The fans are fired up! Let’s hope the players are…

……and it’s to the ten, and it’s returned all the way out over the thirty. Not so great.

…..SenDerrick Marks and Goggins, for 6.

…..Auburn blitzes, the hitch is complete for short yardage in front of McFadden.,

Scott is DUMPED, by Mike Blanc!

…..SACKED, Marks! only a 4 man rush against the shotgun!

…..overthown and incomplete, but Ohhhh, Toliver was WIDE open deep against Merill Johnson.

…..and it goes down to the ONE. Dunn lost it in flight, should have been fielded.

…..Have mercy! An inside screen for 9, to Billings.!

chased down on the sweep, for a loss of one. No backside blocking.

……Showing blitz. Rod Smith is open on the hitch, first down!

…..Todd on the read-option, and he’s buried for a loss of one.

…..Empty backfield. Billings for 8 on the blitz, another wide open hitch.

Tate with the DEEP handoff, stopped a yard short.

…..Shoemaker, and it’s a shank. 39 yards, but out of bounds. 8:21 left in the first, and LSU has the ball at their own 31.

…..but not the best first attempt. Still no return, 39 yard net, we’ll take it!

…..Read option keeper by Hatch, and Blackmon has to track it down after a nine yard gain.

…..Hatch is BURIED! by Doolittle! Only a 4 man rush!

…..Slant to Byrd, I think he’s short, Etheridge NAILED Byrd after the catch!

…..LSU will kick it deep, fair catch Dunn at the 23. 43-yard punt. 6:06 left in the first. War Eagle! How ’bout that defense?

…..with considerably better field position. Todd GUNS on on the out route for Trott, who can’t handle the hot pass. Nearly picked off.

…..And they get caught. A wounded duck pass towards Billings.

…..Todd is blitzed on the empty backfield, throws over the head of Hawthorne.

…..Big blitz coming again. Todd guns it for Trott, can’t catch it again. Trott is NOT open on either throw!

…..Shoemaker. LSU called fair catch, but a DROP. Whose ball? LSU. Weird play. Not a great punt.

…..I set. Hatch will deal it off to Scott, and had good blocking. A 7 yard gain.

…..Hatch takes off, and slices down to the Auburn 34.

…..Mike McNeil! Makes a BIG tackle for a loss on Murphy!

…..Shotgun. Hatch for no gain, against a 3 man rush!

…..Draw, Scott to the 28.

…..He sends in Colt David.

…..a timeout by Auburn? What?

…..And this time, LSU goes with the kicking team. 46 yard attempt is good. 3-0 LSU.

…..Auburn will go with Tristan Davis and Mario Fannin. To Davis, for nearly nothing short of the 20. High, high kickoff.

….The Tigers will deal an inside shotgun handoff to Tate, who’s buried for a loss.

…..A skinny post, to Rod Smith, for 31. Wide open!

…..for one. Tried a quick hitter, LSU wasn’t buying.

….Still in the shotgun. Todd slings an inside screen towards Billings, it’s behind.

…..Big blitz coming. And, we get a false start on Ziemba.

……Blitz, they hold and give Todd time, but he finds no one, and is lucky to not get called for grounding.

…..Holiday fumbles the punt AGAIN! But gets it back again. LSU will go from the nine.

……and it’s NOT looking good for the Tigers. They are playing decent defense, but LSU is going to get some points off of individual athletic plays. The Auburn offense CANNOT run the ball, at all. Outside of Smith and Billings, none of our guys can get open, or catch the ball if it gets there. As usual, Chris Todd has at least one ball that should have been picked off. LSU has dodged TWO bullets with Trindan Holiday fumbling a pair of punts. War Eagle!

…..But we’ve got to move the ball better, or we won’t score today.

…..LSU starts from the 3, and slams Charles Scott inside for a yard. Michael Goggins is down, possibly with an ankle injury.

…..And is now running!

…..I set. Scott, hit in the backfield on the sweep, but he surges forward for about 6

…..3rd and 3. Double tight end option. Hatch will be close, probably has it on a generous spot.

…..I-formation. Scott up the middle, hit immediately, but gets about 7, blue shirts bouncing off.

…..shotgun. Weird looking option, and they lose 3.

…..3rd and 4. Shotgun, 2 backs. Delayed blitz, brilliant coverage by Jeraud Powers, not the best throw. 4th down!

     Dalfrey shanks one that rolls all the way to the Auburn 30, for a 50 yard punt.

……And it’s time for the line to get something going. LSU is playing without a free safety. What ever Auburn lines up with inside, LSU is adding an extra defender. We’ve got essentially man coverage. When we go empty in the backfield, LSU goes blitz with 6, and Todd gets clobbered. We’ve GOT to get that hot route going to the open man!

…..to Tate, for 2.

…..Todd throws low to Tate, dropped off his hands.

look for the rush! Empty backfield, Todd CHUNKS one up, and finds Hawthorne for a big gainer!

 LSU 38. Tate inside, for 4.

…..Tate! Sweeps down to the 20 for another first down. Trott with the block!

at the 19. Tate inside, only one yard. Tyson Jackson slid over and plugged it.

…..Fade to Trott! Flag, and it’s lucky. Trott can’t come up with it.

…..from the 3. Todd in the shotgun. Tate to the 1 inch line!

…..Todd goes under center! I set! Tate dives, TOUCHDOWN Auburn!

……is good! 7-3, Auburn! War Eagle! Great running by Tate, and a HUGE 3rd down catch by Tim Hawthorne!

…..Hull, with a squbber, really short, and LSU is all the way up to midfield.

….at QB. from the 43. Scott busts out the back side for 9 yards. Again, great blocking by LSU.

…..I set. Scott bulls forward for 3 and a first down. To the Auburn 48.

…..Scott on the draw for 13. Ran into Zach Etheridge, plastic cracked, and Etheridge is down.

…..LSU is manning up and blocking well. Etheridge is up and running off.

……Scott is submarined by Antonio Coleman for a loss of 1.

…..from the 33. Play fake, chased, Lee throws it away. Coleman contained, and pressured.

…..Watch the draw!

…..Rushes a bad throw into the zone to LaFell, and it’s 4th down.

……for a 50-yard try. LOW, may have been tipped! NO GOOD!

6:25 left in the half. Lester slashes inside for 2.

…..Corner route to Dunn, badly overthrown, picked off.

…..with Lee. I set. To Scott, Craig Stevens stuffs him at the line!

……I formation, Leee on the go route to Byrd, Powers shields off that throw!

…..Auburn showing zone. Thows underneath, Merrill blanketed the tight end, incomplete! Great play!

…..a HOWITZER, Dunn lets it go, again. ???? 58 yards. Dunn had only one defender down there, too. We’re backed up to the 11.

……And we need Todd to settle down and make good decisions!

……Two back shotgun. Todd keeps it to the 16, hit hard.

……Trips to the short side. Fake, Todd slips, but he’s still SO open that he gets 11! There’s a flag…

……I’m sensing a hold. Discussion, and personal fouls, dead ball, offsetting. Carr and Eugene.

….Todd will hand to Tate. A hole opened momentarily, but they close Tate down for 4.

…..Read option, and Tate crashes for 3 more. Third and three.

……Shotgun. Big blitz coming. Keeper, LSU was ready. only a gain of 1.

LSU calls timeout with 1:47 left. Big series coming up for the Auburn defense! Trying to preserve that 7-3 lead!

…..A sideline shot, and Jones will fair catch at the LSU 25.

…..Shotgun. McKenzie snares an EASY pick six! A screen, and Lee bloops it to a former tight end! They’re NOT… GONNA… GET ‘IM!! Touchdown, Auburn! Byrum’s kick is good! 14-3 Auburn!

…..LaFell is buried on the short kickoff, at the 36.

……Hatch back in, after THAT boo-boo!

Handoff Scott, hit, nearly fumbled, loss of 1!

…..Under a minute. Option. Hatch fights for about 9, hammering. Clock down to 31 seconds, 3rd and short.

…..I wouldn’t be surprised to see ’em play action, and load up a deep ball.

…..I set. Belly play, for the first, to the fullback Johnson. 25 seconds.

…..Read option to Scott, for about 6, then Miles calls timeout.

…..They’re just past midfield.

……Big Ben right. And then Tub calls time!

…..They go Big Ben. Throw the other way on an out, low throw, incomplete.

Hail Mary time. Short, knocked down by Walt McFadden! WAR EAGLE! We’re up, 14-3 at half!

……War Eagle!

……Auburn puts Mario Fannin and Tristan Davis back again. LSU kicks it DEEP into the end zone.

……Todd from the shotgun. Rolls left, scrambles for his life, then finds Billings, who turns it into an 8 yard gain.

read-options, and makes a nifty cut for a first down.

…..Awkward chuck to Rod Smith, who slithers for another first off the hitch. LSU should bite down on those. Too much cushion!

BACK! Lester slithers for another big first down!

….to Dunn, for 9.

…..Press coverage, read option, they shove him out after another first down! Todd the runner!

……Lester slashes for 3.

…..Slip screen to Rod smith, for 4.

…..Handoff Tate, and he loose a bunch, but LSU mugs Tate out of bounds, and we get a flag!

…..19 yard line, don’t turn it over. Lester is snowed under for a 4 yard loss.

…..Todd scrambles, dumps it off to Lester, and loses 5 more.

…..Expect a blitz. Todd cowers, and is buried out at the 35. Saw it coming two hundred miles away.

…..Wasted drive. Terrible, terrible punt. Goes out at the 27. 8 yard punt.

…..but LSU came up and really took the backs away. Todd REALLY didn’t need to take that big sack, either. Cost us three points.

…..and time, but they have to be stoked after the stop with no points.

…..Play action, Hatch escapes for 11.

……Marks splits the gap and trips Scott up for 1.

…..Shotgun, option, Hatch is POUNDED after a short gain, by Powers. Rocked, and he’s out.

……UNLOADED on Hatch. He fell down trying to walk off.

…..And Hatch is probably done. That’s gotta be a concussion.

…..shotgun. Auburn blitzes, but doesn’t cover the tight end. Dixon picks up the first on the quick throw.

…..LSU shotgun. High screen pass, over LaFell’s head. Had a blocker, but probably not much room to run.

…..Lee will read, roll, throw late, and NEARLY got it picked off by Walt McFadden!

……A huge blitz, he had time, then got nailed, threw falling, to Mitchel at the goal line, caught, TD LSU. Big play for LSU, beating a freshman Auburn corner.

…..Neiko Thorpe was there on the post, but couldn’t knock the ball out. Perfect throw.

…..LSU closes to within 14-10, with 6:38 left in the 3rd quarter.

…..It’s an onside kick, and Auburn is caught asleep. LSU ball.

…..At the LSU 42, Lee throws short over the middle to Murphy, hit immediately.

…..Back to the I. Murphy is snowed under for a loss, by Merrill Johnson.

…..Lee lofts up a quick go, overthrown to Byrd. Punt time.

….Dunn fair catches at the 12. Good JOB! Hats off to the Auburn defense for bowing up, and keeping this game from getting away!

……Has had time to cook up something new.

…..to put this game away.

…..Auburn goes two back, hands off inside to Lester, and he fumbles. We got it back, somehow, with a gain! Tyrone Green falls on it.

…..Wild, deep thow to Dunn, way high, and somehow Dunn came up with it!

…..to Lester, across midfield, for about 7.

…..Swings it out to Lester, to the LSU 41, first down, twisted down, and oh no. That looks like a bad knee injury…

but it’s not looking good for Lester.

Nice round of applause for Lester.

…..at the LSU 41. Tight press look. Todd checks off. Back to zone. Todd doesn’t recognize, an throws into it. Lucky it wasn’t picked!

…..Option to Tate, for about 7.

…..Todd will face a big blitz. QB draw, very close to the first down. A little short, I think.

…..What will they do? Going.

…..Under center. Fake, roll out, throw to Tristan Davis, terrible throw, picked off. About like a punt, though.

…..they’re backed up. From the 11, Lee hands to Scott, hammers for 11 right up the gut!

…..Lee to LaFell, WIDE open. Slot againt Mike McNeil, burnt.

….to Lafell, we can’t cover him. First down, wide open.

…..LSU lines up again. I set. Pitch to Keiland WIlliams, half back pass, secondary totally LOST. TD, LSU.

…..17-14, at the end of the third. an 89 yard drive in 4 plays, and Auburn trails 17-14.

…..Throwing on first down with his young quarterback, and Auburn can’t both stop the run, AND cover all of LSU’s options at receiver. What will Paul Rhodes do, during the break?

……It’s up to this team, and this crowd, to come back up off the mat and knock out a victory.

…..we’d BETTER not give up another onsides…

…..It’s to the 10. Davis tries to cut inside, but the blocking isn’t there. Down at the 25.

…..Now Tate drifts in. Throw on the quick out to Dunn, nice catch.

….Todd on the option, cut off, lost a yard.

……Power I. Tate hit in the backfield, DRIVES!!!! for the first down!

……12 men on the field for LSU, Auburn snapped it quickly. 15 yards!

……?Q? should have been illegal participation!

…..Todd LOADS up a deep corner, into the LSU bench. A LSU man was the only one close.

….Handoff Tate, hit in the backfield, no gain.

……It’s do or die time… Todd swings it out to Tate, covered, dropped.

…..must punt. WHERE is Durst? Shoemaker will hit another lousy punt, but Auburn gets the roll inside the 10! It goes for 49 yards!

…..Will Miles/Crowton continue to throw on first down?

…..Handoff Scott, and we get another 10 yard run. Auburn looks tired.

……for LSU. Handoff Scott, for 9 to the 25. The Auburn line is being MAN-handled. Double team Marks, stand everyone else up.

……Auburn flails helplessly at the ankles. A 24 yard LSU gain. This one is getting away.

…..The Auburn D for 30.

…..LSU line ’em up, Marks penetrates, and Blackmon stops Scott for 1.

…..Lee misses LaFell on an out. He was open, would have either been 9 yards or a first.

…..LSU wound it down, and had to call timeout. 9:19 left in the game. Huge play coming up. I would not be surprised to see Miles go deep down the middle on this one. Our safeties have been absent against the post.

……If Jarrett Lee makes a big play, he attains folk hero status. Should he make a mistake, and turn it over… A lot of pressure!

…..Screen to Scott, barely tripped up, at the 15.

…..watch the fake.

…..is good. LSU extends the lead to 20-14. Auburn must score a TD, to win.

……but now the Auburn offense must produce. Chris Todd will be measured by the Auburn fan base on the throws he makes during this drive. He must be accurate. He must make the correct reads. He CANNOT throw it to LSU! Pressure on Todd, because if we don’t move it this time, the game’s probably over.

……We’re too far back, but it’s not onsides. Davis fumbles, but gets his hands back on it!

…..Throws a hitch, too high, into zone. Smith hung out, and it could have been picked off.

……improvises, and finds a WIDE open Tim Hawthorne, and a foot race out of bounds to the LSU 15!

…..gives to Tate for 2.

…..Tate, hit in the backfield, lost a yard.

……Big play time. empty backfield, here comes LSU! Get RID of it!

……Auburn calls timeout as the clock wound down. 6:48 left.

……Todd MUST make a good decision!

……Empty again. Here comes LSU! Todd under pressure, LOFTS it, DUNN is WIDE OPEN! Back of the End zone! TOUCHDOWN, AUBURN!

…..Is GOOOOOOOOD!

……21-20!

……And please, please, please, don’t squibb this kickoff!

coverage guys down.

…..It’s deep to the 9, and Williams makes it only to the 31.

……I set. Scott, stuffed! Marks!

……1 back. Play action, way overthrown. Byrd was covered.

…..And we have a stoppage for cramps on Demetrius Byrd.

…..timeout.

…..Zone for Auburn. 3 man rush. Deep out, missed. Missed communication, I think.

……and Auburn holds! LSU will punt, with 5:40. Dunn fair catches at the Auburn 24!

…..The question of how to run the clock with the spread. And Tate gets the shotgun handoff for a yard loss. That didn’t fool anyone…

…..We go empty backfield, and throw the ball way out of bounds!?! What was THAT?!

…..Now Tate in, draw, got 5. 4th down.

…..WELL over 4 minutes. That was a pitiful effort by the offensive minds!

……with Shoemaker? Short punt, LSU’s ball at the 45.

…..SHotgun. 4 minutes. Handoff, picks up seven.

…..midfield. AU leads, 21-20. Slip screen to Mitchel, first down at the Auburn 42. Took a long time to develop, but blocked well.

…..Antother screen, got ten more yards, and out of bounds. This is slipping away…

…..Scott inside for 3, gets the first. It was 2nd and one. Clock down to 2:34.

…..shotgun. Slant to scott, down to the 21. Beat the blitz.

…..but it’s 2nd and 1. At the Auburn 20. Fullback Johnson, for 3, first down.

……I set. Brandon Lafell on the out, beats Zach Etheridge, and Lafell turns the corner for the score.

……Spread, throws out of bounds. Auburn trails 26-21, with 1:03 left. Auburn has two timeouts.

…..Time for a big play. LSU will kick it to Tate at the 25, out across the 35.

……On an out for 3 to Tate, but LSU gets a questionable roughing the passer!

Looked like one step, to me!

From the LSU 47. Todd will get sacked for a BIG loss. Can’t hold it when they blitz. Ziemba was cooked, on that one. Thinking about the after the game party, I guess.

……From the Auburn 38. Todd goes deep, has Hawthorne behind two defenders, overthrown.

……Todd completely misses a wide-open Dunn on the post.

……What will happen on 4th and 25? 32 seconds left. Todd will throw it short, and it’s over. Rod Smith, 4 yards short.

…..And it’s over. LSU wins, 26-21. War Eagle. Good effort by the Tigers, but it’s not enough.

Old school Auburn could have definately beat LSU… The spread just isnt working yea the game was close but thats only because we have a defense putting up points. And there have been tooo many situations Kodi should have been in the game to get needed first downs… I agree with you Acid the spread hasnt proved anything imo… War Eagle!