I hope to come back from my Missoula errands this morning and find the Tigers have racked up yardage and points and Todd finds his red zone magic again. I also hope Antonio Coleman and The Bull have excellent games and lead the defense to be stingy with McCluster and Snead. I have a lot of hopes for this team and believe in them.

Have a Bloody Mary for me!!!

WDE

…..will announce this game. That’s an upgrade from last week!

…..Anyone else sick of Zombie Nation on the jumbotron?

defers, and Ole Miss will receive.

…..and it’s DEEP, 4 yards!

AUBURN’s GOT it!

though we had it!

….back to Ole Miss.

5. Snead guns a hitch to Hodge, to the 10.

….Rebels at the 14.

Bolden crashes to the 17, 1st down.

…..I set. McCluster in, they swing it to Bolden, and he may go.

43.

….and goes for 8.

…..at the Auburn 34. Bolden will be close, should be enough for the first down.

Ole Miss moving.

….McCLuster ROCKED at the line, COleman!

…..Ole Miss comes out in the I. TIght end in motion. Draw to McCluster, got 11.

…..and they will go from the Auburn 18

low throw, Breaux can’t get it.

TIGHTEN UP, TIGERS!

…..SHotgun, for the first time. Swing to McCluster, first down at the seven.

….the sidelines.

…..at the seven. Play action, finds the fullback in the flat, TD.

…..and Auburn is playing SO far off, that Ole Miss can get at least ten on every screen pass.

and with 10:31 left in the first quarter, Ole MIss leads, 7-0.

I don’t have sec network. That seemed like an awfully quick drive

…..a HUGE cushion underneath, and Ole Miss has really exploited it.

……WAY out of bounds, Ritter hooked it like crazy.

for Chris Todd.

trips to the short side. Fannin in motion. Swing…. Fannin! Rumbles through great blocking, fumbles… and whew, out of bounds!

…..at the ole Miss 42. Eric Smith on the screen, to the 25!

Big hit on the kickoff, three Auburn guys have an easy fumble recovery, and they all get in each other’s way. Of course, next Ole Miss takes it 95 yards for an easy TD. Did they even have a 3rd down?

….Shotgun, pitch to Fannin, tripped, for only 1.

…..holding on Ziemba?

….pull trigger.

…..1st and long, for about 3.

Tigers. Todd takes off, inside the 20!

…..Rebels showing blitz, changing the play. Todd takes…swing, too high for Eric Smith.

……will try on a 36 yarder.

……taps it in!

But it was good to see the offense move pretty well. Stupid Trott.

…..and Auburn trails 7-3.

has only given up 8 TDs this season, I heard?

…..bad, but again, the only thing out of the receivers was a holding penalty.

……and it’s to the 13. Breaking tackles, and Gandy is SLAMMED down at the 35, out of bounds? Close.

Glad to see that we’re using more scholly players on that unit

……Auburn again playing WAY off, an out to Hodge for 10. Easy first down.

…..From the AU 45, McCluster off the right, got a couple. Eltoro Freeman.

…..Auburn again with the balloon cushion, but Thorpe CRASHES, and Thorpe drops a sure int on the hitch!

Need to get them!

…..PRess. Snead guns it into traffic, and Bynes drops an int!

….but Snead made a BAD decision.

…..The punt to Pierre-Louis. Lets it go, and Ole Miss NEARLY downs it at the 1. Touchback.

…..Wildcat, reverse to T-Zach, got 3.

…..Decent blocking.

Darvin Adams for the first down!

Tate tripped on the carry, got a yard.

jumps, Todd throws it away deep.

……on Ole miss

He’s back in place of his temp replacement Tony Franklin

……Power shotgun set. Two play chances. Play fake, going deep, overthrows a WIDE open Zachary.

…..2 back shotgun. Bursn in motion, to BUrns on the in-out, first down!

at the 50. Todd empty backfield? Keeps, dances, loses two.

…..looked panicky.

…..Pistol formation. Give to Tate, picks up 11!

……great move.

…..JUST short on the dive. Not a good push.

…..Auburn going. One back set? What?

didn’t make it.

…..No blockers? Deep handoff? Crazy.

costly. Auburn drives, but gets no points on a really stupid play call.

……and Auburn puts the D on the field again. I DID like how Auburn tightened up on the outside receivers, last time out. Snead reverted to his bad-throwing ways.

…..Dive to Rodney Scott, burrows for about 6 through the heart of the D.

…..Scott again up the gut, for a yard or two.

and Rodney Scott.

He’s definitely knocked out

……Bates and Slade/Bell at safety? That could be rough, for Auburn!

…..stacked the play up. Etheridge crashed up quickly, and they might have cracked heads. Might be a double-concussion situation.

…..let’s pray Etheridge is, too.

I don’t care if we’ve lost 3 straight, I still love these boys. Great character.

…..a stretcher.

…..and Etheridge and Coleman evidently hit helmet to helmet.

….by Etheridge. Wow.

on the pitch to McCluster, gets the first down easily.

…..of downs, at the AU 42. Draw to McCluster, for about 12 more.

….is back.

…..McCluster to the 26.

…..Pass batted, Darren Bates drops an INT!

That’s four near takeaways that we HAVE to get

on the tip.

High throw off the hands! 4th down!

JOshua Shene hasn’t missed all year.

….NO GOOD!

……No hook, flat kick! Ole Miss 7, Auburn 3!

…..but a flag.

…..Tate gets about 3, on first and 15.

…..from the 24,. Todd fires to Trott, just flat dropped.

You’re killing Chris. He needed that psss

…..Changing the shotgun play at the line. time, finally dumps to Tate, and Tate loses a yard.

……Blown opportunity, on that drive.

I’m sorry that is coaching. To contine to have these penalties killing drives is inexcusable. I would run those guys to death.

…..Joshua Shene on the SEC website, and he is listed as eight of eight on field goals.

http://www.secsports.com/sport_stats/football/um.htm

…..A BOMB! Green snakes through defenders for 15, and Ole Miss will have it at midfield.

…..a neck injury. No paralysis, though. Whew!

Snead CRACKED by Freeman, incomplete!

….got about 5, breaking tackles.

…..Empty backfield. Pressure, dumps to McCluster, short! Stevens on the big hit!

Ole Miss going.

and giving up some big passing plays out of the backfield. Freeman is starting to really play well, Nice stick by Stevens

…..Reverse missed tackle by Bynes, got the first.

Coleman on the miss. BOlden cracks to the 35.

…..Auburn needs to dig in. Rollout, Snead will get a yard. Good contain.

Nice jobe refs

……Snead will line ’em up in the shotgun. Auburn rushes four, screen, dropped!

Ole Miss calls timeout, from the 35.

…..might go. It would be a 52 yard FG.

eagle flight still gets me!

Ole MIss going.

I am now not sold that depth is our biggest problem on defense, I am really starting to think it is a lack of talent in the starting 11.

…..SACK!

Hot Carter with the sack!

…..with good field position!

…..dime package worked well, that time. 6 DBs, man with 2 safeties over top.

Hopefully that will fire the guys up…..and backfir on Nutt to the tune of some pooints.

……It will be Burns in.

and ole Miss swallows that thing up for a big loss.

…..Todd back in. Play fake, batted ball, intercepted.

Fannin, didn’t get any air under it.

Jesus

……it looks like it hit the ground!

if for no other reason than we have a chance in this game and we need to a momentum change.

Not enough evidence

……I won’t call them buffoons on this one, either way. I don’t think it’s indisputable.

…..a 3rd and 14.

That was not indisputable proof

……1 back. Play changing, Pistol. Draw, and Tate gets to the 48, not enough.

Play field position

…..Both of our tackles were horribly beaten, and Todd would have been crushed on the 7 step drop.

high punt, fair caught at the 11!

40-50 yards of field position difference

…..let’s rattle Snead’s cage again!

pitch to McCluster, spiders through the short side, easy 14 yards.

….at the 25, Bolden up the gut, Bynes with the stop! only a yard.

…..Fake, deep hook, to Hodge. McFadden there, but couldn’t rip it out.

…..at the 42. SHotgun, wildcat, McCluster to the 47.

…..1 back set. Stretch play to McCluster, for 3.

……Auburn needs to bow up! I’d look for the pitch, again.

pressure, thrown away, but I think Auburn was offsides.

…..illegal shift!

……Snead on the sideline, punt team in!

….with a short kick, downed inside the ten.

is kicking themselves right now

……backed up again. I’d like to see another screen on first down. WIde receiver screen. They are giving us room, if Trott would block the danged thing!

Still in the game. Would be in great shape if we could have gotten one or two of those takeaways, particularly the opening kickoff fumble

From here we will play exceedinly conservative and we will kick it back to them on our side of the field.
It seems like Zachery streaking for 93 yards was a millenia ago

at the ten. Press coverage. Todd, throws it away. Changed up the coverage.

and threw it away.

…..Pistol, Cover one. Delay to Tate, got about 8!

Will Auburn fans stop complaining about the officials being “out to get” Auburn? That interception call (mainly because of the bad camera angle) could have easily gone the other way.

……3rd and 2

…..Play action, DEEP! Zachary at the Ole MIss 40!

…..but a GREAT throw!

Todd hits a very well thrown ball over 10 yards long.

….for 9!

Borderline miracle….I

…..War Eagle!

…..Tate, to the 27, blown dead early. Buffoons.

Its his head

at the 28. A bomb! TD!

blown coverage!

 Auburn leads!

celebration about?

and the PAT is GOOOOD! AUburn leads, 10-7, with 5:23 left in the half!

If I say that enough, will that get us a couple of more TD’s???

and WE DID, on that drive!

to the one! Gandy snakes to the 25, Auburn failing to make tackles on the coverage.

Also, glad to see the offense running at ludicrous speed again

…..Snead under center. I set. Short drop, swings it to Bolden for 5.

…..McCluster in and they stretch it, gets 7. Good blocking, Fairley had to run it down from behind.

…..1 back, Play action, deep out, caught.

Ole Mss!

I figured they wouldn’t call it.

……1st and 20 for Ole Miss.

…..Slant to McCluster, POPPED!

I like it!

a 2nd and 17

but they seem to be moving to the ball faster than any other time this year.

…..Backside pressure, dumps to McCluster, dropped.

…..Come on, Tigers!

…..Snead calls time!

and hold containment you can make some stops

HOLY COW THAT WAS AWFUL

……will face 3rd and 17. Auburn showing Tampa 2. Snead flushed, and wow, we let him get 20

for about 45 seconds?

…..Shotgun at midfield. DOuble reverse pass to McCluster, Coleman forces him out for no gain!

…..I set. Draw, hit, can’t get him down, McCluster bounces it outside for 9

…..to wrap up.

…..Power set, Scott breaking tackles, gets about 6.

…..at the Auburn 35. Short drop, hitch and go, overthrown. Clock down to 1:03 in the half. Ole MIss has one timeout left.

…..Shotgun, whistle. That’s going to be on the O.

…….false start!

…..Bring the heat, Tigers!

McClusters needs to get shadowed by Colman and plant that little trouble maker

He moves his feet more than Peyton Manning ever dreamed of.

…..clock problem.

…..Shotgun, 2 backs. draw to McCluster, Fairley swallows him up for a loss!

…..High throw, incomplete!

…..in the half. I’d expect a Hail Mary.

…..Shotgun, deep out, incomplete!

seconds left.

…..and try a Hail Mary of our own.

a knee. I agree. Coach is smarter than I am!

at the half, 10-7! Can you believe it?

That we’re going off the field with a Chrsire grin on our face because we’re up by 3?

And I would throw a Hail Mary on the last play…..what do we have to lose???

They really need to get some good snaps before this season is out.

 			MISS	AU	
1st Downs		14	7
3rd down efficiency	3-9	2-6
4th down efficiency	1-3	0-1
Total Yards		233	183
Passing		107	125
Comp-Att		10-22	7-12
Yards per pass		4.9	10.4
Rushing		126	58
Rushing Attempts	25	16
Yards per rush		5.0	3.6
Penalties		3-20	2-15
Turnovers		0	0
Fumbles lost		0	0
Interceptions thrown	0	0
Possession		19:59	10:01

The possession is a little scary, but we’re playing pretty well. Moving the ball in the passing game is nice.

….but a jigger of Wild Turkey and a half jigger of Bailey’s is working! Mmmm… GOOD coffee!

Got any big plans for tonight? I love this holiday.