… there’s a bit more to like than that

but in this instance I have to say GO GATORS! I don’t live next to a bunch of obnoxious Gator fans. Ditto for Texas should Bama get past UF (which I doubt).

I disagree with you.

AU outplayed Bama until the last Bama drive. Bama found a way to win the game….kudos to them but I am calling it correctly when I say that AU outplayed Bama until the last drive. There are no moral victories although I have heard the idiots Bammers that call into JOX try and say that AU was claiming one all morning…..but then again they are idiots (and yes the few AU fans that call in are as well). And you are a complete moron to say that AU had to come up with “gimmicky” plays to keep up with Bama…..we ran the same plays that we ran all year long…so if the bama coaches and players were caught off guard who’s fault is that?

Everything you said was true and false. Sure the stats you put up were fact but it dosen’t tell the game as it really was. Which is typical of game stats. Plus the way that you put it, “I think it’s worth noting. though, that Auburn had to do this along with the gimmicky plays because Chizik knows that his team is completely inferior to Alabama. There’s no way that Auburn could’ve lined up like men and played Alabama straight up.” Is just a bit bias. Which is typical of most alabama fans. Was it gimmicky when a pump fake by the QB confused your DB and caused alabama to get burned for a 72 yard touchdown pass? …. Hmm. Maybe it happened because your safety was playing the run too much and got out of position and the coaches noticed that and called that play to counter it, But gimmicky wasn’t to blame. Plus, the last time i checked reverses aren’t gimmicky. They are used to counter a fast defense. Which on the first 65 yard run it was used to perfection. Sure we kicked an on-side kick-off but is that really a gimmick? But i suppose since it took alabama off guard then by bammer standards thats a gimmick too.

It amazes me when credit can’t or won’t be given where credit is due. Auburn pushed alabama to the brink. They did it by smacking you in the mouth. They exposed problems in your top-ranked defense that a much better team will exploit worse. Face it, Auburn is a long way off when it concerns the talent and depth behind MOST of our starters, yet alabama’s “stacked” team struggled to beat them. If it weren’t for that depth problem then our defense would probably have stopped that last drive much in the same fashion that they stopped the others(just like alabama claims that they would have stopped LSU even with the interception).

Good luck with Florida. I suspect alabama’s gonna need it.

If thats the case then you had better prepare for the gimmicks of a life time when you play Florida. Because they will be running a lot of misdirections or “gimmicks” as you call them. I wonder if they were called gimmicks when people were running the triple option for what 50 years? I suppose that all Nebraska knew how to do was run gimmicky plays in the early 90’s.

Auburn takes “The best alabama football team in history” – Ray Perkins, to the brink and bama fans say they did it through gimmicks….. Nice one bammer. It would have been a crying shame had Auburn actually won. There would have probably been mass suicides all over the state with a note that only read, “Damn Gimmicks!”.

1. “Trick Play” is a play within the rules that Auburn planned & practiced to run against Bammer in the Iron Bowl that Bammer wasn’t prepared to stop.

2. “Pick Play” is a play that is against the rules that Bammer planned & practiced to run against Auburn in the Iron Bowl (see the final drive) that the SEC refs were not inclined to call.

to properly prepare for our “gimmicky” offense. You’re lack of knowledge is as astounding as your arrogance.

… acccording to the sports writters and most all of the bama nation, bama is the # 2 team in the nation, with the # 1 Heisman candidate, with a top defense, and with the greatest (highest paid) coach in America ? Whats the problem ? Same as always, crybaby bammers can never seem to “man up”. Examples: We were on probation, we had a coach that couldn’t recruit, we had a coach that could play but could not coach, we had a coach that never played for the bear, we had a coach that drank too heavy and got in trouble in strip joints, It wasn’t fair-we had injuries, Auburn was not playing fair since they had better talent, It wasn’t fair they had a week to prepare, they did not play fair since they used gimmick plays that we did not have film on……. blah, blah, blah, cry, whine, blah…. Its always the same, lose or win a close one…. nothing but excuses. To use your analogy, Why can’t you just “man up”?

… to stop Ingram — trick plays or not.

Hello 30 yards … goodbye Heisman.

Thanks for some rational thought.

This game reminded me a lot of the game Alabama played against Oklahoma back in 2002 under Franchione. Oklahoma was ranked #1 and ‘Bama came into the game aware that they were outmatched. We kicked an onside kick on the first play, recovered it, and scored. ’Bama led at halftime, but eventually the Sooners were able to take over the game and win 37-27. I remember feeling bad that we had lost but proud that we hadn’t laid down and taken a beating but had thrown everything we had at Oklahoma. I don’t begrudge Auburn feeling the same way.

Alabama obviously came out flat, didn’t prepare very much for Auburn, and nearly paid the price for it. Credit to the Tigers for playing inspired and giving it all they had.

… a reasonable computer nerd hacked into WW4’s account.

Auburn’s hurry up style of offense is not meant to win the time of possession. Enjoy the victory and stop being a dumbass.

bunch of crap I have ever seen. Now you are posting “domination” stats. Give me a break! UAT won the game. Congrats! But UAT was “dominated” for 58 minutes like they had not been all year. Any rational bammer knows that Auburn outplayed and outcoached UAT.

Alabama dominated the final score 26-21

Really? Really?

Normally, yeah, we would not be happy about going 7-5. But we were forced to cobble together a defense from freshmen, even playing guys at a position they’d never played before just to get our best eleven on the field. And you know what? They played pretty damn good. Better than good.
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The young defense played it so good they held a potential Heisman RB to 30 yards. In the end, McElroy was able to finally exploit that inexperience for a touchdown in the final minutes to win the game by 5 points.
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The young defense played it so good they held a potential Heisman RB to 30 yards. In the end, McElroy was able to finally exploit that inexperience for a touchdown in the final minutes to win the game by 5 points.
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It was a game see-sawing back and forth. You can make the argument that had the game ended two minutes earlier, Auburn would have won. Or you could say if the game had gone on for another minute, Auburn might have scored. It was one of those kind of games. Not a lop-sided as whipping like last year. So the fans were happy to see their thin little defense stay in the game for the fourth quarter.
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And then there’s the promise of our offense. Alabama was forced to play catch up for the vast majority of the game.