Another Great Saturday for Football!

Happy Game day. USF is giving FSU a run for there money. USF’S backup B looks like a stud

Maybe we get a look a Tyrick today at QB if al goes well.

……offensive guru, got a LITTLE too fancy against LSU. Had 3rd and goal at the one inch line, with about a minute left, with a chance to tie, and extra point to win. You’ve got Anthony Dixon and Christian Ducre, two of the best runners in the SEC. Your QBs are near the bottom of the league.

…..What does Mullen call? A play action toss to the tight end. Knocked down, and it’s 4th down. THEN, a QB keeper. Short. MSU loses. What a serious, serious series of brain-farts!

…..zero-all, midway through the first quarter! You can tell it’s a CBS game. 30 minutes to play seven minutes of game time. Wow. That’s a lot of commercials!

Did not think about losing the red shirt status.

Had a big sack on Miami and forced a turn over and capitalized with a touch. I would not be surprised to see V Tech win this ball game

……like another wet night at Jordan Hare:

http://www.alabamawx.com/?p=23264

…..I got my soaking today, in the Sam’s and Walmart parking lot. I’ll be in front my screen tonight, and dry!

…..O-line looks awful. Bama is ALL OVER Mallett, with only a 4 man rush!

No time Ark D is play better then I expected, Glad I have three tv’s allot of good football on this afternoon

at the V Tech game. TCU Clem has been good matchup so far. V Tech is the ABC game

Satin lose today. LSU snuck out if Starkville they are on the rise at Miss St

USF beating FSU- UREAL

What a gutsy fake punt by Ark

…..isn’t going to lose this one. Arky’s O-line missed the plane. If Arkansas gets out of this game with Mallett still healthy, it’s a plus for them. On a more serious note, Bama’s Donta Hightower may have blown out a knee. That’s a big, big loss for their D.

……And right after that, Arky runs the fake, then attacks the medium zone where Hightower plays, for a big completion. Will Bama regroup on D? I’d think so.

…..blitz. That’s a young QB, for you. Gotta get rid of it!

……strategy on D. Zone getting soft due to injury? Start sending secondary folks after Mallett. Keep him rattled…

…..is South Florida 17, Florida State 7. Knock off BYU, lay an egg at home. The ACC CONTINUES to be terrible!

…..just broke off a big-time, tackle busting TD run.

…..tried to stuff a deep post into cover two. Rookie.

….no answer for Arky.

…..Chris Todd is on the field on Auburn’s wildcat.

Wide open Jones touchdown

is the best team in the country

…..is rattled, and so are his receivers. Tough environment.

…..and you’re running 5 yard hitches and sweeps to the short side. Not gonna get it…

…..Arky receivers are butter-fingered. Wonder how much it’s rained in T-Town? We got a bit of a toad-strangler a couple of hours ago, in Birmingham.

…..to be amazed at teams punting right at Arenas. I’d kick it out of bounds 30 yards, every time, if it were my team!

….is taking it hard! Virginia Tech is now up 21-0, on Miami, in the 2nd quarter!

….another one into double coverage.

the hogs to bed

In AU that it looks like night. Rain has started. Those of you who stayed home are very wise men. Thank God for Miller Lite!

Never say never. Even a blind hog finds a acorn

That was the only acorn touchdown bad guys

so much for the U being back they are getting waxed in Blacksburg

With Oregon crushing Cal USF beating FSU Ole Miss getting beat and Miami going down they are cleaning up

what I meant was today was a great day for the suits in Vegas

…..I just enjoy. No money on games, for me. And yeah, I’m sinking down towards the cellar in the yahoo pick’em thing, too. I just fry my peppers, onions, and fajitas, and enjoy a margarita during these things!

…..that rain has delayed the Auburn/Ball St. kickoff till 6:30. I wonder if it was as bad as the mess I slogged through, last week?

I heard that. I need to have that attitude.

Why they delayed it. We’re in the stadium and it hasn’t rained in more than an hour. No lightening either. But it looks like it’s about to pour again.

……Starting guard Byron Issom is out. Freshman John Sullen will get the start. Issom is not dressed out. I hope it’s just a precautioun, and saving him for UT.

…..the Auburn Kentucky game as the season’s pivotal game: lose it, and Auburn wouldn’t make a bowl game. Well, UK is stinking it up at home, down to Florida, 24-0, in just the first quarter! Eeewww!

Let’s put some SEC azzzzzz whopping on Ball St

…..and we are actually getting a bit of a sunset, in the Tragic City! Maybe that’s a good omen for the situation in Auburn, too. The skies don’t look too bad, from the Fox cameras. Nice piece on the Raptor Center, they did.

……Stand by, for Auburn Football! War Eagle!

Here at Jordan-Hare. But it’s picking up.

…..It’s Hull, and it goes to the 9, and Williams outflanks the majority of the coverage, and stepped on the boundary at the 30.

continue. Play action, quick cross, incomplete.

…..to Lewis, Bynes gets him after 2.

…..Shotgun. Page floats a corner route out there, Gibson can’t one-hand it.

…..Gulley will fumble! Ball state falls on it at the 24.

…..Here come the Cardinals.

…..Delay, Lewis barrels for 7.

……Ball State has first and goal, to the 8.

…..after the Gulley fumble.

…..It’s Page on the quick hitch, Orsbon is down to the 2, Thorpe on the tackle.

toss, Lewis will squirt just inside the pylon, TD. Ball State.

All over again.

……and and good. With 12:26 left in the quarter, Auburn trails, 0-7.

Have to get fixed this is a back breaker. It wont work in SEC play and will cost us games

…..Fannin gets from the goal line to the 25!

……Pistol. Screen to Zachary, gets 3, dancing.

…..Taking our time. Under center! Pitch to McCalebb, and he has the first down at the 38!

…..Wildcat, Burns snags a high snap, and goes forward to the 40.

…..gets about 8, dodging tacklers!

…..and there’s a Ball State guy down. Auburn goes kind of slow on the first series, but when they pick up a first down, they are suddenly RUNNING to the line, and getting it snapped quickly!

……And Auburn’s in the Ace, Tate is short on the dive.

…..confusion, Huddling with under 10 seconds. Pitch to McCaleb, buried. Loss of 2.

……looked confused from the get-go.

…..buried for a loss of 1, then offsetting personal fouls on both teams.

…..More shotgun. Fake the handoff, Page fires to Jeremy Hill on the hitch, for 9.

…….They fake to Lewis, hit hard in the backfield, and… you guessed it, Auburn didn’t wrap up. WIll be close.

…..Going for it. Shotgun. Auburn calls time out.

……and Ball State is 4th and one at the Auburn 36, with a 7-0 lead. It’s not the start most of us envisioned…

…..key play for Ball State. Play action, out route, caught to the 25

…..Yes! Auburn’s ball!

…..Nice recovery by Etheridge. Now, a LONG review.

close though

……going to be difficult. Can they reverse the call on the field? Not based on the video, I don’t think. The call was “fumble.”

……Right call.

Tate dancing, nothing doing.

…..BLOWN UP, on the right side.

…..Todd fires short side, Adams at the stake on the sideline, first down!

…..Upon further review, it’s 3rd and inches, I think.

lost yardage off the right side.

……Durst in.

……Orsbon back. And now a stoppage, delay of game.

by the TIgers.

…..Durst will hit a short one. Low, fair caught at the 34. 37 yards. Again, not good.

……spread ’em out. They are NOT going to let us run between the tackles.

we need to get tuned up for out trips to TENN and Ark, which both look very winnable

…..34. Ace Formation. Counter-trey, a yard by Lewis.

……They’ll go 1 back, quick hitch, to ORsbon, close to the marker. THorpe will hold him short by 3 yards.

…..Page under center. another hitch, first down.

at the 45.

…..Page setting the shotgun. Lewis up the gut, to midfield.

…..Ball State moving it.

….Lewis, stoned by Craig Stevens, got 1.

…..Come on, Tigers!

…..TIme, noone open, Page hit, lost the ball, Auburn has it!

josh Bynes has it!

Raining like crazy here at JH.

Here we go, Tate to the right again, nothing doing no gain.

…..A STRIKE, to Adams on the in route, to the 11!

in High def

Tate to the left, run out at the 6!

…..Play fake, back of the endzone strike, Trott has it, TOUCHDOUNNNNNNNN Auburn!

…..BOOMS in the PAT, and Auburn has tied the game at seven all, with 2:53 left in the 1st quarter!

looked hurt… shoulder

……Out of bounds at the 5. Poor, line-drive kick. Awful.

In memory of the late Jim Fyfe – God rest his soul. I will never forget listening to him growing up

…..out with a leg injury, headed for the locker room.

….Ball State, Page gets 4 up the gut.

…..at the 44. Screen, BLOWN UP, by Darren Bates for a loss of 3!

Here got hit in the leg with a helmet…

…..Great hit by Bates!

……Pressure, sacked, COLEMAN!

these injuries going into the meat of the scedule

Blanc got there first!

….Gulley lets a really short one go, and it rolls to the 23. But, we have a flag.

Auburn will make ‘em punt again. I don’t know about that decision…

…..already fumbled one.

…..The punt is up…Gulley, takes it in traffic, fumbled again late, but Auburn has it at the 35!

…..let’s just rush 11!

……GOt nothing out of that decision.

….at the 22. Todd screens it to McCaleb, 3 defenders waiting out there, no blockers, and we lose 3.

….Todd FIRES into traffic, 3 defenders, and SOMEHOW Darvin Adams comes up with it, near the stake!

……but Todd to Adams has been SOMETHING, this year!

…..of the first quarter, with Auburn and Ball State all knotted up, at seven-all!

….tonight. Not necessarily super accurate, but the things have some serious HEAT on ’em!

…..off the last one.

….Play action, dump to Tate, got about 8!

…..Tate.

is getting blown off the ball

……off the left side, across midfield at the 46!

. Tate goes left again, tripped, looks hurt after only a yard gain.

screen to Zachary, GONE!

……And Jay WIsner sprung him with a crushing block!

is what we need to do. Don’t fool around with sdeline to sideline…..except for that play.

….They take the lead! with 13:47 left in the half, Byrum kicks it through, and Auburn leads 14-7!

82, LEVELED the strong safety!

Playing tough at the line…hopefully that will start a trend of our speed taking over.

…….It’s Hull again. To the 5. Splits the first wave, but Harry Adams knocks him sideways at the 25!

……the block in the back, AND holding. Back ’em up!

with the Cardinals trailing for the first time in the ball game.

…..Lewis is BURIED at the 2, by Zach Clayton!

…..too!

…..I set, SAFETY~

by Josh Bynes!

…..AUburn leads, 16-7!

…..with the officials, complaining mightily.

IN THE JUNGLE BABY! YOU’RE GONNA DIIIIIEEEE!!!

…..to just crush the Cardinal offensive line. It was like turnstiles opening, the last two plays, as the Auburn line just blew through to, all the way across!

and now it looks like I’m gonna get schooled.

…..let’s hope we can hold onto it.

we need to keep overwhelming them.

……The kick goes to the 15, here goes Fannin, all the way out to the 40!

…..holding.

will play at the next level. He has really put some size on since last year.

…..Kerby? Never heard of him.

…..Option to McCaleb, no clue for Ball State. McCaleb to the one yard line!

And McCaleb knifes in off the pistol formation, and it’s an Auburn TD~

he slowed down or they never would have got him

…..Byrum nails the PAT, and Auburn leads 23-7!

…..for 16 points in less than 2 minutes!

Can we hang 60 ?

……and the CBS guys. But these off-brand network guys like Bob Davie are horrible. They make mistakes nearly every drive. It’s like they didn’t read the media guides.

THat would be nice.

……A shaky start, and only gets this on to the 20. Too much dancing on the return, and they only make the 23.

…for State. Page on the quick hitch to Hill, for about 6, McFadden there quickly for the tackle.

…..Under center. Play action, out, got the first by a yard, to Hill. Pick route.

…..Shotgun. Sykes gets it on the jet handoff, dodges one man, but gets stopped at the line. And it’s all for naught, as Jake Ricks is offsides.

when we give him time to throw he makes us pay. SMACK by Bates!!

……They’ll line it up in the Pistol. pump fake, takes off, tripped after two yards.

…..at the Cardinal 42. 3 wide, under center, inside blitz, Page dumps it short of the tight end, gettting pounded down.

My honest pick isDeath Vallley

…..Shotgun. 4 man rush, no pressure, to Orsbon to the 47. Uncovered.

…..Cardinals. Zone read to Sykes, to the Auburn 49.

…..At the Auburn 49. Play action, tipped ball on the out, dropped!

…..got the ball!

3rd and 7.

…..Throw in the flat, Goggins tipped that one and it fluttered harmlessly to the turf!

……Punt returning is Carr. Rugby kick that only goes to the 23. 27-yard punt. Didn’t work like the Cardinals hoped.

…..the returner position catch it? AND hold on? Quindarious Carr is now in the batting box, it seems. No chance for him on that one, as it was squibb-rolled out of bounds way short.

……about UT struggling with Ohio. It won’t last, of course, but right now the Vols are only ahead 21-17 in the 2nd.

…..from the Tiger 23.

…..Shotgun for Todd, I look. Todd with all day, throws into a 3-deep to Fannin, and lucky not to get picked off.

…..McCaleb on the pitch, gets 10! A Ball state guy goes down on the cut block.

……And that would be a big loss for the Cardinals.

that guy has really got a lot of charisma. I guess Texas will try and hire him next year.

GONNA PUT IT ON YOU!!!

…..3-wide shotgun. Pistol look. Toddpumps, goes deep, gone!

…..on the out and up again, a lONG Auburn TD!

…..on that one! 8:22 remaining in the half, Auburn cruises out to 30-7!

How about another bomb..

I also love he was gonna run a play while they were carting off the Dead Bird.

…..is doing a great job of crucifying an 8-man front!

……another soft one, only to the 11, we don’t stay in our lanes, Willams makes it out to the 42.

He makes me look stupid for being afraid he can’t carry the team…. I LOVE LOOKING LIKE AN IDIOT!!

……things, hitting 9-10. The one incompletion was the bad throw to start the last drive. Miquale Lewis slashes for 9 off-tackle.

…..at the Auburn 49. Delay to Lewis, hammers to the 41, first down.

…..3 wide. Lewis, for only a yard, with Derrick Lykes hanging on his back.

You’re down 23??? Throw the ball….so we can get the ball back.

……Page fires on the hitch, Orsbon has it at the 34. In front of THorpe.

…..Down the middle deep, Zach Ethridge ran into the tight end, no call. It was overthrown, anyway.

….Pistol. Play action, thrown out of bound on pressure!

…..Demond Washington on the coverage.

…..Todd in the pistol. McCalebb off the right side, nothing.

in the 2nd half

…..Fake reverse, DEEP hail mary, and we’ve got holding.

…..McCain on the hold. 3rd and 10

Wrap around draw, loss of 3 by McCalebb.

…..with this kind of O-line play.

a fake…

loss of one, and Ball state has the ball in great shape!

…..We’re running out of backs, suddenly.

We need to careful here. We’re getting some folks hurt. We don’t need to be PRACTICING with our stars.

…..Eric Smith?

and the rest of this staff the have rejuvinated this program. Auburn football is as fun to watch as I can remember. Who would have thought this in Feb ?

….They play fake, deep post, broken up, I think we will get a flag on McFadden.

…..18. More shotgun. That hitch, diving catch for Gibson at the 15.

Freeman.

, delay to Lewis, loss of a yard!

and Dee Ford.

and more bad tackling lets im get ack to the line

…..Shotgun. Corner route, overthrown, incomplete. McFadden sheilded well.

…..McGarvey will hit the upright! But it goes in. Ball State pulls to within 30-10, with 2:35 left in the half.

Eric Smith at the 36!

and Tate over center, for 4.

…..Tate dumps to Fannin, won’t go down, slides down the boundary for 14!

…..Shakes and bakes for no gain.

Tate for 6.

That was a lot of work to get back to the line.

at the Cardinal 40. Zing to Stallworth, spins out, to the 25!

Bring it!!!

 Great run by Stallworth. Timeout, Auburn, with 51 seconds left.

…..at the Cardinal 25. 2 back shotgun. Play fake, thrown away short. Big rush.

…..Ball State loading up the rush. Cross to Fannin, bashed out at the 19. Or not.

Todd dumps it to Tate, should be a first down at the 15! Auburn uses its final timeout.

…..and they are calling it 4th down.

…..what will the TIgers do?

THey’ll try to take the points.

….Byrum is money, of course. It’s GOOD! Auburn leads, 33-10, with 7 seconds left in the half!

guys.

…..It’s Hull again. And again, it’s a short kick. squibbed, dancing around, and swarmed under. Half is over, and Auburn leads, 33-10!

…..Auburn has 325 yards to Ball State’s 72 total yards. If you take away Gulley’s punt drop, and the ridiculous fake on 4th and long, Ball State would have goose-egg on this game. And Auburn might have more scores.

…..after the half. I’ve got a well-seared fajita skillet to clean and re-season.

we’re playing sloppy and undisciplined.

Well, yeah, if we don’t drop 30 on them in 10 minutes. No info provided on McCalebb and Burns. Says they won’t be back.

Just saw the Tebow play. Its lucky he’s not paralyzed. REALLY.

He got crushed on a sack and driven backward with his head snapping back after hitting an O-linemans knee. Scary stuff. I hope he’s ok, he a good kid…even though he’s a gator.

ran back for a TD and now leads 17-14

We owe them BIG time.

At JH. Stadium is maybe half full.

Is it tough to get scalp tickets there?

…..Tate hammers from the 3 to the 25.

…..kick it to the 3. WHy can we?

…..Todd. Hands to Tate, to the left, HAMMERS for 15!

stuffed at the line. 1 yard gain.

So close to breaking it.

……Hitch to Zachary, powers to the 48

…..Pistol. Tate off the right, powers to the 47, first down!

…..Loaded to the left. Zone read to Smith, for about 13!

Smith had great blocking.

…..At the Ball State 33. Smith inside, dances for 6. GOOD line drive on that one.

hope this continues.

…..Screen to Fannin off the trips left, high throw, off the finger tips.

like he wants to pop somebody in the noggin!!

…..Pistol, after shifts. Hitch to Adams, should be enough for the first, driven back, but that things was ZINGED in there.

Darvin was juggling the ball

….At teh 22. To the goal line, Fannin can’t get it. Good coverage.

…..Changing the play. Todd drops, has to throw it away. Ball State didn’t rush, looked for the screen. And a man downfield on Auburn, too.

Bad sell job by Todd

…..Goes to the 26, 3rd down. Todd scrambles, fires a sandlot pass to Adams at the 5, TOUCHDOWN, AUBURN!

TOUCHDOWN AUUUUBBUUURRRRRRNNNN!!

Keep making me look dumb man.

and Wes Byrum kicks the lead up to 40-10.

……it’s time to get the front line folks OUT of there.

He has flat blown up this year!

On play by play for Sportsouth. So bad, he’s funny.

…..It’s Morgan Hull again. They know it will be short. TO the 10, Williams to the 30.

…..Ball State under center. 1 back, it’s Lewis juking and avoiding tacklers for 8 yards.

….with the missed tackle in the backfield.

had a chance in the backfield and missed

…..should have the first down on the dive out of the shotgun.

Eltoro has missed in the backfield. Gotta break down.

…..Ace look. The quick hitch for 7 to Orsbon. They can hit that whenever they want to.

Freeman figures things out

….Williams takes the direct snap and runs for a first down.

…..Lead handoff to Williams, crashed for a bunch.

saves a TD at the Auburn 25.

….up the gut goes Williams, pushes Auburn back for about 4.

…..Shotgun. Page fakes on the zone read, keeps, and goes untouched right at the weak side, untouched to the end zone.

Stay home on those reads. Especially when we play Jefferson in a few weeks

……were the weakside linebacker and free safety? Kick good, and Ball State cuts the lead to 40-17.

we play like this in October things won’t go so well for us

That was horrible. The First team D just bought themselves another posession. I think if they stop them they get the rest of the night off.

….smoked us, on that drive, against the STARTERS. Do we keep the starting o in, and risk more injuries on a soggy field?

……Tate to take it, and he won’t go down! ALL the way to midfield, but there’s a flag.

……That will put us back at the 28.

….ZR to Smith, big run across the 40, to the 42!

….Now pistol. Todd keeps, and gets about three. Looking to hide, there.

Don’t be doing that Chris….you’re gonna get killed.

…..More shotgun. Tate up the gut, dodging tacklers, has another first down at the Ball State 36!

and get the rested for Tenn next week.

…by Eric Smith. Slip screen to Fannin, and he’s GONE~

For 6!!

….his 5th touchdown pass for Auburn! Lutzencirchen with the block!

…..good. Auburn leads, 47-17, with 7:09 in the 3rd quarter.

We play better “D”
Play better special teams
Auburn looks like world beaters.

Gone you will see him on Sunday’s

…..also, with another TD-springing block.

Then the points wer’re giving p don’t look so bad.

…..will be Hull again. It’s to the 10. WIlliams down at the 25.

first ever with 4 TD passes in back to back games

……under center. Lewis, makes ’em miss, off the left, gets about 7.

…..starters still in. Dive play, nothing doing. Sykes got nothing.

…..Here’s a hitch by Justice, (new QB), and Zach Etheridge nearly has a pick six! False start, blown dead.

…..for Justice. Auburn in cover one. Flushed out, Bynes stops him 3 yards short!

…..Auburn sends Carr back.

……off the side of his foot, out of bounds at the 17.

….4:30. Will we see Caudle and the 2nd string?