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I can’t believe its finally upon us. I’m really hoping for an improvement on last season. We’ve got to be waaaay more poolished all around. Oh well only time will tell.

WAR DAMN EAGLE!!!

I can’t wait for kickoff. Time to show all the doubters wrong.
I wish the Auburn fan base a great day..

WAR DAMN EAGLE!!

I am excited to see (or hear on the internet radio) how the Tigers are doing! I expect to see a cohesive team this year, which will be a welcome change from last. War Damn Eagle!

and may the best AUBURN MAN Win!!!!!!!!!!

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War Eagle boys and girls.

…..among those who thought that this one would be on ESPN360.com. Radio only, it seems, where I am.

…..the 3-0 lead, and seemed to be moving the ball decently, from the sounds of it!

…..as Adam Herring is beaten for the TD. Auburn gave up 3 15-yard penalties on the drive, and trails 7-3. McFadden flagged for interference, Etheridge on a facemask, then Goggins on a facemask. Not the way Ted Roof envisioned starting.

……zips it down the middle!

……Let’s not bog down, this time!

……Burns can’t keep it every time.

…..will score off the Wildcat! Auburn takes the lead back!

…..giving too much cushion.

…..and Auburn leads 10-7. The Bulldogs have the ball though, on a 3rd down and short near midfield.

They are flying around the field. They are playing fast, they are just out of position some so far and playing a little sloppy with the two face masks.

corners are’nt wanten to get beat over the top cuz they have a true freshman safety

…..for La Tech. A sneak.

……Measurement coming.

……A weird spot.

…..and Porter breaks it outside for 9, and a first down.

defense!

…..for the Bulldogs!

…..by Craig Stevens. And that’s more sacks than he had ALL YEAR, last year!

is bending a little too much. We need to get their offense off the field a little faster a few times and set a good pace.

……Short dump, and it’s 4th down! Nick Fairley!

…..Fumbles. Wow.

……I was worried about this…

……on the ground on A-Day. Lucky to get it back!

is he still hurt and not playing today?

……is out. Adam Herring got the start, after only attending 5 practices.

…..squirting through the hole for a great 1st down, on the wrap-around handoff!

……since Billy Brewer and Ole Miss.

……Auburn faces 3rd and long.

or is Todd really not making good reads and good throws so far?

……And so do we, and it’s Clinton Durst in.

…..we get 47 on the roll!

….too much cushion, but Auburn recovers the fumble! Nick Fairley!

……time to bomb it for the end zone!

Fannin had to go too far out of bounds.

and a great fake after. that stunned the whole defense.

…..If Tate gets 9 of it back on the draw on 2nd down!

…..wrap-around handoff is that DL guys will start raking at the back’s arms. Can result in a lot of fumbles.

…..has kept on every snap he’s been on, but Tech hasn’t diagnosed that, yet. 1st down!

….they do. Nothing on that one.

…..fumbles it away inside the 10. Auburn comes up empty.

…..on the next series.

is playing like a beast so far.

……seems fired up! Fairley is the real deal, it seems!

…..that should have been a delay of game!

…..that we have NOT fixed our awful short coverage in the middle, from last season.

really needs to tighten in a bit. they are leaving a lot of cushion in coverage.

……gets his first tackle!

……is just like he was last year. His name has not been called all game. No run support, disappears in coverage.

……Hammered again, on a facemask. That’s the second on Goggins.

these face masks calls are ridiculous. what happened to incidental, are they now just nonexistent?

…..in the first half.

Touch the mask, or anything on the helmet, and it’s 15 yards.

……a 3rd and 10, and a chance to stop Tech.

……has been deadly. I think he hit his first ten passes of the game, till Thorpe knocked that long one away.

The rules are getting ridiculous. Stuff happens on the field and there is a huge difference between grabbing somebodies mask and brushing it.

that should have been a catch.

……We’ll lose a lot of momentum going into the half.

…..Bynes again with a huge whiff.

……McFadden came off his man, to defend the tight end!

……1:27 left in the half, Auburn leads 10-7, but Tech threatens, 2ne and 10 from the Auburn 18.

…..Tech faces 3rd and 10.

…..Jenkins runs, and no one home in the middle. First and goal. Where was Bynes?

……Jenkins on the keeper, inside the 5.

…..to punch it in.

……Tech uses their last timeout. Not Auburn, just a lack of getting the play in on time.

……Jenkins overthrew it, Thorpe on the coverage! 4th down.

……Ties it. 10-10. Auburn didn’t even try to freeze him.

or do you try to put it in the air and get some points?

……If they have any trickeration on kick returns, this might be the time to use it.

….take a knee.

……in the 2nd half?

…..an 18-play drive, and they get the ball first in the 2nd half.

……that 3rd down pass was a shade out of bounds.

……fumbles the return of the squibb. I see his hands are about the same as previous years.

……will give it to McCaleb, who jukes for 9!

……So what if we throw a pick?

……Bring in Byrum!

……and this could mean the lead, and a huge lift for the Tigers!

……and Byrum NAILS IT!

with another solid kick.

…..13-10, at the half! Great use of the hurry-up drive!

……Auburn STILL has the lead at half! Auburn MUST choke up on the coverage in the 2nd half. We’re lettting them nickel and dime us to death underneath. Jenkins needs to feel the heat.

…..Look at ESPN’s halftime box score, on the rushing. Who the heck is Caleb Blanton? How did he get 2 carries for Auburn?

http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=292480002

Need to get a pass rush and cover their receivers better

……there’s a lot to disappointed about, in this game. We’re encouraged, because I think Auburn is dominating on both lines of scrimmage. But, 4 keys:

1. Penalties. 67 yards in a half is horrendous.

2. Wide Receivers. Trooper Taylor was supposed to make a difference. Darvin Adams had a drop, and we’ve got exactly 1 catch for 10 yards out of those guys. Kinda like Monroe, last year. Negligible production out of the receiving corps.

3. Ball security. Tate, Trott, Fannin. Can’t let that ball loose!

4. Defense in the middle. Jenkins CANNOT be allowed to chew up double digit yards scrambling up the middle! And we NEED to knock those slant and smash guys OFF THEIR PINS when they cross. Bynes, in the Tampa-2, that’s your job! You drop, and disrupt those patterns!

…..Bynes got SMOKED on a screen to Porter, for a 1st down.

……Livas contained at the 24.

…..War Eagle!

….continues to get his name called. He’s creating havoc on the line!

……And it’s Fairley banging the QB! 4th down!

…..not drop this one!

……Let it hit, and gives up extra yards.

……Zachary gets his first catch of the day, on a good out!

…..McCaleb! Seems to pick up good yardage, every carry!

…..Fannin can’t hang on, and is hurt.

…..a hold on Issom.

…..another fumble. 4 on the ground now, La Tech has the ball.

…..wide open for 7.

……Porter bruises over the Auburn defense for another 1st down.

……Porter is snowed under for nothing.

…..INTERCEPTED! The TRUE FRESHMAN saves a TD!

…..Jenkins floated that one up, and Darren Bates gives it back to the Auburn offense! War Eagle!

…..Burrows for 6.

…..3rd and 4.

……Todd will go deep!

…..a 92 yard TOUCHDOWWWWWWWNNNNNN_AUBURN!

…..the record! Longest TD pass in Auburn history!

…..later! Terrell Zachary’s bomb replaces Daniels in the record book. Daniels, if you’ll recall, got his against La Tech, early in the 2nd half of homecoming, 2004.

……and Auburn leads, 20-10!

…..it’s now 93 yards. That will be the LONGEST TD play, of any sort, in Auburn history!

……is snowed under short of the 20, by a fired up Auburn team!

……Porter slams for 3.

…..Jenkins, fires, overthrown.

…..Auburn catches a break.

……Jenkins will step up, and fires into traffic! Incomplete!~

…..A punt coming.

……and Gulley is pounded. Well, at least he held on!

……on the screen, for 4.

……McCaleb on the Stealer play, gets 5.

…..Todd in, to Tate, will be short.

……I think we got a generous spot.

…..McCaleb will chew 9 more yards.

……on a deep post. Incomplete, 3rd down.

…..Now, it’s third and 10 on an underthrow.

……Todd misses Benton, and Durst will return.

……will bang a high, short one, pins ’em at the 13 on the fair catch. Will hurt his average, but good field position play.

……7, then Auburn smokes the reverse for a loss. 3rd and 5. Jenkins will fire too hard, too long, and incomplete! 4th down.

…..to return.

……gets a horrible bounce, back towards La Tech, only 33 yards. Auburn’s football near midfield.

……They got upset by William and Mary today. ACC!

……is dangerous. I hope he stays healthy!

…..flag. Berry with the hold. 3rd and 10.

…..a flea flicker to Burns, deep to Trott, overthrown. I think we’ll see Wes Byrum.

…..from 47 yards, rifles it through!

…..a 23-10 lead!

……and Auburn is starting to open it up.

…..to Livas at the 7, and Livas has his best return of the day, out to the 32.

……Trying the running game twice, and it’s 3rd and 5.

……Flushed, and we let him out. 33 yard gain. Ouch.

…..refusing to die.

this kid has good poise and is making good decisions. He will be a good one.

…..SACKED! Nick Fairley!

……and Bynes dumps Porter on the short pass!

……Jenkins dumps to the sideline, but it’s only to the 29.

……Will they fake it? It’s 4 yards.

….they hit it. Auburn lead is cut to 23-13, with 52 seconds left in the 3rd quarter.

……will take the KO to the 28.

…..Todd is a receiver. Burns will get 2 up the gut.

……and another first down!

……and Auburn leads, 23-13! War Eagle!

…..in the Georgia Dome. Bud Foster’s D isn’t all that solid against the pass, but they are trying to kill the guys in the Bama backfield. A really stupid forearm shiver to the back of the head penalty on McClain gives Tech a TD, and the Hokies take the lead, 17-16, with a minute left in the half.

…..corrals McCaleb, and it’s 2nd and 10.

……on the dig, for 28!

…..continues to pile up the yards.

13 more! 1st down in the red zone!

……thrown backwards, Zachary loses 7.

…..Blake. 3rd and 16 from the 17.

…..Beats ’em on the corner, Todd lays it in! Touchdown, Auburn!

……Up and good. 30-13.

…..hooks it wide left, and Virginia Tech will lead the Tide 17-16, at the half.

……To Livas at the 4. Livas gets 28. We are getting blocked. Flag?

…..Back ’em up!

……Porter goes untouched to the 25.

……For a short first. at the 26.

……to the 33.

…..Got 1 on a draw. Bynes.

……and La Tech’s center Lon Roberts is down and hurt.

……McFadden gets his second interference flag of the game. 1st down Tech.

……a wide open guy over the middle.

……3rd and long.

……Jenkins will fire backpedaling, bounced it off one of his own guys! 4th down!

…..Gulley lets it bounce, it goes backwards and downed at the Auburn 35.

…..and Auburn still leads, 30-13.

…..is happy with his La Tech 23, Auburn 21 prediction. Way to go, B’ham News!

…..hammers for 6.

…..for about 6.

…..will get close to another first down.

……La Tech is out of gas, on D.

…..McCaleb to the 25.

……Fannin on the screen, to the 18, another first down!

at 508 and counting

…..a bunch of catches, today. McCaleb on the pitch, easy score!

……has collapsed under the flood! 37-13! War Eagle!

…..that Florida would never score 70 on Charleston Southern, today. May not, but UF has 62, with over 4 minutes left. I missed on UGA, though. Cox flu was the wild card on that one.

many thanks for the live updates

btw many procedure and motion penelties?

……142 yards rushing. Not bad for a true freshman’s first game, eh?

I could see this one! Oh well, they’ll be on a station I can see on Time Warner cable. TW sux!

….actually reached the endzone on the kick, but out over the 20 on the return.

…..but a lot of subs in the game.

…..right now Tech is at 19.9 yards per. That’s better than our last year 21.5.

has missed a field goal attempt. They are down 14-13 to BYU late.

……might be out of the BCS picture in just week one. Sam Bradford got slammed down on his throwing shoulder, is out, and Brigham Young appears to be poised to win.

…..and Gulley is back again. The punt…

…..and falls on it at the 24.

BYU baby

…..too. I had expected to see it on ESPN 360. I’ll have to wait till after the CSS rebroadcast at 5 PM tomorrow, to grade it.

…..with Charter cable, and AT&T internet. But no. I guess I need to either switch to U-verse, or get digital cable.

……to pound the clock out. We’ve evidently got TWO hundred yard rushers in this one, as Tate seems to have pounded out about 120, too. We’ll likely not see another snap.

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enjoyed the feed.

…..37-13. I’m not TOO far out on my prediction back in my May preview. I called 31-10. Folks ridiculed me, too.

……with some grades. We didn’t do everything right today, but it’s a much better start than last year, especially offensively. War Eagle!

Ontario MacCaleb?? Yep, I think we’ll keep him! A little rough around the edges, but the boys looked good in the second half. War Damn Eagle!! Now…Go Hoakies (LOL!)

Or will they expand it out a bit more and let it loose a little more each week? The line looked very good on the run blocking, they left a little to be desired on the pass blocking but earn a B+ from me.

I hate to give the running backs a B+ with two 100 yard rushers but putting it on the ground as much as they did makes it tough to give them the A+ the numbers earn. How about an A-?

Todd had a very solid second half, his first half he could never find a rhythm with the receivers and it showed. He gets a B+ too for settling in and taking care of the ball like we need a quarterback to.

Receivers. I have to give them a C+. Their timing and routes were still off and they still didn’t do much. Outside of the 93 yarder in the second half for Zachery, our passing game didn’t do much.

Byrum gets an A+, 3/3 on field goals including a couple long ones and perfect on extra points, can’t do any better.

Nick Fairley is a beast and gets an A+ by himself, he was everywhere when we needed him. The rest of the d line gets an A, they did a good job and Jenkins made them look a little worse than they played.

I can’t in good conscience give the linebackers better than a D and they probably deserve an F. They were no where to be seen on run support, and left the middle open for lots of short passing.

The secondary did a good job. Bates played solid and the Thorpe played good. McFadden had two pass interference calls against him, one was crap and the other he just got there a split second too early. I will give the secondary a B.

All in all, the offense looked solid and consistent the majority of the game. This offense just put up 540 yards or so on a reasonable team and can only get better this year sans injuries. The defense played a good game minus a few stupid penalties and poor linebacker play, but in the same breath you have to give credit to Ross Jenkins for playing a good game and keeping his composure the whole game.

War Eagle.

Both sides of the balll rebounded well from big early penalties, which I think you can attribute mostly to jitters and playing under the big lights for the first time for a lot of our guys. I think they were under more pressure than one would believe initially. But man, they settled down great.

Wes Byrum had two HUGE confident boosters for him (late in the 1st half and another later on in the 2nd).

Chris Todd threw the ball extremely well and inserted my foot into my mouth firmly regarding his playing ability. Even a lot of incomplete passes were right there for our recivers.

Our running backs looked very good; our o-line provided good protection considering it was our first game.

Though he ran for our first TD, I did not like the Burns package we used last night. Since he’s officially not a QB anymore I feel like he needs to fall in line with the rest of our rb’s and recievers. I see that “wildcat” formation getting very tired and worn after a couple of games unless Malzahn’s got some serious wrinkles in that scheme ahead for the rest of the season.

Overall, I was impressed. A big gripe under the Tubbs regime was second half adjustments, and last night we had the best second half to a football game that I can remember. We had over 500 yards of offense for the first time since 2005 ( I think, if I heard correctly on the post game radio report).

So, in closing I feel good about our chances against some other teams that maybe a few weeks ago I didn’t. It’s still early and I’m not going to going to get my hopes up too high but I give Chizik an A+ in his debut. His coaching staff made adjustments and really shutdown a LA Tech offense that seemed to be finding its groove towards the end of the 1st half. I hope everyone had a pleasurable experience this weekend whether you wee at the game or in your livingroom. Let’s hope we can make some noise this year and sneak up on some people!!!

WAR DAMN EAGLE!