Saturday’s Win In Columbia Changes Everything For Auburn

I will admit that I, along with a number of other Tigers, found some displeasure in the manner in which Trotter played most of the game. That last drive, however, is probably his best to date. He had previously held the ball too long, wasn’t overly accurate with passes, certainly cannot run all that well, but he had the confidence and poise on the final drive that led to an Auburn victory over the 10th ranked Gamecocks. Thankfully, the Auburn faithful don’t have the reasons to be as dissatisfied with Trotter that the Gamecock fans have with Garcia. Obviously none of those with whom I spoke were pleased over the final seconds of the game but, overall, they were gracious in defeat.
Here’s hoping that Chizik and Roof can put together the offense and defense necessary against the Razorbacks. War Eagle!

I don’t think you’ll beat Arky, LSU or Bama…But UF and UGA seem well within reach. With win’s over Ole Misses and Samford that would put you guys at 8-4. Long way to go, but it seems doable with a little injury luck.

7-5 now seems a worst case scenario rather than a goal.

I’m certainly not expecting it but if we follow the same game plan as we did against the Gamecocks, we have a chance the pull off the upset. Run the ball, play keep away from Wilson and try to keep Arky on their side of the field.

Its no secret you can run on Arky, who will load the box to stop Dyer from carrying it another 40 times. That SHOULD open things up for Trotter in the passing game…depending on who is healthy enough to pass it to.
If we can win the Time of possession battle and get a push in the middle on defense to put some pressure on Wilson, I give us a good chance to win.

Easier said than done though, we won’t be able to turn the ball over like we did and expect to win. We will have to finish our drives with points on the board.

It was great to be at the game. The Defense was super but I had mixed feelings about Barret during the game but the last drive should really do a lot for his confidence as well as the whole team’s. War Damn Eagle !

No doubt that the Arkansas offense is far more potent than that of USCe. If the defense comes out and plays the way they did on Saturday, then it puts us in the position to win. Which puts our O on the hot seat. These guys have to limit turnovers and convert on 3rd down.

But, I’m still not entirely ready to look ahead…still enjoying the win on Saturday! War Eagle!

Like I said earlier this week, it was time for the Tigers to find their mean streak.

The defense stepped like it could have and should have and that made me very happy to see. I’m still not even close to being on the Roof-wagon but I can’t deny the defensive gameplan was right on against the Gamecocks.

I am very very frustrated with the Malzahn O the last 2 and a half games. Something seems off, but I’m not sure what it is. Saturday it seemed like we were getting either poor receiver play or USCe was really covering our WR’s well. I’m not good enough to know which it was.

Trotter is starting to really agitate me with his staring down the receivers. It is a huge tipoff to the opposing D and teams like Bama and LSU will eat him alive if he doesn’t improve that aspect of his game greatly.

I was very happy to see how well our o-line did against the USCe d-line. We had some stinky downs but all in all it was more than enough for Dyer to finally have a breakthrough game this year. Dyer really showed how important he can be to this offense going forward. He eats yards and clock and that is something this offense has lacked all year.

AND my game ball, helmet sticker, and free chicken dinner all go to the little engine that could T’Sharvan Bell he played Jeffrey like a wildman all night and AJ was beaten badly. His only TD catch was on a PUSHOFF! Oh my lord how did the officials miss that?! Regardless T Bell played one helluva game against one of the SEC’s top targets and shined!

War Eagle! Beat Arkansas!

As it has been stated all along by many on this site we are most likely going to have the ups and downs that are consistant with a young team throughout the entire year. Just remember to breathe deeply and by patient (myself included). Many times one half of the D on the field are freshmen and RS freshmen.

The game plan of play field position,run, run and run some more to eat up clock is the ideal game plan against Arky as long as the score stays close. If our nickle D can cover tight man we may see more blitzing than we have thus far.

I’m only able to get the first 2 articles on the main page of every site and none of the fan posts or fan shots. It’s been like this since Friday.

I hope we can feel just as good at the end of next Saturday. While I know 2 out of the next 3 are SEC West contest, I want to win the Florida game the most.

In my opinion, we experienced a break through on defense. I come to that conclusion because this same USC team beat UGA in Sanford Stadium in Athens. I guess speculation could be that USC didn’t play well… but I would again assert that AU had something to do with it.

Our D-line hurried Garcia all day long. I think we got at least 3 sacks that I remember. And we picked him off twice. But not only that, they coralled Lattimore for only 66 yards. That is EXACTLY what the doctor ordered.

Our offense wasn’t very impressive… but it did the job. We did take some risks because we were on the road. They didn’t pay off in points though. And I thought the pick thrown by Trotter in the endzone was because he was running for his life. The young man holds the ball too long while staring down his receiver. This is an ability that some have while others don’t. It’s nothing to be ashamed of… and let’s give the devil his due… these cocks on defense were pretty good. Wow… I can’t believe I used that in a sentence.

A lot has been made of the second. Speaking for me… I am not sure what a second would do for USC that 59 minutes and 59 seconds had already proven. But I did watch Spurriers sports show… God love him the man is just as honest as the day is long. He was very critical of his own folks… and he never once made a coloring book joke about AU.

My players of the game: Lutzenkirchen (Mr. Football) and Mike Dyer (Never quit). The attitudes demonstrated by these young men are what Auburn is all about!

I think Chizik came away a winner this weekend. But the real winner was Roof. He was vindicated. Because unlike last year… AU dominated from the beginning of the game to the end. If there was a loser… I would say it was Gus. Some of the “prestige” kind of wore off… I almost got put out by him not bringing in Frasier to stay when Trotter was running for his life… but again, to his credit, he knew what Trotter could do. And what’s more… Trotter did it.

On to this weekend:

I cringe about playing ARK this weekend. I was there at the game last year… they are tough no matter if they are 1-11 or 12-0. They just match up well against AU.

The QB is great. He actually relieved Mallet in last years game. I thought he was better than him.

My take on the strategy in this game is:

Defense: No change. We cannot allow Tyler to sit in the pocket and throw all day. We must attack. And our DBs they got to cover… all the time.

Offense: No change. But we have to score and hold the ball. Not necessarily in that order.

WDE