Can Auburn Play Spoiler on Saturday?

Good job Jay. Allow me to be the first to weigh in. I for one have been looking forward to this week and dreading it all at the same time. I believe we will know the outcome in the first quarter. This team does not have the explosiveness to come from behind like last year. We must get up early in this contest and the crowd must be LOUD. If the crowd takes a collective nap like they did last Sat. we are in big(bigger) trouble.
The homer in my is holding out an inkling of hope of the upset but the logical part of me says it will be a curb stomping.

War Eagle

he’s not as well known as some announcers, but he is very good. I’ve always enjoyed hearing him call games, and especially boxing on Friday Night Fights. Good luck to y’all this week, although I honestly hope we beat you by 30, in the friendliest way possible ;-).

I’ll go on record predicting an LSU-Okie State title game.

We just need you guys to keep it close, single digits, but a win would obviously be nice.

My primary reason for being there was a father-son excursion. We had scholarship seats on the 50 yard line and parking next to the stadium. I had bought the tickets in September in a local fund raiser.

A lot of things happened since that time. We lost to Clemson, ARK, LSU, and Georgia.

But… when I heard that Pat Sullivan was going to be there… and more importantly they were going to recognize him…. well, I was all in. The way the Auburn team treated him… well, I can just say it was moving. Very classy indeed. I loved it that his former team mates were there to receive honors as well.

Do you know the names of the former players that were in attendance on the field? I think one of them might be someone I knew when I was a kid. His name was Phillip Martin. He used to coach at Hoover Athletics and was my former coach. He was the first coach of Trace Armstrong (who didn’t go to AU but did play in the pros). There were others too. I would love to get in touch with him. I have always held him in high regard.

About the game:

Our play was in a word: dispirited. I saw little if any improvement from the Georgia debacle. Fumbles… poor blocking, bad passes… poor tackling… the same mistakes that have plagued us all season continued in earnest. What’s more, our tackle, Mosley was hurt. The one bright spot was after a fumble by the McCalleb on a handoff from Mosley in the backfield and on our side of the field… I think I saw Gus Mulzahn actually levitate. While I thought it was a bit late, it was somewhat refreshing to know that someone on the AU sideline at least understood that in a week’s time a true contender for the National Championship was coming to Jordan Hare and the implications that kind of play would make. Or in other words… it would make the Georgia game’s outcome pale in comparison.

Speaking solely for myself I will NEVER concede to bama. EVER! But at the end of the day… and in an attempt to be realistic to myself… a slugger’s chance is all that I will give us. I mean, if you can’t get your kids up for Georgia… I am not sure how you could get them excited for bama. I think, considering, that bama’s defense is so smothering… I see a 35-42 point difference in the game. After watching every game this season… I think it would take divine intervention for AU to pull the upset. Folks better be prepared. Although, stranger things have happened for sure… next Saturday will be one of the darkest days in recent memory for Auburn’s football program.

While most folks have put this season’s poor performance on the backs of our young players and having an inexperienced team… I put it on Coaching. I have been on record since the Georgia loss. Now, after a few weeks of reflection, and considering that our losses has come to 2 of the top 3 teams in the Nation… and Clemson… and soon to be bama barring a miracle, I will concede that it was a series of unfortunate events and primarily being in the SEC WEST. Our schedule was unbelievably tough! Still, I have to say that AU has done well considering.

But unlike 2009 where there was only blue skies in our future, I see Auburn’s football program at a cross roads. Depending on some major decisions… there are dark clouds on the horizon which could rock our program significantly. Which direction will AU take? Hopefully it will be the right one. I happen to think you are right about the coaching changes that are coming. I see MAJOR rotation ahead in our staff. Unfortunately for Auburn… I don’t see how that doesn’t impact us in recruiting. I think it is a given.

For the life of me, I am not sure why we don’t have the stability like other major programs. But it is the nature of the beast. We will have to deal with it. And it will be a negative thing unless we restock with folks (coaches) that are even better than the ones we had. We will probably see an impact very soon from our current recruiting class. But who knows… maybe folks will stay for Chizik? Ultimately, I hope that Coach Chizik can orchestrate another coup when it comes to a staff like he did when he was picked for the job three years ago. His job depends on it.

Folks can claim that true blue AU folks will understand if things go south… I say baloney! At the end of the day… it’s about moving a program forward and keeping it relevant. You can’t do that from the cellar of the SEC. We have come too far… and suffered too much to endure a reversal of fortunes. We cannot allow Auburn to slip. It is my solemn prayer that it will not.

War Eagle!

And BEAT BAMA!!!!

There is a chance for some pretty significant weather. I would not mind a torrential downpour. It would have to benefit us.

Expect Auburn to lose. Yes I will be yelling and screaming my heart out for the Tigers like always. But there is less than 1% chance we beat Bama. With great execution and some trickery we might score first. WE might even keep it close for one quarter. Two quarters is less likely but possible. But the 3 and 4th quarters will be ugly guaranteed. So just be ready for it.

Holy Cow! Y’all are giving up before we even head to practice much less the stadium. Have you learned nothing from the history of this rivalry! It’s the most magical week in football; ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN!! Why because anything can and has happened in the Iron Bowl—on both sides.
I’m only going to say this one time: NUT UP! Put those gloomy faces away; it’s time to get the pads on, get behind our team and scream War Eagle until we are hoarse. Bama is coming to our House and they have to get through us to get a back door into the BCS MNC. If you have any doubt that we can do this, stay home. These kids need you to be All In!! If we expect them to go to the game and put their hearts and souls out there on that field, the least we can do is support them….110%. In the words of Takeo Spikes: ‘War F#$%ing Eagle’!

you can play spoiler. Right now both of our teams are 0-0. Our team better exemplify Saban’s philosophy of never look at the scoreboard to perfection. 24-0. We screwed that one up, and you never gave up, playing 60 minutes.

Regarding Ted Roof, let’s say we do win big, we may be doing you an inadvertent favor, if he is not already on his way out. Though you played good run defense last year, overall you haven’t had your defensive mojo in a while. Auburn D is Dye, Hall, Oliver, Tuberville, Chizik, Muschamp, and Rhoads.

Good luck!