With the Arkansas game on the schedule this weekend, it isn’t hard for the Auburn faithful to see the connection between Arkansas and their own team. Not only is the top assistant on the Auburn staff, Gus Malzahn, fromArkansas, but the future of the offense he coaches is as well. For whatever reason, Auburn has had luck stealing top players from Arkansas.
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I know the old adage, “A win is a win” but somehow Saturday’s win over Florida Atlantic didn’t seem like a win. Instead of coming out and dominating a clearly overmatched opponent, it seems the young Auburn team played down to the level of their competition. If not for a few key turnovers by the Owls, this game might have gone down to the final minutes.

For most of the past thirty years, Auburn has been a major player in the SEC. One has to wonder with the great recruiting classes Gene Chizik and staff have brought to Auburn, how have they fallen so hard and so fast.

Looking at the previous three years of recruiting under former coach Tommy Tuberville helps to answer the question.

Auburn’s 17-game winning streak didn’t end with a bang, even though the game was filled with offensive fireworks. It ended with Clemson mercifully taking a knee deep in Auburn territory. This game was eerily similar to the 2010 Outback Bowl against Northwestern, and the 2010 Arkansas game.

Auburn’s young team is 2-0 on the season, but they have played both games in the friendly confines of Jordan-Hare Stadium. Regardless of what you may think about the better team always rising to the top to win close games, having a large crowd on your side can often make a difference in winning or losing these games.

Auburn escaped a near upset at home to Utah State. There were good and bad takeaways from this football game, and Auburn will have to get those taken care of before next week’s SEC showdown with Mississippi State.

The Auburn Tigers open up against Utah State tomorrow on The Plains. It’s been a great off-season celebrating a National Championship, but it’s certainly time to grind once more.

No star shone brighter than Cam Newton in 2010. He had the ability to beat you any number of ways. He could throw over defenses that crowded the line to try and stop him from running, or run through defenses that tried to play him more honest. Who will be Auburn’s Cam Newton in 2011?

Gus Malzahn is truly the wizard on the Plains. He has come along way from coaching high school football to the big stage of the BCS National Championship.

Who’s ready for some football? If you’re like me, you’ve seen every team dissected and examined from every angle imaginable. There’s little about the upcoming season that should surprise any of us. To give us a break from the upcoming 2011 season, I thought I’d take a look ahead… to the 2021 season. After the
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