LeighMorganIII

It was homecoming and Auburn was playing one of 7 top twenty teams on the schedule that year. They had games against #5 Florida who would finish 9-2-1 and #4 Georgia who finished 10-1-1 sandwiched on either side of #7 Maryland. It's rare to get wins against 3 top ten teams in consecutive weeks, and it was great to watch. I'm looking forward to another run like that in the next few years.

McKonkey gave us fits in the first half. I think we made an adjustment to take him away and it freed up Bowers. It's not even like the coverage on Bowers was that bad, two or three of his catches were one handed grabs that only a handful of receivers much less tight ends would make. He played a great game and it made the difference.

It's hard to tell what Thorne could be. He only threw 10 times in the Cal game, that's a quarter for a lot of teams and a half for most teams. It didn't look like there was a response to Cal stacking the box. I don't have a good idea about what they were trying to do, but I expect a much better game plan going forward.

There are reasons for Auburn to be concerned with Cal. It's early in the season and all of Auburn's system likely want be installed on either side of the ball, QB has been sured up but still isn't a know quantity, and the game will be played at 9 PM. All of the teams who play neutral site games against the SEC put into the contract that the dome must be closed so they don't have to deal with the heat. I don't know how we let the game be scheduled to end at 1 AM for our players. I hope next year we play this one at 12AM and it's 90 degrees.

So it'll just be another year. Bama always get LSU, Auburn, and Tennessee. All you added to LSU was a Texas date that they would have happily played non-conference. Auburn gets Bama, LSU and UGA every year so adding Texas is not more difficult than having Penn State on the schedule last year, and if Oklahoma is not vastly improved (they'd basically be Ole Miss) Auburn would rather play them both than just get Texas. So your one threat is that UGA has to go to A&M. Half the teams in the conference do that every other year. I just don't think that making the schedule harder is an effective threat in the SEC. Only one of Bama's NCs came in an undefeated season, LSU is the only two loss National Champion. UGA will get the benefit of the doubt with the 23 schedule of cake surely the playoff committee could find a way to forgive a road loss at A&M.

There are 353 D1 college basketball teams, and you could argue that only about a 1/3 of those head coaches are consistently successful. That estimate is probably high. These are men that dedicate their lives to coaching, but there is an AD who thinks a guy who talks on the radio is more likely to be successful. I hope the Green Bay AD is floating this to draw attention to the job opening. If he's really considering this hire the school should probably look for a new AD first.

I chuckled at that one too. Is it possible this is a nod to the Raiders miserable history drafting quarterbacks? I hope the guy works out, but he looks like a project to me at the next level, most quarterbacks are.

I love Cadillac, think he was exactly the right choice for the interim job, and want him to stay on staff, but this is his first FBS job. He'll be a great head coach one day, but he isn't ready, and I don't want to see him thrust into a spot he doesn't have every opportunity to be successful in.

Etheridge, Williams, and Brumbaugh have always done the work. I wouldn't have a problem if any or all were retained on the next staff.

The two wins over Saban and Alabama should have been enough to get him an interview. Like it or not success over your rival is critical. The Arkansas win this weekend just reminded everyone.

All of the fan bases mock all of the other fan bases. I don't want us to listen what our power booster think about the hire. I certainly don't want us listening to other what other fan bases think.

I don't agree with the rule but agree with the call. I don't think the protection for the kicker should be absolute after a botched snap. It looks like you could rough a rugby style kicker who leaves the tackle box by running five yards, but can't run into a kicker who ran thirty yards to run down a bad snap. There was a similar call in an Auburn game earlier this year and I'd never seen this call before.

I watched the UCLA game and then watched the highlights this morning. Nix's first two passes were against busted coverages because UCLA couldn't adjust against motion. That's not happening in an SEC game. In all fairness, Nix is finding the busts, but the ball is also coming out on time and he's going through his progressions. I never felt like he did either of these things well at Auburn. On top of all of this, he doesn't blow up every time something goes wrong, and isn't in a feud with his receivers. If he had played like this at Auburn, he may not have been 7-1 but he would have been much better than he was.

Good job. It's tough write a news article without a single fact. The entire article is based on what McElroy gathers. There isn't even a note that McElroy, Davis, or Auburn did not respond to a request for comment.

I think it's the second-best name. I have to give the number one spot to Kavosiey Smoke. I think it's great he's playing. I worry we're going to struggle against the run without McClean. I hope the half he missed against Georgia State is not a predictor.

Do you really think Cincinatti wouldn't be in contention for the PAC 12, the ACC or the Big 12 title this year? I think they could beat either Pitt or Wake, Oklahoma St., Baylor, or Oklahoma, Oregon or Utah. I don't think they would beat them every time but they would be very competitive in these three leagues. They would probably beat Iowa and give Michigan all they wanted too. I don't see a conference outside of the SEC that they wouldn't be fighting for a Championship in. There rarely is a fourth team that clearly deserves to be in the conversation and this year it is even more true.

This may be the weakest NFL draft at the quarterback position in 20 years. The only year I think really comes close is 2013. If he goes it will be because he feels like this is the right time for him. It's a complex decision and I think it's unreasonable to think that he has it figured out the week after the last game. It's also laughable for fans of other teams to think they have some insight into the situation when Nix probably doesn't have it figured out himself. Your neighbor who likes to brag that he's an insider because he bought tickets in 1994 doesn't know any more than you do. Stop listening to him. You also aren't an oracle because you write out every possibility and one of your 99 theories is right.

Let's just go 1-0 against Ole Miss.

Division record is way down on the list of tie breakers. As far as I know, it has never been used to decide a division title.

"As a Tide fan, I vote for Pete Golding." - Spoiledmeat.

If the ball were coming out on time a lot of this excitement would be unnecessary.

That's brave to schedule both of those for 2024. If Texas and Ok come in early that could be a really tough year.

I don't know about lines before game week but the ESPN matchup predictor has us at 66.2%. I think it's a better game than that.

Nix may be the only player who has started a game in this kind of environment. Probably 2019 LSU? Maybe Florida, but I think PSU is tougher environment?

I agree Harsin needs to play him to get him in game shape, but he needs to continue to watch his load. He only had 13 carries and 1 reception last week. Until Penn State, I'd be suprised if he doesn't have more than 20 carries in that one.

Seems like a 10 game SEC schedule is what him up last year. These guys are not ready for 12 games of Power 5 competition. If that's what you play then you'll wind up having to rest your starters instead of it being a choice.

I went back and watched the highlights of this game. Nix's stats include two long 50-50 balls that Canella and Seth Williams went up and got. The Williams catch was for one of the TDs. It was hard to tell from the film since it wasn't all 22 but I'm not sure these were the right throws. I didn't really see any 50-50 balls Saturday night, and I'd much rather see the check down to Tank than forcing the ball into a receiver further down field. His QBR may have been better against Miss State but I'll take Saturdays game every time. Miss State was a better team but I'd rather see him not put the ball at risk as much.

The article tells you everything you need to know. Big Kat Bryant made the All-SEC team. He had 30 CAREER tackles at Auburn, which is hardly exceptional. Zacoby McClain lead the nation in tackles and didn't make the All-SEC Team. The experts are hardly experts. I expect for McClain's total to go down since he is playing behind what I expect to be a substantially upgraded defensive line but I hope the defense as a unit plays well enough for him to get the credit he deserves.

I coach high school kids and the corny messaging is what sticks. It just has to be repeated constantly. The players will start out rolling their eyes at it, then they will chant the phrase back enthusiastically as a joke, then they will buy in. Happens every time. Harsin says blue collar a couple of hundred times a day. If you read what the players are saying they have picked it up. I guarantee Kirby has a similar message, Saban certainly does. That's what the "process" is, it's an abbreviation of a mindset. I would be worried about Harsin if I couldn't tell you what his message was.

I hope you're right about this. My concern is that Harsin's system is going to require the quarterback to read the defense continuously after the snap to get the route tree right. That's not a skill you can just turn on, and after two years of not being asked to do it, it may take Nix some time to rebuild it.