re: 2013 Iron Bowl Mega thread. Predictions / Discussions

Trailing 28-24, AU drives the length of the field late in the fourth, but is stopped short with two minutes to go, turning it over on downs at the Bama 20. Fortunately AU still has all three timeouts left.

Needing a first down to ice it, Bama has to run actual plays rather than taking a knee. On 3rd and short with 10 seconds remaining and AU still with one timeout, Saban decides to try to avoid a punt and instructs his OC to call a handoff to Yeldon. AJ botches the exchange, the ball bounces off Yeldon's chest in the backfield...into the waiting arms of AU's #5, who naturally is well away from the play - but also every other white jersey. Dazed, he stumbles into the endzone untouched as time expires.

AU 30-28.

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Marshall will have to make throws against their secondary for us to have a chance, and that's just not going to happen.

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I will try to be succinct.

The handling of JJ has been a real puzzle to me, but after the Georgia game..... I've got to make a childish suggestion.

After the Western Carolina game all we've seen of JJ is to put him in for 1 to 3 plays for the most part (one is always a pass). Rotate him in and out the same way we do running backs, wide receivers, offense and defense. No pep talk from the coaches, warming up on the sidelines, nothing. The young man can step onto the field, stone cold, and throw a 15 to 20 yard dart to a wide receiver quicker than I can scratch my arse and then rotate off the field standing with the rest of the team like nothing ever happened. I've never seen a second string quarterback handled this way, but I've never seen a head coach like Gus.

When Gus came in 2009 he took a quarterback with a bad shoulder who struggled to complete a pass over 20 yards, was so slow he rushed for a -100 yards and broke two standing quarterback records, passing yards and passing touchdowns for a season. He took a wide receiver who, the previous season had three passes for 17 yards, and under Gus the next year, almost 1000. My point is this, Gus has had about the same amount of time to work with JJ as he did with Chris Todd and Darvin Adams.

The coaches have said for most of the season that they have just as much faith in JJ running the offense as they do Nick. They are either "gas lighting" us or telling the truth. We may have two completely different offenses, one we have seen and one we haven't, both being rotated during the game at will. I wouldn't put it past Gus.

I love science fiction

Auburn 37 Gumps 24..... damn that would be sweet

If you are feeling a shutout your should buy a Toyota:

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If auburn shuts out Alabama I would question reality

Impressive, I'm afraid bama will have success screening him on 3rd downs during the IB.

In Gus we trust.

42-28 auburn.

AU 40
Bama 38

42 - 40

AU

38-20 Bama, but I'm usually pessimistic.