re: 2022 Fall Camp Discussion Thread- Retired

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You so want this to be the case because nothing reported out of camp has implied hin being "the same guy".

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AUBURN | Eric Kiesau is not quite ready to name a starting quarterback but it sure sounds like Auburn’s first-year offensive coordinator is getting close.

For a second consecutive scrimmage, it was junior T.J. Finley that earned the most praise as he competes with Oregon transfer Robby Ashford and Texas A&M transfer Zach Calzada.

“He's kind of tabbed as the older player because he was in the system last year. So he just has a different command. He has a different confidence about him when he's in that huddle or when he's at the line of scrimmage, running the play,” said Kiesau.

I'm excited about T.J. T.J. has a lot of ability. He's a smart football player. Football is important to him. I think you'll kind of see that on Saturdays.”

Kiesau says he needs to review the film from Friday afternoon’s situational scrimmage at Jordan-Hare Stadium, which included red zone and being backed up near your own end zone.

“It’s going to be a hard one, I can tell you that right now,” said Kiesau. “They’ve all kinda played really well and we’ve gotta see who’s going to step out in front a little bit after tonight.”

Kiesau made sure all three quarterbacks had close to equal reps with the first, second and third-team offenses. And was willing to give his gut feeling on the race just minutes after the scrimmage wrapped up.

My feel, my gut — just without watching it, just from calling the game — was just T.J had a really good command. He had a lot of precision. He checked some plays for us and got us in the right play, which is good,” he said. “Robby, obviously Robby is flashy. He can run around. He is really — and I'm speaking for all of camp, but obviously today, it materialized a little bit — he's doing a better job maturing in the position. He's really athletic. He can really run. But he's starting to play the quarterback position, which is important.

“And then Zach, we've got to keep bringing him along. He's kind of been, like I said, intertwined with all these groups — first, second and third groups and first, second and third teams. He has good days and bad days. We've got to kind of keep him consistent as we go through. And I think that's kind of the push for all these quarterbacks, getting ready to move into Mercer.”

Auburn will practice Saturday morning in Jordan-Hare.

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That’s quite the spin within itself. As for Calzada he beat Bama and did nothing else notable for the rest of the year.

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He has a full season as a serviceable SEC QB in the most difficult division in college football. So no, it's not spin. I have no loyalty to Calzada but there was ample reason to think he'd be a reasonable replacement for Nix that would allow us to continue on with little drop off.

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I think most would say that based on the resumes Calzada has the better record of game performance, the bigger arm and more mobility/agility.

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If you want to say those things don't necessarily determine who is more talented, I'm not going to fight you on it. Perhaps you'd agree that by most accounts Calzada is more "dynamic" and if so, feel free to insert that instead.

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There has been plenty of drop off. Look at the stats. The completion percentage, the turnovers, conference play stats etcetera etcetera. You’ve been in denial way too long.

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I don't know what "emotion based decision making" is.

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by most accounts 

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including some solid performances against big programs.

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I've never claimed Calzada was an equal to Nix if that's what you're hung up on.

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