re: 40-0 Run by MSU

Did we blitz at all? How many times did we send more than 3 folks. They basically scored TD on 6 straight drives. Penalties hurt, but this is on Mason.

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I don't know how anyone can justify the next paycheck Mason gets.

You don't have to be a student of the game to realize, that if you can't get any pressure on the QB, he's going to pick you apart. Been a theme all year. We rush 3, no pressure, QB has all day to throw.

Unless we Derrick Brown, Carl Lawson and Nick Fairly are coming back to play for Auburn, expect a lot more of what we saw yesterday.

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I think we found out a Mason style D doesn't work against the Pistol offense.

They had a very poor 3rd down conversion, but they kept getting 1st downs consistently on 1st and 2nd downs.

And rushing with 3 mostly, didn't work in 2nd half like it did in the first half.

But remember this 1 play as the Nail.

We were down 8, 6 mins left. We just sacked Rogers and almost recovered his fumble. on 3rd down and long, TD sacks him again, which would have either made them kick a long FG or go for it, or punt. No on field ref called a penalty on the play, except the BOOTH asked for a review.
!st down MSU, and on to the killer TD.

Maybe we still don't tie it, but in that moment, the replay booth should have never entered the review. The onfield ref was right there and didn't see the play as a problem other than a clean hit. It was never TDs intent to hurt the QB. He didn't even hit helmet to helmet or lower his helmet. He simply hit him about around the shoulders.

There is an intent as to why the rule was put in, and a time and curcumstance to call it. This should not have been one.

I am not one of those that is a DEbbie downer reactor(Sorry Debbie), but I do see it for what I think.

I had us at 7-5 this year, but what I didn't think was that it would turn on this game to get there. Actually we were exceeding my prediction up to this point.

But no way, at HOME, do you lose an 18 point lead against a team that is up and down(just like they were in our game).

Yes, I feel we are more disciplined as a team.
Yes, I feel the offense is much better and versatile than the one Gus kept trotting out there the last 5 years.
Yes, Bo had improved to help us get here.

I know the Pirate has won now 3 times on the road against a ranked team, but he also has lost some stinkers, and we should have stopped the bleeding sometime in the second half and recovered to answer their 40 point barrage.

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We are 3/4 of the way through Year 1. You cannot tell me with a straight face Auburn is not a more physical and disciplined team playing better fundamentally than last year.

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On offense I can agree with this. On defense we have regressed to where we we're before Steele took over. Took half the year before Tennison started getting real PT. Lee Hunter and Robinson haven't seen the field all year (don't get me started about how Hunter doesn't fit this scheme) meanwhile the DL has like 5 people who rotate. Derek Mason might know all the X's and O's on defense, but he was zero feel for his players and for the game.