re: AU vs UTk Loveliest Village vs Hillbilly Trailer Trash Edition Game Cuss Thread

5-7 is about what we does

If we cannot agree that Durkin was great then that is the more pressing concern.

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If durkin did that against florida then we win

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I can’t understand how HC come to Auburn and become Stagnant. How can we look good one game and derp the other

I understand why Golesh brought so many of his key players to Auburn. It was supposed to make the transition easier for the entire team- coaches at each key position. Show proof of concept.

Some have done better than others. The receivers have been the bright spot. They are open on most play, Brown just can’t see them. The O linemen he brought haven’t been great. The QB play has been inconsistent at best.

The coaching has been the biggest disappointment. For all their talk about toughness, discipline, and consistency, we have seen anything but.

What’s really frustrating is that- the more things change, the more they stay the same. It doesn’t matter who our Coach is, who our QB is. We have looked the exact same for a decade now.

I started following Auburn in 1982. We were a hard nosed, tough, physical football team until we changed to the Spread. We were a top 15 all-time college football program. We were one of the “Big Six” SEC schools. Now? We’re a joke. No one is scared to play us.

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Updates on what Alex Golesh had to say after Auburn's 24-14 loss at Tennessee...

** Give UT credit, played better than we did in 2nd half. Real homefield advantage.

** Didn't play winning football on offense in 1st half. Kinda flipped in 2nd half. They went in 12 personnel in 2nd half and couldn't stop it.

** Too many false starts. Couldn't get into a rhythm in 1st half.

** The 4th and 1, felt like we had to go for it. Had momentum on offense.

** Story of game was rushing defense, lack of offense in 1st half and the penalties. Didn't end up on right side of small margins.

** 4th down call to pitch: Have a couple of year of running it inside. Thought they would chase it off the back side edge. That was the plan. Felt good about call. Golesh decision to go for it. The toss was something they had worked on as staff and planned throughout week.

** Trying to pin them deeper on kickoffs. Was short on one of the ones we tried to kick deep.

** All 7 OL penalties, we were on silent cadence. Didn't execute well. Felt good from a prep standpoint going in. Part of it was being backed up. I own that. It's on me. it's coaching.

** On punt returns, the plan wasn't to fair catch them if we could cover the gunner.

** Looked at pass, felt like spot was accurate on Neptune pass. They said it cleared replay. Didn't want to risk a timeout.

** Omar Mabson is a tough kid. Cobb got hit in back early, banged up, and couldn't go. Omar protected well.

** Offense after half, got in rhythm, no pre-snap penalties. Weren't as backed up. Ran it better. Couple of throws Byrum will want back.

** On missed tackles: 1st half was in the right spot -- 8 negatives, affected QB. When McIntyre came in and they got big (12 personnel) couldn't get ahead of them and get them in 3rd and long.

** We are critical of ourselves. We have a bunch of guys that will go fight. The details aren't always in sync. Got to get it consistent.

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Thanks... not ready to listen right now

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It sucked being on the left hash and being tucked up against the sideline. That was the thought process there.”

Golesh said he made the call to go for it on 4th down while the actual play was something that had been worked on in practice throughout the week.

“That was our play on 4th and 1 in a gotta-have-it situation to go to the play we went to,” said Golesh. I felt good about calling it, the 4th and 1 play. That exact situation we talk through. That’s a staff deal. We talk through it Wednesday and Thursday and practice it Thursday and Friday.”

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The 4th and inches play call had nothing to do with game flow. Dont like this.

Joel Gordon, Auburn’s offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, is the primary (and sole designated) play-caller on game day in 2026.

Not good play calling or QB coaching. Play design was pretty mundane and stale. QB still holds the ball way too long with a line that is good for about 2 seconds, but play calling didn't have any thing that fit the 2 second window.

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Golesh said he thinks Brown was in a rhythm and seeing it well.

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Well he surely can’t evaluate players then.

It’s going to be a long tenure

I got flashbacks when Freeze would tell us Throne was good.

I agree with almost everything you said other than it being a decade.

We finished 6-4 in 2020 and if we add the normal cupcakes we win 9 games. Granted everyone was tired of competing for an SEC championship every 3 years.

I’m not saying it wasn’t time for Gus to go but beat everyone we were supposed to beat most times and we fricked Bama up many times. But we are just in year 6 of sucking. I still blame the potato gang for the shite roster.

If you keep showing up, nothing is going to change. Auburn folks don’t have the stomach for what is needed.