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re: True or False: Cam Newton would have won a championship with anyone in 2010
Posted on 7/2/23 at 5:41 pm to deathvalleyfreak43
Posted on 7/2/23 at 5:41 pm to deathvalleyfreak43
False. Gus knew how to perfectly use him. And that defense was not great as a whole but it was great at making opportune stops at crucial moments, especially with Nick Fairley. See the 4th quarter stops in the iron bowl / Greg McElroy concussion sack. No doubt it was a very lucky team with a ton of close wins, but I wouldn’t say anyone could have plugged and played Cam into a title.
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Posted on 7/2/23 at 5:58 pm to MillerLiteTime
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False. Gus knew how to perfectly use him. And that defense was not great as a whole but it was great at making opportune stops at crucial moments, especially with Nick Fairley. See the 4th quarter stops in the iron bowl / Greg McElroy concussion sack. No doubt it was a very lucky team with a ton of close wins, but I wouldn’t say anyone could have plugged and played Cam into a title.
Basically only MSU could’ve plugged him in and went their merry way because of Mullen. Also MSU had a better defense than Auburn. Frankly nearly equivalent offensive talent.
Posted on 7/2/23 at 6:26 pm to MillerLiteTime
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False. Gus knew how to perfectly use him.
That wasn't Gus. That was Gene Chizik.
Posted on 7/3/23 at 8:28 am to MillerLiteTime
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False. Gus knew how to perfectly use him
Agree with this. Gus doesn’t get the credit he deserves for his innovations. His offense at Arky was filthy. It grew stale at Auburn, but nearly won them two natty’s and made them relevant for a decade.
Posted on 7/5/23 at 7:19 pm to MillerLiteTime
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False. Gus knew how to perfectly use him.
Even so, it took several games to really realize what they were truly working with. I remember the USCe and UK games vividly and it was like "Okay, this dude is a freak athlete". Then the LSU game comes around and he takes over and has his Heisman run where he made the entire defense look silly and raced PP7 to the end zone. Then it was like: "Okay this guy is really special".
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