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7 turnovers by AU in 2023, even on margin

Posted on 9/18/23 at 9:40 am
Posted by makersmark1
earth
Member since Oct 2011
20490 posts
Posted on 9/18/23 at 9:40 am
The defense has created 7 turnovers.

We’ve turned it over 7 times.

If we can win turnover margin, we can win several games.

I bet Brother Hugh is emphasizing this for our first SEC road game.
Posted by jangalang
Member since Dec 2014
50771 posts
Posted on 9/18/23 at 9:41 am to
We got a honeybadger.

We also have this guy

Posted by ALhunter
Member since Dec 2018
3118 posts
Posted on 9/18/23 at 9:43 am to
Absolutely. After 2 bad fumbles against Cal I'm sure it was a major point of emphasis.

I can also promise there are open tryouts on the team for punt returner right now. Securing the catch>return yards.
Posted by auburnnyc94
Member since Nov 2017
9961 posts
Posted on 9/18/23 at 9:49 am to
I don't really know that emphasizing turning the ball over or not turning the ball over as a game week point of emphasis is really impactful. It's got to be a day in, day out point of emphasis all the way through the program. You can coach defense and call blitzes in a way to force turnovers and you can call safe offensive plays and max protections to limit turnovers I guess
Posted by TheRealTigerHorn
Member since Jun 2023
267 posts
Posted on 9/18/23 at 10:13 am to
Time to internalize our former coach John Heisman's famous quote on this subject:

"Better to have died as a small boy than to fumble this football"
Posted by FearlessFreep
Baja Alabama
Member since Nov 2009
19592 posts
Posted on 9/18/23 at 11:03 am to
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I can also promise there are open tryouts on the team for punt returner right now. Securing the catch>return yards.
to be fair, the Samford punter had a lot to do with our problems

his kicks were so short that their return team was almost always right there by the time the ball reached our returners

plus they were weird fluttering things that looked extremely difficult to catch cleanly


who knew that a shitty punter was an advantage
Posted by jvilletiger25
jacksonville, fl
Member since Jan 2014
20519 posts
Posted on 9/18/23 at 11:05 am to
Perfect gif
Posted by GoCrazyAuburn
Member since Feb 2010
39805 posts
Posted on 9/18/23 at 11:14 am to
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his kicks were so short that their return team was almost always right there by the time the ball reached our returners

plus they were weird fluttering things that looked extremely difficult to catch cleanly


Yea, his punts were awful. Seeing them in the stadium, they were like knuckleballs.
Posted by mckibaj
Member since Nov 2010
8158 posts
Posted on 9/18/23 at 11:59 am to
quote:

I can also promise there are open tryouts on the team for punt returner right now. Securing the catch>return yards.


Auburn Special Teams is #2 in the country in Efficiency according to ESPN analytics.

Defense is #4.

Offense is #79...
Posted by FearlessFreep
Baja Alabama
Member since Nov 2009
19592 posts
Posted on 9/18/23 at 1:01 pm to
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Yea, his punts were awful. Seeing them in the stadium, they were like knuckleballs.

i think he averaged right at 30 yards a kick, and most of those were out of bounds

like someone else said, better to face that issue against Samford than against TAMU
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