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Posted on 9/6/15 at 3:28 pm to Tiger n Miami AU83
Posted on 9/6/15 at 3:28 pm to Tiger n Miami AU83
FWIW, here are my game thoughts. Skip if not interested.
To start with, our tailgate was the bomb.
shite was awesome. It was the second time I have been involved with Southern Tailgate Traditions out of Starkville and it was just the shite. Hate it none of you stopped by or called. We had everything.
We had second row seats in section 140. Right where the Cheerleaders were and yes to the few of you who texted me, I was on TV a few times. fricking embarrassing.. The crowd IMO was about 60/40 or so. Cards fans showed up and made some noise.
I read a lot of your posts here and I feel a little different than most. I think the guys played well until the 4th other than JJ's bad decisions. He threw a few balls up for grabs and I did not think he would do that. I am not worried about him, I think it was nerves and him trying too hard. He will settle down. I just hope Tiger Stadium is not too much for him. If the JJ for heisman will die, he will settle down
The offense looked almost exactly like I thought it would earlier in the preseason and got chastised for. JJ is no running QB. Without the thread of him running, everyone else will have to be much better. The line, the blocking on the edges and the backs. Not sure still how good that will be. Its going to take some time.
Peyton Barber showed up. Knew he would. He is a straight forward runner who is not afraid of contact. He by far was the player of the game. He made some great blocks, runs, caught a pass and even tackled a guy after one of JJ's int's. He looked great. Roc on the other had was exactly like I worried. Spinning and juking around with not as much production to show for it. Our offense is more of a straight ahead down hill running game and not sure he can do that. 25 or 29 will be the guys who handle the heavy load
The defense looked good to me. The guys up front were very aggressive and got plenty of penetration, and the secondary stayed with the bigger receivers for the most part. They were challenged and stood up. Lots of new faces in there and they made some plays. Not sure what everyone was expecting with this being all very new and not really knowing what Patreno had in store for us. That QB for the Ville is going to be great. Not sure we were expecting his running skills. Opened up some plays for them
Did not like the play calling for most of the night. Right down to the last play. Not sure what we were doing there. But we won. Too many deep throws to guys who were not open when the ground and pound was doing pretty well. Jeremy needs to pull a few and make a run or two. That would help
I know it looked bad in the last quarter but it was very good early. Louisville is a good team with some good talent. I was stoked that we shut them out for a half and had good control early in the 4th. We let them make it interesting but that just seems to be Auburn right now under Gus.
I like what I saw. We will get batter and our defensive front will be very nasty by the middle of this season. Sooooooo much talent.
To start with, our tailgate was the bomb.
shite was awesome. It was the second time I have been involved with Southern Tailgate Traditions out of Starkville and it was just the shite. Hate it none of you stopped by or called. We had everything. We had second row seats in section 140. Right where the Cheerleaders were and yes to the few of you who texted me, I was on TV a few times.
fricking embarrassing.. The crowd IMO was about 60/40 or so. Cards fans showed up and made some noise. I read a lot of your posts here and I feel a little different than most. I think the guys played well until the 4th other than JJ's bad decisions. He threw a few balls up for grabs and I did not think he would do that. I am not worried about him, I think it was nerves and him trying too hard. He will settle down. I just hope Tiger Stadium is not too much for him. If the JJ for heisman will die, he will settle down
The offense looked almost exactly like I thought it would earlier in the preseason and got chastised for. JJ is no running QB. Without the thread of him running, everyone else will have to be much better. The line, the blocking on the edges and the backs. Not sure still how good that will be. Its going to take some time.
Peyton Barber showed up. Knew he would. He is a straight forward runner who is not afraid of contact. He by far was the player of the game. He made some great blocks, runs, caught a pass and even tackled a guy after one of JJ's int's.
He looked great. Roc on the other had was exactly like I worried. Spinning and juking around with not as much production to show for it. Our offense is more of a straight ahead down hill running game and not sure he can do that. 25 or 29 will be the guys who handle the heavy load The defense looked good to me. The guys up front were very aggressive and got plenty of penetration, and the secondary stayed with the bigger receivers for the most part. They were challenged and stood up. Lots of new faces in there and they made some plays. Not sure what everyone was expecting with this being all very new and not really knowing what Patreno had in store for us. That QB for the Ville is going to be great. Not sure we were expecting his running skills. Opened up some plays for them
Did not like the play calling for most of the night. Right down to the last play. Not sure what we were doing there. But we won. Too many deep throws to guys who were not open when the ground and pound was doing pretty well. Jeremy needs to pull a few and make a run or two. That would help
I know it looked bad in the last quarter but it was very good early. Louisville is a good team with some good talent. I was stoked that we shut them out for a half and had good control early in the 4th. We let them make it interesting but that just seems to be Auburn right now under Gus.
I like what I saw. We will get batter and our defensive front will be very nasty by the middle of this season. Sooooooo much talent.
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Posted on 9/6/15 at 3:48 pm to LanierSpots
I warned everyone that we would have some bumps. So many new faces, and everyone was expecting us to be in NC form.
ETA:
And they have some highly recruited guys on D. Add that to Todd G knowing our O. Keeping it in perspective, we never trailed, and lead by 21 with 4-5 minutes left in the game.
ETA:
And they have some highly recruited guys on D. Add that to Todd G knowing our O. Keeping it in perspective, we never trailed, and lead by 21 with 4-5 minutes left in the game.
This post was edited on 9/6/15 at 3:50 pm
Posted on 9/6/15 at 3:55 pm to LanierSpots
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JJ is no running QB
But but but he played basketball in HS
Posted on 9/6/15 at 4:42 pm to LanierSpots
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I like what I saw. We will get batter and our defensive front will be very nasty by the middle of this season. Sooooooo much talent.
Agreed. JJ has talent, and as he gets more comfortable he will make batter reads. Our DLine is infinitely batter than last season. They're so stacked, they won't be getting pancaked very often.
This post was edited on 9/6/15 at 4:58 pm
Posted on 9/6/15 at 5:08 pm to LanierSpots
Agree with Lanier except I liked the last play. Why risk a punt that can be blocked or returned? JJ should have thrown it further.
I also think you get a different perspective when you attend the game. From the stands the Defense was bringing it, offense needs to improve and I believe it will. Special teams were special.
Actually glad we did not beat them 38-10, the score was perfect unless you bet the Tigers.
I also think you get a different perspective when you attend the game. From the stands the Defense was bringing it, offense needs to improve and I believe it will. Special teams were special.
Actually glad we did not beat them 38-10, the score was perfect unless you bet the Tigers.
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