re: All trolling aside. Aggies receiving core

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To be fair aggies are a lot like auburn imo

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Gus' offense centers around a run game. They are nothing alike.

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It seems to require one of two things:

1. Find another JFF
2. Fire Sumlin

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JFF is once in a lifetime, so that isn't a given.

For the other part of it, well Sumlin isn't the only problem. Which is what I was implying in my post.

To be good at defending against the run you need two things:

1. A talented and deep D line

2. A coaching staff that emphasizes that part of the game

Firing Sumlin fixes 2, but the first item is basically proof that college football is a caste system.

Elite D Line talent is ALWAYS easier to spot than other positions (large athletic freak), which means those players are more highly recruited than other players at other positions. To stop the run like an elite team you have to recruit like an elite team, which almost every program in the country (except Ole Miss) doesn't just wake up one morning and decide to do. There are things outside of the control of the coaching staff (program prestige, concentration of D line talent in deep south, etc.) that come into the equation.

I have kinda given up on that, I am more pissed our o line (which was great with three star level recruits a few years ago) has fallen off. Running the ball is a way easier task than stopping the run.

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wasnt really saying they have same schemes just how they prefer to win without defense

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Auburn's defense in 2013 held opponents to 163 YPG on the ground. That's just below average in the SEC. They countered that by rushed for more than 325 YPG.

You can think I'm wrong, but the facts don't lie. You have to win the battle in the trenches, on both sides, to win in the West.

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Calvin Ridely, Adarius Stewart and Robert Foster say hello.

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Given the choice I would pick the Aggies recievers.

Correction:

First unit:

Outside - Reynolds and Noil

Slot - Kirk/Seals-Jones

H-Back- Aaron Hansford (4* Under Armour All American frosh)

TE- Kalvin Cline (VT transfer)

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I feel like its now to the point that there is only one more direction to look if the season is unsuccessful.

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Ding, ding, ding!

We're happy with both coordinators and all position coaches (overlooking Moorehead being an apparent moron). If they have another October meltdown... not a good look for Sumlin.

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It means absolutely nothing regarding the play on the field

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Not true. Some players respond better to adversity, they are fired up about "proving people wrong."

I agree that this type of motivation works on some players. I don't think expectations of failure always translate into better than expected results. Especially in a team sport like football.

Not necessarily just expectations of failure... but having the whole world against you, yes. When we came into the SEC we were laughed at, derided, and told that we'd go 0-fer in conference for a decade and that our offense would never work. That created an "us against the world" mentality, that the players have attested to. It bound them together and motivated them. Fast forward to this year, both QBs left and dissed the program, everyone wants their coach fired, a bunch of assistants DID get fired, Moorehead drunk-tweeted some BS that the UTw-led media empire has decided to exaggerate and devote articles and whole shows to - ranging from ESPN to totally ridiculous outlets like Rolling Stone jumping in - and all the pundits are saying that we're going to suck. So not just expectations of failure - an all-out assault against them that will either bind them together or ruin them.

I don't think he's saying there's any causation there, just that it coincidentally seems to work out that way.