Early Auburn questions(for Aubie fans)

Oregon had a bunch of WR out for that game so while I can’t speak for Auburn or Oregon, I will say this; Oregon shet the bed trying to run a 150LB RB up the middle on a key down right into Auburns teeth. Dumbest play all night.

It seems like they came out with a lot of bravado. They wanted to prove they were just as fast as the SEC and just as strong, which they did for the better part of 2 quarters. But after they shot their load, they seemed pretty average. As the game wore on, it was evident they lacked the depth/conditioning necessary to compete for 4 quarters

They’re a good team. It’s impossible to say if they were worth their ranking at this point, but I expect them to contend for the PAC12 championship.

Both. Honest confidence level? I don't know. I'm not suprised our team beat Oregon, I'm suprised Gus did

I think the others nailed it, but I’ll add.
Oregon- they will stay ranked really high because outside of Washington and Utah they will be more talented than the rest of their schedule, and the new DC they have from Boise is really good. Herbert is legit as well and I just don’t see him losing very much. They had a great game plan against us to neutralize our lines, and on top of it we were breaking in a new qb.
Like others said once we adjusted they were done, and to top it off we wore them out with depth and tempo. If that game went another quarter we would’ve won by 20 because they were completely out of gas

Auburn- meh start, but frankly we do that under Gus and with a true freshman qb it didn’t surprise me at all. We didn’t adjust as quickly as I’d like, but once we did it was just a matter of if we had enough time for our freshman qb to get us the points.
Biggest concern was our coverage teams on special teams were flat awful, and we can’t give up easy yards and points like that if we want to win in our league as our o will struggle a times with Bo getting his feet wet

I think you will find the answer is kind of somewhere in between

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Herbert is legit

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I must be hanging around Louisiana people too much because "her-bert" instead of "Hay-Bear" seems so wrong.

Nothing to add to the topic just needed to say that somewhere.

Oregon is talented and has top recruits on the field, they’ve had solid recruiting classes,#7 this year, #13 last year. Harbert is likely a Top 5 draft pick next year.

Kevin Steele made adjustments to slow them down, and AU’s running game finally broke through their d-line and that was that.

Know I’m not an Auburn fan but I thought Auburn would destroy them. Oregon earned my respect. If that’s their only loss of the season assuming Auburn isn’t a three or four loss team at the end of the season they deserve consideration for the playoffs

Overall, I think Auburn will be okay. The defense is probably good enough to keep them in just about every game IMO. The new LBers we put out there impressed the hell out of me. The Dline is the strength and the secondary has decent size and speed all around. I am worried they may blow some mental assignments here and there.

Now, for the offense, I just dont know. Some of the playcalling Saturday left me scratching my head. We have talent at wr and RB. Just not sure how much depth is there. And the Oline, while experienced, has to play much better to compete with LSU, UGA, and BAMA. Bo has all the potential to be great, but expect some freshman mistakes. If the line doesn't get better, those mistakes will be much more frequent and may possibly damage him physically and mentally. That's obviously worst case.

Overall the potential to be really good is there. If we can avoid injuries at some spots where depth is an issue, we should be able to compete with just about anyone.

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