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Auburn fans do you feel that your defense has been wasted?
Posted on 11/16/16 at 6:31 am
Posted on 11/16/16 at 6:31 am
Biggest improvement on the team IMO. Steele did a good job with them. Gus holding you back now?
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Posted on 11/16/16 at 6:33 am to TideTurf
Just like les held back lsu. Auburn won the game this year, but lsu will win the war as gus will remain on the plains for another year.
Posted on 11/16/16 at 6:45 am to ksayetiger
And beat lsu again next year
Posted on 11/16/16 at 6:59 am to TideTurf
Obviously I'm not an Auburn fan but I'd like to say that this years AU D-Line is the best I've seen going back to those stellar D-Lines that Pat Dye always had in the 80's when Auburn was dominating the conference. Auburn can swap out 8 guys on their D-Line and have very limited drop off. The Iron Bowl will be a defensive battle make no mistake about it. I'm very worried it'll turn into a field goal contest. Daniel Carlson is good from 58 yards on in. I get a little nervous about A-Damn Griffin's accuracy sometimes. This might be the year AU avenges Van Tiffin's 1985 walk off game winner.
Posted on 11/16/16 at 7:02 am to bamagreycoat
Lol. No it won't. Bama will crush auburn
Posted on 11/16/16 at 7:10 am to TideTurf
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Auburn fans do you feel that your defense has been wasted?
Yes. This is a championship caliber defense.
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Gus holding you back now?
Gus' recruiting of QBs and keeping his son Lashlee on staff is holding AU back. I think Gus will be just fine once he gets a QB and an OC that will bring fresh ideas into his offense.
Posted on 11/16/16 at 7:14 am to TideTurf
Auburn has a lot of depth on defense so I don't expect a lot of drop off next year.
Posted on 11/16/16 at 7:21 am to TideTurf
If it wasn't for the D, Auburn loses to Vandy.
That can't be a waste.
That can't be a waste.
Posted on 11/16/16 at 7:29 am to TideTurf
Yes the offense has been awful all season 
Posted on 11/16/16 at 7:29 am to TideTurf
On one hand, yes, because it's good enough to win a championship with offenses earlier in Gus Malzahn's career. On the other hand, no, because the foundation has been formed and it looks positive going forward.
Posted on 11/16/16 at 7:35 am to Fear The Thumb
I think there will not be much drop off in defense next year as well. However I think the bane of AU's offensive existence has been the lack of a passing game. That has been the standard for the past 6 to 8 years. Even with Cam the passing game went through Darvin Adams as the only lifeline available ( for the most part).
The route tree, hands, and overall talent of AU's wide receivers have been nonexistent for the past eons.
This years defense has been, for the most part, completely wasted.
The route tree, hands, and overall talent of AU's wide receivers have been nonexistent for the past eons.
This years defense has been, for the most part, completely wasted.
This post was edited on 11/16/16 at 7:37 am
Posted on 11/16/16 at 7:39 am to TideTurf
Auburn's defense last year wasn't terrible, just had a lot of injuries. This year, they've been healthier.
Posted on 11/16/16 at 7:41 am to blzr
LOL!
If Les wasn't so bad at clock management, Auburn doesn't win this year.
If Les wasn't so bad at clock management, Auburn doesn't win this year.
Posted on 11/16/16 at 7:44 am to Meatball
quote:If my sister had a dick she'd be my brother.
If Les wasn't so bad at clock management, Auburn doesn't win this year.
Posted on 11/16/16 at 8:08 am to TideTurf
The defense, especially the line, is beautiful to behold on its own.
The greedy side of me is pissed like you suggest, but the more level headed side of me can take a lot of enjoyment out of this season that could have been strictly by seeing us play good defense again.
It's the Auburn style I grew up on and haven't seen for better part of 8-9 years.
The greedy side of me is pissed like you suggest, but the more level headed side of me can take a lot of enjoyment out of this season that could have been strictly by seeing us play good defense again.
It's the Auburn style I grew up on and haven't seen for better part of 8-9 years.
Posted on 11/16/16 at 8:09 am to East Coast Band
Yep... since the LSU game last season where we gave up 40+, aubunr has played some pretty good defense. Haven't allowed a P5 opponent to score more than 29 points (in regulation).
Posted on 11/16/16 at 8:18 am to TideTurf
Wasted? We were up to #9 in the country at one point, so no. Injuries have completely decimated our offense. Sucks, but that is football. Now, The first couple games I do say were a bit of a waste, but overall no.
Posted on 11/16/16 at 8:38 am to TideTurf
Auburn is like a lot of teams not named Alabama. We have depth in some areas, and other areas we are thin. If our injury situation is favorable in our thin areas, we can take it a long way. If we have some key injuries in areas where we are thin it severely hampered our ability to compete for a championship, how deep we are in other areas
That's what you're seeing here. All our running backs are banged up. Sean White is banged up. Which leads to is losing to a really shitty Georgia team, and severely limits us against a stacked Alabama team.
It is frustrating... But it's not a lot different than other teams in our same boat which includes most of the good teams in the SEC. Tennessee, Florida, Ole Miss, A&M... all good teams that had some unfortunate injuries that led to some key losses.
That's what you're seeing here. All our running backs are banged up. Sean White is banged up. Which leads to is losing to a really shitty Georgia team, and severely limits us against a stacked Alabama team.
It is frustrating... But it's not a lot different than other teams in our same boat which includes most of the good teams in the SEC. Tennessee, Florida, Ole Miss, A&M... all good teams that had some unfortunate injuries that led to some key losses.
Posted on 11/16/16 at 8:41 am to TailbackU
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Auburn is like a lot of teams not named Alabama. We have depth in some areas, and other areas we are thin. If our injury situation is favorable in our thin areas, we can take it a long way. If we have some key injuries in areas where we are thin it severely hampered our ability to compete for a championship, how deep we are in other areas
That's what you're seeing here. All our running backs are banged up. Sean White is banged up. Which leads to is losing to a really shitty Georgia team, and severely limits us against a stacked Alabama team.
Yeah that's all fine and well but this very easily could be a team that is 9-2 or even 10-1.
A healthy White at QB and a healthy Pettway at RB could have and should have been what we started the season with. No doubt we beat Clemson with the team we had from week 5 - 10.
I'd wager to say we could have beaten A&M as well. They beat us more convincingly though so I'll concede that point.
Our offense didn't hold us back against Georgia as much as it did weeks 1-4 and that was 100% on the offensive coaching staff.
Posted on 11/16/16 at 8:45 am to DuncanIdaho
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If my sister had a dick she'd be my brother.
Well these days, she has the right to use whatever restroom she chooses.
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