re: Okay in all seriousness Auburn fans (Next year's record)

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7-5 or 8-4 w/o Cam.

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I keep seeing AU poster's holding out hope that Cam will return for his last season. Be honest, please. If you were him right now, in light of what he has already accomplished on the field, would you return?

Now, consider the constant bashing he and his family are receiving right now, that seems to have picked up steam since Monday nights game..

All things aside, the wise decision for him would be to go pro and put this all behind him.

No one seriously thinks he is or should come back, but it is not unusual for fans to hold out a slight bit of hope until it becomes official.

FTR, I am holding out no hope for Cam and Fairley. I am worried about Adams as well. His personal situation may force him to come out a year too soon.

I can see nine wins possible, but that 4 game stretch may prove demoralizing and result in a few loses later in the year that would otherwise be wins. This year AU had a LOT of very close games and they lose a lot off of this team. Look at Iowa last year, they won a LOT of games but a lot of those wins were very close, this year they flip flopped a lot of those wins and while they may have been just as good, didn't win any of those 4th quarter games until their bowl... A similar situation could happen for AU next year...especially in the SEC west where luck and schedule almost have as much to do with win percentage as anything else.

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do you see the evil monkey in the closet, too?

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You talking about me?

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OLB:25 Daren Bates | 5-11, 203, So., 1V

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I think Bates should move back to S. He was pretty damn good as a true FR there in '09, and he has been unimpressive at OLB.

As for our record, I'll go with the 8-4 to 6-6 range. Our offense will still be pretty good, but I don't think defense will improve enough to make up the difference between 'pretty good' and 'awesome' that it was with Cam & an SR-dominated OL.

QB: Barrett Trotter (Frazier has an outside shot)
RB: 5 Michael Dyer | 5-9, 215, Fr., HS
WR: 89 Darvin Adams | 6-3, 185, Jr., 2V*
WR: 80 Emory Blake | 6-1, 192, So., 1V
WR: 9 Quindarius Carr | 6-1, 186, Jr., 2V
TE/HB: 43 P. Lutzenkirchen | 6-4, 258, So., 1V
LT: Brandon Mosley | 6-6, 299, Jr., JC
RT: A.J. Green | 6-5, 291, Jr.
LG:
RG:
OC: Reese Dismukes?

DEFENSE
DE: Corey Lemonier (played all year. Huge TFL against Oregon inside the 5)
DE: 94 Nosa Eguae | 6-2, 258, Fr., RS
DT: Jeffrey Whitaker (played in the rotation all year this year)
DT:
OLB:
MLB:
OLB: 25 Daren Bates | 5-11, 203, So., 1V
CB: 22 T'Sharvan Bell | 6-0, 180, So.
CB: 15 Neiko Thorpe | 6-2, 186, Jr., 2V
S: 12 Demetruce McNeal | 6-1, 176, Fr. (Very impressive at times this season)
S:

7-5

basically what they would have been this year without Cam.

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QB: toss up. most likely Trotter, imo
RB: 5 Michael Dyer | 5-9, 215, Fr., HS
WR: 89 Darvin Adams | 6-3, 185, Jr., 2V*
WR: 80 Emory Blake | 6-1, 192, So., 1V
WR: 9 Quindarius Carr | 6-1, 186, Jr., 2V
TE/HB: 43 P. Lutzenkirchen | 6-4, 258, So., 1V
LT: AJ Greene
RT: Brandon Mosley | 6-6, 299, Jr., JC
LG: John Sullen will probably play one of the guard spots
RG: toss up
OC: " "

DEFENSE
DE: toss up
DE:94 Nosa Eguae | 6-2, 258, Fr., RS
DT: Jeff Whitaker
DT: Kenneth Carter
OLB: Eltoro Freeman
MLB: Jake Holland
OLB:25 Daren Bates | 5-11, 203, So., 1V
CB: toss up
CB: 15 Neiko Thorpe | 6-2, 186, Jr., 2V
S: Demetruce McNeal
S: Mike McNeill

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The D will be relatively young, but there is alot of promise there.

I think the biggest question marks at this time are the OL and who will take over for Cam. Our skill players on offense will be young but there's tons of talent there. I do hope it finally clicks for Benton and he can contribute.

As for the record, I could see anywhere from 7-9, with 10 wins if we get some luck.

I'm still not sold on S Car being better. They've really only got 1 good RB, so if you shut Lattimore down and get pressure on Garcia, he's gonna shoot himself in the foot, which is exactly what happened in the SECCG. And I can definitely see Spurrier going with 2 QB's, which is almost never a good thing.

8-5 with a bowl victory.