re: What has changed for AU this year?

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lowspark12

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Good post.

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rbWarEagle

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I really don't hate you guys. It's just your week.

You haven't really won anything significant since I've been alive. Trust me, if some of your fans weren't so loud about nothing, I wouldn't think about Auburn.

Just having fun. Enjoy the rest of the week and the game on saturday.

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The OL is better, specifically the right tackle position.... running the ball over 60% of the time and having a mobile QB tend to make things easier on those guys, though.

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How is Lee Ziemba as a player? He's been to my friend's crawfish boil on Lake Harding the last couple of years and seems like a nice kid. We also tailgated with his dad in Auburn 2 years ago and in Baton Rouge last year.

I don't think Au will beat LSU but at this point it wouldn't suprise me for that to happen. Au got the lottery with Cam. he is a lot better than most expected (including myself). It's the offense that is making this team a threat. Defensively they are as bad as last year except N. Fairly is playing like a mad man. If LSU beats Au I expect it to take a lot out of their sails and will struggle down the stretch with OM, UGA and Bama. But so far you have to tip your hat to Cam.

Their defense is worse than last year! And they have 1 player that is gonna get smoked sat. if he tries to run over ANY ONE on our defense!!! KILL THEM ALL AND LET THE PARAMEDICS SORT THEM OUT!!!!

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How many times will this be posted this week? I havent seen one AU poster who said this is going to be a blowout.

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Don't let facts get in the way of a good story.

I'll try to give my somewhat objective thoughts on each team's changes for this year.

Auburn:

-Emergence of Fairley has really helped improve the DL. The others aren't great but they're doing well with Fairley getting all the attention; he's as good as Nevis and both are freaks.

-MLB has been playing very well but OLBs are scrubs.

-Secondary is comprised of three Stevie Wonders and a Hellen Keller; they're worse than last year.

-OL has played well and has benefited from a more North-South running game with Newton as opposed to the predominantly East-West attack from last year.

-Special teams is much better than last year; these could be two of the top special teams units in the conference.

-Much deeper skill players keeps them from being gased in the up-tempo offense.

-The most obvious is the addition of Newton. He's surpassed everyone, including delusional Auburn homers', expectations so far this season.

-Malzahn has really tweeked his schemes to cater to Newton's strengths (did you hear that Crowton?!?!). Instead of the East-West traditional zone read off the backside DE they've been running more inverted veer action and keying off the interior DT. This is what Florida did in 2007 to handle Dorsey and Auburn will do it all day against Nevis; will be interesting to see how LSU's defense adapts.

LSU:

-OL has improved. Losing Blackwell the opening game was a huge blow but they've rebounded well.

-Ridley has run as well or better than anyone in the conference so far; yes I'm including Ingram and Richardson. He's really the heart and soul of this offense.

-QB play is night and day. The Jefferson who had a career day against you last year has regressed into a giant mess and the Lee who struggled against Bama last year is back to the Lee who torched you in the second half two years ago. Currently Lee has the highest completion percentage of anyone in the SEC, but it won't matter cause Jefferson will probably play the majority of the game haha.

-WRs play well when Lee is in the game. When Jefferson is in it's clear they lose some interest. Shepard hasn't taken off like most expected and Crowton still refuses to get him more touches out of the backfield. He's still not completely comfortable at WR so it would make sense to get him the ball on designed runs but Crowton apparently disagrees.

-LSU now has crazy depth on the DL. The loss of Montgomery hurt bigtime (he would have been huge in this game against Newton), but there's still a ton of depth. You'll feel like you're watching Fairley when you see how dominant Nevis is and Mingo looks like a young Jevon Kearse.

-Sheppard has really emerged as the leader of this defense and could be the best LB in the SEC. The OLBs are decent.

-The secondary has been in beast mode ever since the second half of the UNC game. They played a ton of young guys and there were multiple blown assignments but these guys are exceptionally talented and really catching on quick. They've also been moving around guys a ton. Peterson, Mathieu and others will be lined up everywhere in this game.

-Special teams is very good as well. Outside of one blown coverage to Florida where some new guys were in because of injuries, everything has been solid.

If I had to do an overall breakdown it'd look like this:

-LSU OL vs. Auburn DL: Wash, maybe slight edge to Auburn because of Fairley
-LSU RB vs. Auburn LB: LSU
-LSU WR vs. Auburn DB: LSU (assuming Lee plays)
-LSU DL vs. Auburn OL: LSU in traditional one-on-one but wash or slight edge to Auburn due to their system
-LSU LB vs. Auburn RB: Similar to above, they're probably even but Auburn's are great in that system
-LSU DB vs. Auburn WR (or anyone's): LSU
-LSU QB vs. Auburn QB: Huge edge Auburn
-LSU STs vs. Auburn STs: Wash

Chavis vs. Malzahn: This is the heavyweight matchup that will decide the game. In years past I'd say Malzahn but Chavis has really tweeked his schemes this year (as has Malzahn with the inverted veer). I'd probabyl hafta say wash

LSU OC vs. Auburn DC: Who gives a fvck they both suck?

Miles vs. Chizik: Miles gets edge in experience. Chizik gets edge in non-retartedness. If Lee plays they're about even. If not then huge edge Auburn.

Should be a great game; can't decide on a winner as of now. I think LSU has a slight edge in most aspects but Auburn's system with Newton running it completely balances any advantage LSU had. Can't wait for this fvcking game!

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I don't think Au will beat LSU but at this point it wouldn't suprise me for that to happen. Au got the lottery with Cam. he is a lot better than most expected (including myself). It's the offense that is making this team a threat. Defensively they are as bad as last year except N. Fairly is playing like a mad man. If LSU beats Au I expect it to take a lot out of their sails and will struggle down the stretch with OM, UGA and Bama. But so far you have to tip your hat to Cam.

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At least you are consistent. So much for 7-5...now 8-4.

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What has changed for AU this year?

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Adding Cam Newton to a schedule that includes all major games with the exception of Alabama at home.

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At least you are consistent. So much for 7-5...now 8-4.

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Actually I said that Au would start 6-0 and would finish 7-5 worst case and 9-3 best case. Looks like Au will get the best case that I predicted. You have to know that a lot of what I post is just to ruffle a few of your homer Au fans feathers. Plus I was not going to concede that Au would beat teams that they have lost to multiple years in a row: Ark, LSU, Bama, UGA. Au has played very well on the offensive side of the ball and Cam has really suprised me and a lot of others on how good he's played so far this year! Should be a heck of a game vs LSU and I'm really not sure who wins. I'd give the edge to Au but damn Les/LSU has a golden horeshoe stuck up his arse and it's hard go against that. LOL