auburn2eugene

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Kid Rock and my wife are both from Grosse Pointe Michigan which is like the Beverley Hills of Detroit. His blue collar white trash schitck is so old. His dad owned around 10 car dealerships

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Where someone is “from” is irrelevant. He has a home in Nashville, Alabama, and Michigan. He doesn’t spend most of his time in Michigan and hasn’t in years.

Have you ever lived across country? You pick up the local dialect pretty quickly no matter how much you fight it. When I moved to Oregon I picked up things I still to this day use even though I’m back in Alabama. My wife from Oregon sounds like a native from Alabama in less time than kid rock has lived primarily in Nashville.

So… you either don’t understand how dialect works when moving to different areas of the country or you are pushing an agenda

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keep dual threat QBs active in his vision

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I will never forget nor forgive Gus for recruiting Tyler Queen over Lamar Jackson.

What could have been…

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Crazy to think

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What’s crazier is I saw today the last time we had a winning season when Gus wasn’t on staff was 2007. That’s crazy.

I wanted Gus gone after the LSU game in 2017, but he absolutely took us to heights we hadn’t really seen before, and certainly haven’t since.

I raise my hat to him and thank him for the amazing times.

I’d have to say Auburn football

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higher overall average

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Holy shite that’s some cope most Auburn fans have used when they want to make themselves feel better about finishing lower overall in recruiting rankings.

Like for a decade Auburn sunshine pumpers have said our classes were actually better than how they were ranked because the average per player was higher and we just took less. Meanwhile Bama and UGA would fight over the #1 overall spot… never mentioning things like less recruits but higher average


My oh my how the mighty have fallen. And spare me with insults to Auburn. I know what we’ve been since like 2017.

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second chance wanna-be’s

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Well now that isn’t exactly fair. The Ramil kid from Michigan State is a two year starter. Dude played in 11 games and started 8 in the B1G at LT as a redshirt freshman. Then took over as full time starting LT in 2025 before an injury sidelined his season.

The James Madison kid, started all season at LT for a playoff team. Their coach was then hired to be UCLAs coach. He has taken 10 JMU players with him, and absolutely wanted to bring his starting LT who has given up 1 sack in over 1500 snaps.

Best is a top 10 IOL guy in the portal. He can legitimately play OC or OG

I mean the rankings may not be what Auburn expects, but how’s that worked out for us chasing stars since 2017? I care about how they play for Auburn. You don’t have to be an NFL player to be an exceptional college player. And as of right now Auburn is still a “college” team.

So who Fing cares if they are a couple inches shorter than the nfl wants? Who cares if they can’t high jump like the nfl wants? Who cares if their wingspan is an inch or two below nfl minimums?

We need them to excel here at Auburn. What they do after playing for us should be of little concern.

Damn I’m really starting to sound like a sunshine pumper but I certainly am not. I just know this is a new day. This coaching staff has a history of talent evaluation. Not to mention it took until THIS PAST SEASON for the Tennessee offense to recover losing CAG. We have a no nonsense real winner as HC again finally.

I’ve seen people on here say that Washington is bad at pass blocking so I went digging and looked up PFFs pass blocking effectiveness based on their careers so far and here is what I found.

1. Davenport. Davenport graded highest in pass protection among the RB room. In 2025 at his season-long PFF pass blocking grade was 71.4 with a season high 71.6 in one and season low of 55.4. Golesh emphasizes RB pass pro heavily, and reports highlight the backfield’s effectiveness in protection as a “priority.”

2. Washington. Washington is the most physical and willing protector, with a big jump in 2025. His overall PFF grades hovered around 60 in games, but pass blocking was a weaker spot in some matchups. I couldn’t find a listed high, but his season low was 3.4, though scouting notes call it “not a massive strength” yet serviceable due to his size, leverage, and former safety toughness. He’s often described as the “thunder” back who can stonewall with power, making him a good early-down/third-down option. Upside is high in Golesh’s scheme.

3. Mabson. This was the surprise to me. Mabson was praised by coaches Nix and Freeze in 2025 for looking “good” in pass pro, being “physical enough,” and being “a big part of that pass protection.” As a RSF, he’s shown growth in identifying looks and engaging blockers, especially after stepping up due to roster changes. Very few snaps mean no real PFF data, but his build and willingness suggest he could be a solid contributor.

4. Cobb. Cobb struggles in pass protection due to his lighter frame and emphasis on elusiveness over power. Scouting reports note he “often struggles to stand up blitzers” and “lacks power to anchor,” with effectiveness around 31% in some draft projections. He’s more likely to be subbed out on obvious passing downs, as his game is built on speed and burst rather than blocking.

5. Henderson. Alvin didn’t get any pff blocking stats. He played in 1 game.

These are all YouTube shorts so they are super short videos. I can’t find the video of his that showed part or all of Sam Leavitts LSU deal, but it was this guy who talked about it.

Utah Private Equity

UNLV Private Equity

BigXII Private Equity

From how I understand it, the school has 25m in total for paying players. Cohen “sold” the 2026 opening game to be played in Atlanta for 5m which gives us the 30m. It isn’t like Deuce had money set aside for him. His money would have come out of the 30m pool which obviously reduces or removes money to be spent on other sports.

I could be wrong, I’ve been wrong before.

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What does that say about him?

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That he didn’t expect $aban to retire thus bringing in Julian Sayin who even Noland knows is better.

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He jump from OSU to the cocks but couldn't break in the starting rotation

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You think he is competing to take the starting job from Sellars? No, he thought he would transfer to USCe and Sellars would be going to the NFL and he would be looking at starting. Sellars surprised everyone by returning. He also CAN return the year after. Sellars is the paid and established QB1. Do you guys even pay attention to Meta? He has said over and over that when you have an established QB1 in today’s game where he cost you 3.5-5m to lock down, they aren’t having a QB competition. That person is your starter period.

So there are two major surprises that have happened with the teams he has picked. We don’t have that issue. We don’t have a NFL qb coming in. Brown WILL be gone after next season. We will absolutely be looking in the portal again next year for a qb.

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Take a look at that back up from USF...knows the system and if he wasn't able to compete at the SEC level do yo think this staff would have taken him here at AU?

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Yeah the kid has potential, but let’s call a spade a spade, he isn’t projected to make it to the NFL. He MAY could, but under no circumstances am I prepared to put all my eggs in 1 basket especially a 3 star that was the 61st rated qb in his class, and rated 1094 in the portal.

Also I find it interesting you bash Noland for not sticking it out to compete with 2 NFL QBs, while you are absolutely fine just handing the keys to the kingdom to some unknown QB who has a famous dad because the coaches think he can. Personally I’d rather sign as much talent as possible and let the best man win. And like him or not, like his decisions or not, Noland is talented.

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I really don't want anyone that we went after that HF was high on. I don't think he had them right in the personality dept. Skill level yes but probably not in the head space. Too many games & not enough seriousness

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You do realize we went after ALL the top players in the country under Hugh don’t you? We didn’t get a sniff from some as I’m sure they saw through his nonsense but Hugh was high on every single top 100 player. Now do you really want to abandon top 100 players because our former coach wanted them? If he could have signed the top 100 kids every single year he would have. Saying you don’t want “ANYONE” that Freeze wanted is about the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen on here. Not calling you dumb but that stance sure is. I get it though, wanting a clean break.