***FINAL: AU 21 UW 16 — Postgame Thread***

[shabby 1,956]

14 minutes ago, cole256 said:

Outcoached????? How?

By winning??

[cole256 17,042]

7 minutes ago, sevenlee36 said:

Because Gus won and Petersen lost? But Petersen is a heck of a coach. He gets the most out of his players.

Nah, I've seen too many football games to say one outcoached another because of a win

[tbone4jc 2,241]

Ill take an ugly win over a pretty loss any day of the week. As our oline improves so does our offense. Patience my fellow tigers. This year is gonna be gooood! Just needs a little tobasco sauce!!

[WarEagleHunter1221 1,690]

Who agrees? Play of the game HANDS DOWN was Darryl Williams’ PBU. 

[selias 2,398]

I'm still digesting this game. I'm happy, sad, concerned, ecstatic, frustrated, and elated all at the same time.

[ddar 2]

I know this is the 1st game of the season but,I really hope we can address the penalty issues soon.

[Tigerfinz 1,362]

At least the UW fans we were around told us we were way better fans than Bama fans...I'll take that and a win!

[cole256 17,042]

1 minute ago, shabby said:

By winning??

Well you can go ahead and run with that

[Maverick.AU 13,279]

We talk about an ugly win against the #6 team, now we def have to improve but I will def take it!

[bigbird 60,461]

1 minute ago, WarEagleHunter1221 said:

Who agrees? Play of the game HANDS DOWN was Darryl Williams’ PBU. 

Oh my, yes!

[WarEagle1983 2,185]

2 minutes ago, selias said:

I'm still digesting this game. I'm happy, sad, concerned, ecstatic, frustrated, and elated all at the same time.

Pretty much sums up my emotions as well. I would love to know from Gus why we decided to go for 2 on the 1st TD play. Add confused to those emotions.

[auburntiger1987 759]

3 minutes ago, WarEagleHunter1221 said:

Who agrees? Play of the game HANDS DOWN was Darryl Williams’ PBU. 

Agree. Called it right after it happened. Even nicer since he got hurt a little earlier

[cole256 17,042]

So what makes some of you say KAM should be 3rd string?

[AUStew87 326]

I’ll take some of the credit for this win. Kicked the wife out of the living and left the bad mojo of my man cave to finish the game in the living room. Next drive, Whitlow scores and the D holds. Your welcome... realistically the wife left for work, but the rest is true!!! Lots to clean up, but great win. 

[AUDub 11,144]

Bite me, negabarners. We just beat a top ten team. 

[AUinfusion 390]

9 minutes ago, bigbird said:

 

He is much more dynamic than Boobie. Boobie a few times reverted back to his old dancing self.  

I felt like Kam was leaning into contact that wasn’t there when he did have space (not that often) and was robbing himself of the chance to make a cut and use his speed and agility.

[tbone4jc 2,241]

4 minutes ago, tbone4jc said:

Ill take an ugly win over a pretty loss any day of the week. As our oline improves so does our offense. Patience my fellow tigers. This year is gonna be gooood! Just needs a little tobasco sauce!!

But it feels so much better after a win against the # 6 team in the nation though, doesn't it?

[WarEagleHunter1221 1,690]

I wonder where Asa was. Surprised we saw Shivers but not him. I hope we see him next week as well as Schwartz and Hill. Let’s the freshman play. I love it. 

[auburntiger1987 759]

Just now, AUStew87 said:

I’ll take some of the credit for this win. Kicked the wife out of the living and left the bad mojo of my man cave to finish the game in the living room. Next drive, Whitlow scores and the D holds. Your welcome... realistically the wife left for work, but the rest is true!!! Lots to clean up, but great win. 

I’ll take a little too. My good luck charm 3 y/o watched the 4th quarter with us after the wash score

[bigbird 60,461]

Their DL was legit. I don't know how much of the OL performance was based on poor execution by us or great execution by them.  Probably some combination of the two, but in the end, we need more and better from the OL. 

I also think the run calls put unnecessary stress on the O.  We were not very balanced with that aspect.

[fredst 9,064]

Thrilled with this win and appreciate all of the commentary( missed the game because of a fly fishing float trip in Montana so it was worth it). I told my wife this morning that I thought this was one of the biggest AU games in awhile from a national perception standpoint. Ugly or not a win to start a season against a quality opponent is something we haven’t had in a very long time (heck, I don’t even remember the last time). I just have to believe that this game will really be a huge building block for us. War Damn Eagle!

[milehighfan 1,240]

Auburn definitely has alot of work to do, a blind man could see it in a heartbeat. A very successful small college basketball coach once told me he would much rather learn in a victory than a defeat.

[corchjay 5,311]

24 minutes ago, cole256 said:

Outcoached????? How?

How did he not?  21-16 says he did.  Prove my statement wrong

[bigbird 60,461]

Five of the last six opponents had a total of one loss prior to playing us... I know it was first game for UW? Five of the six were top 6 ranked teams also.

[Roos 122]

I think the OL will jell, and while they really were not terrible today they need a lot of improvement, which I think the jelling & improvement will come in time, 

and our backs could do a little better picking their holes and breaking it outside