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A false start on Auburn...that's new.

2 minutes ago, Eagle-1 said:

These guys on here hate Harsin so much they'll blame the Kennedy assassination on him before the night is over. 

Can you prove he WASN’T involved?

I’m sure we’ll be seeing that play over and over on ESPN. 

1 minute ago, Brad_ATX said:

No.  Gus would have absolutely punted.  Harsin's game management has cost us at least 3 games in the last year and a half.

Gus would have sent Carlson out there. He seemed convinced he could hit from 60.

I don’t like going for it on 4th and 10. Pin them deep. 

That’s more like the Auburn I’ve come to love. 

Dear Auburn…

Is Harsin now TRYING to get fired?! 

7 hours ago, Mikey said:

The problem is there are no sure-fire bets. The average team in our position goes through four to five head coaches before they find one who sticks. The people who were doing the hiring at Alabama, A&M, Florida, Tennessee and so forth thought they had found their guy every time too. Most of them were swings and missises.

And everyone forgets Bama kind of got lucky with Saban. They had Rich Rod all signed up and then he got back on the plane and changed his mind. If he doesn’t do that, the Saban dynasty at Bama likely never happens. 
 

And now CBS pours some salt on it by running “The Trials and Tribulations of Being Auburn.” Maybe they can bring up Jetgate next?

Just now, W.E.D said:

Awful OL will be blamed on TJ somehow 

It is awful OL play but it’s also on TJ. He has to have an internal clock and get that ball out quicker. 

1 minute ago, Eagle-1 said:

Poor guy running for his life every play

I don’t know that I would call it “running” exactly. 

2 minutes ago, EastAl_Tiger said:

.aaaanndd you take him out for AShford

2 minutes ago, Auburn Tiger said:

Because it makes too much sense. 

Thought for a brief moment I felt a nip this morning.  It turned out to just be the downdraft from the rapidly approaching storms.  

I legit thought it killed the Bama fan sitting next to me.  We were in the end zone Davis ran into and sitting next to a couple of Alabama fans, a son about my age and his 70+ year old dad.  We had a great time during the game, some good natured trash talking and complimenting each other's teams on good plays.  When the kick-six happened I looked over and the dad was white as a sheet and seriously appeared to be having a heart attack.  I pointed this out to the son and he gave his dad a shake and snapped him out of it.  But for a brief moment I was mentally trying to figure out what we were going to do in all the pandemonium.

3 hours ago, JBiGGiE said:

It's been explained ad nauseam but that knucklehead almost won us the game had he made that extra yard and a half before getting yanked out of bounds by the defender.

But back on topic, I still believe that in a situation where your QB is broken, you know your only option is to run the ball, the stands know it, your opponent knows it... Even if your opponent's strength is stopping the run, your best bet is to line up, put your heavy package in, and call your shot.

I agree with this except take Finley out of the equation.  Put Tank in wildcat where he can see holes develop or bounce outside and get an extra blocker in there.  As you said, everyone in the State knew Tank was getting the ball, so just snap it right to him and let him get the yard.

10 hours ago, woodford said:

Never thought of it like that. I see a bunch of Title IX garbage in the future. Could totally see an NIL situation where the school receives money and just distributes it evenly among everyone.

I think where this ultimately ends (although I don't like it) is that the SEC, Big 12, Big 10 and ACC tell the NCAA that their services are no longer required for football.  They will then set up a separate oversight body run by the conferences.  To get around any Title IX issues, the schools will no longer give scholarships for football players.  They will simply pay the players directly and the players can choose to use that money to go to school or not.  

In the end, the requirement that a player for a particular team actually attend school at that university will disappear like "tears in the rain."  Major college football will become a true NFL minor league.  The smaller schools will remain under the umbrella of the NCAA and will get the athletes left over. 

Bobo every time he thinks about using Tank…

The failure to use Tank is #1. One the drive where Auburn got the ball with around 5 minutes left, we get the big play action pass and the not ONE run play with Tank. Result: punt. 
 

And not running Tank on 4th and half a yard is inexcusable. 

Time to get Finley some reps.😁

How much would we have to donate to finally get a clock that works in Jordan-Hare?

28 minutes ago, aucanucktiger said:

Maybe Kiffen's just a mediocre HC after all.

This is also a very strong possibility.

5 hours ago, bigbird said:

True, but against another team we'd make different calls on 3rd down since we aren't defending 4.  

I think this also plays against Kiffen's strategy of going for it on 4th down a lot.  When done sparingly, it can be effective because the defense is used to thinking they only have to defend for three downs.  If they get a stop on third down they are usually hyped up and ready to run off the field...then suddenly they have to defend a fourth down and get re-focused. They can get caught off guard.

Now that everyone knows Kiffen goes for it a lot on 4th down they have prepared accordingly and the defense is expecting they will have to defend 4 downs.  It becomes less likely that you are going to catch them off guard or catch them in a situation where they have to suddenly get re-focused.