As much as I hate to say it, if I'm JFIII, I would be looking to transfer elsewhere. I love the loyalty, and generally never advocate ditching your team, but what the coaches told him on Saturday was "you will never be our QB. We would rather play SW who is about 40% healthy, than let you take a snap." I was in Athens, watching this clown-show of an offense, running the same three plays over, and over, and over. I looked down and say JFIII throwing on the sideline and thought "good, let's give UGA something different to defend, and maybe he can break one". That opportunity never came, even though SW couldn't throw the ball 5 yards without spinning out of his shoes and falling down (awesome mechanics, btw). We never tried anything remotely different in the 2nd half. UGA sat back and just licked their chops, watching a gimpy Kerryon Johnson run off tackle again and again, for no gain.
The thing that hurts the worst about this game is because it was a must win for Auburn. At a time when our season started off slow, then got better, and then got really good, we needed a great year to erase the past couple. This would have had the entire fanbase pumped, the players pumped, and all the momentum going into the warm up game against A&M before facing our hated rival for the SEC West. Unfortunately, it appears our offensive coaches opted for the "oh well, maybe next year" approach. I personally feel our offensive coaches threw in the towel at halftime. They quit on this team, and now I don't see how they are going to expect our players not to quit on them the next two weeks, especially JFIII and Kam Martin.
I'm not for firing Gus just yet, but I have a hard time backing a coach that lays down and plays dead against a huge rival, when the SEC West in on the line. If anyone can help me change my mind about them quitting on the game at halftime, please tell me. Someone who was on the sidelines, tell me Gus and Rhett were doing everything they could to get some momentum, because from the stands, it was pathetic looking.
War Eagle always, but I hate that we pissed away this incredible defense on what we saw Saturday. Kevin Steele, you deserve every cent of your paycheck, and half of Gus and Rhett's this week! Coach Steele, you are the main reason I hope we do not get rid of Gus this season, as I would hate to see you leave! That is, unless you are promoted and you bring in the younger Briles as OC, but that is a different thread all together.