IronMan70

OK Defense, tighten up after that KO, don't let them get any MO.

That KO return sucks, grrrrrr.

Good OL blocking those last 2 run calls. Hunter looking like his old self again and running tough.

TOUCHDOWN AUBURN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Georgia caught cheating.....PASS INTERFERENCE.

Down to the 10 yard line 1st and 10, hey I know, let's run up the gut on 1st, 2nd, 3rd down and kick a FG. No calls to put pressure on the edge, no RPOs, no sprint outs.

Simpson with the INT, thank goodness for the D.

On 9/26/2023 at 3:21 PM, DAG said:

I get what you are saying but my point is whether the guy was not at the spot or not, that ball was completely uncatchable. Quite frankly if someone is freaking wide open, you put it in their vicinity whether they are at a spot or not. I can have some empathy if this was a quick pass, but he had time to stare him down and completely threw it out of bounds. 

I hear you. It looked awful and that was the play where I actually yelled at the TV. Thorne has many issues and it's very disappointing it's not turning out like we thought. But after Freeze said what he did, unfortunately it means we have a lot of interconnecting problems going on with the offense. In my mind the question is why ? Honestly I don't know which QB should be playing anymore. But it appears the solution to the offensive woes isn't as simple as just changing the QBs. 

Just now, DAG said:

Was the spot out of bounds?  because it sailed way over his head 

I don't know but that's what he said. Maybe he meant if the WR was there it wouldn't have gone out of bounds. The point is it's not always what we think it is but I can't figure out why all these interlocking issues are occurring at this point.

I wish it was as simple as replacing the QB but it's not in this case. If you listen to Freeze's presser, there is a combination of issues going on between the QB, OL, WRs and play calling. As an example, he said on the wide open WR that Thorne missed on the wheel route, Thorne was actually throwing to a spot but the WR didn't "take off" to get to that spot when he turned up field. Thorne has his issues for sure but unless you fix all these interlocking issues, the problem isn't solved.  

12 minutes ago, auburnatl1 said:

Ok. Are we officially done discussing the game? This other stuff was mildly cute… 3 pages ago.

@auburnatl1

I think they have to get to the part where they pull out rulers and measure their tallywhackers. I have no documents to prove that so I could be mistaken.

6 minutes ago, Gowebb11 said:

Sort of true. QB indecisiveness led to several of those sacks. 

I agree that was part of it for sure. But the TAMU DL was owning our OL on pass pro so badly, I'm sure it contributed to some of that indecisiveness. Some of their pass rushes were like a stampede, just insane.

Who should start ? Well you got me.

We played 3 QBs.

The 3 QBs combined for 9 of 23 passing (39%), 56 yds and 0 TDs.

14 incompletions occurred.

6 incompletions were thrown well over the heads of wide open WRs by the 3 QBs.

2 other incompletions hit the WR right in the hands.

The QBs were sacked 7 times before they could make the pass attempt.

The OL was well below average in pass protection, at best.

Although the QBs are a major part of the problem it's not just them. There are several issues going on with the QBs, the OL, the WRs and yes, some of the play calling. All the issues have to be corrected in combination to make this thing work.

Our 2 QBs have a combined 5 of 13 for 46 yards

They have been sacked 6 times.

Pass blocking has been pretty bad.

Freeze needs to take over play calling, I think. 

Defense just scored a touchdown

* We've thrown the ball 12 times

* Badly overthrew the ball 5 times by 2 different QBs

* Been sacked 5 times before we could get the ball off

* Our O line is getting owned on pass plays.

* Other than that we are playing lights out <cough>.

* Better OL run blocking

* Better DL run stopping

* No turnovers

* a WIN

The speed of the game is about to increase for the Auburn players. Half of the team will be experiencing their first SEC game.

After pointing that out, I'm going with the good guys.

24 Auburn

21 TAMU

Who is calling these plays ? 2 JH runs in the teeth of a stacked DL, come on. Thorne runs it in next play.

TOUCHDOWN AUBURN !!!!!!!

That first int was not on Thorne, it was a TD if the WR makes the catch that hit him right in the hands. However, the 2nd INT is on Thorne.

Man, Rhyme is GOOD.

Thorne with 2 perfect passes, #3 makes up for not catching the other TD pass that hit him right in the hands.

TOUCHDOWN AUBURN !!!!!!!

6 minutes ago, AUTigergrad08 said:

He threw into double if not triple coverage did he not?  

He hit him in the hands in a small window in the EZ. You will see double and triple coverage all day long in the compact EZ. He did his job.

2 minutes ago, Mkvl04 said:

Thorne has to throw the ball away

Why ? Thorne hit the WR right in the hands for a TD.

Just now, jmcrosson said:

Dumb dumb dumb play calling but also, hit the receiver right in the hands.

Sure did, that wasn't Thorne's bad.

25 minutes ago, JerryAU said:

To be honest, after viewing some of the SEC's crappy offenses so far this year; Auburn may be in the thick of things and could win the West with our defense.

No QB/WR/RB/Oline look too good so far.  There's tons of work to do at AU/LSU/USCe/UF/UAT/Arky/aTm,  even Ole Miss floundered around on offense vs Tulane until the end of that game.

Yes, I was thinking about that last night. We have a tremendous opportunity this year if we can just get this thing going.