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1 hour ago, WDavE said:

Sir,

 

As always I enjoy reading your synopsis of our games.

I thought one of the things that the UAT offensive line did and got away with for the most part was engaging the defensive guys and clasping the outside postion of the  shoulder pads. I thought you had to keep you hands to the inside if you grabbed the player. A lot of times our player got steered and taken out of the play our held some before being let go.

Isn't that something you would have to teach?

 

 

Yep, I saw this too.  Bammer has been getting away with this for years.  THis is what pisses me off about SEC officiating being so bammer biased.  I hardly see bammer being called for holding, but they sure like to call everybody else for it.

Steelers finally got a touchdown.  I thought they were going to go TD-less for the entire playoffs 

Do the Steelers know how to do anything besides kick field goals?

Go Chiefs!  Hope Dee Ford sacks Roethlisberger a couple of times

34 minutes ago, aubiefifty said:

i sure am tired of reading where auburn does not stand a chance. especially from some of those idiots at al.com. and yes i do post some of their stuff but if it is info on the tigers i will usually repost if not a terrible article.

al.com = crap.  Unless you're  a bammer fan, there is no reason to get info from them  on any other collegiate program

14 minutes ago, Ramblin Wreck said:

CBS Sports ranked the SEC fourth behind the Big 10, PAC 12, and ACC 

I can agree with that.  

The SEC as a whole had an out of conference record of 38-13.  However, the majority of those teams were cupcakes.  Don't know if that really makes the SEC look any better.  I believe the SEC was subpar this year.  Definitely not the pinnacle league this year.

Anyways, it will be interesting to see the SEC's bowl record.  

5 hours ago, JFDTiger80 said:

I just read through the game thread and feel free to correct me, but it seems like we are a very poor free throw shooting team. Hope they get better. That may kill us in important games. 

I was at the game and yes from what I saw much work needs to be done at the free throw line.  You're right, we won't be able to win many close games down to the wire without making free throws.

4 minutes ago, bigsixfive said:

I thought the refs got it right this week. Some of you may see holding in this picture, but it's actually a mid-play bro hug and a guy trying to get an autograph from a future NFL star. Definitely not holding.

I've said it all year and I'll say it again.  The SEC officiating sucks this year.  What do expect when you have a bammer heading the officiating?

Pittsburgh defense looked horrible

11 hours ago, JMR said:

On the blocked field goal....Cunningham timed his jump perfectly, something I doubt he could do once in a dozen tries. Impressive to me on that play was the fact that holder Tyler Stovall immediately went to the ball and tackled the Vandy player trying to pick it up. Usually on a blocked kick, players are looking around for the ball, but Stovall knew exactly where it was and got there quickly.

I trust your judgement on this one, coach.  When I watched it the first couple of times, I thought he was offsides.  You keyed in on a detail I did not think about: Tyler Stovall's quick thinking and reaction.  Hats off to Stovall for saving the day, or it could have been worse...

11 hours ago, JMR said:

• Vandy has two former state champion wrestlers in their interior offensive line, and their mat skills were put to good use in the game. I lost count of the times I saw one of their offensive linemen grab an AU defender and pull him to the position they wanted. I’m not sure, but I don’t recall a single holding penalty being called on Vandy.

• On the subject of holding calls, I believe four were called on Auburn. One of those, the one on Alex Kozan, was a solid call. The ones on Stanton Truitt, Austin Golson, and Ryan Davis were (IMO) ridiculous. Two of those negated big plays by the Auburn offense and were factors in the game. The one on Ryan Davis was called by an official 20 yards away.

I don't remember single holding call on Vandy.  In fact in the last several games the officials have not been calling many holding calls on Auburn's opponents.

See, the second point above is what make me wonder about the "conspiracy theories."  How come Auburn is suddenly called for holding "coincidentally" when it is big momentum play for Auburn.  I wouldn't mind the bogus holding calls so much if they were not on game changing plays.  The fact that they call a bogus holding penalty on Auburn at opportune times makes me wonder....

How can an official 20 yards away be allowed to make a holding call?

10 hours ago, AUGoo said:

Watching the hit that lead to  Deshaun Davis dismissal, it appearred to me that the angle of approach to make the tackle made it virtually impossible to not make that hit without his head somewhere in the vicinity of his chest.  I am giving him the benefit of the doubt that he could not pull up. I would imagine they are taught to make that tackle with the intent of dislodging the ball.  Having said all that, how do you teach these players to make that tackle?

I agree.  What is a tackle anymore?  A good clean hit?  Who knows?  It appears that SEC officiating is having a hard time calling consistently across the board, that is for sure.  This targeting stuff is getting ridiculous...

Does Auburn not have an answer for the short quick passes?

This is the second week in a row that the defense has gotten torched by quick short passes.  Vanderbilt put 221 yards passing on this defense, that is the most they've had all season and since last season's opener.  Chad Kelly set a school record against Auburn's defense.  Will Auburn be able to stop the bleeding?  I didn't see much of an adjustment Saturday.

16 minutes ago, jenn4AU said:

The thing I know I saw on that play was that it should not have counted as Vandy did not get the snap off in time. Should have been delay of game. 

You are right.  I saw that too.  Very frustrating.

4 minutes ago, Barnacle said:

I've really enjoyed reading these this season. Thanks for continuing to post them. 

I second that.  I've also enjoyed listening to Coach's podcast on the War Eagle Sports Radio app.

3 hours ago, JMR said:

I thought the officiating crew was unusually weak. They missed numerous holding calls, called Auburn defensive linemen twice for offsides when they were back out of the neutral zone before the snap, and allowed LSU to run plays without wide receivers being set before the snap. I don’t like to complain about officials in a loss, but in a win, they’re fair game IMO.

Totally agree about the officiating.  It has been awful this year. I thought the officiating was supposed to get better as the year goes on, giving them time to correct their mistakes.  Doesn't the SEC office review the mistakes weekly?  How come they continue to make the same bad calls?

9 minutes ago, SickOfSucking said:

And it won't happen as long as a UA graduate is running things.  See UAB!

Politics definitely plays a huge part in the game of college football.  Now to what degree some may argue.  But there is more than meets the eye going on in the background of major university football programs.  College football is a business and brings in more money than any other college sport, especially in the SEC.  So there will be some to question how and why the BOT is set up the way it is.  It makes no sense for a UA grad and fan to run an AU program, as it does an AU grad and fan to run a UA program.  Of course there will be bias.

Same thing goes for the officiating in the SEC.  I've always said that they need to work on "fairness" as much as possible when it comes to officiating the game.  We are human beings and we all have bias.  For someone to tell me that the head of SEC officiating, who is a UA grad and "fan",  is completely fair and in no way would ever show any bias for or against "certain" teams, is completely living in fantasy land.  

All I'm saying is the way things are set up now, I don't think the "conspiracy" theorists are too far off.  There is definitely some questionable calls being made in leadership positions.  And yes the move to terminate the UAB football program was a political move.

2 minutes ago, WarTiger said:

I absolutely agree.  From an officials standpoint the official responsible for the motion man is the one on the side of the field the player initially lines up.  He keeps that motion man until he either resets or the snap, and that's even if he motions all the way across the field.   The right official threw the flag, but it really wasn't even close to being illegal.   Your assessment of it is spot on.  He went in motion to the slot and stopped.  He wasn't set for a second, but he didn't have to be because it was a motion and not a shift.   The illegal motion simply wasn't there.   IMO, though, it does matter because it shouldn't have been thrown and a penalty like that can cost us a touchdown.

I've been disappointed with officiating so far this season and we are only two games in.  They are making way too many mistakes, and costly mistakes at that.  You're right, that kind of mistake by the official, cost Auburn a touchdown.  And had this been an SEC game, it possibly could have cost us the game.  I know referees are only human, but they have to do a better job and be held accountable for their errors.  From my understanding the Auburn coaching staff can review the penalties with the league to get a better understanding of what they saw.  Imo if a referee continues to make by judgement calls, they should eventually be demoted and not allowed to referee games in the SEC anymore.  I'm not sure how officials are evaluated in the SEC.

I've been keeping up with penalties so far this year for Auburn.

Clemson game:  Auburn 9/60 yds to Clemson 6/55 yds

Arky state game: Auburn 5/40 yds to Arky States 10/71 yds

What those stats don't show is the penalties that kill Auburn's drives at inopportune times, sometimes in resulting in a TD being called back.  This is especially troubling when the penalty is unwarranted.

I still find the offensive line to be suspect.  This concerns me going into SEC play.  Although the line played better last night, imo there is a lot of room for improvement.  I hope we have enough time in a week to get a lot of issues addressed and corrected.  Coach Ray is spot on about Xavier Dampeer.  He seems to be struggling at the center position, a position that you don't have the luxury to take your time to learn during the season.  I really hope he gets better fast.  Coach Ray stated it perfectly that he is not moving his feet, and he is snapping the ball too slow.  He is also getting pushed back way too much.  Oh well, lets hope he makes a drastic turn around in game three.

2 hours ago, ScottsboroAuburnFan said:

They are really good but Adams and Lawson should be out performing them and they are not. They show up from Tim to time but Marlon has a push every snap. I'm disappointed in Adams and Lawson. They are good but disappear to much.

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing.  I've been expecting more out of Adams and Lawson, but haven't heard much out of them.  I know Lawson has one sack.  However, it seems like they are not playing up to their potential so far this year.  I hope they wake up soon as we go into SEC play.

14 minutes ago, lionheartkc said:

You'll find that, more often than not, it's not the sentiment of the post that gets removed, it's how it's phrased.This is a family friendly site, but in my experience, the mods are very lenient.  They however do not tolerate trolling (once they catch on it's happening), personal attacks on players, or inappropriate language. Someone also took the time to write up a lovely set of rules that can help you decide whether or not to post something. It's really all to keep this place from devolving into another AL.com.

I can't stand AL.com.  I don't know why any Auburn fan would want to read about Auburn sports on their site.  All they do is try to conjure up negative rumors about Auburn and print them as fact.  AL.com is notorious for posting click bait articles about Auburn football.  They send James Crapea to try to dig up any dirt he can find to try to rip on the program. They are a UAt site that feeds the Bammer trolls.

Speaking of moving forward, I wish Gus would get past using the same excuse every year "we had a lot of young guys out there," when asked about the poor offensive performance.  Maybe it has not so much to do with the "experience" of the players, but instead poor play calling.  I mean, this is Gus' fourth year at Auburn.  Third year of his recruits.  Every program has new guys to come in to help out, but not every program has the issues we are having on offense.  I appreciate you Gus, but come one, you have had multiple years to recruit and it seems like the offense is regressing every year.

1 minute ago, AUIH1 said:

Depends on who you are and which person with MOD in their title takes it.  If varies.

 

wde

Being new also, I just realized how that worked when I had a post deleted because they felt it did not fit their forum...oh well, everybody's entitled to their opinion, but there seems to be some censorship going on

1 minute ago, WarTiger said:

We get it. You hate Malzahn. Do you have to come in and pollute every thread with the same crap?  Time to grow up.

I agree, I don't believe in bashing the coach.  However, I will question his mindset after last nights debacle.  I hope he proves us all wrong and turns this thing around