JerryAU

I think Hugh gave the proper answer when he mentioned half a dozen times that we'd "played 4 ranked teams" the last 4 weeks. Of course, rankings don't mean everything, but there's a noticeable gap between the ranked & unranked teams and the talent disparity is glaring when they compete against each other. MSU is a really bad team, Auburn pretty much had their way with them, and our talent was able to outshine theirs.

Cheesy Dabo put Clemson on CFB's map, period. But now that "church money" used to pay their players became legal with NIL and now it's a bidding war for recruits. His religion won't allow him to dive deep into the portal for fear of compromising the "culture" he's built at Clemson. He just doesn't like the dirtiness of having to outbid other schools, he thinks the Clemson family & religion atmosphere he built at Clemson the last 10 yrs should be all it takes to attract top football players.

Sometimes folks have nothing better to do than analyze & criticize. A four-game losing streak had folks in a mood for a full month, it's hard to get out of a rut like that.

Reporters these days have absolutely zero sense of respect for Head Coaches at any level. It's asinine and a huge turnoff for listeners.

Glad to hear that!

What signals would we want to steal from a bottom-feeder opponent? They are just horrible this year.

Playing a weak opponent without their starting QB in JHS helps Auburn shine in every facet of the game. Cutting out that idiotic QB carousel helped the offense shine, Freeze should've listened to his fans many weeks ago and made that change much earlier. Relative to McGriff/Roberts, there's 2 sides to every story. At the end of the day these are veteran coaches in their profession. I think Freeze handled the altercation well and managed it as well as he could.

I remember rival fans calling him "Rumlin Sumlin" when he started at aTm yrs ago.

Alright now Dewayne, that hits just a little too close to home, doesn't it? 😬

NIL folks would be wise to spread the wealth and give everyone a taste. What big ugly in the trenches working his tail off in the weight room, classroom, the practice field and listening to his coach crawl his ass for pennies while his QB is pulling in thousands a month?

I believe there's proof it has been the case at Auburn relative to specific position groups >> offensive line and WR's. We've now had a string of coaches that couldn't attract top quality olinemen for over 5 years now. Maybe Gus' evaluation process for olinemen and how he chose to utilize WRs are what cause the drought at those positions - but it has been a persistent problem. To deny that the actual on-the-field performance hasn't played a part in Auburn's inability to draw top quality olinemen & WR's isn't logical. When prospects watch AU struggle in the trenches year after year after year, that we can't field a line that can protect and enhance our QBs AND we have struggles at the WR position AND we aren't preparing players for the pro's, it most definitely plays a part in recruiting. If for no other reason than getting negatively recruited by other programs that can easily point out Auburn's ongoing weaknesses.

Gotcha. This sounds very familiar to comments made during portal recruiting in the spring where it was said Auburn was going to stay hot & heavy trying to flip some players from OleMiss, in case Kiffin lost his job or bolted from OleMiss. JMO, it sounds more like wish-casting with nothing really concrete and gets tossed to the masses to ease the fans nerves about losing a quality recruit.

I don't mean to sound asinine, but if AU couldn't keep him because we were dead set on him playing CB, a position the guy doesn't want to play and therefore lost him..........then how are we working hard to get him back? Are the coaches all of the sudden now willing to take him at WR all because they lost his commitment?

Andalusia's usually a killer vs most any opponent they face. They neutralize opponents on the regular.

No one could've known Thorne wouldn't be able to pick up this relatively simplistic offense in 4 months or be able to read a defense and react accordingly. The guy's a veteran player in his 3rd year.

It's been that way for years. 😪

I admit CU held my interest since DS came onboard. I'd never given CU a thought in any way, shape or form. I'm now intrigued, engaged, and keep tabs on them. lol

Ole Miss claims he wasn't removed from the team and is on scholarship. It seems pretty cut 'n dry, if tuition was covered via scholarship, then his future income has not been affected, has it?

Players getting paid big bucks (NIL $$), there may be some pressure on the coaches to get that player his touches. Portal players may not be immediate improvements at a position, they may not be all the hype some fans pump them up to be and they may not be plug-and-play type guys in a conference like the SEC. Just me brainstorming and thinking out loud.

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.

Are we okay to question the coach's decision making on player personnel or not? I see this particular thread begging for patience with the new staff, new players, new schemes, new language, etc. Then I see posts that straight up dislike the QB shuffle the coaches are implementing and suggesting this offense is Gus 2.0 with the predictable & scripted play calling.

I swear sometimes I think some folks watch a completely different game than others. lol That 3rd/17 pass was so grossly underthrown by Thorne, Fairweather had to contort himself to make the play.

Just looking around the conference, it's hard to find a QB/oline/WR grouping that looks in sync and has their ducks in a row right now. LSU/uat/aTm/UF/Arky/USCe all have glaring issues. That doesn't make me necessarily feel better about Auburn's deficiencies, because I'd love nothing more than for Auburn to be poised and ready to take advantage of those teams when they appear to be struggling....But the conference as a whole just hasn't looked very good at all. It all looks kinda 🤮

Freeze/Monty know what they're doing. We gotta have patience in the guys pulling in millions a year to do their job.

The offensive play calling, personnel selection and especially the play choice at certain times were eerily reminiscent of someone else on our sidelines years ago. The first 5 plays were scripted run plays, made my skin crawl a little when I saw them.