Sick of hearing "AU's defense gave up 42 points"

[Tigerbelle 5,299]

We won by 17.Would people be happier if it was 17 - 0?

No then people would say Oh Auburn's offense sucked and Missouri's offense really sucked. They're going to get plastered by Florida State who has a real offense

You are exactly right.

[DyeCampAlum 335]

Total stats mean nothing. Efficiency does. Look here: our D is strong.

http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/fei

[WarEagle1983 2,185]

Let them keep harping on it. We've got a month to prepare for FSU...

+1. Didn't these "experts" say the same thing about the Oregon Ducks? We've done it before! The defense will be hearing all month how they suck. I wouldn't bet against our defense in Cali.

[auburn4ever 1,266]

Our defense can't play like that against Florida State. It's going to be hard enough game as it is.

[WarEagle1983 2,185]

I'm not that worried about the defense considering how much time and practice we will have to correct some things. The main things that worries me are mental mistakes, fumbles, penalties on both sides of the ball and getting key 3rd down stops on defense. The Mizzou game was close b/c we made it close. Those 2-3 non stops on key 3rd downs were a killer..esp. after we played well on 1st and 2nd down.

[AUDub 11,246]

Yeah -- I don't think ANYONE, not even Lou Holtz, would say that we can't run it on FSU at this point.

Lou Holtz probably still believes we can't run on Bama.

[sevenlee36 1,654]

If they thaught our D was bad against Mizz they ain't seen nothing, wait till our next game

[augolf1716 21,453]

I don't think anyone has remember Coach D. Craig was on the FSU staff last year. I'm sure he can give some inside to FSU offense

[WarEagle1983 2,185]

Yeah -- I don't think ANYONE, not even Lou Holtz, would say that we can't run it on FSU at this point.

Lou Holtz probably still believes we can't run on Bama.

He does. Did you hear him last night? He still refuses to believe in Auburn. He still puts Bama as the #2 team. lol.

[WarEagle1983 2,185]

I don't think anyone has remember Coach D. Craig was on the FSU staff last year. I'm sure he can give some inside to FSU offense

BOOM! :bananadance:

[AUIH1 1,515]

Our D is still far less than average, but they are better than last year.

wde

[DyeCampAlum 335]

Our D is pretty damn good. See above for stats.

[AUDub 11,246]

Yeah -- I don't think ANYONE, not even Lou Holtz, would say that we can't run it on FSU at this point.

Lou Holtz probably still believes we can't run on Bama.

He does. Did you hear him last night? He still refuses to believe in Auburn. He still puts Bama as the #2 team. lol.

He's not there for his insight.

[war eagle6 0]

Our d is ok, not stellar! We're not physical enough yet, seen a lot of whiffing going on. Michigan st. Was very physical, I like their defense! Just think if we had their d to go with our o, it would be unfair

[jvilletiger 0]

You could tell the defense was fatigued from the last 2 games, IMO. They just went through consecutive wars with our 2 biggest rivals. This time off will benefit us a lot more than FSU.

[gctiger 940]

The defense may not be a lockdown defense but all they need to do is slow down our opponent enough for the offense to outscore them. When they do that, we will win every time.