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CalcoTiger said: ↑

...To be honest i dont believe the SEC is as strong as the past few years.
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The thing is i think by the end of the season we are going to have some really good teams.
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So by the end of the season, the SEC will appear as strong as ever or no?

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CalcoTiger said: ↑

Might be a field position game.
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Will Mr. Trindon Holiday please come to the podium?

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PT......typical bammer logic :rofl:

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This has always been Auburn's forte'. If they had had an inkling of a prolific offense for the past three years or so, they would have been world-beaters. Unfortunately, now that they have moved on to improve said offense, they lost Muschamp. Just bad timing.
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So far, Muschamp's absence has hardly been noted. The new guy is doing a pretty fine job.

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Attack Tiger said: ↑

Will Mr. Trindon Holiday please come to the podium?
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He's already up there, you just can't see him.

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Contained Chaos said: ↑

He's already up there, you just can't see him.
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Good stuff. I hope we can contain that speedy little sucker.

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So far, Muschamp's absence has hardly been noted. The new guy is doing a pretty fine job.
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I'll give you that, but we have yet to see if your new DC's defense can contain a viable threat on offense. LSU will be the Auburn D's first challenge simply based on the run game and the downfield blocking schemes that Crowton has brought to the table and our receivers seem to be close to perfecting that turn slants into 30 yard gains. If LSU is held under 300 yards, I'll admit that Auburn's D is as advertised. As of now, I don't know...Muschamp is one of the best.

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I'll give you that, but we have yet to see if your new DC's defense can contain a viable threat on offense. LSU will be the Auburn D's first challenge simply based on the run game and the downfield blocking schemes that Crowton has brought to the table and our receivers seem to be close to perfecting that turn slants into 30 yard gains. If LSU is held under 300 yards, I'll admit that Auburn's D is as advertised. As of now, I don't know...Muschamp is one of the best.
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Absolutely no argument from me about Muschamp's talent. The guy is one of the best without a doubt. I was skeptical about Rhoads at first (stole him from Pitt??!?) But the defense looks to be much more fundamentally sound this year, with fewer missed tackles. LSU is definitely a huge test for this unit and I can't wait to see how they perform.

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Absolutely no argument from me about Muschamp's talent. The guy is one of the best without a doubt. I was skeptical about Rhoads at first (stole him from Pitt??!?) But the defense looks to be much more fundamentally sound this year, with fewer missed tackles. LSU is definitely a huge test for this unit and I can't wait to see how they perform.
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Auburn's always been full of solid tacklers, so I haven't noticed there. I think we'll both be watching closely when LSU's offense is on the field. So far, our offense looks like it's working pretty well (despite what others on the board think), but we haven't seen a real defense yet. The same goes for Auburn's D...so far, so good. This game will tell all of us a lot.

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AJC's Tony Barnhart

the Atlanta Journal and Constitution posted Tony Barnhart's column today and he writes the following about Mississippi State and Auburn respectively:

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http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/cfb/index.html

2. This will be the fastest defense that Josh Nesbitt has seen: Last night I finally got a chance to watch the entire Georgia Tech-Virginia Tech game. Virginia Tech’s defense was pretty fast. Mississippi State’s is faster.

Mississippi State has some issues on offense but the defense is pretty good. After giving up 363 yards in a 22-14 loss at Louisiana Tech, the Bulldogs allowed only 148 yards against Southeastern Louisiana and give up only a field goal to Auburn. Safety Derek Pegues could play for any team in the country. The Bulldogs are, however, missing linebacker Jamar Chaney, who was lost for the year after suffering a broken ankle in the last play against Louisiana Tech.

3. Auburn has to be sandbagging on offense: I’ve been watching Tommy Tuberville’s teams a long time and it always seems like the Tigers kind of stumble around a week or two before they play a huge SEC game. The offense can’t possibly be as bad as it looked in the 3-2 win over Mississippi State.

Can it?

Last season Auburn lost back-to-back games to South Florida and Mississippi State in September so no one gave the Tigers a shot when they went down to No. 4 Florida. Auburn kicked a field goal at the buzzer to win 20-17. Tuberville has won 9 of his last 12 games against Top 10 teams. He has a knack of getting his teams ready for big games like these.

I’m working on a story on the Auburn offense for Friday’s paper where OC Tony Franklin takes all the blame. That’s what coaches are supposed to do. But something tells me that Tuberville and Franklin have been holding some things back and not showing all their cards because LSU is coming to town Saturday night.

Now I could be wrong. Auburn’s offense could be just that bad. But I don’t think so.
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