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I'll make this post short and sweet. The Key to beating Vanderbilt is run the damn ball! Run it left, run it right, and run option sweeps to the wide side of the field. Then for good measure run zone read plays with every QB we have.
The Commodores are pretty good at stopping the pass, and should load the box against our Tigers to try and stop the run. The weakness of the Vanderbilt defense is they allow an even 5 yards per carry to their opponents this season. Which should play into the strength of the Auburn offense.
The Tigers desperately need a victory if any hope of making a bowl game is to stay alive. Lose this Saturday in Nashville, and the only hope is to build toward an uncertain future. A future that may include far reaching changes in the Auburn athletic department.
The big question for Auburn is will the play calling be formed around the weaknesses of the Vanderbilt defense, or some hope of becoming better at passing by the Offensive Coordinator? Time will tell. Scot Loeffler could help this struggling Auburn team win this game, by limiting the pass plays and attacking the Commodores with our best weapon, the Auburn running game.
WAR EAGLE!
3 comments:
True! I hope Loeffler does just that! This ongoing team struggle has been agonizing to witness. It's crucial for our Tigers to get that much needed win NOW to help begin to restore confidence lost amongst the players themselves and fans. I never thought I'd hear Auburn people saying the awful things I've heard as of late. I think "All Out" echoes the loudest & makes me not only sad, but angry as well. Come on people! If we don't show that we respect, support and believe in our head coach to make the overall adjustments needed amongst the coaching staff and players to change/correct any poor choices previously made and deter future conflict if possible; to see, change, correct and ultimately avoid future costly mistakes from being made on the field if possible; and to try at best to correct, but preferably eliminate repetitive actions detrimental to our teams future gameplay and growth if possible (keeping in mind that mistakes/misfits/misreadings don't immediately announce themselves when it's regarding people...it takes time to see which people and plans aren't working and why; to see if tweaks made here and there are the answer one's looking for; and to see what isn't going to pan out at all no matter where you put it or how you look at it), then how can we expect our players to have heart, keep the faith and continue pouring their blood and sweat into every game needed to get these wins? We can't! The players see what we say because of social media. Negative comments do, in my opinion, affect the players in how they perceive the coaches and themselves. Their perception is then reflected on the field. Our players' perceptions are therefore poor and obviously so! I don't see a positive outcome either if people don't change the negative tune they're now singing. Nothing great is born out of negativity. Adults should know that. Now you do. Show that! AU, ALL IN, ALL THE TIME!! War Eagle!!!
Excellent points.
I hate to see the Auburn fans take to heart the misguided posts of the Evan Woodberry's and Kevin Scarbinsky's of the sports journalist world. Sadly, it seems many have.
I know. If it says Scarbinsky wrote it, I refuse to read it, bottom line. That way, I avoid a blood pressure rise and having my normally good mood ruined by idiotic banter. There seem to be more & more like him popping out of the woodwork like rapidly multiplying cockroaches. I detest cockroaches w/a passion! Even worse, they never seem to diminish in numbers. They don't take vacations, move on, retire, die off...they refuse to go away! ;O
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