Auburn Highlights From Field Level

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All American Good Guy

 I truly enjoy these interviews with Auburn fullback Jay Prosch. He seems to always have a smile on his face. He seems like a great young man.

 Considering what he has been through in his short time at Auburn, you wonder how a guy can keep smiling. Prosch transferred to Auburn to be closer to his dying mother, Iris Prosch. She had a form of brain cancer that took her life earlier this season. 

 The Auburn family wrapped Jay in their prayers, and held him close, kept him in their thoughts amidst one of the worst football seasons ever on the Plains. 

 This past Saturday, as we watched a young Auburn football team finally shake its self from the doldrums and have fun playing football, we were given a reason to celebrate. Jay Prosch, our All-American fullback scored the first touchdown of his collegiate career. 

 It was a play that was designed specifically for a short yardage goal line run. And it couldn't have happened to a better person. Listen below as Jay talks about his score.

AU Athletics Locker Room Report

This is one of the best of these episodes I have seen. 

Enjoy, and WAR EAGLE!

Tre Mason Loves To Run

Tre Mason has been asking for the football more often during the game. He got his wish Saturday and he delivered with his performance to date. According to the Auburn Athletics official website..

"The Tigers (2-7) gained 475 total yards in the game, their highest offensive output of the season, and held New Mexico State (1-8) to 305 yards, including just 127 in the second half. A total of 311 of Auburn's yards came via the rushing game, the first time for Auburn to top the 300-yard rushing mark since gaining 315 against Georgia in 2010. 

Mason carried 22 times for a career-high 152 yards and a touchdown, averaging 6.9 yards per carry. Meanwhile, McCalebb made the most of his eight touches, picking up 113 yards (14.1/carry) while scoring two touchdowns".

Jonathan Wallace: The Day After

Auburn fans everywhere are pleased with Jonathan Wallace and his performance  in his first start. Now the question is, "How will he do against SEC competition"?

A Win Is A Win

Listening to Jonathan Wallace one get the feeling that this young man is well on his way to being something very special at Auburn. We will look at his stats after this post game interview.


 Jonathan Wallace performed much like a nervous true Freshman in getting his first start. Then it looked like he started to settle down. In the second half, the play calling made things much easier for Wallace. A steady diet of running plays, paved the way for a more relaxed, and confident Auburn offense. 

 The line on Wallace reads 9 completions on 17 attempts with an interception and a touchdown. His yardage per pass attempt is a very respectable 9.6 yards.  Not Heisman worthy numbers, but a much better performance than one would have suspected for the first career start. Time of possession in the game went to Auburn.

 The biggest difference in this performance and what we have seen previously this season, is that with the ball in the hands of Wallace, the total number of yards he lost was 1. That's it, one yard. I'll take that all day every day.

Highlights from the Homecoming game are below.



   Guiding Auburn to it's first victory in the last six tries, is something to be proud of. That it was against New Mexico State, a team Auburn should handle easily every time they play, is of no matter. Winning the game may be the best cure for what has been ailing this Auburn team.  

 There are plenty of positives to take away from this game, even while tempering those positives with the knowledge of the game was against an over matched opponent.  Auburn looked, and played in the second half, like an Auburn football team. Which is something we as fans have been sorely missing. 

 Now it's time to entertain the Georgia Bulldogs. I say lets treat them rudely on the field, and upset their dreams. Lets take it to them. Keep this momentum, hold it close, and treat it dearly, all the while taking a bite out of the 'Dawgs season.

WAR EAGLE!

Daren Bates' Nasty Stiff Arm

Time Out

 Just a note to my readers that I will be taking a few days off. These were planned around the New Mexico State game, not knowing how difficult a season we would have.

 Have a great weekend everyone, and War Eagle!

Reuben Foster interview 10-31-12

Momentum

Praying something goes right-via Google images

 Can this Auburn team build some momentum? Can Jonathan Wallace provide enough of a spark to give this young team some momentum going into Amen Corner?

 It's a funny thing in college football. All a team needs is to have a couple of things go the right way, and BOOM! they are on a roll.

 Let's look at the perfect scenario. 
Jonathan Wallace will get his first start this week against a very weak New Mexico State team, that really hasn't had many things go well for them. Not that we have either, but let's stay positive here.

 Let's say Wallace comes in and leads this offense down the field for a couple of TD drives, and the offense starts to feel a rhythm that it hasn't felt all season long. As many of you know, that feeling can be contagious. So, the defense starts to get pumped, and playing with some fire. Next thing you know, this Auburn football team is playing like, well, Auburn football teams are supposed to play.

 Confidence is now in place. Just in time for Georgia to come calling. A really focused, and confident Auburn team is now re-energized and preparing for the 'Dawgs like they have not prepared all season long. An upset of major proportions is brewing on the Plains, and this Auburn team is finally out of the funk that held it down for so long.

 I choose to see things this way because the alternative is just too horrible to think about.

WAR EAGLE!