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Sean White via AL.com

Sean White was a gamer on Saturday. He was patient in the pocket, and very accurate with most of his throws. The future is certainly bright for this young man if he can grow and learn from each of his outings. Auburn looks to have found their man at the QB position.

Coach Malzahn via AL.com

Biggest question on the night Saturday was where is the Auburn offense we are used to seeing? The answer is as complicated as it is easy. Our competition has devised game plans to take away some of the plays us fans are used to seeing. 

MSU played deep at the safety spot most of the night taking away most deep passes, and kept the Auburn offense in front of them. 

Peyton Barber via AL.com

Barber continues to impress as a hard runner willing to bang with the big guys in the middle of the line, or break one around the end.

Where does Auburn go now?

It was a great day for me in Auburn despite the loss to Mississippi State. I took this photo of the new scoreboard from the coliseum right before the kickoff. I must say that it was an amazing sight to see as the Auburn football team entered the field.

I had a great turkey burger from Cheeburger  Cheeburger and I would like to compliment the waitress crew for providing some excellent customer service. Also, the Mississippi State fans are some of the best in the SEC. They were all gracious and complimentary as I moved around the stadium. The best comment of the night was "you know that you guys would have beaten us with a better offense". 

Sean White made his debut as the Auburn QB and he played fairly well and completed 20 of 28 passes for 188 yards. Auburn elected to receive and seemed to move the ball down the field with ease; however, the interception inside the 10 yard line stopped Auburn's momentum. Auburn was inside the "red zone"4 times and could only come up with 9 points. Auburn did leave points on the field. Field goals are nice, but touchdowns are much better.  Also, Sean White was sacked 4 times so improvement is needed with the offensive line protection. He is a pocket passer so I am sure that he is still adjusting to the "read option" offense. It did seem that the play calling was very vanilla and I just wish that Auburn had attempted some longer pass plays down the field because the wide receivers were open. It is obvious that Auburn is still trying to find their offensive identity. I do expect to see Jason Smith playing QB before this season. The Auburn running game did show some promise with Peyton Barber rushing for 137 yards on 27 attempts. 

Dak Prescott of Mississippi State is a good passing QB and had no trouble finding open receivers. He finished the night with 270 passing yards. The Auburn defensive line could not put any pressure on Prescott so he had plenty of time to locate his receivers. Auburn did hold them to 56 yards rushing. 

Auburn did make defensive adjustments in the second half and they did play well enough for Auburn to win this game; however, the offense could not get the ball into the end zone. It does seem that the changes on defense by Muschamp may help in the future. Notable defensive changes were Tre' Williams and Justin Garrett starting at linebacker and Countess being moved to the safety position.

We are now 4 games into this football season and Auburn still has a difficult road ahead. It now appears that this may be a rebuilding year for Auburn and hopefully Gus Malzahn can find a way to  turn this season around. 

War Eagle!

2015 Auburn Football HYPE "This Is Who We Are"

AU vs MSU Poem

SATURDAY SEPT 26, 2015

At Auburn, it's not ALL about football!!
It's ALL about family!!
Each and every fan and team member,
Make up our family tree!!

When we see a brother who's struggling,
We comfort him with family love!!
We work together, sharing any troubles;
Asking guidance from above!

When our Auburn Tigers face adversity,
We will stay  close together and ALL IN!!
Knowing that family love keeps us together,
And together we find ways  to win!

Sometimes when clouds seem the darkest;
A silver cloud can break its way through!!
It's never too late for optimism,
For the Family wearing orange and blue!

We must not feel down and defeated!!
We must stay together ALL IN and fight!!
Knowing that the sun comes up in the morning;
Even after the darkest night!

Auburn Tigers,  your family loves you!!
We are in this ALL together!!
We stay beside you always,
No matter what the weather!!

Stand  up to the MSU Bulldogs!!
We are ALL IN with you do or die!
When we soar on the  wings of an Eagle!
There is no limit to how high we can fly!!!


WARRRRRRRRRR EAGLE!!!!!

Sean White Era Begins Now

The Sean White era as the Auburn quarterback will begin this Saturday evening on the hallowed ground of Jordan-Hare stadium and he will have my full support. 

Trent Dilfer, who has worked with Sean, compares him to Drew Brees with a stronger arm. "He is a gifted passer and can make any throw on the field". 

I feel that the Auburn coaching staff will give him a simple game plan at first and hopefully Auburn can begin to find their offensive identity. 

Auburn certainly has the offensive talent to move the ball on Mississippi State. 

War Eagle!

Auburn head coach Gus Malzahn names new starting quarterback

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More Questions Than Answers

Auburn had many questions about it's football team this past Saturday. The hows and the whys were everywhere last week as many of the Auburn faithful found more questions than answers in a home win in overtime to an FCS school.

Saturday we saw an Auburn team dismantled by a hungry LSU team. 

We saw another big powerful back have a career day, and an Auburn defense unable to do anything about it. We saw an inexperienced QB have his way as our Tigers looked helpless in all phases of the defense. The LSU QB was 12 of 17 with a TD and zero interceptions. 

Auburn offensively looks like a squad that abandoned it's approach to football altogether. Our number one RB was only allowed to carry the ball 7 times the entire game. Peyton Barber continues to prove he is the man with 4.9 yards per carry even in the loss. Yet, inexplicably Barber wasn't a factor in the game.

While Jeremy Johnson went just 11 of 19 with 2 TD's, he battled with yet another interception. Auburn's passing game looks completely ineffective. Most of the positive plays were late into the second half when it looked like LSU was playing the backups.

The first Auburn drive started with some promise, and ended on a sadly comical fumble by the Auburn QB. The play was a precursor of what was to come.

"We obviously got off to a bad start," he said. "Our offense in the first half didn't give us a chance, and really put us behind. It didn't give any life to the defense." said Gus Malzahn.
"Bottom line, we got our rear kicked."
 
How could Auburn's offense look so anemic? Why doesn't Jeremy Johnson, the Auburn QB run the ball like previous Auburn QB's have?

How badly injured is Carl Lawson? Will our defense start resembling any of the Will Muschamp defenses of the past? 
Those many questions are still unanswered. Now, there are a few more to add. 

A September loss does not kill a teams chances for a good season. Maybe LSU is the class of the West in the SEC. In the weeks to come we will find out the answers, and maybe this Auburn team can put the questions behind them.

WAR EAGLE!