We need to win this game. The 5 & 3 Tigers take on the Mississippi Rebels at Jordan Hare with a 6 p.m. kickoff on ESPNU.
FIRST QUARTER
Ole Miss receives and starts moving the ball from their 20 but their receiver fumbles and Auburn recovers at the Ole Miss 40. A few plays later Mosely hits Lutz for the 19-yd. TD pass.
Auburn 7 Ole Miss 0
Despite the early lead, I am concerned already about how Ole Miss is able to move the ball on offense.
The Rebels push the ball out to their 44 but have to punt from there.
A short punt with a big bounce pins AU at the 8.
We haven't had many long drives this year. Can we mount one here?
The Tigers drive. There are 2 complete passes to Emory Blake---so good to see!
The drive is capped by a 45-yd TD pass to Carr! Touchdown Auburn! Great pass to Quindarius Carr. Mosely is 4 of 5 for 86 yards so far.
Auburn 14 Ole Miss 0
Once again for the third time tonight Ole Miss starts from their 20.
The Rebels drive out to midfield. They are moving the ball too easily.
First down at the 40.
There is a run to the one yard line. Holy cow. 39 yard run. Like I said, the Rebels are moving the ball too easily. Neiko Thorpe is the victim as their back runs right by Thorpe. We are giving too many big plays as we give up 3rd and longs like we were doing early in the season. We give up 3rd and long twice on this Ole Miss series.
Touchdown Ole Miss on the next play as the first quarter winds down. This is going to be one scary game before it's over. The Rebels look quicker than the Tigers.
Auburn 14 Ole Miss 7
AU starts at the 24.
On the first play Dyer fumbles and Ole Miss recovers at our 26. This is our first fumble turnover by the offense this year.
Ole Miss goes to a 3rd and 5 at the 21 as the quarter ends.
END OF FIRST QUARTER
Auburn 14 Ole Miss 7
SECOND QUARTER
Incomplete pass.
The FG is good.
Auburn 14 Ole Miss 10
The offense better get it going again.
AU starts at the 24.
Incomplete pass.
9 yard run by Mason.
Then Frazier is stuffed. Bad play. The day is over when Auburn can bring Frazier in when the defense knows he's going to run the football. 3rd and one and we can't convert. Auburn has to punt.
Another short punt. Clark is in a bigtime slump kicking the football.
Ole Miss is at their 36. The punt is only 34 yards.
The Rebels are in control of this game at the moment.
But then there is a big interception by the Tigers.
AU takes the ball at the Ole Miss 37 after the runback.
Dyer runs for a first down with authority.
We have to settle for the 38-yd. field goal.
Auburn 17 Ole Miss 10
So far the Tigers have taken advantage of two Rebel turnovers.
Ole Miss has shown,though, that it can move the ball on our defense.
The Rebels start on their 40 after a short kickoff and poor tackling by Auburn.
There's a 20 yard run to the Auburn 40. Sheesh. Their offense looks quicker than our defense.
Too much reaching and grabbing by our defense like we were doing earlier in the season.
Now it's 3rd and 10 for Ole Miss at the Auburn 40.
Then it becomes 3rd and 5 on a delay call against the defense. How could that happen?
First down pass to the 22. Oh, my.
First down to the 11. Oh, my.
First down at the half yard line on a run up the middle by their QB.
Our defensive line is getting gashed big time. Auburn is getting whipped at the line of scrimmage, and we thought our defense was getting better. Stan White says our defense is just getting beat.
Touchdown Ole Miss from inside the one.
Auburn 17 Ole Miss 17
This is going to be hairy. As of right now, we are going to lose this game. Ole Miss looks like the better team for sure. This is an Ole Miss team that has not been very good on offense, but they look great tonight against our defense.
With over 6 minutes to go in the half there is plenty of time for our offense to do something.
AU starts on the 30.
There is a loss on first down.
There is another loss on second down.
We back on our 21.
There is a first down pass to Blake.
Then McCalebb fumbles and Ole Miss recovers. Totally sloppy.
Ole Miss is at their 48.
Ole Miss goes to 4th and 3 at the Auburn 45.
After the punt AU has the ball on the 7 with 1:34 left.
Two fumbles by Auburn running backs tonight when we have not fumbled all year.
First down to the 22.
But then there is a big sack on Mosely inside the 10. Mosely seems totally incapable of moving up in the pocket.
3rd and 21 and Mississippi gets a TO.
The half ends mercifully for Auburn.
END OF FIRST HALF
Auburn 17 Ole Miss 17
Auburn is not playing well. We will be very fortunate to win this football game. I hear boos on the radio. I don't like that. This is painful to see. If this team doesn't come firing on all cylinders in the second half we will surely lose this game. We're seeing poor play by Auburn on both sides of the ball.
Auburn receives to start the second half.
THIRD QUARTER
AU starts on the 33 and goes 3 and out. There is no evidence that our offense is in this game.
Ole Miss starts on their 26.
The Rebs go 3 and out.
AU starts on their 34 after a short kick.
Is our offense going to show up in the second half?
Dyer for only 2. Not much room.
Freeze play penalty picks up 5 yards for the offsides.
First down run by Dyer to the 45.
There is a good run by McCalebb to the Ole Miss 39.
Dyer for 5 to the 34.
Dyer in a powerful run for the first down. Dyer has to come to play.
We move to a third and 8.
There is a 25-yd. TD pass to a wide-open Blake in the end zone!
Emory Blake makes a dramatic difference in our offense.
We regain the lead midway thru the 3rd quarter.
Auburn 24 Ole Miss 17
Ole Miss starts on their 21.
The Rebels start running down the field. For a team that has struggled to run the ball, our defense is making them lood good.
Our defense stiffens at midfield and Ole Miss punts.
AU starts at their 30.
Dyer for 5 to the 35.
Dyer explodes to the Ole Miss 17! That's a 48-yd. carry.
Auburn power runs to a first and goal at the 4.
Dyer for the touchdown! Impressive touchdown drive by the Tigers as the 3rd quarter ends. Power, power, power. I like it!
END OF THIRD QUARTER
Auburn 31 Ole Miss 17
FOURTH QUARTER
Auburn won the first quarter. Mississippi won the second stanza. Auburn wins the third quarter. We need to finish strong and win the 4th quarter.
On a 3rd and 1 from the 29 Auburn recovers a fumble by the OM quarterback.
Auburn is on the Ole Miss 22.
Running the ball exclusively we have to settle for a 31-yd. field goal. Auburn has 3scores tonight off turnovers.
Auburn 34 Ole Miss 17
It's still early in the 4th. This game is far from over.
Ole Miss starts at their 22.
The Rebs are 3 and punt on a 4th and 8.
The Tigers start on their 43. Good job of catching the ball in the wind by Mason.
With 9:56 to go another score sure would be nice but I'm betting we'll run the ball to run the clock and end up punting.
There's first down toss to Lutz.
Dyer runs for 9 to the 36.
A run by Dyer to the 25.
To the 19.
McCalebb to the 4. Almost to the end zone!
Touchdown pass to Lutz who makes a one-handed catch and reaches the ball over the line! That's a highlight play.
Auburn 41 Ole Miss 17
This is the second half we needed. This is the win we needed going into the off-week. The offense gets it going. With less than 5 minutes to go, the Tigers put this one away.
Clint Mosely has 4 touchdown passes in this game. He is 12 for 15 and 160 yards.
Auburn has 403 total yards.
Ole Miss drives to a first down to the Auburn 13 but then there are 4 straight incomplete passes.
As the clock winds down Houston Nutt, being a jerk, calls two timeouts.
We punt with 1:26 left for the Rebels. Why did Nutt call timeouts down by 24 points.
Ole Miss gets a short TD pass on the last play of the game---Houston Nutt gets his meaningless touchdown at the end. Good for him. Auburn people have no use for Coach Nutt. He is a totally classless individual.
FINAL SCORE
Auburn 41 Ole Miss 23
The Tigers rally for a needed dominant second half. We get it going on both sides of the ball in the second half.
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Friday, October 28, 2011
Ole Miss
This is obviously a critical game. It could be the difference between 6 & 6 and 7 & 5. We need to win this game. The Rebels of Houston Nutt have lost 10 straight SEC games. They last lost to Arkansas, but only by the score of 29 to 24. Ole Miss has improved. It won't be easy. We just need to win this game.
Saturday, October 22, 2011
The 2011 LSU Game
Once again we are getting ready to watch that annual bloodletting called the Auburn-LSU game. This year LSU is ranked #1 and is undefeated at 7 & 0. Our Tigers are 5 & 2. Clint Mosely will be starting his first game at QB as a Tiger. The game is at LSU with a 2:30 kickoff on CBS.
FIRST QUARTER
The game does not start out well.
LSU receives and drives right down the field almost unimpeded, gashing our defense, helped by 2 AU penalities. That was hard smash-mouth football. Nothing fancy needed. Bread and butter running and short passes. Our defense needs to regroup right off the bat. That's a 76 yd. drive on 8 plays. Stan White says LSU is running at our undersized defensive ends. Quentin Riggins says our DEs are going to have to grow up in a hurry.
Auburn 0 LSU 7
The Tigers start what looks to be a promising drive but it dies on the LSU 49 when Mosely is dropped for a loss on 3rd and 2.
LSU starts their second possession on their 15.
After one first down LSU punts.
The Tigers start on our 33.
A procedure penalty moves it back 5 yards.
A good run and a penalty on LSU moves the ball to the LSU 31.
AU is first down at the LSU 21.
First down a the LSU 9.
Frazier has a wide-open Stallworth in the end zone but he doesn't put enough air in the ball and the LSU defender knocks the ball away.
Then a big loss as Mosely is sacked but time all back to the 25. Huge loss to say the least.
After a penalty we're at the 19 but Mosely is buried again at the 26.
Cody Parkey hits the 42-yd. field goal. Late in the first quarter we get points. We have shown we can move the ball but we have to protect the quarterback much better.
Auburn 3 LSU 7
The kickoff is a touchback so LSU starts on the 20.
The first quarter ends with LSU at 3rd and 6 on their 24.
END OF FIRST QUARTER
Auburn 3 LSU 7
There is a short pass completion.
4th and 1 and LSU is punting again. Our defense has picked it up after giving up that opening drive.
AU starts on the 19.
We need to do something to counteract their strong pass rush and not turn the ball over and do something on first down. We don't do anything on first down on this series. It seems like we always run between the tackles on first down.
AU is 3 and out.
There is a short 33 yd. punt and LSU starts on their 40.
LSU is 3 and out.
The punt rolls dead at the 4. Not so good with a 30 yard punt & about a 17-yd. roll. We need to flip the field at least.
From our 4 yard line Frazier gets back to the line of scrimmage. There is an incomplete pass. Timeout Auburn with 9:42 left. Auburn is not getting anything done on first down and that puts us behind and we won't much success like that. First down pass to the Lutz at the 20!
Big run by Dyer to the 35.
That's as far as we can get and we punt from the 30.
Once again Clark puts up a short 30-yd. punt. All of s sudden our punter is hurting us.
LSU starts on their 40.
We get a face mask penalty which nullifies holding LSU on 3rd down. Penalties are killing us. We can't have these penalities!!!
LSU is on our 45.
But there is the TD pass on play action. Their receiver has steps on our defenders. Good play by their QB. The useless facemask penalty set it up and special games short punting is giving LSU the field position game. LSU's offense plays field position football. They don't get alot of long drives. No personal foul and this wouldn't have happened. We stop their run but then give up the long scoring pass.
Auburn 3 LSU 14
AU starts on the 23 with Therezie running it back.
There is another running play on first down that goes nowhere.
Oh my.
Now there is a long completion to Reed plus 15 for a late hit.
AU at the LSU 38.
Two pass attempts go awry.
A screen pass goes awry.
LSU gets pressure on us whenever they desire and we have to punt with 3:13 to go in the half. We had one big play but that was it.
Fair catch on the LSU 13 with 3:06 to go.
LSU is a team with a strong defense and a team that utilizes field position on offense.
We need to stop them here but LSU has two quick first downs with 2:03 to go.
LSU is very poised and methodical on offense.
I'm afraid we're going to let them move to a FG attempt although our defene has played pretty well but our defense is not getting any help form our offense.
Little mistakes kill you against a good team like LSU.
Last year we could overcome mistakes but not this year.
Disaster strikes as Jaret Lee floats another long TD pass to their ace receiver Randle as Chris Davis and Neiko Thorpe let a receiver get behind them.
It's not so much LSU executing as it is Auburn mistakes.
Auburn 3 LSU 21
With seconds to go Auburn will go into the locker room trailing by 18. There is no way we can overcome this kind of deficit against a good defense.
So there you go with AU receiving to start the second half but with a huge mountain to climb.
END OF HALF
Auburn 3 LSU 21
THIRD QUARTER
The Tigers receive and move out to midfield but as usual we have to punt from there. Clark gets off another bad punt to the LSU 26 whereupon the Bengal Tigers move right down the field just like they did on their first drive of the game. LSU is flexing its muscle over the Auburn Tigers. This game is over early in the third quarter. LSU is completely dominating Auburn---men against boys. Period.
Auburn 3 LSU 28
Tre Mason fumbles the kickoff---our first lost fumble of the year. LSU recovers on the 22. It's going from worse to worser.
After a 10-yd. holding penalty the LSU runner is all the way down the 6 yard line, a 25-yd. run.
We are getting pounded.
The TD run comes from the one.
Auburn 3 LSU 35
Well, it can't get any worse than this, can it?
How will Auburn finish this game? We haven't been pounded like this in a while. This is far worse than Arkansas.
Quentin Riggins says LSU is running with abandon to the weak side of our line and defense is not adjusting.
LSU looks like a bigger, stronger, more mature team.
Mosely throws a Pick 6 just like that on the second play from Auburn's scrimmage.
This game is so out-of-hand it's ridiculous.
Auburn has back-to-back turnovers that lead to touchdowns.
Auburn 3 LSU 42
With 7:27 to go in the third quarter what can we do? What can you say?
This is beyond LSU stepping on our throat.
In the last 8:13 LSU has scored 28 points.
LSU is obviously the much better football team.
I'll be surprised if we make another first down in this game.
Mosely doesn't have a chance throwing the football with so much pressure.
He is pressured almost from the second he receives the snap.
There is a good completion to Benton on this possession but we know it won't do any good.
We get out to around midfield but then we get pushed way back on two consecutive sacks. There is NO time for Mosely to throw and he can't step up in the pocket.
The Tigers punt and once again LSU is back on offense.
What a horrible football game. So many negative plays on offense. WE get a good gain and then Mosely gets sacked.
We get SOME pressure on their QB but never enough it seems.
LSU is pounding again. We can't stop them.
Our defense is tired and battered.
Our offense is MIA.
It amazes me how we get some pressure on their quarterback but he gets the pass off just in time.
Their QB is 14 of 18 so far.
END OF THIRD QUARTER
Auburn 3 LSU 42
FOURTH QUARTER
In the final quarter LSU adds a field goal and Auburn gets a late TD on a short run by McCalebb. Auburn is overrun by a better team.
FINAL SCORE
Auburn 10 LSU 45
FIRST QUARTER
The game does not start out well.
LSU receives and drives right down the field almost unimpeded, gashing our defense, helped by 2 AU penalities. That was hard smash-mouth football. Nothing fancy needed. Bread and butter running and short passes. Our defense needs to regroup right off the bat. That's a 76 yd. drive on 8 plays. Stan White says LSU is running at our undersized defensive ends. Quentin Riggins says our DEs are going to have to grow up in a hurry.
Auburn 0 LSU 7
The Tigers start what looks to be a promising drive but it dies on the LSU 49 when Mosely is dropped for a loss on 3rd and 2.
LSU starts their second possession on their 15.
After one first down LSU punts.
The Tigers start on our 33.
A procedure penalty moves it back 5 yards.
A good run and a penalty on LSU moves the ball to the LSU 31.
AU is first down at the LSU 21.
First down a the LSU 9.
Frazier has a wide-open Stallworth in the end zone but he doesn't put enough air in the ball and the LSU defender knocks the ball away.
Then a big loss as Mosely is sacked but time all back to the 25. Huge loss to say the least.
After a penalty we're at the 19 but Mosely is buried again at the 26.
Cody Parkey hits the 42-yd. field goal. Late in the first quarter we get points. We have shown we can move the ball but we have to protect the quarterback much better.
Auburn 3 LSU 7
The kickoff is a touchback so LSU starts on the 20.
The first quarter ends with LSU at 3rd and 6 on their 24.
END OF FIRST QUARTER
Auburn 3 LSU 7
There is a short pass completion.
4th and 1 and LSU is punting again. Our defense has picked it up after giving up that opening drive.
AU starts on the 19.
We need to do something to counteract their strong pass rush and not turn the ball over and do something on first down. We don't do anything on first down on this series. It seems like we always run between the tackles on first down.
AU is 3 and out.
There is a short 33 yd. punt and LSU starts on their 40.
LSU is 3 and out.
The punt rolls dead at the 4. Not so good with a 30 yard punt & about a 17-yd. roll. We need to flip the field at least.
From our 4 yard line Frazier gets back to the line of scrimmage. There is an incomplete pass. Timeout Auburn with 9:42 left. Auburn is not getting anything done on first down and that puts us behind and we won't much success like that. First down pass to the Lutz at the 20!
Big run by Dyer to the 35.
That's as far as we can get and we punt from the 30.
Once again Clark puts up a short 30-yd. punt. All of s sudden our punter is hurting us.
LSU starts on their 40.
We get a face mask penalty which nullifies holding LSU on 3rd down. Penalties are killing us. We can't have these penalities!!!
LSU is on our 45.
But there is the TD pass on play action. Their receiver has steps on our defenders. Good play by their QB. The useless facemask penalty set it up and special games short punting is giving LSU the field position game. LSU's offense plays field position football. They don't get alot of long drives. No personal foul and this wouldn't have happened. We stop their run but then give up the long scoring pass.
Auburn 3 LSU 14
AU starts on the 23 with Therezie running it back.
There is another running play on first down that goes nowhere.
Oh my.
Now there is a long completion to Reed plus 15 for a late hit.
AU at the LSU 38.
Two pass attempts go awry.
A screen pass goes awry.
LSU gets pressure on us whenever they desire and we have to punt with 3:13 to go in the half. We had one big play but that was it.
Fair catch on the LSU 13 with 3:06 to go.
LSU is a team with a strong defense and a team that utilizes field position on offense.
We need to stop them here but LSU has two quick first downs with 2:03 to go.
LSU is very poised and methodical on offense.
I'm afraid we're going to let them move to a FG attempt although our defene has played pretty well but our defense is not getting any help form our offense.
Little mistakes kill you against a good team like LSU.
Last year we could overcome mistakes but not this year.
Disaster strikes as Jaret Lee floats another long TD pass to their ace receiver Randle as Chris Davis and Neiko Thorpe let a receiver get behind them.
It's not so much LSU executing as it is Auburn mistakes.
Auburn 3 LSU 21
With seconds to go Auburn will go into the locker room trailing by 18. There is no way we can overcome this kind of deficit against a good defense.
So there you go with AU receiving to start the second half but with a huge mountain to climb.
END OF HALF
Auburn 3 LSU 21
THIRD QUARTER
The Tigers receive and move out to midfield but as usual we have to punt from there. Clark gets off another bad punt to the LSU 26 whereupon the Bengal Tigers move right down the field just like they did on their first drive of the game. LSU is flexing its muscle over the Auburn Tigers. This game is over early in the third quarter. LSU is completely dominating Auburn---men against boys. Period.
Auburn 3 LSU 28
Tre Mason fumbles the kickoff---our first lost fumble of the year. LSU recovers on the 22. It's going from worse to worser.
After a 10-yd. holding penalty the LSU runner is all the way down the 6 yard line, a 25-yd. run.
We are getting pounded.
The TD run comes from the one.
Auburn 3 LSU 35
Well, it can't get any worse than this, can it?
How will Auburn finish this game? We haven't been pounded like this in a while. This is far worse than Arkansas.
Quentin Riggins says LSU is running with abandon to the weak side of our line and defense is not adjusting.
LSU looks like a bigger, stronger, more mature team.
Mosely throws a Pick 6 just like that on the second play from Auburn's scrimmage.
This game is so out-of-hand it's ridiculous.
Auburn has back-to-back turnovers that lead to touchdowns.
Auburn 3 LSU 42
With 7:27 to go in the third quarter what can we do? What can you say?
This is beyond LSU stepping on our throat.
In the last 8:13 LSU has scored 28 points.
LSU is obviously the much better football team.
I'll be surprised if we make another first down in this game.
Mosely doesn't have a chance throwing the football with so much pressure.
He is pressured almost from the second he receives the snap.
There is a good completion to Benton on this possession but we know it won't do any good.
We get out to around midfield but then we get pushed way back on two consecutive sacks. There is NO time for Mosely to throw and he can't step up in the pocket.
The Tigers punt and once again LSU is back on offense.
What a horrible football game. So many negative plays on offense. WE get a good gain and then Mosely gets sacked.
We get SOME pressure on their QB but never enough it seems.
LSU is pounding again. We can't stop them.
Our defense is tired and battered.
Our offense is MIA.
It amazes me how we get some pressure on their quarterback but he gets the pass off just in time.
Their QB is 14 of 18 so far.
END OF THIRD QUARTER
Auburn 3 LSU 42
FOURTH QUARTER
In the final quarter LSU adds a field goal and Auburn gets a late TD on a short run by McCalebb. Auburn is overrun by a better team.
FINAL SCORE
Auburn 10 LSU 45
Friday, October 21, 2011
The LSU Game 2011
It's hard to believe now but there was a time when Auburn & LSU seldom played each other. That was before divisions and therefore before regular conference opponents. For a long time we played them in September and this was one of the early season bellweather games in the conference.
Does Auburn have a chance? Sure, but I think it's unlikely we will win. Alot of things will have to go our way for us to have a chance. I do like that it's an afternoon game. Somehow psychologically I think this is better than playing a night game in Baton Rouge.
How great it WOULD be to win this game. We can hope, can't we?
Does Auburn have a chance? Sure, but I think it's unlikely we will win. Alot of things will have to go our way for us to have a chance. I do like that it's an afternoon game. Somehow psychologically I think this is better than playing a night game in Baton Rouge.
How great it WOULD be to win this game. We can hope, can't we?
Sunday, October 16, 2011
After the Florida Game
I admit it's not as much fun beating Florida as it used to be. Not as much fun as it was beating Spurrier and Meyer. But it's still Florida, and that's good enough.
The best thing that can happen is for Roof to build a dominating defense. I hope it's coming one day.
I hope Mosely gets the start at LSU. If it's Trotter then the reason may be that he's had the experience on the road at South Carolina and Arkansas.
Malzahn has done it before---building a high-scoring offense---so he should be able to do it again.
The best thing that can happen is for Roof to build a dominating defense. I hope it's coming one day.
I hope Mosely gets the start at LSU. If it's Trotter then the reason may be that he's had the experience on the road at South Carolina and Arkansas.
Malzahn has done it before---building a high-scoring offense---so he should be able to do it again.
Saturday, October 15, 2011
The 2011 Florida Game
Over the years Auburn & Florida have played some storied games. We remember all of the Spurrier years when beating the Gators was really special. Now we begin the Will Muschamp era in Gainesville. What will happen tonight? The game at Jordan-Hare on ESPN with a 6 p.m. kickoff is considered a tossup. To win the game Auburn needs to run the football well and contain their speed on offense. This is all I know.
FIRST QUARTER
Florida receives and on their second play from scrimmate Bell intercepts on our 10. After a 13 yd. burst by Dyer the Tigers have to punt. On a 3rd and 13 we run McCalebb up the middle. I guess we aren't going to throw the ball unless necessary.
Florida is 3 and out.
Quan Bray returns the punt to the Auburn 31.
The Tigers punch out two quick first downs running the football.
Then the drive stalls after a 2 yd. run and 2 incomplete passes.
The game starts like last week. We have some sucess running but not enough to sustain a drive, and we can't throw the ball.
After the punt the Gators start on their 14.
Florida is 3 and out and punt from their 20.
After a booming punt AU starts on their 13.
The Tigers are 3 and out.
So far this is a tale of inept offenses or good defense one on both sides.
The punt is muffed and Auburn recovers on the Gator 32.
Dyer for 7.
Dyer in the Wildcat fails to gain.
It's tough when there is no threat of a pass.
BUT on a free play as Florida jumps offsides, Trotter hits Benton in the end zone, who goes up and brings it down. Touchdown Auburn!
Auburn 7 Florida 0
After one first down, the Gators are punting again. We are getting pressure on their QB.
Bray fair catches on our 17 after another booming punt.
END OF FIRST QUARTER
Auburn 7 Florida 0
As we start the second quarter it seems that this game will go down to the wire. So far our defense has started strong, but if our offense can't do anything our defense usually wears down.
We to three downs and out. It is amazing how poor our passing is. Trotter can't hit an open Carr. They stack the box and we should have open receivers but Trotter can't hit them it seems to me.
The punt rolls dead to the Florida 37. A 44-yd. punt.
If this continues we will lose this game.
From their 37 Florida goes first down to midfield.
They change QBs and you get the impression that Florida will score on this possession.
First down Florida on the AU 25 after an unfortunate personal foul on Auburn.
Florida kicks the 47-yd. FG as our defense stiffens.
Auburn 7 Florida 3
AU starts on the 26.
The Tigers are 3 and out. Our offense is totally inept.
The punt rolls dead on the Gator 28.
Oh, my. No offense just like last week. We can't win w/o being balanced on offense and we are not balanced.
The Gators mount another drive. When our offense struggles, soon or later our defense suffers.
All of a sudden we are not getting any pressure on their QB.
Their defense is not very good but our defense can hold up for only so long.
This is sad because again their offense is not very good.
Our defense holds out again and Florida kicks the three late in the first half.
Auburn 7 Florida 6
The Tigers need to do something here in the last 2 minutes or so but I don't see it coming.
From the 30 Auburn moves to a 3rd and 2 at the Florida 49 with 1:27 left in the half.
A face mask penalty gets us the first down.
Benton drops a pass wide open.
We have to try the field goal. Our offense always bogs down somehow. The dropped pass leads to the FG attempt.
The 45-yd attempt is no good---wide right.
We get the ball to start the second half. That's the only good thing at the moment.
FIRST HALF
Auburn 7 Florida 6
To start the second half here comes Mosely!
After a first down burst by Dyer, Mosely misses a wide-open Wisner, completes a short pass, but the Tigers have to punt.
Our defense holds Florida and after a short punt when their punter drops the ball and has to pick it up off the ground before kicking to the Florida 30, we can't move the ball with Mosely still in at QB. I think we can see already why Mosely hasn't played. He is no better than Trotter.
Parkay misses another FG attempt and the score is unchanged at 7-6. Oh, my. This is scary. We have no rhythm on offense. Clint Mosely looks no better than Barrett Trotter. We can't take advantage of the short punt.
Well, this is not going well. If this continues---our impotent offense---we are going to lose this game for sure.
Florida starts on their 25 after the missed FG attempt.
The Gators start a drive as YOU WOULD EXPECT. Our defense, playing heroically, cannot hold out much longer.
Florida punts from midfield after we stuff their QB on 4th and less than yard to go.
The ball rolls dead at the 7.
Mosely is still in.
There is a long pass completion from Mosely to Carr to the Gator 49.
Dyer for 5.
Frazier just short of the first down.
Dyer loses big in the Wildcat back to the Auburn 49 as Ladarius Phillips gets pushed back.
A short punt to the Gator 19. Clark is not having the best of punting nights.
AFter one first down Auburn sacks the Florida QB and Auburn has the ball back.
The Tigers start moving the ball.
First down at the Gator 28. Mosely hits Lutz on a nice touch pass. Dyer runs for 18yards.
But now we move backwards with the help of a holding call.
First down pass to Lutzenkirchen to the 16 on a third and 22.
The quarter ends with Auburn on the Florida 14 with a 2nd and 8.
END OF THIRD QUARTER
Auburn 7 Florida 6
McCalebb runs it in for the touchdown! Frazier hands it off and McCalebb goes 14 yards for the score. It wasn't necessarily pretty, but it works. Auburn begins the 4th quarter in fine fashion.
Auburn 14 Florida 6
Florida moves the ball abetted by 30 yards in penalitites on Auburn.
On a third and 8 from the AU 20 there is a short pass completion.
4th and 4. The Gators are going for it with 9:36 to go. Timeout Auburn.
Normally you kick the FG in this situation but not Muschamp.
Incomplete pass! Auburn football. Our defense holds.
Why did they go for it? The percentage is to go for the FG with over 9 minutes left.
But not Muschamp.
W go 3 downs and out. On the third down Mosely is too slow in getting the ball off.
Florida drops the punt but the Gators keep the ball.
Our punter is put down but no flag.
Florida starts from their 39.
Florida punts the ball dead to the Auburn 3. Oh my, Florida has gotten off some good punts tonight. That one took a big Gator roll toward the Aluburn goal line.
5:33 left and Auburn leads by only 8.
2 yards by Dyer to the 5.
Another yard by Dyer to the 6.
3rd and 7 from the 6.
Auburn punts but the GATORS MUFF THE PUNT FOR THE 4TH TIME TONIGHT!
Auburn has the ball at the Gator 47.
Wow!
2:58 to go. One first down and this game may be over.
2nd and 6 as Florida takes a timeout.
Florida has one TO left.
FRAZIER RUNS FOR 18 YARDS! A big first down.
Auburn at the 25.
A 3-yd. gain to the 22 and Florida takes their final TO.
With 41 seconds left after a false start Auburn attempts a 42 yd. FG.
Parkey has already missed two tonight.
But this one is good!!!
Parkey seals the deal.
With 35 seconds left Auburn will win this game.
Auburn 17 Florida 6
Florida completes some passes but we sack their QB on the last play of the game.
Our defense holds Florida without a touchdown.
Great effort by the defense.
FINAL SCORE
Auburn 17 Florida 6
FIRST QUARTER
Florida receives and on their second play from scrimmate Bell intercepts on our 10. After a 13 yd. burst by Dyer the Tigers have to punt. On a 3rd and 13 we run McCalebb up the middle. I guess we aren't going to throw the ball unless necessary.
Florida is 3 and out.
Quan Bray returns the punt to the Auburn 31.
The Tigers punch out two quick first downs running the football.
Then the drive stalls after a 2 yd. run and 2 incomplete passes.
The game starts like last week. We have some sucess running but not enough to sustain a drive, and we can't throw the ball.
After the punt the Gators start on their 14.
Florida is 3 and out and punt from their 20.
After a booming punt AU starts on their 13.
The Tigers are 3 and out.
So far this is a tale of inept offenses or good defense one on both sides.
The punt is muffed and Auburn recovers on the Gator 32.
Dyer for 7.
Dyer in the Wildcat fails to gain.
It's tough when there is no threat of a pass.
BUT on a free play as Florida jumps offsides, Trotter hits Benton in the end zone, who goes up and brings it down. Touchdown Auburn!
Auburn 7 Florida 0
After one first down, the Gators are punting again. We are getting pressure on their QB.
Bray fair catches on our 17 after another booming punt.
END OF FIRST QUARTER
Auburn 7 Florida 0
As we start the second quarter it seems that this game will go down to the wire. So far our defense has started strong, but if our offense can't do anything our defense usually wears down.
We to three downs and out. It is amazing how poor our passing is. Trotter can't hit an open Carr. They stack the box and we should have open receivers but Trotter can't hit them it seems to me.
The punt rolls dead to the Florida 37. A 44-yd. punt.
If this continues we will lose this game.
From their 37 Florida goes first down to midfield.
They change QBs and you get the impression that Florida will score on this possession.
First down Florida on the AU 25 after an unfortunate personal foul on Auburn.
Florida kicks the 47-yd. FG as our defense stiffens.
Auburn 7 Florida 3
AU starts on the 26.
The Tigers are 3 and out. Our offense is totally inept.
The punt rolls dead on the Gator 28.
Oh, my. No offense just like last week. We can't win w/o being balanced on offense and we are not balanced.
The Gators mount another drive. When our offense struggles, soon or later our defense suffers.
All of a sudden we are not getting any pressure on their QB.
Their defense is not very good but our defense can hold up for only so long.
This is sad because again their offense is not very good.
Our defense holds out again and Florida kicks the three late in the first half.
Auburn 7 Florida 6
The Tigers need to do something here in the last 2 minutes or so but I don't see it coming.
From the 30 Auburn moves to a 3rd and 2 at the Florida 49 with 1:27 left in the half.
A face mask penalty gets us the first down.
Benton drops a pass wide open.
We have to try the field goal. Our offense always bogs down somehow. The dropped pass leads to the FG attempt.
The 45-yd attempt is no good---wide right.
We get the ball to start the second half. That's the only good thing at the moment.
FIRST HALF
Auburn 7 Florida 6
To start the second half here comes Mosely!
After a first down burst by Dyer, Mosely misses a wide-open Wisner, completes a short pass, but the Tigers have to punt.
Our defense holds Florida and after a short punt when their punter drops the ball and has to pick it up off the ground before kicking to the Florida 30, we can't move the ball with Mosely still in at QB. I think we can see already why Mosely hasn't played. He is no better than Trotter.
Parkay misses another FG attempt and the score is unchanged at 7-6. Oh, my. This is scary. We have no rhythm on offense. Clint Mosely looks no better than Barrett Trotter. We can't take advantage of the short punt.
Well, this is not going well. If this continues---our impotent offense---we are going to lose this game for sure.
Florida starts on their 25 after the missed FG attempt.
The Gators start a drive as YOU WOULD EXPECT. Our defense, playing heroically, cannot hold out much longer.
Florida punts from midfield after we stuff their QB on 4th and less than yard to go.
The ball rolls dead at the 7.
Mosely is still in.
There is a long pass completion from Mosely to Carr to the Gator 49.
Dyer for 5.
Frazier just short of the first down.
Dyer loses big in the Wildcat back to the Auburn 49 as Ladarius Phillips gets pushed back.
A short punt to the Gator 19. Clark is not having the best of punting nights.
AFter one first down Auburn sacks the Florida QB and Auburn has the ball back.
The Tigers start moving the ball.
First down at the Gator 28. Mosely hits Lutz on a nice touch pass. Dyer runs for 18yards.
But now we move backwards with the help of a holding call.
First down pass to Lutzenkirchen to the 16 on a third and 22.
The quarter ends with Auburn on the Florida 14 with a 2nd and 8.
END OF THIRD QUARTER
Auburn 7 Florida 6
McCalebb runs it in for the touchdown! Frazier hands it off and McCalebb goes 14 yards for the score. It wasn't necessarily pretty, but it works. Auburn begins the 4th quarter in fine fashion.
Auburn 14 Florida 6
Florida moves the ball abetted by 30 yards in penalitites on Auburn.
On a third and 8 from the AU 20 there is a short pass completion.
4th and 4. The Gators are going for it with 9:36 to go. Timeout Auburn.
Normally you kick the FG in this situation but not Muschamp.
Incomplete pass! Auburn football. Our defense holds.
Why did they go for it? The percentage is to go for the FG with over 9 minutes left.
But not Muschamp.
W go 3 downs and out. On the third down Mosely is too slow in getting the ball off.
Florida drops the punt but the Gators keep the ball.
Our punter is put down but no flag.
Florida starts from their 39.
Florida punts the ball dead to the Auburn 3. Oh my, Florida has gotten off some good punts tonight. That one took a big Gator roll toward the Aluburn goal line.
5:33 left and Auburn leads by only 8.
2 yards by Dyer to the 5.
Another yard by Dyer to the 6.
3rd and 7 from the 6.
Auburn punts but the GATORS MUFF THE PUNT FOR THE 4TH TIME TONIGHT!
Auburn has the ball at the Gator 47.
Wow!
2:58 to go. One first down and this game may be over.
2nd and 6 as Florida takes a timeout.
Florida has one TO left.
FRAZIER RUNS FOR 18 YARDS! A big first down.
Auburn at the 25.
A 3-yd. gain to the 22 and Florida takes their final TO.
With 41 seconds left after a false start Auburn attempts a 42 yd. FG.
Parkey has already missed two tonight.
But this one is good!!!
Parkey seals the deal.
With 35 seconds left Auburn will win this game.
Auburn 17 Florida 6
Florida completes some passes but we sack their QB on the last play of the game.
Our defense holds Florida without a touchdown.
Great effort by the defense.
FINAL SCORE
Auburn 17 Florida 6
Auburn Deserves Apology
BY Mark Weidmer
Times Free Press
14 October 2011
It's time to apologize. To Cam Newton. To the rest of Auburn's 2010 football team, especially coach Gene Chizik. To the War Eagle Nation. To the school administration. Maybe even to the poor, poisoned trees at Toomer's Corner.
It's time for all of us in the media, myself included, as well as all those opposing fans who've ripped Auburn on the Internet and talk radio airwaves to tell the Tigers we're sorry.
With Wednesday's announcement that the NCAA has cleared the program of all wrongdoing in Newton's recruitment, a good number of Southern football fans in general and untold media in particular have enough egg on their faces to feed a third-world nation for a month.
Call it Egg McNewton.
We arrogantly found the Tigers guilty until proven innocent regarding their obscenely talented quarterback, an error in judgment that needlessly lessened the joy of Newton's Heisman Trophy win and march to the national championship during his lone season on the Plains.
On the vaguely defensible level that Cam's dad, Cecil, has admitted to shopping his son to Mississippi State for $180,000, such initial hysteria was somewhat understandable.
After all, what parent in his right mind would encourage his son to go to Auburn for nothing if he could get even close to $180,000 at another school?
But asking is not the same as receiving. I could ask the New York Times to pay me $1 million per year. You could tell your boss that you've asked your rival company to triple your salary. Doesn't mean they're going to do it.
Whatever any of us may think happened, there has never been much credible evidence that any member of the Mississippi State athletic department ever seriously considered handing Cecil Newton $180,000.
Moreover -- as has been written in this space previously -- people forget that Newton was a junior college transfer with some pretty heavy baggage from his earlier days at Florida. Damaged goods, some labeled him. Beyond that, he wasn't even a clear Auburn starter until late in preseason camp.
But then he blossomed into the most talked-about SEC player since Georgia's Herschel Walker tongue-tied the nation for superlatives 30 years earlier. By the time Newton was done he had thrown 30 touchdown passes, run for 20 TDs and almost single-handedly carried the Tigers to their first national title since 1957.
A player that good had to have gone to the highest bidder, went the argument. And money well-spent, at that.
Nor did the NCAA help quell the masses when it told an exasperated Chizik in the late spring that the investigation remained alive.
In Chizik's mind it must have seemed as if the Mark Twain's line "A lie can travel halfway around the world before the truth puts on its shoes," had been altered to include the entire Earth.
Yet Chizik's confrontation with NCAA enforcement also may have encouraged the NCAA to bring this to the swiftest end possible, especially since the coach's frequent statement "I sleep well at night" began to sound more and more like an honest man wrongly accused than lawyer lingo.
Could it be that we -- all of us accusing Auburn of wrongdoing -- were the ones doing wrong?
Finally, on Wednesday, Auburn released this statement from the NCAA: "Any allegations of major rules violations must meet a burden of proof, which is a higher standard than rampant public speculation on line and in the media."
For those conspiracy theorists who still believe the Tigers got away with something, the NCAA did oddly add the following words: "As with any case, should the enforcement staff become aware of additional credible information, it will review the information to determine whether further investigation is warranted."
(Note to Tennessee fans: Allegedly wiring $1,500 to Willie Lyles for former recruit Lache Seastrunk's unofficial visit may still get you in trouble.)
But as it stands now, Auburn is free and clear and back in the NCAA's good graces.
Maybe next time at least a few of us (blush, blush) will be more patient and more prudent with our criticisms. Until then, let me be the first to apologize to the entire War Eagle Nation. The line behind me should stretch at least halfway around the world.
Times Free Press
14 October 2011
It's time to apologize. To Cam Newton. To the rest of Auburn's 2010 football team, especially coach Gene Chizik. To the War Eagle Nation. To the school administration. Maybe even to the poor, poisoned trees at Toomer's Corner.
It's time for all of us in the media, myself included, as well as all those opposing fans who've ripped Auburn on the Internet and talk radio airwaves to tell the Tigers we're sorry.
With Wednesday's announcement that the NCAA has cleared the program of all wrongdoing in Newton's recruitment, a good number of Southern football fans in general and untold media in particular have enough egg on their faces to feed a third-world nation for a month.
Call it Egg McNewton.
We arrogantly found the Tigers guilty until proven innocent regarding their obscenely talented quarterback, an error in judgment that needlessly lessened the joy of Newton's Heisman Trophy win and march to the national championship during his lone season on the Plains.
On the vaguely defensible level that Cam's dad, Cecil, has admitted to shopping his son to Mississippi State for $180,000, such initial hysteria was somewhat understandable.
After all, what parent in his right mind would encourage his son to go to Auburn for nothing if he could get even close to $180,000 at another school?
But asking is not the same as receiving. I could ask the New York Times to pay me $1 million per year. You could tell your boss that you've asked your rival company to triple your salary. Doesn't mean they're going to do it.
Whatever any of us may think happened, there has never been much credible evidence that any member of the Mississippi State athletic department ever seriously considered handing Cecil Newton $180,000.
Moreover -- as has been written in this space previously -- people forget that Newton was a junior college transfer with some pretty heavy baggage from his earlier days at Florida. Damaged goods, some labeled him. Beyond that, he wasn't even a clear Auburn starter until late in preseason camp.
But then he blossomed into the most talked-about SEC player since Georgia's Herschel Walker tongue-tied the nation for superlatives 30 years earlier. By the time Newton was done he had thrown 30 touchdown passes, run for 20 TDs and almost single-handedly carried the Tigers to their first national title since 1957.
A player that good had to have gone to the highest bidder, went the argument. And money well-spent, at that.
Nor did the NCAA help quell the masses when it told an exasperated Chizik in the late spring that the investigation remained alive.
In Chizik's mind it must have seemed as if the Mark Twain's line "A lie can travel halfway around the world before the truth puts on its shoes," had been altered to include the entire Earth.
Yet Chizik's confrontation with NCAA enforcement also may have encouraged the NCAA to bring this to the swiftest end possible, especially since the coach's frequent statement "I sleep well at night" began to sound more and more like an honest man wrongly accused than lawyer lingo.
Could it be that we -- all of us accusing Auburn of wrongdoing -- were the ones doing wrong?
Finally, on Wednesday, Auburn released this statement from the NCAA: "Any allegations of major rules violations must meet a burden of proof, which is a higher standard than rampant public speculation on line and in the media."
For those conspiracy theorists who still believe the Tigers got away with something, the NCAA did oddly add the following words: "As with any case, should the enforcement staff become aware of additional credible information, it will review the information to determine whether further investigation is warranted."
(Note to Tennessee fans: Allegedly wiring $1,500 to Willie Lyles for former recruit Lache Seastrunk's unofficial visit may still get you in trouble.)
But as it stands now, Auburn is free and clear and back in the NCAA's good graces.
Maybe next time at least a few of us (blush, blush) will be more patient and more prudent with our criticisms. Until then, let me be the first to apologize to the entire War Eagle Nation. The line behind me should stretch at least halfway around the world.
Catching Up - The Florida Game
A lot has happened since last Saturday. Freddy and I went to the Arkansas game. We had a good time except for the outcome of the game. The Tigers lead 14 to 7 but then get routed the rest of the way. Arkansas 38 Auburn 14. I will remember that TD run by Dyer because he ran to the end zone right in front of us. And unfortunately I will remember their 92 yard TD as their back ran away from us because of a holding call that wasn't made. We saw Bud Walton Arena and talked to a nice Arkansas fan inside the arena. I will remember that drive on I-540 from I-40 up to Fayetteville. What an incredible highway, through beautiful Ozark mountains, but so isolated.
Today we are back at home with a 4 and 2 record playing Florida. The game is considered a tossup. The Gators are coming off two big losses with Alabama and LSU. Both teams desperately need a win. This can still be a good Auburn football season.
After last week's game we've had much talk about the QB position. Barrett Trotter has not looked good. We are told that he is still the starter. Clint Mosely hasn't been given a chance. It's easy to think that Mosely must be awful to not be given a chance. Will he play today if Trotter continues to struggle?
Today we are back at home with a 4 and 2 record playing Florida. The game is considered a tossup. The Gators are coming off two big losses with Alabama and LSU. Both teams desperately need a win. This can still be a good Auburn football season.
After last week's game we've had much talk about the QB position. Barrett Trotter has not looked good. We are told that he is still the starter. Clint Mosely hasn't been given a chance. It's easy to think that Mosely must be awful to not be given a chance. Will he play today if Trotter continues to struggle?
Saturday, October 1, 2011
The 2011 South Carolina Game
Here we go again with the Tigers and the Gamecocks. After we beat them twice last year, you know Spurrier wants this one. USC is undfeated and Auburn is 3 and 1 after losing badly to Clemson and looking sluggish against Florida Atlantic last week. South Carolina is a 10-point favorite. Dee Ford is out for the year. Trovon Reed and Chris Davis are out for this game giving Quan Bray a chance. We get the impression that we might see more of Kiehl Frazier today. I sure hope so. I do think that Auburn must stop the run and force their erratic QB Garcia to throw the ball and take our chances there. The Tigers are on the road for the second time this season for a 2:30 kickoff on CBS.
FIRST QUARTER
Auburn wins the toss and defers.
USC starts on their 35---a bad kickoff by Parkey.
The Gamecocks go 3 and out. Good start for our defense.
From midfield the Tigers drive to a first and goal inside the 5.
We have to settle for the field goal. We miss a good opp for a touchdown but we'll take it. Trotter had an open Lutz but he hurries the throw.
Auburn 3 USC 0
On a second and one from the 29 Lattimore fumbles and Auburn recovers. The play is reviewed as it should have been and Auburn keeps the ball!
The Tigers are on the USC 36.
On the second play USC gets an interception on a trick play. Quan Bray could have gone up and caught the ball but apparently he thought he had an easy TD. Rather than fight for the ball, he lets the DB cut in front and get the interception. Too bad.
Oh boy. This has been quite a game already and we are still early in the first quarter.
USC is on their 31 after the double turnovers.
From the 50 there is a TD pass to their good receiver Jeffrey, who beats Bell. Jeffrey goes up and plucks the ball out of the air and muscles his way into the end zone dragging Bell with him. Stan White says Jeffrey gets away with a pushoff.
Just like that after we stop their running they take the lead on a long pass.
We do block the point after.
Auburn 3 USC 6
AU starts from the 20.
Three downs and we go backwards as Trotter is sacked on the 16. We are not doing well on first downs.
The momentum is all Gamecocks.
USC fair catches on their 38.
USC goes 3 and out.
Auburn starts on our 25.
Frazier takes it to the 36 in two running plays.
The quarter ends with AU on the USC 23 with a big 3rd and 2 coming up.
End of First Quarter
Auburn 3 USC 6
SECOND QUARTER
It seems like we've played a whole half already.
Kiel Frazier, shot out of cannon, runs the ball down the 1. Should have been a touchdown.
On the next play, Dyer pushes the pile for the TD. But it's overruled. But on the NEXT play Dyer runs it in from the wildcat.
BUT we miss the point after just like South Carolina as the ball hits the right upright. The wind is swirling out there today. Amazing.
11 PLAYS. 75 YARDS.
Auburn 9 USC 6
USC starts on their 20 after the touchback.
The Tigers push 'em back to the 13 and USC is 3 and out.
A bad snap and a safety is nullifed by a dead ball procedure penalty against USC.
After a personal foul penalty against AU we start on our 49 but we would have been on their 36.
Our offense can't do anything and we are punting at the 50.
Trotter is getting a lot of pressure and Trotter can't outrun anybody.
USC starts from their 4 after a great punt from Steven Clark.
Garcia fakes to Lattimore and runs it out to the 25.
There's another good run for about 8 yards.
I hope they aren't getting their running game going.
On second and two McNeal gets the pick at midfield! That's a bad throw by Garcia.
Yay!
Two runs and first down.
But we are pushed back and have to punt. We've had field position but our offense can't respond. I think part of it is Barrett Trotter. He holds the ball too long in the pocket and can never escape when he has to run.
The punt is downed at the one yard line!
We are winning the field position game but lead by only 3 points.
USC runs Lattimore to a first down to the 17 on two plays.
There is a timeout with 6:04 left and AU clinging to a 3 point lead.
Our defense stiffens and USC is punting.
The Tigers start on their 34 with a little over 4 minutes left in the first half.
We move to a field goal attempt as our offense once again bogs down after some sucess.
The FG attempt is a fake with Ryan White the hold trying to throw to Lutz, but the play never had a chance as USC intercepts. The Gamecocks run the clock out and we are the half.
No expected a defensive struggle. Our offense struggles. Our defense has played its best game of the year SO FAR. We've helf their running game in check. Their only score was a long pass play. We should be ahead by more than 3. WE crossed midfield 6 times but only score twice. This could cost us in the second half. We receive to start the half.
End of Half
Auburn 9 USC 6
THIRD QUARTER
The Tigers start what looks like another promising drive but it stalls and Clark punts to the Gamecock 11. We just cannot sustain an offensive drive and it may cost us this football game.
AFter one first down, the Tigers stuff Lattimore and the Gamecocks punt. One thing you can say: our defense has stopped their running game so far. The problem is that unless our offense gets it going, sooner or later their offense will score again.
Bray fields the punt at the 7 and squirms his way out to the 25. Questionable catch by Bray but a great runback.
Auburn starts on their 25.
Once again we punt the ball back. USC starts at midfield
There's a long pass completion and a 15-yd. run by Lattimore for the touchdown.
Auburn 9 USC 13
This is what I was afraid of. Our offense stalls and stalls and soon or later USC will score and now they have with 5:58 to go in the third quarter. The biggest thing is that we cannot throw the ball. They are getting pressure on Trotter and apparently covering our receivers.
AU starts on their 35.
Trotter throws the interception, but their guy fumbles on his return and Lutz recovers. What a wild & physical game this has been.
The quarter ends with Auburn on the Gamecock 39.
End of Third Quarter
Auburn 9 USC 13
Dyer has gone down but got back up. Dismikes is out right now and Cooper has moved to center. Blake went out injured. A South Carolina player went down on the last play. No one expected this defensive slugfest.
Somehow we have to find a way to throw the football.
On a third and 7 Trotter throws it up for grabs and USC intercepts in the corner of the end zone. Barrett Trotter is not very good.
After one first down running the ball, Spurrier inexplicably tries to throw the ball and the Gamecocks have to put.
With a little over 10 minutes left, Au starts on their 29.
Once again the Tigers need to move the ball and score.
The Tigers do it!
12 plays 57 yards.
Trotter to Lutz for the touchdown.
With 98 seconds left Auburn takes the lead.
McCalebb has a big run. Dyer gashes and gashes. Wow!
Auburn 16 USC 13
From the 20 USC gets a gift on a terrible ruffing the passer call.
USC has a first down on their 35.
Two incompletions.
Garcia runs for a first down.
Incompletion. 2nd and 10.
A holding call and its 2nd and 20.
Incompletion. 3rd and 20 from their 35 with 36 seconds to go.
They get the first down and with 12 seconds left USC is on the AU 42.
Incompletion.
8 seconds left.
There is a completion for a first down but the clock runs out.
Game over !!!
Auburn wins.
Our defense rises from the dead to win this game.
Our offense does just enough. The main thing is that late touchdown drive in the waning minutes of the game.
Final Score
Auburn 16 USC 13
FIRST QUARTER
Auburn wins the toss and defers.
USC starts on their 35---a bad kickoff by Parkey.
The Gamecocks go 3 and out. Good start for our defense.
From midfield the Tigers drive to a first and goal inside the 5.
We have to settle for the field goal. We miss a good opp for a touchdown but we'll take it. Trotter had an open Lutz but he hurries the throw.
Auburn 3 USC 0
On a second and one from the 29 Lattimore fumbles and Auburn recovers. The play is reviewed as it should have been and Auburn keeps the ball!
The Tigers are on the USC 36.
On the second play USC gets an interception on a trick play. Quan Bray could have gone up and caught the ball but apparently he thought he had an easy TD. Rather than fight for the ball, he lets the DB cut in front and get the interception. Too bad.
Oh boy. This has been quite a game already and we are still early in the first quarter.
USC is on their 31 after the double turnovers.
From the 50 there is a TD pass to their good receiver Jeffrey, who beats Bell. Jeffrey goes up and plucks the ball out of the air and muscles his way into the end zone dragging Bell with him. Stan White says Jeffrey gets away with a pushoff.
Just like that after we stop their running they take the lead on a long pass.
We do block the point after.
Auburn 3 USC 6
AU starts from the 20.
Three downs and we go backwards as Trotter is sacked on the 16. We are not doing well on first downs.
The momentum is all Gamecocks.
USC fair catches on their 38.
USC goes 3 and out.
Auburn starts on our 25.
Frazier takes it to the 36 in two running plays.
The quarter ends with AU on the USC 23 with a big 3rd and 2 coming up.
End of First Quarter
Auburn 3 USC 6
SECOND QUARTER
It seems like we've played a whole half already.
Kiel Frazier, shot out of cannon, runs the ball down the 1. Should have been a touchdown.
On the next play, Dyer pushes the pile for the TD. But it's overruled. But on the NEXT play Dyer runs it in from the wildcat.
BUT we miss the point after just like South Carolina as the ball hits the right upright. The wind is swirling out there today. Amazing.
11 PLAYS. 75 YARDS.
Auburn 9 USC 6
USC starts on their 20 after the touchback.
The Tigers push 'em back to the 13 and USC is 3 and out.
A bad snap and a safety is nullifed by a dead ball procedure penalty against USC.
After a personal foul penalty against AU we start on our 49 but we would have been on their 36.
Our offense can't do anything and we are punting at the 50.
Trotter is getting a lot of pressure and Trotter can't outrun anybody.
USC starts from their 4 after a great punt from Steven Clark.
Garcia fakes to Lattimore and runs it out to the 25.
There's another good run for about 8 yards.
I hope they aren't getting their running game going.
On second and two McNeal gets the pick at midfield! That's a bad throw by Garcia.
Yay!
Two runs and first down.
But we are pushed back and have to punt. We've had field position but our offense can't respond. I think part of it is Barrett Trotter. He holds the ball too long in the pocket and can never escape when he has to run.
The punt is downed at the one yard line!
We are winning the field position game but lead by only 3 points.
USC runs Lattimore to a first down to the 17 on two plays.
There is a timeout with 6:04 left and AU clinging to a 3 point lead.
Our defense stiffens and USC is punting.
The Tigers start on their 34 with a little over 4 minutes left in the first half.
We move to a field goal attempt as our offense once again bogs down after some sucess.
The FG attempt is a fake with Ryan White the hold trying to throw to Lutz, but the play never had a chance as USC intercepts. The Gamecocks run the clock out and we are the half.
No expected a defensive struggle. Our offense struggles. Our defense has played its best game of the year SO FAR. We've helf their running game in check. Their only score was a long pass play. We should be ahead by more than 3. WE crossed midfield 6 times but only score twice. This could cost us in the second half. We receive to start the half.
End of Half
Auburn 9 USC 6
THIRD QUARTER
The Tigers start what looks like another promising drive but it stalls and Clark punts to the Gamecock 11. We just cannot sustain an offensive drive and it may cost us this football game.
AFter one first down, the Tigers stuff Lattimore and the Gamecocks punt. One thing you can say: our defense has stopped their running game so far. The problem is that unless our offense gets it going, sooner or later their offense will score again.
Bray fields the punt at the 7 and squirms his way out to the 25. Questionable catch by Bray but a great runback.
Auburn starts on their 25.
Once again we punt the ball back. USC starts at midfield
There's a long pass completion and a 15-yd. run by Lattimore for the touchdown.
Auburn 9 USC 13
This is what I was afraid of. Our offense stalls and stalls and soon or later USC will score and now they have with 5:58 to go in the third quarter. The biggest thing is that we cannot throw the ball. They are getting pressure on Trotter and apparently covering our receivers.
AU starts on their 35.
Trotter throws the interception, but their guy fumbles on his return and Lutz recovers. What a wild & physical game this has been.
The quarter ends with Auburn on the Gamecock 39.
End of Third Quarter
Auburn 9 USC 13
Dyer has gone down but got back up. Dismikes is out right now and Cooper has moved to center. Blake went out injured. A South Carolina player went down on the last play. No one expected this defensive slugfest.
Somehow we have to find a way to throw the football.
On a third and 7 Trotter throws it up for grabs and USC intercepts in the corner of the end zone. Barrett Trotter is not very good.
After one first down running the ball, Spurrier inexplicably tries to throw the ball and the Gamecocks have to put.
With a little over 10 minutes left, Au starts on their 29.
Once again the Tigers need to move the ball and score.
The Tigers do it!
12 plays 57 yards.
Trotter to Lutz for the touchdown.
With 98 seconds left Auburn takes the lead.
McCalebb has a big run. Dyer gashes and gashes. Wow!
Auburn 16 USC 13
From the 20 USC gets a gift on a terrible ruffing the passer call.
USC has a first down on their 35.
Two incompletions.
Garcia runs for a first down.
Incompletion. 2nd and 10.
A holding call and its 2nd and 20.
Incompletion. 3rd and 20 from their 35 with 36 seconds to go.
They get the first down and with 12 seconds left USC is on the AU 42.
Incompletion.
8 seconds left.
There is a completion for a first down but the clock runs out.
Game over !!!
Auburn wins.
Our defense rises from the dead to win this game.
Our offense does just enough. The main thing is that late touchdown drive in the waning minutes of the game.
Final Score
Auburn 16 USC 13
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