The Alabama A & M Game

I've never liked games like this because you usually win like you should but if you lose it doesn't get much worse.  In this difficult season of seasons let us hope Auburn simply takes care of business.

FIRST QUARTER

The Tigers score impressively after receiving  on a long drive with mainly hard running..

AUBURN 7  A&M  0

Second possession is a repeat.

AUBURN 14  AA&M 0

Third possession Mason runs 86 yards on the first play for the score.  So far Auburn is taking care of business.  Against an outmanned team you gotta hit 'em early and hopefully don't let up.

AUBURN 21  A&M  0

Now the Bulldogs mount a drive.  What is happening out there?
The visitors advance to the AU 40.
The quarter ends. 

SECOND QUARTER

The A&M drive ends and Auburn gets a good punt runback to the Bulldog 45 but a block in the back takes the ball back inside our 10.  The one negative today is that we've had 5 penalities so far.
There is a 51-yd. pass completion to Benton with a good pass from Wallace.
Auburn is quickly threatening again.
From the 5 Prosch's second carry from the 3 pushes the pile into the end zone.
11:29 in the second.

AUBURN 28  A&M  0

The Bulldogs move into Auburn territory again.
On a 4th and 1 at the AU 36 their QB easily sneaks for the first down.
On a 4th and 16 from the 40 our defense holds with 5:13 to go.
From the 28 let's see if we can score again before the half.
First down running the ball to the 41.
Mason is running well.
There is a throw to the 5 to Coates just out of his reach.
Mason crosses midfield for a first down with 3:47 to go.
But Wallace loses 10 on a sack.
Two passes and we're down to the 27.
The second ruffing the passer penalty on the Bulldogs moves the ball to the 9.
TD pass to Coates in the back of the end zone zipped it right in there after the ruffing penalty on A&M.
"I see alot of upside with Jonathan Wallace," says Stan White.  He is TOUGH.  He is 7 of 12 in the half.

AUBURN 35  A&M 0

The half ends with only seconds left after Auburn's last score.

THIRD QUARTER

A&M receives and drives right down the field.  I don't like the sound of this.
First down at the AU 15.
There's a run to the 10.
Incomplete pass.
But they are getting receivers open.
We give up an offsides penalty to keep them in 3rd down---3rd and short.
The Bulldogs punch it in.  I don't like this one bit.  Is our defense coasting?  Whatever---it isn't good.  We should shut this team out.  There goes the shutout.  Are we going to have a second half meltdown?

AUBURN 35  A&M 7

All of a sudden I have a bitter taste in my mouth.
If our offense stalls all of a sudden I might start to wonder.
AU starts at the 31.
Mason to the AU 45.
Pass to Blake to the A&M 39.
Pass to Blake to the 30.
Mason loses 3.  It bothers me that A&M seems to get tackelers in our backfield.
4th and 4 and Wallace has to throw the ball away.
With 7:22 to go we turn the ball over on downs.  They are getting pressure on Wallace.  This is not good.
A&M starts on their 33.
4th and 2 at the 41 after a holding penalty and a successful screen pass.
Thank goodness A&M punts.  They should have gone for it and they probably would have made it.
Auburn starts at their 23.
Will we score again in this football game?
There's been a shakeup in the offensive line today.  Not sure how well it has worked out.  Not sure what is due to injuries and what is due to simply shaking things up.
A couple of runs and we are out to the 42.
The Tigers move the ball down to the A&M 29 after a pass to McCalebb.
Wallace runs for one yard.
First down at the 16 after a 12-yd. run by McCalebb.
Incomplete pass in the end zone.
They are getting too much pressure on Wallace.
Early movement by Auburn.
Incomplete pass in the end zone.
Wallace is trying so hard to hit a receiver in the end zone.
Penalty on A&M half the distance to allow AU to convert a 3rd and 15,
The quarter ends with Auburn just outside the A&M 10 with a first down.

FOURTH QUARTER

McCalebb loses 5 but then runs it in from the 15 on the second play of the quarter.

AUBURN 42  A&M 7

The Bulldogs punt.
With Frazier in AU punts for the first time with 10:34 remaining.
A&M starts on their 35.
A&M goes 3 and out as it shoulds like we have substitutes in on defense.
There is a bad snap on 4th down and the kicker kicks the ball thru the end zone for a safety.

AUBURN 44  A&M  7

AU starts at their 40.
Blakely is in there now.  Grant is getting some carries.
We end up punting around midfield.
That's a 12-yrd punt.  Yikes!
A&M starts on their 39 with the clock winding down.  It gets sloppy at the end with Frazierr in at QB.
Less than 3 minutes to go.
We get an interception from Trent Fisher, our FIRST defensive back interception of the year, and he runs it in from about 60 yards out.

AUBURN 51  A&M  7

The game ends with no further scoring.

FINAL SCORE
AUBURN 51  A&M 7

Well, I suppose this will be our last laugh of the year.  I hope we will be respectable next week and then we shall see how the coaching decision comes out.  I'm predicting that Chizik will be back based on the vibes we've gotten this week.