I’m not as surprised by the sentiment…
… as I am to hear him admit it publicly.
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If you thought this was a disappointing season…
… you probably haven’t done your research.
You hate to see it.
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Pain on the Plains
If the dominating win over Tennessee was the main course for us Georgia fans yesterday, the SEC was thoughtful enough to serve dessert later in the form of Auburn’s embarrassing loss to a New Mexico State program that had previously compiled an 0-22 record against SEC teams.
Truthfully, “loss” doesn’t begin to describe what went down on the Plains. Ass kicking is a much more accurate description. Both statistically…
… and physically.
It’s not every day you see a quarterback manhandle a defensive back to the extent that he gets whistled for unsportsmanlike conduct, but there you go.
Of course, this was a guarantee game, meaning the Tigers not only suffered the indignity of the upset, but had to pay handsomely for the privilege. That led to the quote of the day:
In the moments still processing Auburn’s embarrassing, stunning and momentum-killing 31-10 upset loss to New Mexico State on Saturday, Aggies cornerback Andre Seldon celebrated in exactly the way his program should.
“We told them to cut that check and we can get out of here,” Seldon said.
If the Aggies don’t have t-shirts with that slogan printed and ready to go by tomorrow, somebody’s not doing their job.
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“Hope isn’t eternal.”
Welp, this came more quickly than expected.
Before the stadium had begun to empty, with the result of the game still in the air, Auburn lined up quarterback Holden Geriner for his first meaningful snap of any kind this season and tucked him behind tight end Brandon Frazier. There were just over five minutes remaining in the third quarter, and the score still tied at 14. The plan was a double pass, with the ball tossed backward to Geriner and he would find an open receiver deep downfield.
Except he only had one blocker, who was shoved out of the way immediately and Geriner was sacked on the trick play.
It set up third-and-19 still on the Ole Miss half of the field. Auburn ran up the middle with Jarquez Hunter and gained four yards. Punter Oscar Chapman ran on the field.
And it was in this moment that all the optimism that has characterized Auburn’s season thus far drowned into boos. The hope of Auburn fans had been exhausted. It appeared as a rock bottom.
It was the first time Auburn’s inept offense had been booed this season.
In that moment, the Hugh Freeze honeymoon ended.
Yeah, the personnel situation isn’t great. But Freeze has this rep as an offensive guru that isn’t playing out on the Plains.
… There is frustration from the fan base. Auburn’s offense is on pace to be historically bad.
Auburn has barely averaged more than 100 passing yards against SEC opponents. It’s the worst rate for Auburn this century.
And for all Hugh Freeze has talked about the talent gap Auburn has and the recruiting that still lies in the future, these repetitive failures of offense come down to coaching. Auburn made the same mistakes of alignment, protection, route running and simply poor quarterback play after a bye week where it planned to fix it.
The talent gap doesn’t cause Auburn to have 12 men in the huddle for a third down in the fourth quarter. Auburn was penalized twice for illegal substitutions. That’s coaching. And the fans noticed it.
Auburn’s passing offense was already ranked among the 10 worst in the nation before another bad day Saturday. Auburn had 122 total passing yards but 47 of them came on a dump-off pass to running back Jarquez Hunter later in the fourth quarter.
Eh, that’s a real shame.
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Does Hugh Freeze know something we don’t know?
Either he does, or he’s talking straight out of his ass with this.
Maybe Hugh just wants to get some of the hatred out of the rivalry. Peace and love, baby.
(h/t)
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Orange out
Ugh.
Apparently part of Auburn’s game plan tomorrow is to try to nauseate as many Georgia players as they can. I hope Kirby’s got them ready to deal with this fiendish plan.
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One-dimensional
Shot.
Chaser.
Does it matter?
If these guys can’t run the ball Saturday, they’re toast.
Kumbaya, my Lord.
Oh, brother.
I could hate him for that, but I’ll settle for playing this for the first time this week instead.
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Tales of recruiting woes
Georgia fans: Jeez, our 2013 recruiting class started out weakly and disintegrated over time.
Auburn fans: Hold our beer, Dawgs…
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Upset city, sweetheart
Take heart, Auburn and Florida. You can’t be a top “chaos agent” unless you play a bunch of teams better than you are.
Of course, there’s a catch.
Auburn is in the position of having annual rivalry games against Alabama and Georgia, which means it always has a shot to destroy somebody’s season these days. However, this year the Tigers have games against Texas A&M and LSU. Both will be on the road, while Georgia and Alabama are at home. What truly stands out about Auburn’s schedule is how relentless it is. While the Iron Bowl finishes the regular season, the Tigers will play at Texas A&M, at home against Georgia and at LSU in consecutive games (with a bye between Georgia and LSU). It’s hard to imagine anybody having a tougher three-game stretch than that.
… Of the 20 teams with the best odds of winning a title, Florida appears on the schedule of five. That’s a quarter of them, and it’s the most of any team in the country. The Gators open the year with Utah (everybody is playing Utah this year, apparently) and get Tennessee at home in Week 3. They’re then in Jacksonville after a bye in late October to face Georgia before hitting the road to throw down with LSU two weeks later. They’ll finish the regular season back in Gainesville against Florida State. So, as you can see, there are plenty of reasons to think Florida’s record won’t improve much this season that have nothing to do with the roster. It’s the schedule. It’s mean.
LOL. The downside is you have to play a bunch of teams better than you are.
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