🏈 GAME THREAD Post game : Tide finishes 2018 regular season undefeated

[JoseyWalesTheOutlaw]

Congrats to The King. Guz and his bunch did a good job of challenging The Tide.

 

[planomateo]

Better one @bama alum

 

[Go4Bama]

Better one @bama alum

 

[rick4bama]

I was going to ask? But I read this thread and now what I thought was being said was! WAS I guess it was fun for awhile!

Spend my dollar! You knew the clean version wouldn't work tonight.

 

[sean]

it'll probably be taken away, again. but i don't think the students will care since all they wanted was to get it back to be able to say it against auburn, in person, during a game, loud and proud. they got their wish.

 

[TerryP]

#DixielandDelight from(sp) Auburn

 

[TerryP]

 

[18Champs]

Phillip Marshall column on the game.

A DEVASTATING IRON BOWL DISPLAY

For a tantalizing half Saturday at Bryant-Denny Stadium, Auburn looked No. 1 Alabama in the eye and didn’t flinch. But then came the second half, and with it came the harsh truth.

Auburn, trailing just 17-14 at halftime, wasn’t good enough on either side of the ball to have a chance to win, and that was on devastating display for all to see.

No matter how hard it fought, Auburn’s defense could not control quarterback Tua Tagovailoa and Alabama’s passing game. After getting frequent pressure in the first half, the Tigers got little in the second half. Alabama scored five consecutive touchdowns – four touchdowns by Tua and one by Jalen Hurts in the second half and in running away to a 52-21 victory.

Auburn’s offense had its moments, running the ball more effectively than most would have imagined. Quarterback Jarrett Stidham had a rough day, but his receivers had a rougher day with at least six drops.

A gift drive in the third quarter, fueled by a targeting penalty that knocked Auburn receiver Ryan Davis out of the game and a roughing the passer penalty against Alabama, died when on a trick play when a pass to kicker Anders Carlson came up a yard short of a first down. It was a never really a game after that.

Offensively, it really was like lots of other big games in Gus Malzahn’s six seasons. It started out impressively, there were defensive adjustments and the offense could not counter.

On Auburn’s second possession of the game, what can charitably be called an unfortunate holding call wiped out a 75-yard touchdown sprint by Shaun Shivers. There was a really good touchdown drive on the third possession. After a blocked punt, there was a double pass for a touchdown. But once the game settled in, Auburn scored only one more touchdown, that on a heave from Stidham to Darius Slayton.

Give Auburn players credit. They weren’t intimidated, but they couldn’t make big plays on either side of the ball when they needed them most. Finally, as the game got out of reach, they lost the edge they had early.

A bowl game remains, and Auburn players will play hard again. But with Saturday’s loss, the 2018 season officially became one of the bigger Auburn disappointments in recent years. Nobody would have anticipated five losses when the Tigers were celebrating a 21-16 win over Washington in season-opening Chick-fil-A game. There clearly should not have been five losses, but the record is what it is. There are no do-overs. The loss at home to a dreadful Tennessee team that was blown out by Vanderbilt on Saturday will live in Auburn infamy. And Saturday’s second-half collapse will live in Iron Bowl infamy.

The question now is where Auburn football goes from here.

That there will be coaching changes, particularly on offense, seems a foregone conclusion. Where those changes will start and how far they will go is something that should be known in a matter of days.

Auburn has to become more consistent as a program from season to season and game to game – on offense, on defense, in recruiting, in player development, in every way.

Whatever makes that possible for a proud program is what should be done and must be done

 

[bamaledge]

Phillip Marshall column on the game.

A DEVASTATING IRON BOWL DISPLAY

For a tantalizing half Saturday at Bryant-Denny Stadium, Auburn looked No. 1 Alabama in the eye and didn’t flinch. But then came the second half, and with it came the harsh truth.

Auburn, trailing just 17-14 at halftime, wasn’t good enough on either side of the ball to have a chance to win, and that was on devastating display for all to see.

No matter how hard it fought, Auburn’s defense could not control quarterback Tua Tagovailoa and Alabama’s passing game. After getting frequent pressure in the first half, the Tigers got little in the second half. Alabama scored five consecutive touchdowns – four touchdowns by Tua and one by Jalen Hurts in the second half and in running away to a 52-21 victory.

Auburn’s offense had its moments, running the ball more effectively than most would have imagined. Quarterback Jarrett Stidham had a rough day, but his receivers had a rougher day with at least six drops.

A gift drive in the third quarter, fueled by a targeting penalty that knocked Auburn receiver Ryan Davis out of the game and a roughing the passer penalty against Alabama, died when on a trick play when a pass to kicker Anders Carlson came up a yard short of a first down. It was a never really a game after that.

Offensively, it really was like lots of other big games in Gus Malzahn’s six seasons. It started out impressively, there were defensive adjustments and the offense could not counter.

On Auburn’s second possession of the game, what can charitably be called an unfortunate holding call wiped out a 75-yard touchdown sprint by Shaun Shivers. There was a really good touchdown drive on the third possession. After a blocked punt, there was a double pass for a touchdown. But once the game settled in, Auburn scored only one more touchdown, that on a heave from Stidham to Darius Slayton.

Give Auburn players credit. They weren’t intimidated, but they couldn’t make big plays on either side of the ball when they needed them most. Finally, as the game got out of reach, they lost the edge they had early.

A bowl game remains, and Auburn players will play hard again. But with Saturday’s loss, the 2018 season officially became one of the bigger Auburn disappointments in recent years. Nobody would have anticipated five losses when the Tigers were celebrating a 21-16 win over Washington in season-opening Chick-fil-A game. There clearly should not have been five losses, but the record is what it is. There are no do-overs. The loss at home to a dreadful Tennessee team that was blown out by Vanderbilt on Saturday will live in Auburn infamy. And Saturday’s second-half collapse will live in Iron Bowl infamy.

The question now is where Auburn football goes from here.

That there will be coaching changes, particularly on offense, seems a foregone conclusion. Where those changes will start and how far they will go is something that should be known in a matter of days.

Auburn has to become more consistent as a program from season to season and game to game – on offense, on defense, in recruiting, in player development, in every way.

Whatever makes that possible for a proud program is what should be done and must be done

HahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaHA!!!

 

[bama alum]

To quote Funnymaine again, "They good, but they're not the Citadel."

 

[rick4bama]

To quote Funnymaine again, "They good, but they're not the Citadel."

Doing it again!
"The Crowd was saying 'Love Auburn During Dixieland' "

 

[TerryP]

Dayum...that could have been a flag, easily. Wills...

 

[bamaledge]

Dayum...that could have been a flag, easily. Wills...

It’s not a penalty if you don’t get caught! I hate the barn!

 

[planomateo]

 

[bama alum]

Yeah, you did!

 

[planomateo]

^ he's wanting to eat a booger too. It helps with his nerves.

 

[bamaledge]

He already had the booger in his mouth and transferred it to his wife through the kiss!

 

[TerryP]

I, uh...

Well, no, that's not exact...

You see it's not th...

Hell, just scroll.

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[rick4bama]

@TerryP what the deal with the score in the title thread? 50-17? Did Bama get two points taking away? Sandlot team get four points taking away too?

 

[Sgt. Lincoln Osiris]

Yikes.