Auburn's point output was really no surprise to me, and how it happened was exactly as I would have thought.
- We knew Auburn would come out with trick plays and have some success.
- We suspected Auburn would score first.
- We knew Auburn's offense is predicated on running the maximum number of plays and hoping the defense slips up. It happened once when the DB slipped and AU hit a long TD pass.
- We knew that Auburn would not be able to sustain that type of play for 4 quarters.
- I told a friend that Auburn hired Malzahn for the sole purpose of beating Saban. They wanted to emulate what Utah did last season in the Sugar Bowl, and they tried. They have been planning for this game all season, and it showed.
What we didn't expect
- Auburn's ability to scheme to stop Alabama's rushing attack. The week off for Auburn was definitely used to their advantage. They spied Ingram the whole game, and we never countered it. Why did they have an unblocked LB on every running play?
- Where was the deep ball? It was a surprise that Alabama never tried to loosen the defense by throwing it long. The Auburn secondary has been vulerable at times.
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Other comments:
Alabama pretty much shut Auburn down for most of the game. Half of their total offensive numbers came on 2 big plays, which is what their offense is designed to do.
Officiating was questionable. While the barners are complaining about our OL holding, that is pretty bogus. If we were holding, how did we not rush for more than 75 yards? On their long TD run off of the reverse, there was a flagrant hold that appeared to also be a facemask, that went uncalled. Auburn held on every play, but that was never called. How does an OL rip a linebacker's helmet off without there being a penalty? Julio was in bounds. There could be a long list made of no-calls against Auburn. In the end, it didn't matter.
12-0 and 2 in a row.
We beat them in their house.
Now we go after the gators.
- We knew Auburn would come out with trick plays and have some success.
- We suspected Auburn would score first.
- We knew Auburn's offense is predicated on running the maximum number of plays and hoping the defense slips up. It happened once when the DB slipped and AU hit a long TD pass.
- We knew that Auburn would not be able to sustain that type of play for 4 quarters.
- I told a friend that Auburn hired Malzahn for the sole purpose of beating Saban. They wanted to emulate what Utah did last season in the Sugar Bowl, and they tried. They have been planning for this game all season, and it showed.
What we didn't expect
- Auburn's ability to scheme to stop Alabama's rushing attack. The week off for Auburn was definitely used to their advantage. They spied Ingram the whole game, and we never countered it. Why did they have an unblocked LB on every running play?
- Where was the deep ball? It was a surprise that Alabama never tried to loosen the defense by throwing it long. The Auburn secondary has been vulerable at times.
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Other comments:
Alabama pretty much shut Auburn down for most of the game. Half of their total offensive numbers came on 2 big plays, which is what their offense is designed to do.
Officiating was questionable. While the barners are complaining about our OL holding, that is pretty bogus. If we were holding, how did we not rush for more than 75 yards? On their long TD run off of the reverse, there was a flagrant hold that appeared to also be a facemask, that went uncalled. Auburn held on every play, but that was never called. How does an OL rip a linebacker's helmet off without there being a penalty? Julio was in bounds. There could be a long list made of no-calls against Auburn. In the end, it didn't matter.
12-0 and 2 in a row.
We beat them in their house.
Now we go after the gators.
