CBS fills their studio time discussing Penn State. They wrap it up with
Aaron Taylor — of Notre Dame and the Packers and Chargers — compares Joe Paterno’s legacy to a goal line fumble. It was a properly tortured analogy concluded with a somber note by his studio colleague Adam Zucker, “And he’d never fumbled before.”
Except the LAST TWO DECADES.
So there was the Georgia game. And that was bad. Just in case no one paid attention to that game, which started with a bad call and was punctuated throughout with poor play with only one exception. Selected tweets, from a :
That first down was brought to you by Georgia math.
Hey a legitimate UGa first down. Congratulations to the referee who did not have to compromise his ethics or vision plan to make it happen.
Referees 7, UGa 0, Auburn, 0. Thanks for that first down spot, fellas.
TOUCHDOWN AUBURN! C.J. Uzomah to @LUTZenkirchen! 7-7, still in the first.
Bulldog to helmet. I suspect whining to begin any moment now.
I’d like to point out we have an All-American caliber running back on the roster … and he has one total yard thus far.
Pass pass pass pass pass pass pass pass pass pass pass. Third and long? Let’s run a draw!
So about that bye week …
Remember when Malzahn described the offense as a play action down field rushing attack? Good times.
Alright, the first time they ran the backdoor pass it was nice. That’s just … not good.
This game is where even the generally fair-minded are questioning Ted Roof. There’s enough of that for most everyone just now.
So let’s see: Youth, Murray, play calling, defensive schemes … anybody else want to contribute?
Was that four go routes and O-Mac underneath? Is that as good as it gets now?
Defensively that’s an unforced fumble, a punt and a drive stopped by a clock. (Let’s not acknowledge the five TDs.) War Adjustments.
89 net yards for AU in the first half. Four yds for Dyer. 10:53 TOP. 2/7 on third down conversions. UGA? 318 yards, 7/8 3rd downs.
Not interested in demanding firings, but 89 yards against the SEC’s #4 defense should earn a partial $1.3 million refund.
Between @WBE_Jerry, 14-year vet @HABOTN and the boards, everyone has decided that was the worst half of Auburn football maybe ever.
Of course that’s a modern conceit. Some folks do recall the Barfield years. But most recent comparisons are … comparable.
I would say the 2008 and 2001 Iron Bowls are as close a 21st century similarity as you could get people to consider.
Mark Richt, most impressed by a spear. Yeah, that’s about right.
Auburn has played five top-15 teams on the road this year. That never ceases to impress.
What in this game has impressed upon the coaching staff that the screen pass is there? What?
Tough setback for T’Sharvan Bell. Depth in the secondary now beyond being an issue.
On air with @IngramSmith, and considering the enigma that is/was UGa, I thought it would be a close game, pending ball bounces. Oops.
Youth was on display, and that was one part of why this game was so bad. They’ll get better in due time, but the Tigers will get even younger with T’Sharvan Bell’s knee injury. It didn’t look like the news was good on the sideline, and so the shaky secondary becomes a bit less stable. Two games to go, homecoming next weekend against Samford and then Alabama brings the nation’s best defense into Jordan-Hare to finish the season. No biggie.
Otherwise Alabama won. UAB won, improving to 2-8 on the year with the biggest comeback in school history. Samford also won with a late comeback.
Samford lost in the first round of the soccer playoffs, ending a terrific season. But Auburn won, and advances to second round playoff action.
