{"id":573883935,"date":"2012-09-23T19:28:27","date_gmt":"2012-09-24T00:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/?p=573883935"},"modified":"2012-09-24T23:19:47","modified_gmt":"2012-09-25T04:19:47","slug":"catching-up-80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/blog\/2012\/09\/23\/catching-up-80\/","title":{"rendered":"Catching up"},"content":{"rendered":"

The all pictures Sunday feature, this time in a pleasing all football format.<\/p>\n

When the second-ranked team in the country comes to town, and the home team has started their season 1-2, the tickets are easy to come by. And they are hard to sell. There were a lot of after-market opportunities on Saturday:<\/p>\n

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The ever popular crowd shots:<\/p>\n

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This guy can wear this as a team shirt, or as a bowling jersey. Nice to know LSU has the same priorities. Actually, when the LSU fans we were talking with asked everyone in our section to beat Bama, and all of the Auburn people asked for the same favor. That’s as good a way to say goodbye as any, I guess.<\/p>\n

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Aubie fills in on the drumline from time to time.<\/p>\n

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Nova in flight during the pregame ceremonies:<\/p>\n

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The game itself was energetic affair. LSU is not as good as their ranking would seem, it seems. Auburn is, perhaps, not as bad their start would suggest. <\/p>\n

Michael Ford gained 42 yards on eight carries and added the only touchdown of the game for LSU:<\/p>\n

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You’d run far away, if you were Ford, and big Angelo Blackson was bearing down on you. He’s 6-foot-4, 308 pounds and can move. He’s just a sophomore:<\/p>\n

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Zach Mettenberger flips a ball out to Spencer Ware. Ware ran for 90 yards on 16 carries and caught two passes for 44 yards. That guy was almost the only productive part of the entire sputtering LSU offense. Mettenberger went 15 of 27 for 169 yards, not the road game debut he’d hoped for. <\/p>\n

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Kiehl Frazier was 13 of 22 for only 97 yards and two interceptions. Not the home game he was hoping for:<\/p>\n

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It doesn’t look like it here, but Gabe Wright, 90, just delivered a forearm to the LSU running back. And the running back bounced backward two yards. Can’t wait to see Wright play more, he’s a beast:<\/p>\n

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More crowd shots:<\/p>\n

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A member of the Tiger Paws:<\/p>\n

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Russell Shepard only had two carries for seven yards, but they came on the decisive drive as LSU moved down into field goal position.<\/p>\n

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Onterio McCalebb had a slow night, but despite that he moved into seventh place all time at Auburn in career yards. He also became the first Auburn player ever to earn 2,000 yards rushing, 1,000 yards on kick returns and 500 yards receiving. Not bad for a guy generously listed at 5 foot 11 and 173 pounds:<\/p>\n

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Tre Mason led Auburn in rushing, with 54 yards on nine carries: <\/p>\n

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Barkevious Mingo and Eric Reid combine on the tackle to bring down Mason after a gain of eight yards near midfield:<\/p>\n

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Kiehl Frazier surveys the field as he tries to move Auburn across midfield and into field goal range to try to win the game. He was unfortunately unsuccessful. <\/p>\n

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The Golden Band from Tigerland are always great performers:<\/p>\n

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