re: The reason for a down season? No simpler than the 2012 recruiting class...

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Auburn's 2012 class was chock full of Oline talent.

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That's the class that Grimes recruited. Auburn fans can say what they want, but Mason had 1000 yards rushing behind that OL with 5.86 ypc. The backup had 570 yards on 6.06 ypc. The two totaled 14 TDs in only 12 games. IMO, their passing game was shitty, so they should have relied on their run game more. Their two best RBs, only carried the ball a total of 22 times per game.

They blame Grimes, but the OL he recruited in 2011, 2 years later, was the stout one that took them to the NCG and broke Auburn rushing records and was the top rushing unit in the country.


Grimes was at Auburn from 2009-2012

He had at least one thousand yard rusher each year, and each back up had at least 500 yards. This does not even incude Cam in 2010.

People loved to blame Stud, but we only had one bad OL, and that was 2009. The thing was, that his OL was a road grater, run blocking. They were never a really good pass blocking unit, because we don't pass as much.