TeddyWestside

Virginia Tech is taking it to Pitt so far.

What is amazing to me is how much Marcel Reed has seemingly regressed. Is it the change of coordinators? He does not look like the same guy I saw last season.

Auburn-Florida game next Saturday will tell us a lot about both teams. My feeling is that the loser will be fighting for bowl eligibility and the winner may be able to make the push for 8 or so wins.

-33.5 seems unjustifiably high. I can see Auburn covering that if Golesh is upset about how the offense looked against Baylor and runs it up against lesser competition. I feel like Freeze did that one year and dropped like 77 points against Alabama A&M or something, but also USM ain't Alabama A&M even if they aren't what they were in the 90s.

I think that talk of expelling LSU from the SEC is pure bluster from Sankey and the other SEC presidents to try to put their foot down. LSU and the SEC both have way too much to lose by kicking them from the league.

As much as LSU fans would not want to admit in these ramped up emotional times, being kicked out of the league would do unbelievable damage to them, but also it would do unbelievable damage to the SEC to kick LSU out of the SEC. LSU, along with the other nine original members, is synonymous with the league. The SEC would not feel like the SEC without LSU, as it wouldn’t without Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Auburn, Ole Miss, Miss State, etc. In a sport as tied to tradition and heritage as college football, the SEC has a lot of branding damage potential from such a drastic move.

Both sides know it is mutually assured destruction, but like a nuclear standoff, neither side wants to be the one who blinks first and loses the conflict.

Auburn-Florida game will be overshadowed by LSU-Ole Miss on the same day, but Auburn-Florida will be a huge game for both teams. Winner of the game will be feeling real good about themselves starting (likely) 3-0. The loser will be behind the eight ball on trying to get to the 8-win regular season goal I think both teams have.

Auburn has a brutal October playing @ Tennessee, @ UGA, vs LSU, and @ Ole Miss. Beating Florida at home will be huge for them as they go into that tough stretch of the season. If they drop the Florida game, they may be looking at having a losing record going into November.

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Someone in here said "Bo Jackson".

Comparison in freshman years:

Bo: 829 yards in 11 games

Herschel: 1616 yards in 11 games.

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Herschel and Bo Jackson were both great runningbacks from the first day on their respective teams. It is important to note that Herschel Walker was the featured back in an I-Formation offense while Auburn ran a triple option wishbone offense with Lionel James and Tommy Agee who were also great backs. Does a slight disservice to Bo Jackson to drop those stats without the context of the totally different offenses UGA and Auburn were running at that time...

This site has mods?

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Once upon a time in 1968 there was a double header: Alabama v LSU and Auburn vs Tennessee.

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Alabama, Auburn, LSU, and Tennessee fans all at the same stadium on the same day? The tailgating/outside atmosphere must have been insane.

They were right to fire Gus, it’s just that Harsin and Freeze didn’t work out.

There are really not many coaches out there that have what it takes to win in the SEC, and while Auburn is a place that can have a lot of success and compete for SEC and national titles, they need to have the right coach.

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Gambling is unique in that it's a crime against the sport itself. There are clear rules at every level, every league, against gambling, because it affects the overall competitive balance and outcome.

[…] If Pete Rose's addiction had been alcohol or coke he'd be in the MLB Hall of Fame. He gambled on the game though and this is a unique, cardinal sin in the world of sports.

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Perfectly said. I am surprised at how many people don’t understand this.