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re: CBS Top 138

Posted by sbr2 on 8/13/26 at 1:09 pm to
Those are some good points. If the roster was cobbled together I agree with 6-6 expectations but as far as the offense goes Golesh and Brown carried over as much as you can expect.
Sigh. Guess we could always throw out the injunction method to get him on the court lol

re: 2026 vs 2025 Talent & Coaching

Posted by sbr2 on 7/30/26 at 6:35 pm to
Until I see a consistent passing game across the middle of the field, I'll assume the same old same old.
Cardwell had a singular NBA level talent - his defense. He's really maximized his value by working hard to get the most out of it.

Broome had a lot of not-quite NBA level talents. No amount of hard work is going to bridge that gap when you go up against guys who have more talent and work just as hard.

Funny how the different the roles were at Auburn.
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I'm really anxious to see how our defense holds up over a full season because Golesh ran the 2nd fastest offense in the country last year. We will score fast but there's gonna be 3 and outs that don't burn much clock and our defense will be back on the field. It will be interesting to see how Golesh and Durkin work together navigating that.


Durkin had plenty of experience dealing with that last year.

re: So are you broken?

Posted by sbr2 on 7/7/26 at 2:25 pm to
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a few more wins and were looking at possible playoffs last year, even with poor Qb play.


Ifs and buts, my friend.

Personally, I believe the whole team ethos under Hugh was so poor they just weren't capable of winning with any consistency. Time after time, the team would get in good enough position to compete and screw it up, with each screw up even worse than the one before.

(I'm not discounting the effect of the blown calls that happened, but they do happen to everyone and good teams find a way past it)
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No one was saying that going into last season


Agreed. I recall (most of) the board being cautiously optimistic about last years team until everybody realized we had zero interior presence
I love a good story as much as the next guy, but the reality is these kids and agents will just say "OK, we'll go somewhere else". Where else was Larry Bird going to go lol
The summer commitment push has been nice, but lets maybe get a season under the belt before we go comparing him to an all-time Auburn coach.
I mean, he's not wrong. Commitments in the NIL era (unless it's a diehard fan) are more and more performative. On the field results and final NIL numbers seem to have way more impact than summer commitments. Doesn't hurt to have them however.
Yeah, especially for a recruit so far out the * rating is less important than the offer list.
I think whatever spell Freeze casts on recruits and their families works in just about every era. However, he could not coach them at all.

I think Calvin Ashley was our highest rated offensive line recruit, but we know how that turned out.

In the NIL era, until the pen hits the paper I don't consider any recruit committed.

re: Can we do a poll? B.Brown

Posted by sbr2 on 5/1/26 at 7:10 am to
We haven't had competent QB play in years. We haven't had above average WR play in decades.
Cmon man, don't celebrate over injury even if someone left us.
Glad he's back. Hopefully Pearl can figure out how to use him in a way that accentuates his scoring

re: Dylan Cardwell. What a player.

Posted by sbr2 on 4/4/26 at 3:42 pm to
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Has Broome been injured or is he just not getting much playing time?


Looks like he had a knee surgery in February and is still recovering.

re: Spring Practice Starts Today

Posted by sbr2 on 4/3/26 at 1:21 pm to
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Talk of the receivers having problems getting open


That could define the last 10 years of Auburn football :lol:

re: March Madness Discussion Thread

Posted by sbr2 on 3/29/26 at 6:34 pm to
Auburn is the only SEC team still playing BTW :pimp:

re: Reinstatement thread on OT

Posted by sbr2 on 3/25/26 at 3:21 pm to
Remember the guy who lived in Japan?

Peppridge farm remembers.

re: Spring Practice Starts Today

Posted by sbr2 on 3/20/26 at 10:25 am to
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Definitely looks pretty awkward. Accuracy is going to be a concern, especially trying to drop it over the shoulder of the receiver with a DB on his tail.


I don't disagree with you that it looks awkward but in his two full time starting seasons he hangs around 65% accuracy which is good enough for college. Granted those were not seasons where he goes up against the SEC full time, but all kinds of weird releases work at this level that don't translate to the pros.

re: Spring Practice Starts Today

Posted by sbr2 on 3/17/26 at 6:52 pm to
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Have to get the ball out quick and compact.


Yezzir. I think it does have to do with taking a little longer to get the ball out which allows both the rush to have extra time to get to the QB and for DBs to see the motion start and break on a pass.