Plain Trouble on "Da Plains" (all AU posts here)
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Don't compare apples to oranges. Our OL may need a little work but, they are no where near what the Barns OL is/is not. They made Clemson look better than they really are imo. I'll let Clemson shut down a good offense or two before penciling them in the playoffs.
We will see how they handle the real Heisman winner this week.
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And long may it stay that way. Discomfitting to think of the Cow Patty Academy offense as a
No-Malzahn Zone...
And before we crown the Barn D as nasty as some believe they are let's not forget that that Clemson QB is playing his second game as a starter. Last year's Clemson's O led by Watson would have hung 30+ on that Barn D. Plus, if the Barn O can't stay on the field better than that, their defense will tank as the season goes on!
You're correct, and if the current trend continues, I think you'll see some division between the offense and defense.
Not too sure about that 30 points business. Last year's Watson led Clemson team beat Auburn 19-13 and was outscored 10-6 in the 4th quarter. If memory serves Auburn returned 8 starters from that defense. Just saying.....
I was thinking for about how they hung 35 on us by year's end. I really think our D was better than Auburn's last year. Clemson really came on strong as the year progressed.
That's what I was thinking, but it is too early to tell which teams are going to be consistently good all year at this point. It is truly amazing what we have done for ten years now from a consistency of excellence standpoint.
This is what makes the comments from Gus even more comical when he said after the game that Stidham is young and just needs more experience. The QB that clearly outplayed Stidham was less experienced and didn't even have the best WR group in the history of college football. Ah, forever young on the plains..
Stidham looked slightly more mobile than a statue to me.
That does not bode well at all for the SEC battles they will face. Clemson's DL may well be the best they face all year, yet there are certain to be several that are nearly as good. 11 sacks given to Clemson might equal 7 or 8 to LSU or us.
That does not bode well at all for the SEC battles they will face. Clemson's DL may well be the best they face all year, yet there are certain to be several that are nearly as good. 11 sacks given to Clemson might equal 7 or 8 to LSU or us.
Also have to consider that Kerryon Johnson is banged up and I read today that Pettway is dealing with planter fasciitis. That's apparently something that lingers and can be tough to play with. I doubt either back will be at 100% this season. That'd be disastrous for what's left of this AU offense..
pf is a monster to deal with, and there is no way to really deal with it other than backing way off while you treat it.
Auburn's Defense is pretty nasty much as I hate to admit it. Clemson's D was just on a whole other level though.
I don't like Gus's mickey mouse offense but they will probabaly get clicking sooner or later. Stidham is no Heisman contender, but he looks like he can be pretty good with time. He's probabaly the most talented throwing QB Aub has had since Cam. He just had no time because Clemson's front 4 was DESTROYING their OL. You can see he has talent but they have hyped him up too much.
If we played Auburn right now I think it would be a similiarly close game. Both Defense's would dictate things. I think we would win on Jalen's running ability along with our RB's but I wouldn't feel great about pass protection. Clemson's Bryant had to get out of harms way a lot himself.
They will be a tough game at the end of the year if Gus can get out of his own way. The Over/Under might be around 30. I'd pick us 17-13 right now.
I don't like Gus's mickey mouse offense but they will probabaly get clicking sooner or later. Stidham is no Heisman contender, but he looks like he can be pretty good with time. He's probabaly the most talented throwing QB Aub has had since Cam. He just had no time because Clemson's front 4 was DESTROYING their OL. You can see he has talent but they have hyped him up too much.
If we played Auburn right now I think it would be a similiarly close game. Both Defense's would dictate things. I think we would win on Jalen's running ability along with our RB's but I wouldn't feel great about pass protection. Clemson's Bryant had to get out of harms way a lot himself.
They will be a tough game at the end of the year if Gus can get out of his own way. The Over/Under might be around 30. I'd pick us 17-13 right now.
I can't remember if it was on here by I thought I read somewhere that PF is similar to turf toe in that the only way it gets better is with rest and treatment and then it flares back up again when you play. I remember Eddie had turf toe when he was at Bama and it was tough to manage..
My take of the Auburn Clemson game was that Clemson was pretty good on defense, but I am not crowning them just yet. Auburn's offense is pretty bad and I think we'll see that when they play state week after next. I think the state game will be tell us about how good or bad Auburn is or isn't. Clemson is pretty good on offense and Auburn holding them to 14 appeared to be really good on the surface, but it is still early and again we'll see if the Clemson is a contender or pretender after they play Louisville next week. If they can score with Louisville, watch out. It may be a rubber match between us and Clemson again.
Clemson has no running game other than Bryant with the QB keeper. he is a very good passer with some of his strikes against auburn secondary.
but I will wait as well to see if they are for real. against Kent St. they could name the score. against auburn, they had to work for every yard.
we will know much more vs Louisville this Sat. the ACC will give Clemson all the test they need and then some.
IMO, when Watson was the man and they had Williams as a WR and Gallman as their RB, their offense was difficult to stop. I just don't see it with this offense when facing better defenses, maybe they will prove me wrong. But as of right now, Kelly Bryant is Mr. Everything in that offense.
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