I know that you want your team to do well, so you support Gus while he is your head coach. My Question - Do you want Gus to be your head coach or are you just supporting him because he is your head coach?
Plain Trouble on "Da Plains" (all AU posts here)
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I think AU will struggle this year due to the schedule they face and having to play an inexperienced QB. That's not a recipe for success in the SEC. I see them losing 4 games, possibly more. Losses to UGA and Bama cold be ugly, which would put an end to Malzahn's career on the Plains.
Oregon - toss up
A&M - toss up
UF - loss
LSU - loss
UGA - loss
Bama - loss
Oregon - toss up
A&M - toss up
UF - loss
LSU - loss
UGA - loss
Bama - loss
I'm pretty much ready to move on unless he puts together a quality season this year, but I think the QB thing is one that sounds a bit better given a little context.
It's interesting to me that both of the young QBs have such different skill sets coming out of HS. This would seem to mean that the coaches better make a QB decision early in the Fall since the offense each QB runs is so different.
I would be interested in hearing your take on this.
You are going to have a hard time convincing anybody outside of Auburn about that. Cam was a once and a lifetime gift and Nick Marshall's gift was he was a great runner and very, very fortunate passer. Most of his long balls were 50-50s. Gus needs an elite runner who is a good passer. I don't think he made Cam or Nick any better or worse.
BTW, not sure who snowboard cam is, but nobody outside of Auburn can name a recent QB not named Cam or NM anyway.
The way I see it this year down on the plains:
I think for Gus being retained the key is getting to 9 wins. IF he is 9-3 and has losses to Georgia and Bama the outcry for him to be fired will very loud but I just don’t see them pulling the trigger. Any scenario involving 8 wins or less and it starts to get dicey.
A minimum of 8 wins combined with a win over Bama—Gus stays
8 or fewer wins combined with a loss to Bama —Gus is fired
I think for Gus being retained the key is getting to 9 wins. IF he is 9-3 and has losses to Georgia and Bama the outcry for him to be fired will very loud but I just don’t see them pulling the trigger. Any scenario involving 8 wins or less and it starts to get dicey.
A minimum of 8 wins combined with a win over Bama—Gus stays
8 or fewer wins combined with a loss to Bama —Gus is fired
Snowboard Cam is Sean White.
Youll get no argument from anyone with a brain that Marshall’s best weapon was his legs and shiftiness in the open field, and yeah, there was a healthy dose of throwing it up and letting Sammie or Duke make the play, but he could absolutely hit his spots when needed and got a lot better as his career wore on.
Dillingham, but Gus always has a hand in it.So is Gus the official QB Coach...?
7 wins, 1 for sure loss, 4 Toss ups. Gus needs to win at least 2 of the Toss Ups and one of them needs to be UGA or Alabama. If he goes 1-3 in the toss up games and the 1 is Alabama he is safe. He is going to be hard pressed to win 9 games.
Oregon (Atlanta) W
Tulane (Home). W
Kent St (Home). W
TAMU (Away). Toss Up
MSU (Home). W
Florida (Road). Toss Up
Arkansas (Road). W
LSU (Road). L
Ole Miss (Home). W
UGA (Home) Toss Up
Samford (Home). W
Alabama (Home). Toss Up
Oregon (Atlanta) W
Tulane (Home). W
Kent St (Home). W
TAMU (Away). Toss Up
MSU (Home). W
Florida (Road). Toss Up
Arkansas (Road). W
LSU (Road). L
Ole Miss (Home). W
UGA (Home) Toss Up
Samford (Home). W
Alabama (Home). Toss Up
Alabama and Georgia are both significantly better than LSU, but LSU is a sure win while Alabama & Georgia are toss-ups?
The Barn plays Uga and us at home. Weird things regularly happen in Jordan-Hare.Alabama and Georgia are both significantly better than LSU, but LSU is a sure win while Alabama & Georgia are toss-ups?
Yeah, this. I would never take us on the road at Red Stick, but being at home with a hopefully serviceable offense is a pretty good equalizer.
Still doesn't make it a toss up, or even close. Alabama fans will worry about it because that is what they do, but Alabama will be a significant favorite.
I agree that both Alabama and UGA are better than LSU, but the auburn vs LSU game is on the bayou and strange things happen down there. I have seen too many UGA and Alabama teams that should have won easily in JH leave with an L. Not saying it is going to happen, just that I would not bet on both of them beating auburn in JH.Alabama and Georgia are both significantly better than LSU, but LSU is a sure win while Alabama & Georgia are toss-ups?
When should Alabama have won easily and lost in J-H? Not once. Actually, Bama has played over their heads more than not: 1995, 1997, 2001, 2003 come to mind. IMO, only 2005 and 2017 have they played a poor game. They barely escaped in 2009 but that was the only really close call. They've only played them 14 times. AU was fortunate to play 6 of those 14 games while Bama had crippling sanctions.
Richt had a 5-3 record in J-H. I don't remember one upset, in fact, UGA probably upset AU a time or two. AU is 29-20 vs P5 teams in J-H since 2008, Bama is 41-4 in B-D.
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