Auburn board reporting Boobie Whitlow out 4-6 weeks
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Indeed. Auburn must win that game, or they are done in the West and SEC Title game and CFP discussion. Their season then completely revolves around the Iron Bowl. It's about 90% of their thoughts anyway. For that matter, we will learn a lot about LSU without Whitlow running for Auburn, as our running backs have also been kind of "non-existent", at times, this season. LSU's strength is in their DB's, and that worries me when Tua starts dropping back to pass. We lit them up decently well last year, but Burrow wasn't a factor last season. He seems to have his groove this year. The SEC is going to come down to who has the best DB's, not running backs.
They have depth but I think Gus only really trusts Boobie Whitlow. He's the archetypical back they want in their offense. Everyone else is either undercooked or undersized.
Wishing him a good recovery.
This is bad news for Auburn though, they usually have success when they have a workhorse RB like Dyer, Mason, Payne, Pettway, Kerryon etc...
Ironically, Pettway and Kerryon had significant injuries as well.
This is bad news for Auburn though, they usually have success when they have a workhorse RB like Dyer, Mason, Payne, Pettway, Kerryon etc...
Ironically, Pettway and Kerryon had significant injuries as well.
I tend to disagree about their overall talent.
IMO, Boobee is good but not great. He really needs great OL blocking to make some positive yards. If blocking breaks down he's not the kind of back that creates something positive out of something negative.
How successful the Barn running game is going to be over the next 4-6 weeks I think depends on them avoiding injuries in their offensive line as much as it does who carries the workload for them at running back.
They are very thin across the o-line. An injury there (especially to Wanogho at tackle) could make it go from bad to worse quickly.
They are very thin across the o-line. An injury there (especially to Wanogho at tackle) could make it go from bad to worse quickly.
I can hear it now, If only Boobie had not got hurt, we would have beat Bama. Start printing the T-shirts.
Boob will be back by the Iron Bowl and we will be playing at their place. That D in that stadium is going to provide some tough sledding for us.
Wrong.
If only Göös hadn't been bent over on the sideline with his head up his gullwing BMW's tailpipe, we would have beat Florida.
We need two really quick scoring TD's and take the crowd out of the game. If not, it could be a long day.
I read on al.com that it happened at the end of the game vs Florida. He was hurt, actually went back in, and then after the game noticed it was hurting worse so he got it checked out the next day. It was his knee but the article did not say an exact injury.
Must not be too bad if he can return in a month or 6 weeks. I hate to see injuries for anyone. I wish the injuries Bama has to both ILB and Trey Sanders were only 4-6 weeks and not the entire season.
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