5-0 - Last year we were also sitting at 5-0 before a trip to Arkansas started a 3 week slide to a 5-3 record. Kentucky was in the middle of that rough stretch and the loss at home to the Wildcats really put things in perspective for the 2009 Tigers. This week we travel to Kentucky to play a team that has underachieved thus far this year. Before I get ahead of myself I should comment on the ULM game this past weekend.
Observation(s): Auburn took care of business and won.
That really is about all we can take away from the game. Other than a few injuries the game went perfectly. It was easy to see that Malzahn threatened Cam and told him not to run. Very smart! Don’t get your QB hurt vs. ULM. Some younger players got some good playing time and experience and this is really the most important thing in this game. Not a whole lot else to say about ULM.
Kentucky this Saturday should be a good matchup for Auburn. This is a Kentucky team that came into Auburn and stunned the Tigers last year. However this is not the same Auburn team. The defense has much more depth and has not been folding in the second half. Onterio McCalleb is healthy again and the offense seems to be running well. I expect Auburn to come out ready to play and take care of business against Kentucky.
Kentucky is a good team. They have struggled this year and not done as well as some thought but they are dangerous. They won some games early in the year and they have some great playmakers in Locke and Cobb. They will score points and should be able to throw the ball easily against our secondary. It could be a shootout, but Kentucky ranks in the bottom of the SEC in run defense and I expect that Mike Dyer and McCalleb may have a big game.
With a win in Lexington and the Tigers are bowl eligible (always the first goal of the season and an important accomplishment). I’m not ready to say that these Tigers are going to go undefeated or head to Tuscaloosa undefeated. Let’s get past Kentucky first and then take it a game at a time.
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