Thursday, October 14, 2010

Kentucky Review

Does anyone know a good cardiologist? I’m seriously going to need one if we do that again in the 4th quarter this year. Again a win is a win and this team keeps finding a way to win. While they looked great in the beginning and almost scored at will, they seemed to let their guard down and let Kentucky back in the game. That being said Kentucky has some good players in Locke and Cobb but I would like to see Auburn play a complete game and stay ahead.

5 observations:

1. Cam for Heisman! This guy is amazing. That throw as he is falling out of bounds across his body was ridiculous. While the coaches and Cam may not be lobbying yet, I think Malzahn is trying. He called Cam’s number 4 straight times at the goal line.

2. The drive at the end is the stuff champions are made of. Don’t believe me? Go back and watch the bama drive on Auburn in the 4th quarter of last year’s game? Look familiar? Auburn controlled the ball for 7 minutes and made some great plays. I hate to rely too much on Cam, but if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

3. SEC referees. I don’t like to blame anything on the refs and if we had lost it would not be their fault, but come on there were some calls that were absolutely ridiculous. I never defend a player for a late hit out of bounds. They are uncalled for and usually very flagrant. However, the 2 on Zac Etheridge were ridiculous. Both hits were made inbounds. Let ‘em play!

4. Wes Byrum is money. Didn’t even have to watch, I knew it would be good. (Note from LeeAnn: Don't worry, we didn't watch because Brad had already changed the channel.)

5. Craig Sanders is a beast on special teams and we missed him this week. It makes a big difference for our defense if the other team is starting out at the 20 or midfield. Get better soon Craig!!

Overall Auburn won the game and did so with a pretty good offensive performance. Defense still needs work. We saw what is going to happen if teams throw quickly with a 3 step drop. Fairley and Carter can’t apply pressure and our secondary is not going to stop anyone. That being said, they kept most everything in front of them and that seems to be the plan. It will take a much better performance by the secondary to beat Arkansas and Ryan Mallet – more on that later in the week.

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