A look at Auburn
posted by LW, Monday, April 19, 2010
Never too early to talk about football, is it?
Didn't think so.
Auburn played its spring game over the weekend, and get this:
Attendance at Jordan-Hare Stadium was 63,217.
That's a monstrous crowd, and the number should hold some amusing relevance for you folks.
The big story for those Tigers is QB Cameron Newton (pictured), who apparently has all but wrapped up the starting job.
This columnist says Newton's starting role is the worst-kept secret on The Plains.
‘I wouldn’t read anything into anything," Malzahn said.
If this football thing doesn’t work out for them, Chizik and Malzahn have a promising future working for the CIA.
They’re experts at keeping state secrets.
It’ll be an upset of Tubervillian proportion if Newton isn’t the starting quarterback Sept. 4 against Arkansas State, but the coaches have convinced the players that this is a real competition and the winner has not been decided.
‘‘I think it’s still open," Trotter said.
This column spells out why Clemson fans should be worried about this Newton kid:
The orange jersey and no contact rules for quarterbacks in this scrimmage left that up to your imagination.
And, Tigers' fan are allowed to let their minds run a little wild.
Putting a player who can pass, run and be difficult to bring to the ground -- if he can make the necessary split-second decisions -- is a tantalizing combination to what last year was already a record-setting offense.
According to this article, Auburn's receivers stole the show.
The group turned a pair of bubble screens into long touchdowns — a 70-yard reception Quindarius Carr had against the second-team defense and Terrell Zachery’s 44-yarder against the first-team defense.
Zachery, a former Wadley standout, turned in the more impressive play, employing a spin move to break through a trio of tacklers 10 yards downfield before sprinting 25 more yards and falling forward into the end zone.
Carr finished with a game-high 152 receiving yards on four receptions. Zachery finished with two catches for 53 yards.
Auburn coach Gene Chizik said the group’s ability to transfer that type of performance into the regular season could determine how well the offense plays this year.
“I was fairly pleased. We need our receivers to get yards after the catch,” Chizik said. “In the passing game, we’ll take our shots when we can take our shots, but a lot of our passing game is a controlled passing game. In order for us to get explosive plays a lot of our passing offense will be after the catch.”
Famous (or maybe infamous) Alabama columnist Paul Finebaum predicts a 9-3 record for Auburn, and here's his take on Clemson's Sept. 18 visit to Jordan-Hare:
This is a very difficult game to figure out. Clemson is coming off a bizarre season with dramatic swings, finally culminating in a 9-5 record and a narrow loss in the ACC title game. ... Auburn 34-28.
By the way, South Carolina visits Auburn a week later. So we'll be provided with a rare measuring-stick week in comparing the two Palmetto State rivals.
Speaking of rivalries, check out this billboard dig Florida fans will place near Florida State's digs.
Guru Phil Steele says Clemson has the 15th-toughest schedule in college football. Imagine how much tougher it'd be without Presbyterian on the slate.
Plenty of conference expansion talk percolating.
This Florida beat writer tells us how Miami and Florida State to the SEC could happen.
Dennis Dodd says college athletics will never be the same if conference expansion comes true.
This story from St. Louis says Big Ten expansion would be seismic.
Here's an update on Temple WR coach Rob Spence.
Yep, everything is bigger in Texas. Especially budgets for high school football programs.
Just in case you forgot how important high school football is in Texas, the residents of Allen will soon have a $59.6 million stadium that will leave no doubt.
Next month in the booming north Dallas suburb, ground will be broken on a state-of-the-art, 18,000-seat facility that will feature two decks, a video scoreboard, four concession stands and 12 restrooms. It is scheduled to open in the fall of 2012.
Congrats to the Clemson women's track team, which won its first outdoor ACC title in 19 years.
Clemson's baseball slide -- 12 losses in 18 games, and six of seven -- leaves Greg Wallace of the Independent-Mail truly puzzled.
Is it too late to save this season? Of course not.
Twelve of the 19 remaining regular-season games are at home, including key series against North Carolina and Florida State. In addition, nine of the 19 are against teams with RPIs 122 and above.
But hosting a regional could be out of the question unless the Tigers get smoking hot and quickly.
Joe Paterno is unhappy with the increasing number of early enrollees. He's always unhappy about something, isn't he?
LW
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Never too early to talk about football, is it?
Didn't think so.
Auburn played its spring game over the weekend, and get this:
Attendance at Jordan-Hare Stadium was 63,217.
That's a monstrous crowd, and the number should hold some amusing relevance for you folks.
The big story for those Tigers is QB Cameron Newton (pictured), who apparently has all but wrapped up the starting job.
This columnist says Newton's starting role is the worst-kept secret on The Plains.
‘I wouldn’t read anything into anything," Malzahn said.
If this football thing doesn’t work out for them, Chizik and Malzahn have a promising future working for the CIA.
They’re experts at keeping state secrets.
It’ll be an upset of Tubervillian proportion if Newton isn’t the starting quarterback Sept. 4 against Arkansas State, but the coaches have convinced the players that this is a real competition and the winner has not been decided.
‘‘I think it’s still open," Trotter said.
This column spells out why Clemson fans should be worried about this Newton kid:
The orange jersey and no contact rules for quarterbacks in this scrimmage left that up to your imagination.
And, Tigers' fan are allowed to let their minds run a little wild.
Putting a player who can pass, run and be difficult to bring to the ground -- if he can make the necessary split-second decisions -- is a tantalizing combination to what last year was already a record-setting offense.
According to this article, Auburn's receivers stole the show.
The group turned a pair of bubble screens into long touchdowns — a 70-yard reception Quindarius Carr had against the second-team defense and Terrell Zachery’s 44-yarder against the first-team defense.
Zachery, a former Wadley standout, turned in the more impressive play, employing a spin move to break through a trio of tacklers 10 yards downfield before sprinting 25 more yards and falling forward into the end zone.
Carr finished with a game-high 152 receiving yards on four receptions. Zachery finished with two catches for 53 yards.
Auburn coach Gene Chizik said the group’s ability to transfer that type of performance into the regular season could determine how well the offense plays this year.
“I was fairly pleased. We need our receivers to get yards after the catch,” Chizik said. “In the passing game, we’ll take our shots when we can take our shots, but a lot of our passing game is a controlled passing game. In order for us to get explosive plays a lot of our passing offense will be after the catch.”
Famous (or maybe infamous) Alabama columnist Paul Finebaum predicts a 9-3 record for Auburn, and here's his take on Clemson's Sept. 18 visit to Jordan-Hare:
This is a very difficult game to figure out. Clemson is coming off a bizarre season with dramatic swings, finally culminating in a 9-5 record and a narrow loss in the ACC title game. ... Auburn 34-28.
By the way, South Carolina visits Auburn a week later. So we'll be provided with a rare measuring-stick week in comparing the two Palmetto State rivals.
Speaking of rivalries, check out this billboard dig Florida fans will place near Florida State's digs.
Guru Phil Steele says Clemson has the 15th-toughest schedule in college football. Imagine how much tougher it'd be without Presbyterian on the slate.
Plenty of conference expansion talk percolating.
This Florida beat writer tells us how Miami and Florida State to the SEC could happen.
Dennis Dodd says college athletics will never be the same if conference expansion comes true.
This story from St. Louis says Big Ten expansion would be seismic.
Here's an update on Temple WR coach Rob Spence.
Yep, everything is bigger in Texas. Especially budgets for high school football programs.
Just in case you forgot how important high school football is in Texas, the residents of Allen will soon have a $59.6 million stadium that will leave no doubt.
Next month in the booming north Dallas suburb, ground will be broken on a state-of-the-art, 18,000-seat facility that will feature two decks, a video scoreboard, four concession stands and 12 restrooms. It is scheduled to open in the fall of 2012.
Congrats to the Clemson women's track team, which won its first outdoor ACC title in 19 years.
Clemson's baseball slide -- 12 losses in 18 games, and six of seven -- leaves Greg Wallace of the Independent-Mail truly puzzled.
Is it too late to save this season? Of course not.
Twelve of the 19 remaining regular-season games are at home, including key series against North Carolina and Florida State. In addition, nine of the 19 are against teams with RPIs 122 and above.
But hosting a regional could be out of the question unless the Tigers get smoking hot and quickly.
Joe Paterno is unhappy with the increasing number of early enrollees. He's always unhappy about something, isn't he?
LW
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Link to this entry - Discuss this entry - Return to Blog Home
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