Daily Archive for October 11th, 2007

NATHAN STEWART / AUBURNTRON ORIGINAL

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“WHATEVER YOU DO, DO NOT EAT BBQ ON SATURDAY”

CHARLESTON, SC–WHATS THAT TASTE IN MY MOUTH? MAN BUTTER? CARE BEAR SAUCE?

WORSE.

THAT TASTE WOULD BE THE UNFORTUNATE REMINENCE OF THE ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS COMING INTO OUR HOUSE LAST YEAR AND THOUROUGHLY RAPING OUR #2 TIGERS. A LOSS EVEN NASTRADAMUS HAD FAILED TO FOR-SEE. A TASTE LACED WITH SWEET AND TANGY MELVINS BBQ SAUCE. ITS A TASTE THAT HAS REMAINED CONSTANT, HAUNTING ME LIKE THOUGHT OF GARGANTUAN TRYING TO GET ME TO MAKE OUT WITH HER AT A ROSS PARK PARTY. QUIVER.

27-10. FUCK.

1 WEEK LATER. I AWAKE FROM A SHOCK RIDDEN COMA, STARING IN THE MIRROR.AFTER WIPING OFF THE WEEK OLD MELVINS BBQ SAUCE OFF MY FACE THAT HAD BEEN THERE SINCE THE PREVIOUS SATURDAY, I VOW’ED TO NEVER EAT BBQ AGAIN WHEN PLAYING ARKANSAS. I WAS LIKE A BLUNTED

PALERMO IN AN ALL YOU CAN EAT CHINESE BUFFET GUZZELING PORK AND SAUCEYNESS. SHOVING THAT PORK IN MY MOUTH DURING AND AFTER THE AUBURN LOSS MUST HAVE FELT LIKE WHAT MIKEY FELT AFTER AWAKING TO JOEL OVER TOP OF HIM IN ATL GA THE YEAR BEFORE: I DON’T RECOMMEND IT. ITS NOT SOMETHING IM PROUD OF, BUT YOU CAN AVOID THIS PAIN BY FOLLOWING 1 EASY STEP:

WHATEVER YOU DO, DO NOT EAT BBQ ON SATURDAY.

ITS A YEAR LATER. THINGS HAVE CHANGED. I CAN WALK INTO A MELVIN’S BBQ AGAIN AND NOT CRINGE. IM STARTINGTO ENJOY THE TASTE OF BBQ SAUCE AGAIN…AND THE THOUGHT OF SHUTTING OUT THE RAZORBACKS IN THEIR OWN STADIUM DOES TO ME WHAT LIL JON DOES IN RAP SONGS:”WHAT?”GET KRUNK.

AUBURN IS LOOKING VERY GOOD RECENTLY. WE ARE NOT TURNING THE BALL OVER. BRAD LESTER IS BACK. WE CAN RUN; OPENING UP THE PASSING GAME. OUR SPECIAL TEAM PUNTER RYAN SHOEMAKER WAS MORE THAN LIKELY GENETICALLY SPAWNED FROM OLD KODI BLISS SHOE LACES, AVERAGING 48 YARDS PER PUNT…#1 IN THE SEC. OUR GOAL SATURDAY: STOPPING MCFADDEN AND JONES. PERIOD. IF WE DO THAT. WE WILL WIN.I WILL NOT COME INTO WORK AGAIN WITH

ARKANSAS SHIT ALL OVER MY DESK. NOR WILL I BE JUMPING IN THE COUNTON2 NEWS POND IN FRONT ON MY STATION AFTER WORK ON MONDAY IN MY WORK CLOTHES….THAT BET WILL BE TAKIN’ UP BY MY

ARKANSAS PRODUCER

CRYSTAL AFTER WE RIP THROUGH THAT TEAM! YOU CAN BET ON SEEING IT HERE FIRST MONDAY AFTER THE WIN.AUBURN SOLDIERS UNITE. STEP YO SHIT UP THIS WEEKEND! JUST REMEMBER: THE HARDER WE PARTY, THE BETTER WE PLAY.SO AS I FINISH TYPING THIS WHILE TAKING AHUGE THURSDAY NIGHT DUMP…I LEAVE YOU WITH THIS…JUST LIKE A MOGWAI IN A GRIMLINS MOVIE… DO NOT EAT ANY BBQ AFTER MIDNIGHT FRIDAY. IT TURNS

ARKANSAS INTO TIGER KILLERS

CHURN IT CHURN IT. LETS GET SOME PAYBACK! FUCK

ARKANSAS! LETS GET THROUGH THIS…LSWHO… AND GET TO

ATLANTA!WAR EAGLE! 

 

BUY HERE

speaking of t-shirts…when are we making ours???

idea 1) front: HEY BAMA back: better lube up cause were going 6 deep

idea 2) front: HEY BAMA back: fear the left cause you already been pimp slapped with the right

any body else got any ideas?

full article 

There’s a simple answer to Auburn’s turnaround on offense.

Turnovers.

In consecutive losses to South Florida and Mississippi State, AU committed 10 total turnovers. In three straight wins since, the Tigers have turned it over just three times.

But if you dig a little deeper you’ll find several other factors.

Todd Van Emst
Cox has completed 71 percent of his passes the last three games.

Quarterback Brandon Cox has certainly stepped up his play as has both of AU’s young tailbacks. The return of junior tailback Brad Lester and adding a couple of more true freshmen to the offensive line has brought more toughness and energy to the group.

There’s also been a more creative approach to the gameplan and playcalling.

Auburn opened the Vanderbilt game with Ben Tate at tailback and fellow running back Mario Fannin in the slot. On the first play, AU faked an end around to Fannin and Tate carried the ball for 12 yards.

When Lester made his debut three plays later, Cox made a quick pitch to Lester who took it eight yards around the right end.

Why did it take nearly half the season before Auburn opened up its playbook? Offensive coordinator Al Borges says the answer is simple.

“When you’re not executing, you’re not afforded the luxury of being real creative sometimes,” said Borges. “You’d better get back to fundamentals of blocking, making good exchanges in your run game, good traps.”

According to head coach Tommy Tuberville, the inexperience at offensive line and running back limited what AU was able to accomplish in practice, and therefore games.

“We’ve had some of that in practice — it just didn’t look very good,” said Tuberville. “You can’t run that stuff unless you feel good about it in a game. All those new starters on the offensive line, they can only absorb so much, and the two running backs.”

But as the youngsters gained experience, Auburn has been able to add more and more to the gameplan. Borges said it’s a similar situation to what AU went through in 2004. The Tigers were pretty basic for the first few games before a 31-point first-half explosion at Tennessee.

“In ’04, the first three games of the season we were very vanilla,” said Borges. “As the team gained more confidence, we were able to do more stuff. And that’s the way I feel right now. As we gain more confidence, we’ll do more things.

“You go out there and you want to run all these fancy schemes and you can’t block guys, it’s not going to work.”

Cox, who’s made the most dramatic turnaround of anyone on offense, certainly feels more comfortable with his teammates.

“We’ve found the guys that can get the job done, and we came together as a team,” said Cox. “We started off with a lot of young guys and some question marks. It took a little while. We had to iron out some wrinkles and get on the same page.

“Now that we are on the same page, we are able to do a lot more offensively and open up the playbook.”

With the Tigers preparing for Arkansas, the first of two straight road games that will go a long way in determining their chances of winning the SEC West, Tuberville says it will be a key for the offense to continue to be creative, control the ball and score points.

AU has averaged 36.7 points per game the last three weeks.

“Our offense is going to be a big key for us as we go on the road,” said Tuberville. “We are going to have to continue to make bigger strides for us to have an opportunity to score enough points to win. We can’t continue to depend on our defense for that.”