January 11th, 2011 at 1:30 AM ^
I'm with you 100% on that. Rodriguez made a great schematic adjustment by going back to the I-formation elements for those situations; I just wish he would have stuck with them as the season went along, but I think that had a lot to do with the personnel necessary to run that just wasn't ready yet (or in place). That is something that Oregon is going to have to do if they are ever going to get over the hump against teams with elite defenses. The problem is that to win the PAC-10/12, they aren't going to need to do that, so they probably won't.
January 11th, 2011 at 12:25 AM ^
either way, that's another example of why that rule is a little screwy. For all intents and purposes, he was down. The only reason he wasn't "tackled" is because he happened to land on top of the guy that tackled him. His knee touches the ground, this game is probably in OT
January 11th, 2011 at 12:34 AM ^
Agree, except I didn't feel real confident about Oregon's chances of getting a stop there even if that play had been overturned. Auburn was already around midfield with like 1:50 left.
January 11th, 2011 at 12:37 AM ^
Exact same call went the other way in I think the Sugar Bowl.
January 11th, 2011 at 12:39 AM ^
Thought the same thing.
January 11th, 2011 at 12:21 AM ^
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January 11th, 2011 at 12:21 AM ^
I hearby commence the opening of the official late night meeting. Those who were here last night, let the games begin. [Hopefully] Just one more night of nonsense before we know who is about to take over the reigns of our beloved university.
January 11th, 2011 at 12:27 AM ^
is by far my favorite kitten picture.
January 11th, 2011 at 12:38 AM ^
I agree, it is a good one.
January 11th, 2011 at 12:33 AM ^
and that game sucked. It'll be vacated in 5 years or so.
I couldn't deal with anymore of Musburger loving the not really that great Auburn defense.
January 11th, 2011 at 12:58 AM ^
What, what? Mary Sue Coleman's been fired?
January 11th, 2011 at 1:19 AM ^
Don, it became clear to me as all of this was playing out that we should have seen this coming sooner. I think Miles has been the guy from day one. Probably planned since December or earlier. The way DB has done his ¨succession planning¨ it really makes sense to me that this has been lined up for a long time. The fact that DB and LM know each other really, really well tells me that DB did not just happen to call LM this week. This has been packaged for a long time. The rest has been a play out required to save face of good folks like RR, JH, BH, Fitz, etc. Higher ed and corporate types often conduct ¨searches¨when the winning candidate was selected in a board room or clubhouse months before. I am not being conspiratorial, and I´m not being critical of DB. I just think this is the way things are done. I simply refuse to believe that a corporate warrior like DB would let the single most important job of his tenure get started on January 1, 2011. This was ready to go, with a timeline planned out, weeks if not months before. Now the press would never approve of that, and various consituencies (like the pro RR faction) would never abide this kind of thing. So that is why a ¨search¨has been conducted.
January 11th, 2011 at 12:20 AM ^
talked about no one betting their last dollar on Auburn at the beginning of the season...I am just wondering if his dad did bet one of his last dollars from Mississippi State....
January 11th, 2011 at 12:20 AM ^
Countdown to when the NCAA strips Auburn of its wins and title, and Newton's heisman has just begun.
Oh, and Newton's countdown to failing in the NFL has also begun.
January 11th, 2011 at 12:24 AM ^
won't happen. this new ncaa, the one who let him play in the first place, let the osu kids play, etc., just doesn't give a shit.
January 11th, 2011 at 12:28 AM ^
And here I thought the NCAA only cares when entrepreneurial reporters dig up a story exposing a violation. It turns out that even when violations are admitted out in the open, there has to be excessive stretching involved to justify a response.
January 11th, 2011 at 1:17 AM ^
Sounds like the same damn old NCAA that everyone has grown accustomed to seeing, inconsistent as always. Where the driving force behind anything and everything is the DOLLLA BILL$$$.
January 11th, 2011 at 12:21 AM ^
but congrats to Auburn on an excellent season regardless
January 11th, 2011 at 12:25 AM ^
not excellent with ineligible player/s. congrats on a nonexistant season is more appropriate.
January 11th, 2011 at 12:23 AM ^
Can we just rename this what it is - the Late Night Auburn Hate Thread?
January 11th, 2011 at 12:41 AM ^
instead
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January 11th, 2011 at 12:24 AM ^
January 11th, 2011 at 12:24 AM ^
auburn made one hell of a hire nabbing gene chizik after he went 5-19 in his two seasons at iowa state.
January 11th, 2011 at 12:27 AM ^
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January 11th, 2011 at 12:47 AM ^
The Auburn fans here in Alabama almost ran him out of town due to his prior record. Hopefully our hire will be as successful without the drama... Let's face it, we don't all have time to just hang out here all day..
Tim
January 11th, 2011 at 12:29 AM ^
I think Auburn made one hell of a hire when they nabbed cam newton. And he's only making a tenth of what Chizik makes!
January 11th, 2011 at 12:56 AM ^
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January 11th, 2011 at 12:25 AM ^
Wait, what?
January 11th, 2011 at 12:24 AM ^
Congrats to Auburn for winning the 2011 title. And congrats in advance to Oregon for winning it retroactively in 2013.
January 11th, 2011 at 12:27 AM ^
theres enough eidence to convict newton and enough residual evidence to convict anyone in a 100 mile radius.
January 11th, 2011 at 12:37 AM ^
Oregon won't ever be awarded the title - it'll just be vacated. (Which I guess is fair, since TCU has as much a claim as the Ducks.)
January 11th, 2011 at 12:24 AM ^
Hey they don't vacate those baby's three years later. Thankfully! I haven't won in 11 years... hopefully my long sports nightmare is coming to an end.
Probably not though.
I think it'll be Les, and I predict that it will only take 6 games for Brian's head to explode over clock management.
January 11th, 2011 at 12:31 AM ^
will help with the game clock management issues.
Either that, or they need to put a mega-game clock all the way across the top of the box suites on the eastern sideline so he can't miss it.
January 11th, 2011 at 1:13 AM ^
As long as the clock management does not occur vs. OSU I'll be fine. Seriously, whoever becomes the coach next season would be well on the way with a seven win season with OSU being one of the wins.
January 11th, 2011 at 12:25 AM ^
Les Miles does not eat BBQ. He consumes only raw pterodactyl meat. Somebody tell twitter to stop snitching.
January 11th, 2011 at 12:38 AM ^
January 11th, 2011 at 12:54 AM ^
Or maybe he does eat BBQ. Leave it to DB to get a sponsor for a coaching search. LM will be introduced at the Voodoo BBQ Press Conference on Wednesday.
January 11th, 2011 at 1:38 AM ^
That moment of complete awkardness at about 1:00 was so worth the price of admission.
January 11th, 2011 at 1:39 AM ^
I thought it was do do bird egg omelets with a side of bear bacon. Dude's changed since he left UM.
January 11th, 2011 at 12:25 AM ^
Oregon on the other hand proved to me for once and for all that the spread can't beat a big physical team. They had no room to run all night and were a shadow of their former selves.
I rooted all night for Oregon and once again the damn spread let me down.
PLEASE Les, bring back Michigan Football and let's show 'em how it's done.
DB should be in AA now and hopefully will get Les to sign tomorrow and bring him back from Dallas for a intro presser.
January 11th, 2011 at 12:29 AM ^
I think you're going too far there considering Auburn's offense had some spread components to it as well. I do agree though, those "basketball on grass" type offenses fly from 20 to 20 but have a lot of trouble in the red zone against good physical D's.
Something that I complain about a lot that came to fruition is 2 goalline stands (1 for each team) as the result of QBs not being able to get up under center in short yardage situation. Really a pet peeve of mine.
January 11th, 2011 at 12:37 AM ^
Oregon's problem was Darren Thomas. Against the defense they faced they were going to need a QB that was way more accurate. It's not that the spread doesn't get the job done, it's that your offense can't be one-dimensional. Cause the defense can always take that away. Really the only throws they could consistently hit were those wr screen.
January 11th, 2011 at 12:40 AM ^
I'd say Oregon's much bigger problem was its OL's complete inability to get a push. Thomas threw for 365, but they couldn't run well, especially in short-yardage situations.
January 11th, 2011 at 12:40 AM ^
But also on those goalline stands the D line is in the back field essentially right off the snap and the QB/RB are 5 yrds deep trying to develope a read play. I'm just saying 4th and goal from the 1 I'm going power I up under center, not shotgun. I feel like that is a big problem with these spread type offenses. Short yardage situations.
January 11th, 2011 at 12:41 AM ^
Auburn/Malzahn runs a spread. Did you notice the shotgun, read option, running QB, or any of their games this season?
Auburn played better and won a close game that was tied up until there were 2 seconds left. Drawing any conclusions about the futility of the spread is pure ridonkulousness
Auburn beat 'Bama's pro style, as Oregon beat Stanford's. These are probably better comparisons given which teams made it to the title game.
January 11th, 2011 at 12:44 AM ^
Auburn's spread is not the same as the one RR runs.
January 11th, 2011 at 12:49 AM ^
I think you misunderstood my post. I was more commenting on how running the shotgun on 4th and goal from the 1 doesn't work as well.
I know they both run the spread, which is why I was told the poster above me he was going too far in drawing conclusions.