The GOOD is Gus Malzahn's recruiting at Auburn. Auburn beat Texas A&M because they were a better team. Jarrett Stidham is a damn good quarterback and he threw some beautiful passes against the Aggies. He finished 20 of 27 for 268 yards and 3 touchdowns. That is a great day. The coaches have gotten off their duffs and thrown a few more passes the last few weeks. Of course the big test will be this weekend but it was nice to see Stidham in that 25 to 30 pass range. The offensive line did a great job of protection after a slow start and some changes. That was the key and it will definitely be a big key this coming weekend.
Kerryon Johnson is also very GOOD and is just a man. The guy is a playmaker and has come through big for Auburn this season. He finished with 145 yards rushing plus 5 catches and a touchdown. He will face his greatest tests the next two weeks and Auburn will be counting on him for some big plays however like I said above, the offensive line will determine a lot of that. Darius Slayton had 99 yards receiving and Ryan Davis had 80 yards. These two have become the go-to guys at wide receiver and they too will be pushed to their limit the next two weeks. They will be bumped, grabbed and simply held a whole bunch against Georgia and Bama. I hope they are up to it.
The defense did a GOOD job holding the Aggies to under 350 yards. These guys continue to go to work and keep grinding even though a lot of guys are nicked up. I think these guys match up well with Georgia. If Georgia beats us, they will have earned it. They are very good but they are a run-first team with a freshmen quarterback coming into Jordan Hare. I look for our defense to make it hard for them. The only really BAD thing other than a slow start by the offense was the Auburn kickoff coverage team allowing another long return. The Tigers simply cannot afford to give Georgia or Bama great field position or points on bad special teams play.
The only UGLY thing I have seen this week was this announcement: "(Jay) Jacobs will serve as athletics director emeritus upon his resignation, a title provided to the outgoing athletics director by Leath." I mean ARE YOU KIDDING ME??? It finally looks like we are going to get rid of this boob but now after the basketball program has died and multiple scandals have blown up they are going to give him ANOTHER JOB AND TITLE???!!!??? Probably more money??? This literally makes me PHYSICALLY SICK. How much can one person leech off of one institution in a lifetime??? It is just flat out ugly. The best article I have seen on Jacobs is from Kevin Scarbinsky of al.com.
He absolutely nails it with this quote: "How will Jacobs the athletics director be remembered? As the smiling, backslapping, down-home, all-about-the-family former football walk-on who wore his faith on his sleeve? Or as a scheming, backstabbing, keep-it-down-home, all-about-himself manipulator whose public professions of faith masked his ability to throw people under the bus to consolidate his own power?" UM I WILL GO WITH OPTION B! The guy is a backstabbing, keep-it-down-home, all-about-himself manipulator whose public professions of faith masked his ability to throw people under the bus to consolidate his own power.
Oh well it is time to try and forget Jacobs for a weekend and forget Gus Malzahn and this offense will be back next season. Auburn has a chance to knockoff #1 Georgia if Malzahn can keep his head out of his ass and just call a half decent game. Unfortunately after Clemson and LSU this year and the LAST TWO GEORGIA games, I have serious doubts. However this game really sets up well for Auburn. The Tigers even with Malzahn are due to play well against Georgia. Georgia is a running team with a freshmen quarterback coming to Jordan Hare. AUBURN IS THE UNDERDOG even though have a very good team. I mean this is the perfect storm...
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