Next, there is no way that Oklahoma's blatant cheating "pass to the guy who pretended to run off the field" play would have stood against BAMA, GEORGIA, LSU OR TEXAS but nobody cares about the rest of the schools getting screwed by these incompetent refs.
I mean just GOOGLE IT...
"In NCAA football, passing to a player who is pretending to sub off is considered a deception using the substitution process and results in an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. The rules are designed to prevent "hide-out" plays that use fake or pretended substitutions to gain an unfair advantage."
There is absolutely NO WAY NO WAY NO WAY that play should have ever been allowed to stand. This particular play and call prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that the refs in this game today are COMPLETELY INCOMPETENT. There was plenty more of normal SEC ref incompetence on top of all that like blatant pass interference not being called and oceans of holding calls on both sides. The games are almost unwatchable the reffing is SO BAD. Unless you are a blue blood like the four schools mentioned above you will get screwed and nobody will care or do anything about it.
However there is one set of calls the refs did get right and show the incompetence on the coaching side and those were the ILLEGAL PROCEDURE calls and Auburn had plenty, many at critical times. That is just the tip of the iceberg for Auburn's offense. Anyone who reads my stuff might think I am negative but everything I have written about Auburn's passing game in my last three posts was proved COMPLETELY TRUE tonight!!! I wish I was wrong! I wish Hugh Freeze was not such a poor coach! However he is unfortunately. I mean for every single good play Auburn had there were way more bad calls, poor execution, and HORRIBLY TIMED PROCEDURE PENALTIES!!!
Throw in Auburn's BOTTOM OF THE CONFERENCE SPECIAL TEAMS and you have your typical Hugh Freeze loss. I mean Auburn's special teams gaffes in this one were almost comical. It seemed like there were holding calls or blocks in the back on any positive return which always had the offense starting off in a hole. There was the punt that was fielded at the two yard line???!!!??? There was the standard Hugh Freeze team critical missed field goal (add to this fact he knew his main kicker was very sick and did NOTHING in the transfer portal this past offseason). The absolute topper in this game though was the early botched punt that led to Oklahoma's first touchdown.
I will also point out AGAIN as I have the LAST THREE WEEKS that Auburn quarterback Jackson Arnold continues to hold the ball too long much of the time. That is coaching. Arnold has his moments but along with holding the ball too long, he missed several key passes and was still slightly late on some of the big throws that were completed. On top of that the play-calling overall is just not consistent. There just seems to be something slightly off on every drive when Auburn is not playing a cupcake, and many times when they are. I think everyone watching is seeing this. This all leads to what I have felt all week and that is a COMPLETE LACK OF CONFIDENCE IN THIS COACHING STAFF.
After this disaster against a very overrated Oklahoma team I just do not think this coaching staff is capable of leading Auburn to an upset over a really good team, EVER. I am wondering if Auburn is now permanently in the SEC's second row after being one of the few SEC teams to win a national championship in the last twenty years. I am wondering if Auburn will ever have a really good team again? You say I am crazy? Since playing for the national championship in 2013 Auburn literally has three big memorable wins and those are 2017 Georgia, 2017 Bama, and 2019 Bama. I do not believe Auburn has one other win in the last twelve years against a team that finished in the top ten.
Auburn has beaten Texas A&M but I think the Aggies are better than Oklahoma this season and it is on the road so that pretty much guarantees it is out of a Hugh Freeze-coached team's reach. Like this week and pretty much any week under Freeze I have absolutely zero confidence that Auburn can show up and just play good solid well-coached football. I just see more of what we saw this week. I am betting it will be another disappointing mix of good plays and performances overshadowed by a larger number of bad calls, poor execution, and of course crucial procedure penalties. Auburn has become everyone's favorite "wrestling heel", the opponent you get excited about and know you are going to get the win against.
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