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6 hours ago, cole256 said:

He's probably going to do well at first

When Gus goes to the Orlando area parks, he rides the best rides first.

Whirlybird! 

10 hours ago, CleCoTiger said:

Just took a look at ESPN's preseason FPI. I dunno how folks in general feel about the ESPN football power index but I find it interesting enough to follow. Anyway...

The preseason FPI has our AU Tigers at 17th and projects a record of 7-5. In the preseason I've been figuring 6-6 on the low side with a possibility of 9-3 if everything goes just right.  If you look at the FPI for just the SEC, the preseason poll has our Tigers sixth overall in the conference and fourth in the SEC West.

Seems about right to me.

Good on LSU. If you want it to be your choice (TM) you'd better accept the consequences.

1 hour ago, japantiger said:

Just going to fall back on what I said when Harsin was hired.  Anything better than 6-6 is good as long as we are playing hard nosed football and people know they have been in a damn fight when it's over.  

*For his first couple of years.

Heard that he had 21 carries for 135 yards and 2 TDs, as well as 2 catches for 50 yards on Friday. Hopefully he keeps that up and moves up in the ratings/rankings.

10 minutes ago, GTNupe11 said:

Or maybe he just wasn't that good...which is also ok.

Seems like every damn QB we bring in flops or regresses. What’s going on?

So is there any reason for optimism offensively?

2 hours ago, augolf1716 said:

Can you provide links to all those Boise fans that hated Harsin

https://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/p8e0wr/mcmurphy_auburn_coach_bryan_harsin_tests_positive/

5 hours ago, AUatHeart said:

Really?  It would have to be a monumental disaster for me to miss Gus.

Maybe. I'm just seeing plenty of comments on neutral places that can't fathom why we got rid of him (as well as from Boise fans about how much they hated Harsin).

2 minutes ago, Dual-Threat Rigby said:

That isn't true, it's not why I didn't address it. I think about half did 

Just to be clear, I'm assuming you consider Stidham to have been a success? No snark meant, I'm just asking.

19 minutes ago, Dual-Threat Rigby said:

how did the QBs do that transferred out from here then 

Bo wasn't accurate BEFORE he played for Gus man

So you're saying that every QB we had under Gus just HAPPENED to flop? (Don't forget about Malik Willis who's done great at Liberty.) In that case, fine, we should just assume Geriner will flop too. We'll never get a good QB again. 🙄

Trying to find something to be optimistic about tonight.

10 minutes ago, Dual-Threat Rigby said:

Are we still using that to excuse Bo being unable to throw consistently 

If every other QB under Gus after Nick hadn’t either regressed or outright flopped I would agree.

4 minutes ago, muxi87 said:

I’ll chime in…the only reason I haven’t donated to this site is the rampant liberalism.  It’s sickening.  Why can’t people on this board skip the politics and talk football?  It’s the only board I frequent that is so liberally slanted that it’s just sick and annoying.  This is the USA.  People are free to do as they want.  At least they should be.  Get over it…

This is definitely the most moderate SEC FB forum I know of.

That said, wanting to mandate that people follow a basic public health protocol that actually *does* weaken Covid into "just the flu" is not some Marxist fantasy any more than laws against driving drunk.

24 minutes ago, JBiGGiE said:

To be fair, sounds like Coach Corn is the one who has developed the relationship. That said, I have full confidence that recruiting will pick up once we field a product to sell. Right now the only thing we have to go on is "Trust me, bro".

We're not really sure how good that product is going to be, though?

A month ago I thought for sure CBH would be a short timer and we'd be missing Gus. Over the last few weeks I've started to warm to CBH. Then tonight definitely set me back in that regard.

12 minutes ago, Tigerpro2a said:

Here are some notes from a poster on another site. TWIW.

I thought we started sloppy. Coaches and players out with covid I guess. Only players I noticed were Demetrius Davis and bro Hamm.
Starting o line was troxell-manning-Brahms-jones- Coffey. They would block well one play and the next would be a all out rush.
Lots of mixing and matching of ones and twos
tank fumbled twice and recovered both.One was a bad pitch.
I will say offense is different from anything we have seen since before chizik. Even during the early practice struggles that was assuring. Some receivers made plays and some made drops.
Some notable plays: - in red zone 3rd and short, jailbreak rush and offense lost the drive.
-Grant Loy to jackson McFadden for a touchdown
-Jackson broke a big run for a first down vs the 1s. Line parted the sea for him.
- tried a trick play. Pitch then throw back to nix and he hit deal in the numbers. Dropped.
-5 wide in the red zone. Jailbreak rush sacked Bo. He threw a strike to tank after dodging the rush. Think he may have gotten away from it live and scored.
- Next play ro Torrance pick six. Not sure who was at fault as it was at the other end.
-Joko Willis picked off loy
- aiden Marshall hit two bombs. Other punter did well too.

This is where it got good. Clutch period: First team offense had 1:15 to drive 75 yards. Bo drove us down the field throwing darts. Robertson, Robertson, shed jackson, capers all made nice catches in that order. It was heroic. Made the hair on my neck stand up. Personnel let him down as he faced a heavy rush as we got closer to end zone + base offense.
He drove us down on another clutch period series and stepped up into the pocket nicely. Never seen him step up like that. O Line has a lot of work still. But thought Bo looked good against 1s and 2s. Gave me hope.
Then the 1s ate TJ Finley and the second team alive.

Well, this makes me feel a little better.

Was there any good news from this scrimmage? 🤮

Gus truly knew how to screw up a QB, didn't he?

29 minutes ago, McLoofus said:

He made it clear that he would be doing neither awhile back.

Can you show me where he indicated he wouldn't actually get vaxxed? He's still in the wrong by not setting the example, as you said.

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@provibehttps://www.healthline.com/health-news/covid-19-by-the-numbers-vaccinated-continue-to-be-protected#Vaccinations-and-breakthrough-infections

Basically, get vaxxed and it really WILL be "just the flu."

3 hours ago, aubiefifty said:

when he shot us that bird in the cam back iron bowl i screamed at him to choke on it. he thought it was poor sportsmanship for cam to act hurt and then jump up laughing. but no one talks about the take the money song and play money thrown at auburn that day. it took me a long time to forgive him he did apologize abd said it was in bad taste and his emotions caught up with him. funny i dislike bill curry but he was a great commentator and easy to understand.

T'Sharvan Bell set him straight.

Ok, but can someone give me a TL;DW?

2 minutes ago, TexasTiger said:

Nah! They’d embrace it! Freedom!!!

Losing to Akron to own the libs

1 minute ago, cbo said:

Too bad our brilliant planner of a coach couldn't see this one coming. He should have read this message board where half of us predicted this inevitable outcome. 

If he was vaccinated, then whatever. But I have my doubts, as Loof said, given his attitude toward the subject.

36 minutes ago, TexasTiger said:

I knew I’d get some thumbs down from the pro-COVID, “ma freedoms!” Crowd.

God forbid we have to forfeit against Akron. I doubt it, of course, but the "MUH CHOICE!1" crowd will be very quiet if that happens.

5 minutes ago, augolf1716 said:

He knew what he was getting into Nebraska has not been the same since Prop 48 was changed. Osborne loved him some Prop 48

Forgive my ignorance, what is Prop 48? Guessing it was changed in the late '90s. The trip to Boulder in 2001 was the turning point for them.

6 hours ago, WarDamnEagleWDE said:

Looks like he is going to mainly focus on basketball. Have a chance to play both. They say he outperformed multiple 5* top 10 players on the summer circuit. Hard to pass up that NBA cash if can make it to the league. 

So he may not even play a down here?