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I hope Liberty being undefeated is indicative that Freeze left them in good shape. : )

On the OL and defense, we better convince every major contributor listed as a junior (therefore not including Simpson) to stay.

2 hours ago, Chaotic_zx said:

Lord bless this kid for wanting to come into the crapshow that is the current situation. 

Once again, how would any program ever get better by your logic?

23 minutes ago, woodford said:

Not shooting the messenger but I’ll believe that when I see it. 
 

Walker White and Perry Thompson are about the only ones I feel confident about at this point lol

Seems like Riddick and Phillips are solid as well. So, our top four rated commits, yay?

Just now, bigbird said:

Proof of concept is good, it really helps when selling recruits. That said, not being able to show "proof of concept" lends itself to the narrative of, "see, this is exactly why we need you and why you'll be a day 1 starter". 

Oh I concur, it's just that the latter is going to be the case 80% (and that's lowballing it!) of the time.

5 minutes ago, bigbird said:

What'd he say? 

He was the one who really first brought up the whole "proof of concept" thing.

3 minutes ago, bigbird said:

Yep,  nothing has happened that hasn't been expected-- except our performance in Baton Rouge. 

Good to hear. What happened sucked bad, but no team would ever get better if a rough first year were enough to torpedo recruiting, which is why JHead's sentiments got under my skin so badly.

4 minutes ago, bigbird said:

Really? 

You alluded to some decommits coming yet still expected 8-13 finish, are you still feeling that? We can't start sinking in recruiting when we have a rough game that was inevitable given our rebuilding state.

I'm far from a sunshine pumper but in regards to the last two visits to Vandy, those were much better Vandy squads than the current one.

Very good start to the '25 class.

2 hours ago, AEAugirl said:

So, just saw this.  

Imma cry if we lose our ONE Oline commit.  

Sigh.  What is it about Auburn and Oline recruits???  Its insanity.  Third coach we have had that seems to struggle getting decent Oline commits to come.  

Apparently Auburn is like kryptonite to these big guys. 

 

If Baylor's offense keeps struggling, CJG might be available lol.

Is everything good with him?

Just to cover the bases, is everyone expected to qualify? Especially PT...holy heck, do we need him!

Bump. Hope some of the guys we get this coming year will legit help things.

5 hours ago, TitanTiger said:

It would probably look the same.  Not sure what the issue is. Just showing how fast people turn and that folks acting as if Auburn would be drastically better right now with Prime need a reality check. Colorado was a 1-11 team last year. Auburn has been getting Walmart recruiting for six years in a Nordstrom conference. Neither are a one year turnaround and folks need to calm TF down. 

I just want to beat the Cowbells and Dores right now. FPI (which technically we've outperformed thus far) predicts both as wins of course, but unfortunately Arizona who the Cowbells beat is looking great.

I do think Hunter may have suffered the "Tiger Woods" effect. So, time for Cobb to become the starter there.

Knee-jerk vent overreaction, probably will get more reasonable later buuuut:

Can we drop out of the SEC? This is a dead program that I don't think will ever get better.

Oregon had the more favorable path if they won, getting USCw at home.

Soooooo many exciting games on right now.

6 minutes ago, Hank2020 said:

Arky is much better than their record says they are.

Unfortunately yes. I'm hoping next year we can take two of them, Missouri and Kentucky but IDK...

14 minutes ago, augolf1716 said:

We know you keep repeating it over and over

Unfortunately, I get the sneaking suspicion that improving the record next year will be difficult (assuming 6 wins this year). Everything is lining up for it to be A&M's year, KY and MO are both doing quite well, and both KJ Jefferson and Rocket could be back for Arky, plus they have a lot of close losses this year.

Because it needed to be said upon seeing Bo...

Foxtrot Harsin!

15 minutes ago, NCTiger1982 said:

I’m not making excuses for anyone. I’m simply pointing out what the challenges are with our job. If you take the job understand it’s a man’s job and we are looking for the next HC to be someone taking us to championships consistently winning our fair share. My expectations for Auburn are consistent top 10 recruiting classes (just to compete) and consistent 10 regular season wins per season. Before the realistic gang attack FSU and UM were home coming opponents at one time. LSU was up and down before Saban & Miles and where was Clemson before Dabo’s run. I think our biggest problem is too many in our fan base are ok with 8 win seasons. We can manage the Creed and consistently win championships. 

Top 15 class this year and top 10 next, with a one game (reg season) improvement each year through year 5. That's what I realistically want.

*A&M

On one hand, UAT looks mortal, on the other hand, Arkansas might still be a decent team. I really hope KJ goes pro. MSU is going to be an absolute MUST.