War Eagle! Can't imagine starting an 18 year old on the road against Oregon, but maybe we do. I cannot wait until Bo is a Junior if he is a fraction of what his old man was we could have some real fun. On the road at A&M, LSU and UF whew 5-3 might look good.....6-2 would be insane.
They are picked to win the BIG 10 west division. If I’m not wrong they had the number 15 recruiting class in the nation as well. A big plus to their season is they will play the biggest three games of the season at home field. Ohio, Wisconsin and Iowa.
No dog in that hunt, but I think The U is in for a lonnnnnnnng night. Always like a good upset though hope it goes down to the wire!
I love CFB way more.....I'm not one to sit inside to watch a game live unless it's Auburn and every weekend there are amazing games....DVR....watch the other games on Sunday now. NFL can tug my nuts until I get a blanket apology from the asshat protestors which will never happen so they are still dead to me.
Not looking forward to that game I don't think we have won at your place since the 1800's.....I'm still having issues getting over the 5 missed FG 15 years ago. What the balls my email alerts are going off like a Johnny Manziel CFL interception party htey musta fixed it.
I actually feel like Clemson has a great chance at repeating. Sure you lost pro talent, but Clemson is a clearing house of talent and talent development....Dabo has built a machine every bit as good as Saban's. Cake walk regular season Clemson is only ACC team in top 20 and one potential tough game to get the kids ready for playoffs(Texas A&M). Don't use up starters all season and they enter the playoffs fresher....that will help a ton with breaking in new talent allowing Clemson to experiment vs playing 4Q full tilt every week. Huge advantage with new starters. Dabo is a stud
I'm jacked for Oregon/Auburn hoping for high quality game not a penalty fumble exhibition. I fear Herbert is gonna throw for 500....picked my more than a few to go as the #1 pick over Tua he's gonna be a handfull and our D is gonna get the test of their life. Hope Bo Nix doesn't get so beat up mentally he loses confidence.....can't believe we are starting a 19 year old true freshman on the road in 1st game against a team like Oregon.....trust! Anyway the season is officially on this weekend as I wouldn't call that snowball fight b/t UF and Miami 'football'.
First games of the year are typically sloppy and I don't know what to expect. If I were a betting man I'd put it on Oregon though. Auburn has 2 great D-line pros, but the rest of the D especially secondary is ripe underclassmen who have no idea how to turn around and look for the ball they get tons of flags thrown. Herbert will eat them alive I'm afraid with tons of pass interference. Offensively our RB's are young and inexperienced and our only WR of note is on the sidelines with a broken hand post surgery.
Was fun to see a glimpse of what Gus's zone read could be with Bo in the 2nd half. Gotta give it to that kid he played like a lot of true freshman in the first half many would have folded mentally. Patrick was just like that.....could get hammered for 3 quarters and would still keep his head engaged never out of it....birds of a feather. I wasn't sure how fast he'd look against D1 talent, but he has all the legs necessary to keep those LB's honest which should help free up the passing game a bit more. He's gotta learn how to not tuck and run as an instinct and you saw that develop in the 2nd half.......fun!
Tulane can play remember their QB transferred out of LSU....Burroughs beat him for job. Both of those WR's will play on Sundays too. Flip side is Auburn isn't really that good either same problems as last few years on O-line. Whitlow with 3 fumbles yikes. Moving forward tough since we are down 3 WR's broken hand, likely broken collar bone and concussion just not enough depth. Once Williams went out you could see Tulane bringing 8 guys every down zero respect for the pass and rightly so. Oh well we got the win gonna be a brutal conference season still have to play #2, 3, 6, 11 and 12 sigh love my Tigers just wanna get bowl eligible and keep Nix upright he was running for his life from the 1st snap the RB's are whiffing blocks every series still will be ugly when a top flight defense lines up!
Bo is definitely not sharp he missed 2 wide open passes that would have been walk in TD's. A 19 year old I gotta believe he will keep learning. One of my college buddies bros played LB there in the 80's who is still in the know with people inside the coaching circes said the competition with Gatewood was settled early in the spring Nix was miles ahead Gus just didn't want to announce to Oregon who to prepare for months out. Hope he matures into his old man's shoes they are big ones to fill! You are right though Gatewood might be the answer if our WR's are gone and we have to go run heavy....Nix isn't suited to that kind of beating, but Gatewood is a nice blend of Cam's power and Nick Marshall's agility.....6'5" 235.....can take a hit and not get destroyed. His passing is atrocious, but maybe he can run the throwing game open a bit.
I thought the same thing.....who would have thought LSU rediscovered the forward pass! Ensminger looks like he is way ahead of schedule on revamping that tired old offense I mean dang. Was holding judgement until I saw them play a real defense. Bammers be on guard for that game even though in Tusc.
