Can Auburn survive in the SEC West in the future?

Auburn needs to consider SEC to allowing them to move East...



Can Auburn win five games this season?

     At the of the first quarter the score was 21-0. It wasn't that close. Not remotely that close This was a complete domination by SEC newcomer Texas A&M. A pall, that mimicked death, had settled over Jordon-Hare Stadium. All the pep rallies in the world were not going to help the hapless Tigers. Johnny Manziel announced to the Deep South that these Texans don't consider themselves second class citizens.  Two years after Cam Newton won a National Championship for the Auburn family the Tigers are no longer even relevant in the SEC.  This game had all the makings of an Oregon type score if the Aggies wanted to make a statement. They made one to me. The Texas A&M game which follows the LSU game is going to be tough. Make that Texas tough. I'll say this for KF. He's got some guts. He might end the season with a permanently rattled brain from all the hits he has taken. To an Alabama man it seems that letting Jonathon Wallace just take a  wildcat snap and see what happens might be the Tigers.  The score went to 28-0 before Auburn got on the board. Looking at the remaining games on the Auburn schedule it dawned on me that four wins looks like it might be it. At this point a fifth win would be real progress down there in Lee County. I don't feel sorry at all for Auburn. I have to admit that watching my Auburn friends looking like cast members from the THE WALKING DEAD is not much fun.

HERE COMES JOHNNY TOUCHDOWN...


Johnny Touchdown

     Cam Newton wasn't there for a miracle. Johnny Manziel was however. The Aggie QB is on a pace to break all of Newton's single season records for total offense.  He is only a freshman. A real freshman from Texas straight from Friday Night Lights. They call him Johnny Touchdown. The Auburn defense should call him the new god of college football. Has anyone seen a better first year player in the SEC. The only man that comes to my mind is Herschel Walker. Manzeil ran over, around, and through the Tiger defense.  By the way, he is also a great passer. I can't imagine what this kid is going to be like before he leaves for the NFL. In the first half the Aggie quarterback had two touchdown passes and ran for two more touchdowns. Of course, the Tigers did their part to make him look great. Auburn is finished this season. Gene Chizik drew boos from his Auburn family, particularly when the Tigers left an Aggie wide out undefended. It was like the old water bucket play without the bucket. Actually, the Tigers offense showed some life. They at least moved the ball well enough to keep the A&M offense on the bench. What I really noticed was how Auburn moved the ball on the ground against the center of the Aggie defensive front.  I'm sure ever Tide fan in America saw it as well. The only question regarding Auburn was - how many points was the Auburn defense going to surrender before the half. That number ended up being 42 when a last second field goal was wide. A&M had 464 yards in total offense. The Tigers had 91. You had to wonder if anyone would be left in the stadium to see whatever carnage the Aggies had saved up for half two.


HORRIBLE AND GETTING WORSE...

Tough Times for Aubie

     In the second half the Aggies played a lot of subs, and lowered the thermostat. Both teams scored 14 points in the third quarter. The Corp added 7 more in the fourth quarter. Mercifully, the game ended.  Pat Dye was quoted saying the Tigers were finished this season because they had problems that couldn't be fixed. I know that makes the Tiger players feel better.  Function has given way to dysfunction in the Loveliest Village. Progress has turned into a swamp of problems. So once again Auburn has been to the top and has tumulted into the abyss. There was once a day when 21 points would almost insure an Auburn win. Any SEC team allowing 63 points seems improbable. The fact is was Auburn makes it seem impossible. So Alabama fans will rejoice about beating State. The will also take some measure of joy in seeing an Auburn beat down by Texas A&M. Once again has shown us the difference between a truly great program and one that just can't consistently inhale the rarefied air of football excellence.

     When you look into the foreseeable future the Tigers may be cellar dwellers for sometime. Perhaps  moving  to  the East might help. That would get Missouri into the West, and geography would be a better fit. When your defense gives up 671 on defense you need to do something.

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