The Bodda Getta

We definitely will not be 7th in West next year. I guarantee that!! Since there are only 6 teams in the West.

Considering what's being lost... it's not an unreasonable prediction. That's an all-star OL. If Grimes stays, I think chances for an 8-9 win season greatly improve. If he goes... well, we'll see.

I think he meant 5th to 7th in the SEC overall, which is a lot better than Andre Ware's 4 and 8 prediction.

We may be 7-5; or 9-3, or who knows?

All I know that if any of us had walked out of the Clemson game and said, "Auburn is on its way to the National Championship," how many illustrious prognosticators would have had us committed to an institution?

Going into this year Nick Fairley was just an underachiever with a big body. Cam Newton was a kid with potential who probably wouldn't be able to read SEC defenses. And where are these two guys today?

Gus Malzahn was a heckuva coordinator before Cam Newton and will be next year as well. He may not have the same O-Line but I don't think he's fretting either.

And our defense--as maligned as its been--just shut down the best offense in the history of collegiate football (according to prognosticators). We'll lose some players but gain experience in other areas.

If we struggle next year, that's okay. I'm not ready to predict another national title (wouldn't have predicted this one!), but this bunch of coaches has surprised us two years in a row. Here's predicting a third year of over achieving--and a bit of excitement over how far they might go.

I will ALWAYS remember what Coach Pat Dye told my friend Phil Parramoe(AM 560-The Ball) in an interview....and I paraphrase..."Auburn was borned out of controversy/adversity"...GOTTA LOVE IT!!!!!....We have always thrived as the underdog when NO ONE expected anything from us....COME ON ESPN...Give us your best shot...We love it....We'll do our talking on the feild....Do we expect a repeat of last year , well heck NO , BUT , we DO have a Coach and staff that keeps us focused / motivated and teaches us to have faith in ourselves to "Do what we do"....War Eagle Baby!!!!

Schedule... That's why we will be third or fourth in the west. Loosing what we are loosing along with a tough schedule will get us at least a couple times I think..

But who knows... Chiz has theses guys playing in a different zone now.