The Bodda Getta

You know shite about football.

We've been playing football for around 120 years at Auburn. The worst scoring defense in our history is this years'. The second worst in that 120 years was 2009. So Roof has coordinated the worst 2 defenses in over a century of football, and he's only been here 3 years. I'd say that speaks for itself.

And how many times has Auburn fielded a defense this young? How many of those years did we have an offense that was this bad?

The thing about defensive stats is that the more the defense is on the field the worse the stats are going to be. Since our offense can not get a first down our defense is on the field most of the game. By the 4th qtr they are shot. We saw the same thing in 2009.

Don't get me wrong, the defense has played really bad, but not because of the scheme or play calling. We can't execute, we can't tackle, we can't get off our blocks. The same can be said for the offense. We can't block.

If your offense can not stay of the field the defense is going to get hung out to dry.

We are playing without a senior class. It is the equivalent to the NCAA taking away 20 scholarships in one year. Tuberville's 2008 class was amazingly awful. What we are seeing is the equivalent of skipping a class.

Next year this is going to be a significantly better football team. Not because of who the coaches may or may not be, but because they will have a large experienced junior class. We are basically a team of high school kids right now.

Was Cam a Tubbs recruit? Cam was the key to the success of this offense last year.

CGC's classes are freshmen and sophomores. You really expect a team of freshmen and sophomores to compete in the SEC? IT is not about who's class is what. IT is about the fact that for most of these kids it is their first year of SEC football.

Both our OL and DL play high and are getting owned by more experienced teams. These kids are still adjusting to the speed and intensity of the game at this level. You can not coach a kid to be ready for the speed and intensity. They have to experience it. They have to play until it slows down for them. For guys like Thorpe it has never slowed down.

I'm am not happy with what I saw on the field this year, but asking the coaches to get a high school team ready to play in the SEC is a pretty tall order. Most of these kids have never played together before this year. They have no chemistry. Next year we will have a strong Junior class and they will have some much needed experience.