#however georgia can be so proud of their run like they play impressive football + their first ever euros??

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CANNOT WAIT for germany vs spain!!!! i hope everyone in the stadium is miserable and cries!!!!!

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Mama’s gonna hang this one up on the fridge!

Auburn’s most complete game of the season resulted in a fantastic 48-11 destruction of the defending champs, and the first win for the Tigers in the series since 2016. It was a really nice way to show more improvement here in 2020, and the position grades from this one reflect the strides that Auburn has made (or the steps back that LSU has taken, yikes).

QUARTERBACK - A

What more can you say about Bo Nix’s best game as an Auburn Tiger? He went 18-24 for 300 yards and 3 touchdowns through the air, with another 81 yards and a score on the ground. 381 total yards and 4 scores against the defending national champions (no matter how much of a hit they take with Bo Pelini leading the defense) is a pretty solid line, but it was more than that.

I think there was only one really bad throw from Bo on Saturday, and that came early on with a third down toss on the move. He finally hit the deep ball to Anthony Schwartz, which had been a problem even when Flash was wide open down the field. When the running game is working and defenses are focusing on that, it really opens things up for Bo and he seems to thrive. Playing at home helps as well.

He wasn’t nearly as quick to escape the pocket and run, but when he did he was fantastic, and kept the chains moving constantly. Auburn dominated this ballgame, and it was largely on the back of our quarterback. Big improvement for him over the past two weeks with a total 41-54 passing (76% completion rate) for 538 yards and 4 touchdowns with no turnovers.

RUNNING BACKS - B+

This isn’t a knock on the running backs. Tank Bigsby had two touchdowns, and Shaun Shivers set the tone with a couple of really tough runs early, but they were the focus of the LSU defense and that focus allowed Bo Nix to dominate the ballgame both with his arm and legs.

Bigsby finished with 71 yards and those two scores on 15 carries, while Shivers only had three carries. HOWEVER, we finally got to see the much-anticipated debut of Mark-Antony Richards, who came in during the fourth quarter for mop-up duty and ran five times for 16 yards. He looked a tad hesitant, but I’m sure that happens once you get your first game action.

WIDE RECEIVERS/TIGHT ENDS - A

Another excellent game for this Auburn wide receiver corps. With Bo finally starting to realize that he has other receivers not wearing #18, and whoever is calling the plays not forcing a pass first approach, everything seems to have become so much easier the last two weeks. Against LSU, four different receivers had at least three catches, and on only twenty-four passes, that’s a solid distribution. There were zero drops in this game, too, which is huge consider the team has posted a 10% drop rate so far this season.

Each of the top three receivers had big time plays, but I want to shout out the rest of the depth chart, as well. Ze’Vian Capers hauled in a touchdown on a wide open play in the red zone, but he also blocked his tail off helping Eli Stove score the first touchdown of the day. Kobe Hudson, Caylin Newton, and others contributed blocking as well, and even the big star Seth Williams helped seal the edge a few times when needed. And of course, our big boi J.J. Pegues had another excellent game, demolishing edge rushers on split zone runs and picking up 29 yards on three catches.

OFFENSIVE LINE - A

What a performance from this group. Since the season started this offensive line has been maligned for pass protection and communication issues that are largely related to having no spring and a COVID outbreak in fall camp that resulted in a lack of cohesion. Then, the most versatile lineman, Brandon Council, unfortunately tears his knee. All season long this group has continued to put in the work and get better each week, and I am so happy to see it pay off like it did against LSU.

We can talk about a lot of the starting 5 from the LSU game, but it starts first and foremost with Alec Jackson. What a wild ride it’s been for him when it looked as though after Georgia that maybe Austin Troxell should’ve been given the green light as opposed to a former defensive lineman. On Saturday Alec proved his hard work is paying off in helping keep the #1 pass rushing defense in the SEC from recording a single sack. Make no mistake, while LSU’s defense is garbage, this was a pleasant surprise considering where this group and offense as a whole were 2 weeks ago. Just impressive all around.

One last thing on this performance. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen an offensive line at Auburn do a man dirty and just flat maul the man in front of them. Been even longer since I’ve seen that around the goal line. With that in mind, for all of the highlights from Saturday, there’s none greater to me than seeing a mean streak out of our guys and almost break a man in half. Marquel Harrell has every reason to be proud here, as this is textbook domination.

https://t.co/bZuv3f91Wu

— Josh Black (@JoshuaBBlack) November 1, 2020

DEFENSIVE LINE - A+

For the first time since Sensei Mud Jeffrey Holland wrecked opposing quarterbacks, we saw a legitimate pass rush out of our defensive line front off the edge. Major kudos to Derrick Hall for giving the Auburn people hope that we might’ve finally hit a new gear with disrupting the pocket. Giving this coaching staff the comfort in letting your linebackers play the field as opposed to blitzing on 3rd down is a major factor in why LSU was only 5/17 on 3rd down, a number which no doubt is inflated by garbage time.

Additionally, you can’t get much better than holding LSU to 32 yards rushing, which was still under 60 yards when adjusted for sacks. LSU had to come into Auburn with a ground attack to win thanks to a young quarterback, and Auburn was having none of it. This group has taken a huge step forward in finding their identity. Sure, they were never going to be last year’s DL. That happens when you lose a generational talent at defensive tackle. But like the offensive line, they’re getting better. And for all that we can gripe about coaching at time, this staff, on both sides of the ball, is coaching their ass off and this improvement is proof of it.

LINEBACKERS - A for All the tackles

If there was one guy dedicated to stopping LSU’s offense on Saturday it was Zakoby McClain, who turned in one of the more impressive linebacking efforts we’ve seen this year and recently. He was the stopper on most of LSU’s early action, and finished with 9 tackles (all in the first half I believe), destroying backs and creating pressure time and again. He wasn’t alone, either. Owen Pappoe had some really solid plays as the team’s second-leading tackler, including a chasedown of TJ Finley as he scrambled out of the pocket.

For the first time in quite a while, the absence of K.J. Britt wasn’t a problem, but that’s likely more on how the offense was able to control the ball and put the game away rather than our two studs playing any differently. It’s amazing what happens when the entire team plays well.

DEFENSIVE BACKS - A

Another week, another round of shutting down an awesome passing offense. Sure, Myles Brennan was out, and playing a freshman in 2020 on the road is almost certainly going to lead to a bad performance, but the Auburn secondary played great again. Lead receiver Terrance Marshall, Jr. was held to just four catches for 28 yards on nine targets. Nehemiah Pritchett, who may be the most improved player on the defense so far this season, nearly housed an interception, and Christian Tutt added an impressive scoop-and-score in the second quarter to kick-start the rout. After a rough start to the season, this group is settling in nicely against some quality opponents.

SPECIAL TEAMS - A-

I really almost gave them a B, but even the negative plays had positives:

Kickoff return coverage wasn’t great, but the longest one included an absolutely perfect form tackle by Anders Carlson that saved a touchdown. Plus while the average was 28.3 yards per return, there were also 4 touchbacks and a fair catch.

There was a missed PAT, but it was the 7th PAT attempted of the day, it was partially-blocked, and it still almost went in.

As for the actual positives, punting was pretty good. There were a couple of touchbacks, but there was also one downed inside the 5. Both returnable punts picked up over 10 yards (including Marc-Anthony Richards first touch of the year on an 18 yard return in the fourth quarter). Zion Puckett snatched LSU’s desperation onside kick in the fourth quarter. That’s winning football.

COACHING - A+

Everything worked. Nothing failed. Proper execution makes everyone look good. Chad Morris called an excellent game for Bo. Kevin Steele schemed flawlessly. I trust Kevin Steele to out-scheme anyone, period.

When the team hands the head coach the game ball, an A+ is the only acceptable grade. This team loves Gus Malzahn. They believe in him, they play hard for him, they don’t quit on him.

FANS - A+

Socially distanced, yet still loud. Also seasonally appropriate attire made for a fanbase that was present for the entirety of the contest. It looked like a genuinely good place to be on Saturday, and I am jealous of all who were in attendance

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Week Two of the college football season is the most dangerous in my opinion. For some, the results from Week One are so good that almost any result will give you moment for pause going to Week Two. While others, well others get the crushing reality confirmed that they are a sad sack of bad football teams. The latter is what we like to focus on here are the Roasted and luckily, we have corralled those lonesome cowpokes in a proverbial circling of the wagons we call, the BOOM! Roasted!

ROCKY BOTTOM

Did anyone have a worse Week One than the Tennessee Vols? First, Monty loses the Smokey Skipper to the bottom of the Tennessee River and Monty didn’t think it could get any worse. The Vol Football team said, “Hold my PBR bro.” and proceeded to take an apathetic dumb on the field and fell to the Georgia State Panthers. Well, at least its in the past right? Wrong, as throughout last week, this was driving up and down Peachtree Street in Atlanta…

A truck was driving riding around Atlanta showing the Georgia State vs Tennessee game. This level of petty I can support. @Chase_Miller5 pic.twitter.com/gLEPfU9fcf

— Everything Georgia (@GAFollowers) September 3, 2019

Ok, so that isn’t optimal for the Vols, but hey, new week, new opportunity to impress right??

Well…it didn’t start off well as the Cougars didn’t want any of Tennessee’s equipment to get tripped over during play…

A BYU lineman chucked Tennessee QB Jarrett Guarantano's shoe in the first quarter. pic.twitter.com/Y5u3yRg83w

— ESPN College Football (@ESPNCFB) September 8, 2019

It’s just courteous too keep a clean field. Joseph Smith would be proud of you sir.

As far as the game went, Tennessee actually played well and held a 16-13 lead with less than 30 seconds to go and the Cougs were inside their own 20 yard line, but that didn’t mean the game was over by any means…

Tennessee’s secondary breakdown allowing BYU to force OT. pic.twitter.com/zazfpUSm0l

— Tyler Ivens (@TylerIvens) September 8, 2019

That would lead to a FG with 5 seconds left and then Overtime.

Both teams would score TDs in the first overtime, followed by a 3 and out FG from Tennessee, who took the 26-23 lead…but that wasn’t safe for long.

BYU beats Tennessee @ UT! Vols are 0-2! LMAO! Go Gators! pic.twitter.com/co4s17z4H5

— Everything Gator (@EverythingGator) September 8, 2019

Which was immediately followed by

BYU 29, Tennessee 26 Tennessee is 0-2 for the first time since 1988. pic.twitter.com/xrPARBJMMH

— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) September 8, 2019

And…

It doesn’t matter if Tennessee is playing Georgia State, BYU or Alabama, this is how their fans always look after games. pic.twitter.com/aCDRSHVNRA

— Tyler Garret Smith (@ArenaFanatic) September 8, 2019

We all remember this graph from last week but man…how sad funny is it this week.

At the time Zach Wilson was tackled in bounds, the clock running with less than 30 seconds left, and BYU roughly 45 yards outside of field goal range, Tennessee had a 99.6% chance to win the football game. pic.twitter.com/jLSqRRW7fF

— Joel Silverberg (@JoelSilverberg) September 8, 2019

The truly sad part about this is, I really haven’t made a joke yet and you are still giggling about how bad this is. That’s because it is. Tennessee is 0-2 for the first time since 1988….1988!!! Our own Ryan Sterritt needs to have things that old explained to him like he is a 2nd grader! The worst part about that is, Tennessee has been made for a decade AND THEY’VE NEVER BEEN THIS BAD TO BE 0-2 ON THE YEAR!!!

TAGGART WATCH 2019: COMPLETELY HYDRATED

Last week, Coach Taggart questioned if the Noles had been properly hydrated and that may have contributed to the loss. So…a team from the state of Florida, was playing at home in Florida, against a team from Idaho, and played in the same weather conditions as the opposing team….Ok there coach.

Obviously the fans were paying attention to coach’s comments and realized they weren’t hydrated enough for Saturday and just stayed home.

Doak Campbell Stadium just before kickoff for #FSU-ULM pic.twitter.com/ixgb2dF5wI

— Wayne McGahee III (@WayneMcGaheeIII) September 7, 2019

Ready to rock here at Doak Campbell Stadium. FSU honoring its 2019 Hall of Fame class in an on-field ceremony. Mike Martin among this year’s inductees. Kickoff between FSU and ULM in about 18 minutes. pic.twitter.com/5gHNmZtXSd

— Tim Linafelt / FSU (@Tim_Linafelt) September 7, 2019

Anywho, the Noles looked to bounce back against Louisiana-Monroe and had just one phrase in mind.

Entering Week 2 for FSU. ‘Noles face ULM. This is the image downstairs by the athlete dining hall. Last week, a game of Boise State was on loop on this TV. Taggart’s presser is set for noon. We’ll have updates in our live thread at https://t.co/bjGaBhNRX5 pic.twitter.com/Y1oZzZCm9y

— Brendan Sonnone (@BSonnone) September 2, 2019

Well, just like last week, it looked like FSU had found itself and raced out to a 24-7 lead at the half. However, just 12 minutes of game time later…

FSU is being outplayed by Louisiana Monroe @ home. And ULM is talking big shit‼️ #ComebackKids#EmbraceTheSuck#FSPoo pic.twitter.com/HhjIn07D9r

— KappaCane (@KappaCane) September 7, 2019

OUCH!

OUUUUUCH! That whole segment of video is just an awful look no matter who you are!

This forced FSU into an…untraditional formation to try and befuddle the Warhawks…

FSU player tried to transfer to ULM midgame? pic.twitter.com/zHFNZqoFaY

— Beanbag Boys 4 Life (@HesGoingtoScore) September 8, 2019

You aren’t wrong. LET’S DIVE IN FOR A BETTER LOOK!

Mike Collins did say FSU was going to throw some different stuff at ULM. pic.twitter.com/mDjQTE98eS

— Adam Hunsucker (@Adam_Hunsucker) September 8, 2019

Remember a few years ago when a wideout faked a heart attack as apart of a play? Well, dang nab it if those sneaky Noles didn’t find a way to one up it! Looks like we are gonna have to reset the X-Box 360 cause NCAA 14 has that glitch again!

In the end, the game would go to overtime and FSU would need a ULM missed extra point or we might still be playing. To say that Coach Willie’s seat is hot is an understatement as he has reach scorching levels of 3rd degree burn. Next week, the Noles travel to Charlottesville for a matchup against the Whoos…and boy will that be fun.

NOTHING GOOD HAPPENS AFTER MIDNIGHT

If there are two things Auburn fans know, it’s the PAC-12 conference race and rain delays. Ok, maybe not the PAC-12 race but we do know the Huskies of Washington. Last year’s season opening opponent, had a solid year and ended up winning the PAC-12 championship. This year Jacob Eason (the former Georgia Bulldog) takes over under center and everything looked good after Week One as the Huskies downed Eastern Washington with ease as they prepared for the conference opener against Cal. Well Mother Nature wanted them to wait a bit.

I don’t think Cal and Washington will be playing anytime soon. pic.twitter.com/pqYa0rb6ej

— Meatball Duck (@timetravelduck) September 8, 2019

I am an unofficial expert after this week, following a hurricane and all and that doesn’t seem good, but I mean it could just be a radar blip.

A little taste of what is flashing around Husky Stadium pic.twitter.com/cgf1nTWXMb

— Tim Booth (@ByTimBooth) September 8, 2019

Ok so not a radar blip…that looks rough. After a lengthy delay, they decided to start back up at 10:30 local time. That means 12:30 real folks time and they were midway through the 1st half!

We are back! When play resumes at 10:30 p.m. the Huskies will have the ball at their own 37-yard line. Cal & Washington combined for 26 total yards before the 2-plus hour delay due to lightning. pic.twitter.com/sJLyNZdahf

— Lars Hanson (@LarsHanson) September 8, 2019

As for the game, it was really sloppy as you could imagine with Washington only scoring one TD on the night but coupled that with four Field Goals to take a late 19-17 lead with just 2 minutes left to play in the game. The Huskie D couldn’t stop Cal though and that set up this.

For those that missed it, Cal upset #14 Washington on a field goal in the final seconds of the game. The game was in a weather delay and finished around 4:30 AM EST. Huge hit to Washington’s PAC-12 & College Football Playoff hopes. #CALvsWASH pic.twitter.com/uQgfHEjXOK

— CFB Kings (@CFBKings) September 8, 2019

That happened at 2:22 am Pacific Time. 4:22 am Central time.

I can just imagine a pastor waking up for church and somehow left it on FS1 after watching the LSU-Texas sprint, and thinking that this was a replay of the Washington-Cal game…nope, that’s live my friend. Pac-12 After Dark has started off strong again friends, and we are only in week two!

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