Since fate would have it that there be no extensive Friday Preview this week, here I offer as a small substitute some quick thoughts and predictions before tonight’s prime time tilt. Please enjoy, and know that we’ll be returning to our regularly scheduled previewage next week. The last time Auburn and Florida met was in [...]

The Good Guys: I said in last week’s South Carolina preview that if Auburn would be able to come away with a victory in Columbia, then it would reset Auburn’s entire season, effectively making up for the loss at Clemson and bringing everyone’s expectations and the outlook of the season moving forward back to square [...]

If you can believe it, Auburn’s trip to Fayetteville is just two days away. There’s plenty of news and notes coming out of the athletic complex this week, so we’ll quickly get right to it. Of course, it’s all made possible by your local beat writers: David Morrison, Jay G. Tate, Charles Goldberg, and, one [...]

A win on Saturday would appear to make up for the loss at Clemson entirely. For the team and fans alike, everything would reset back to zero, and the season, and everyone’s judgments and expectations, would begin anew. A win on the road against a top-ten opponent tomorrow would be so big for Auburn 2011 everything would be brought back to square one.
It’s not going to be easy for Auburn win.

Enjoying the final days of sweet September.

The Good Guys: October is coming. It’s coming fast. But first, Auburn has a home contest with Florida Atlantic that will hopefully help get the Tigers back on track. Auburn has taken the week to look itself in the mirror, and focus on improving its own game. That’s usually not the approach you’d like to [...]

The Good Guys: So far in 2011, the Auburn Tigers have simply been carry-overs from 2010. Auburn’s only existence has been as the “defending national champions,” and as momentary holders of the soon-to-be-ended nation’s longest winning streak. So far, the entirety of 2011 has been hidden in the shadows of 2010. That could all change [...]

Most aren’t giving Auburn much of a chance on Saturday.
What most see is an Auburn defense that gave up 227 rushing yards to Utah State, and an assumed potency to a Mississippi State rushing attack that romped over Memphis.
But if that’s the only match up that they’re looking at in this game — and it is — then they’re terribly mistaken.

First, an apology; the A-U Pre-view did not get done. Sorry. The remaining planned posts were one profiling the defense (obviously), and one wrapping up the series with a game-by-game review of the schedule and a final prediction for the season. I hated not getting to them, but I was hopeful the Utah State game [...]

The challenge for Auburn on Saturday will be to shake the shadow of 2010, and to find its own identity as a team. That’s a process that usually takes several weeks of trials, setbacks, and learning experiences, but Auburn is going to have to do that growing immediately with Mississippi State, Clemson, and the rest of the schedule looming right around the corner.