How do you know when things are good in Auburn? When Ben Tate can roll up 128 yards on 25 carries and turn Eric Berry into a rag doll… when Chris Todd can outperform in a hostile environment Tim Tebow on his home turf… and fans are all ‘well, I’ll take it…’ That’s when.
Kevin Strickland shows that the can of whoop ass is mostly empty and the glass is half full.
And Who Would Have Thought? It Figures.
Kevin Strickland talks Auburn-Tennessee ironies and subplots, reflects on the “punt, pathetic, punt” debacle of ’08, and asks whether pollsters will finally notice when the Tigers are 5-0.
No Respect
The last Auburn team to make it to week five undefeated and unranked?
The 1963 team. Jimmy Sidle and Co. jumped to No. 5 after their sixth straight win and finished the season in the same spot at 9-2.
Kevin Strickland investigates the current psyche of college football pollsters to find out why the 2009 Auburn Tigers continue to be Dangerfielded out of the top 25.
The Big 4-0
Gene Chizik is 4-0 as Auburn’s head coach. Only 27 teams in Auburn history have started a season 4-0. Eight of those occurred after 1974.
Kevin Strickland takes a look at what a 4-0 start typically means for the Tigers.
Here’s a hint:
it’s good.
Why Auburn will annihilate Ball State
Ball State coach Stan Parrish has already coached against a Malzahn offense. When Hoke abandoned Muncie, Ind., for sunny California, Parrish stepped up to coach in the GMAC Bowl against Tulsa. With less talent than he has at his disposal at Auburn, Malzahn’s Golden Hurricane offense rolled up 632 yards and 45 points in a 45-13 win.
On Saturday, 45 would be merciful.