SONS OF ANARCHY: AUBURN DANCES ITSELF INTO THE GROUND

by Orson on Oct 26, 2009 11:04 AM EDT

Fun facts from the midpoint of the Chizik era, year one: Auburn's defense has been on the field or 575 plays, tied for 113th in the nation in total snaps taken by the defense. The side effect of the espresso-paced Malzahn offense is to lengthen the game for everyone, your defense included, which is why you see your Toledos and Texas Techs down in those rankings, too. This leads to more opportunities for the opposing team, which leads to fatigue, which leads to Les Miles' struggling offense breaking out the good knives and going to work despite struggling through most of the season. Auburn's defense is tired, and we'd bet even money on them looking more gassed as the season goes on due to the first year of the system and the lack of conditioning. It's not like Auburn spent the offseason lounging poolside and feasting on gelato, but you can't really be prepared to take that many snaps unless you've seen what switching up-tempo can do to the defense of the team making the switch.

(HT: The ever-cromulent War Eagle Reader.)

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Not following LSUFreek’s work this morning.
I don’t watch Sons of Anarchy and am currently on nyquil, but why is Les sticking the axe in Chizik? Surely, it’s not to save Tuberville, cause I mean, fuck that big-eared freak.
It’s always nice to see Les swinging an axe, just need a little help understanding the motivation this morning.

by beerbaron on Oct 26, 2009 11:15 AM EDT reply actions

Well, Les did put the #1’s back in the game when Aurburn was on the goal line, with 3 seconds to go in the game. Also, the defense completely smack Auburn bitch ass offense up.

by Kevin@LSU on Oct 26, 2009 11:17 AM EDT reply actions

Wait, so what you’re saying is Gary Crowton didn’t morph into a Steve Spurrier/Norm Chow offensive wiz during the course of that game?

by Yeah BoYeeEe on Oct 26, 2009 11:25 AM EDT reply actions

beerbaron,

While Barner Nation “struggles” with whether or not the current Auburn staff/team measures up (or down) to previous Auburn staffs/teams, Miles shows he’s a “cut above” Jay Jacobs’ prized pick.

Sorry, I should know that metaphors and gifs generally work better with coffee.

by LSUFreek on Oct 26, 2009 11:37 AM EDT reply actions

I’m perfectly fine with Les cutting Chizik down to size.
Just would have liked to see him take a swing at Tuberville while he’s at it.

by beerbaron on Oct 26, 2009 11:44 AM EDT reply actions

The filp side of this is the GT defense, which looks respectable since the second half of the FSU game when Paul Johnson put the 2 pound weights on the running backs.

by Ted Valentine on Oct 26, 2009 12:00 PM EDT reply actions