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WVU 34 - Auburn 17

DE-FENSE! [clap clap clap] DE-FENSE! [clap clap clap]

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Hmmm

And that’s one of their best defenses…nice.

by HornPossessed on Oct 23, 2008 10:33 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'm complete shocked that an SEC defense

could have that happen to it. I’m sure there was some type of foul play involved. Perhaps officials tackling Auburn players.

by GhostofBigRoy on Oct 23, 2008 10:39 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Breaking News From Schlabach:

NCAA investigating foul play on part of referees due to questionable calls in favor of WVU’s offense…

by HornPossessed on Oct 23, 2008 10:41 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'm shocked, shocked, I tell you

to find that gambling is going on in this establishment SEC defenses are not capable of holding teams to negative points

by Longhorn in Canada on Oct 23, 2008 10:45 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I wonder if ..

M. Schlabach watched the game!

by Longhorns84 on Oct 23, 2008 11:05 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Dude I don't care what yall say

The SEC’s worst defense could hold us to 3 points… we just have to get used the greatness that is the SEC…

by texasfan05 on Oct 24, 2008 2:23 AM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Noel Devine - 207 yards!!!!!

That’s one heckuva rush D.

And check out the game recap video on ESPN – absolutely horrific tackling on WVU’s final TD. Does Tuberville survive?

Life is an Occasion. Rise to it.

by patienthornsfan on Oct 24, 2008 3:49 AM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

He had better survive

Think Coach Boom might be attracted to a HC opening at Auburn?

They better keep Tubes.

by BigTexBD on Oct 24, 2008 8:05 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Most important game for Tuberville - for now

This was a must-win game for Tubby. There is a lot of bad blood between Tuberville and the Auburn Board of Trustees (very long story). They are itching to get rid of him, and this season is the first good excuse they’ve had.

There are only two things that will save him now: either he beats Auburn’s two biggest rivals in successive weeks (who, by the way, are both currently ranked in the top 10), or Colonial Bank shares are so bad that Bobby Lowder can’t afford Tubs’ $6 million buyout.

Actually, it’s more like a total investment of $11-12 million, what with severances for assistants and the hiring of a new coach, new staff, etc. The lousy economy might just wind up saving Tuberville’s (and a lot of other coaches) hides this off-season.

Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate.
- Thomas Jones

by beast in bama on Oct 24, 2008 10:16 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

love it

turned on the game in the fourth quarter to see the 34-17 for the first time. i turned to my non-Big 12 appreciating roommate and said “how bout them SEC defenses?!”

Crystal Balls

by MMHorns on Oct 24, 2008 9:56 AM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

This year, Auburn = Baylor

Don’t judge us by our piss-poor teams, and we won’t judge you by yours.

I’ll admit, that was a blow to the SEC’s national reputation — and it should be — but it showed Auburn’s pretty defensive numbers for what they were: a mirage. If an interconference foe were to beat Florida or Alabama or Georgia like that, I’d be impressed.

by cocknfire on Oct 24, 2008 10:42 AM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

struggling WVU > Auburn's D

yah i agree, this is good evidence against the SEC’s Defenses-are-godlike argument… but what puzzles me about this game is why it happened at all.
 Seems strange for WVU to schedule a non-conference game against a tough opponent in the middle of its schedule. Does this thing happen often? Or only in the step-away-from-flag-football Big East??

by Heart of a Muschampion on Oct 24, 2008 11:56 AM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

This game

Was originally scheduled for early September, but Auburn requested the change, and WVU agreed. I’m sure ESPN had a hand in this as well.

Auburn’s reason for the change? You’ll love this. To give its young QBs more time to “master” its new spread offense.

Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate.
- Thomas Jones

by beast in bama on Oct 24, 2008 12:28 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   1 recs

did anyone else notice something strange about Tuberville's gear?

as often as the ESPN crew kept showing Tubby Thurs night it finally ocurred to me what seemed out of place, Tubs’ jacket was NOT that weird parking cone orange that Auburn and Tenn (aka the other UT) have, it was BURNT ORANGE…check the tape I swear, home boy was sportin’ a burnt ornage jacket while WV took his much vaunted defense to the shed running a souped up zone read all night long. Considering WV spotted Auburn 10 pts. it was really quite the blowout…

by longhornJ on Oct 24, 2008 3:33 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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