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A Half-Dozen Hyper-Specific Predictions About…Auburn

Posted on | September 3, 2010 | 2 Comments

A Half-Dozen Hyper-Specific Predictions About…Auburn

Last year? The Plainsmen were a team in shambles. The Tony Franklin experiment was an abject failure and they tabbed a coach with a career record of 5-19 to rebuild.

And by all accounts? It kind of worked. Yeah, they tied for 4th in the SEC West, but they were only really blown out twice. How well do they build on this? Find out…now.

Last year: 8-5 (3-5) t4th SEC West

1) Lost amidst the Julio Jones versus A.J. Green debate will be the further emergence of of Darvin Adams. Did you know that he caught 10 TD passes last year? I didn’t. Okay, I did. But with Cameron Newton at quarterback? He will improve to a line of 71-1023-14 touchdowns.

2) There will not be a true #1 running back in Auburn. Mario Fannin, Ontario McCalebb, and Michael Dyer will all have games where they rush for over 100 yards. No one will dominate the carry totals.

3) Clemson has won the last 13 games they have played versus Auburn. That will change this year. In continuing a tradition, Auburn gets another win versus Clemson. It won’t be a statement game. But a 24-20 win counts just as well in the standings.

(A Phil Steele magazine had an error? I know. I’m surprised too.)

4) Josh Bynes will etch his name in the annals of the great Auburn linebackers with another 110 tackle-8 pass breakup season.

5) But their defensive weakness will not beanswered until mid-October when Corey Lemonier emerges as a starting defensive end slash pass-rushing ace. Lee Ziemba will have taught him well.

6) As I write this? I’ve already been proven wrong on a prediction, so you know what. I’m gonna supercede another. Ole Miss is not going to beat Auburn. That was just silly. Comedic even. Auburn is going to have a great season. But I’m going to wait on Auburn’s record. Suffice it to say? The Iron Bowl will decide the SEC West, and likely the whole SEC.

So? You’re just going to have to deal with my cop-out and read on.

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2 Responses to “A Half-Dozen Hyper-Specific Predictions About…Auburn”

  1. AWest
    September 5th, 2010 @ 4:38 am

    Um Clemson has not won the last 13 games in which they played Auburn. Auburn won the last meet up in 2007 and is leading the series. Where are you getting these figures??

  2. Andrew Rosin
    September 5th, 2010 @ 2:23 pm

    Congratulations, you found an error in Phil Steele’s College Football Preview 2010.

    My bad.

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