Day After

A few things stood out from last night's game.
First and foremost, this offense has made no strides over the first two weeks. As has been written all over the state today, OC Tony Franklin is either voluntarily doing or being forced to do what former OC Al Borges did: Don't take chances; Don't screw things up for the defense. The offense nearly found a way to screw it up for the defense last night, but the Auburn D was just too good. Against Mississippi State anyway.

This defense is darn good. Possibly the best unit in the nation. Let's see them play a top-tier foe like LSU before calling them the best, but through three weeks the defense has been incredible.

Chris Todd makes some good reads. He knows where to go with the ball. He just can't always get it there. Whether or not his arm is 100 percent healthy no longer matters. If he can't make the throws, he shouldn't be in the game. On all three long completions last night, a good throw would have been an easy touchdown. On other throws, he had an open receiver deep but couldn't get it to them. There is way too much air under Todd's deep ball and defenders have plenty of time to cover ground. Against LSU, those completions could become interceptions. We'll get official word soon, but I anticipate Todd will start this week and that Kodi Burns will play less than 10 plays, if at all, against LSU.

Alabama jumped Auburn in the polls. Much will be made of this, but how can a rational voter possibly vote Auburn ahead of Alabama right now? Both teams are 3-0 and Alabama has a very nice win over Clemson. Auburn's most impressive win, well, what would you say it has been? Even the 34-0 win over Louisiana-Monroe was hardly impressive.

Tuberville said RB Brad Lester would play this week. I find that highly unlikely. We'll get an update today.

Finally, ESPN announced today that College GameDay is headed to the Plains for this weekend's tilt between Auburn and LSU. What does that mean for you? Well, if you want to get on ESPN, it means you have to wake up early. What it means for me is a heck of a lot more traffic on Saturday. I'm always anti-traffic, so this is bad news for me.