College Football 2010: So it begins

[Solomwi]

Didn't even have to check it, which is what made it seem like such a bizarre "fact" to throw out. I'm pretty sure 95% of the other Auburn fans watching had the same "Uh, I don't remember EVER running the wildcat when Brown was here" moment I did. Throw in that Malzahn (now Auburn's OC) introduced it in our division and ran it against us with McFadden, and a significant chunk of the audience they knew would be watching can be expected to know it's bull**** right off the bat. Of course, they also called Clemson players by Auburn players' names several times. All in all, not their best night.

[Al B. Sure!]

Go to 3:22...



Unfortunately, the clip starts after the snap so you can't tell what happened before Cadillac got the ball and it's probably just a HB pass since Jason Campbell is behind center.

Also at :20, you can see Cadillac Williams throw another pass off of a HB option. The snap went to Campbell, though so not technically wildcat.

Maybe those plays encouraged the error?

[Boris Godunov]

Oregon struggled against Portland State and only won 69-0.

Arizona is having it's way with Iowa right now, up 27-7 over the vaunted Iowa defense.

[Solomwi]

Doubtful, Alby. I actually remember that play at 3:22, and yes, it was a HB pass. The halfback pass was something we ran several times in 2004 under Al Borges. I think Kirk just associated Brown with the wildcat because of his running it in Miami, which is understandable, and either assumed he ran it at Auburn or, more likely, just said it without really thinking about it first.

Still, fun clip to watch. Thanks . Lord, having Brown, Williams and Campbell in the same backfield was a lot of fun.

[Boris Godunov]

Heh, Oregon has 189 points so far this season in 180 minutes of football...

[Solomwi]

Just think how many points they'd have with Masoli on the team.

[Boris Godunov]

How dare you.

[Al B. Sure!]

Doubtful, Alby. I actually remember that play at 3:22, and yes, it was a HB pass. The halfback pass was something we ran several times in 2004 under Al Borges. I think Kirk just associated Brown with the wildcat because of his running it in Miami, which is understandable, and either assumed he ran it at Auburn or, more likely, just said it without really thinking about it first.

Still, fun clip to watch. Thanks . Lord, having Brown, Williams and Campbell in the same backfield was a lot of fun.

You forget Brandon Jacobs played in that backfield as well the year before. Jacobs and Brown actually rushed for the same exact number of yards that year. Not the big year for Auburn, though.

[Boris Godunov]

i just saw that Notre Dame lost to the Spartans.

This will be the only time I say this, but I miss Drake, just for his ability to rile DanS over such a thing.

[Solomwi]

You forget Brandon Jacobs played in that backfield as well the year before. Jacobs and Brown actually rushed for the same exact number of yards that year. Not the big year for Auburn, though.

Nah, didn't forget Jacobs. He just wasn't a major player for four years like the other three were, and as you mentioned, left before the big 2004 season, when most of the fun came. In 2003, Jacobs mostly racked up gaudy numbers in cupcake games (including Miss. State that year), while Brown got meaningful carries, but mostly played fullback in an effort to have him and Carnell on the field at the same time. Not that it mattered much, since Tuberville made one of the all-time boneheaded decisions for OC that year.

[Boris Godunov]

Arizona has blown their lead, Iowa has tied it 27-27 (the Hawkeyes missed an extra point that would have given them the lead). Quite the game...

[Solomwi]

It always blows my mind when teams miss an XP in a situation like that. All you have to do to take the lead is perform the easiest task in football, but no.

[SlowwHand]

What do you do if you're in a position like Stanford against Wake Forest? Stanford winning 55-17 with 5 minutes left in the 3rd quarter. Obviously the first string, and maybe some 2nd stringers, are whipping Wake Forest. Just run up the score? Do you play Sophomores and Freshmen? Wouldn't that look kind of crappy?

[Solomwi]

By that point I hope most, if not all, of your starters are done for the day. Why wouldn't you play as many people as you can? They're going to need to get game experience sometime. Might as well be when their inevitable mistakes can't lose the game for you. Why would it look crappy, or better yet, what do you mean by look crappy?

[Solomwi]

Wow, three straight sacks for Arizona. Iowa, the good news is you didn't blow the game by missing an extra point...

Edit: make it four straight sacks. Wow again.