Throwing up and UGAly game

The title of this post is kind-of fitting. Early Wednesday morning my wife Erika woke up puking. Having three small children, if momma is sick, daddy aint going to work. Come to find out, my two oldest kids ended up getting sick a few hours later. Erika, ever the trooper, worked in her store for most of the day despite feeling nauseated and not being able to eat or drink anything all day. Let's just say that I couldn't do that. Ever. After cleaning up a two-year-old's vomit all day, I went to work the next day. I felt fine and was making plans to keep the kids on Friday afternoon after I got home. Erika and Addi were going to the American Girl Doll Store in Atlanta that morning and weren't going to be home til that night.

Thursday night about 10:30, I woke up to a raging case of diarrhea and vomiting that lasted all night into the morning and occurred about once an hour. Needless to say, I was out of commission all day Friday. Usually I can get over a stomach virus in about 12 hours but this one really kicked my butt. I felt miserable all day Friday and ended up losing 14 pounds in one day! Thus the reason why no Georgia preview.

This all lead up to the debaucle that was the Auburn Tigers "playing" against Georgia on Saturday. It started off poorly but AU hanging in there. After AU recovered the fumble at midfield and then promptly gave it right back, I believe that is when the team lost confidence and therefore the game.

There is, I believe, a lack of confidence in the huddle and that starts with the QB. I did not see the penalties and the fumbles and the missed blocking assignments last year. I know, an older, more experienced and better team, but the basics are not being done this year. Also, what is going on with the play calling? Is this all that Malzahn is comfortable allowing this team to run? AU tries to run a bubble screen and there is no blocking whatsoever from any receiver. Jay Wisner cannot block. If there is any pressure on Moseley at all, he folds. Why don't they roll him out every now and then? And why, if Keihl Frazier is the QB of the future, did they not put him in during the second half Saturday to get some experience? Did the coaches actually think that AU could come back from 38-7 down?

I know this team is young and learning, but good grief! AU took a step back this weekend and that was after a week off! What did they do? Defense, tackling, missed assignments, getting beat on coverage over and over and over. I'm so sick of the safeties getting beat every deep ball. Neiko Thorpe cannot cover. At all. Chris Davis took a few steps back Saturday. Darren Bates cannot play assignment football. All he wants to do is go blow someone up. Hey, how about play your lane, shed a blocker for once and make a play. Or at least slow the ball carrier up so someone else can make a play. I truly believe it is coaching and it's disappointing because Chizik is a defensive coach. Roof's technique has failed us three years now and it's time for a change. The only semblance of a good defense was last year and that was for only two and a half games at the end. When you have Bynes, Fairley and a senior laden D-line, you don't have to be a good coach to be successful. It's past time AU got a defense worth a crap.

Overall, AU is still in good shape. They should beat Samford this weekend and will in all liklihood get throttled by bama to end the regular season and then make a decent bowl game (Chick-fil-a most likely, maybe Outback). 7-5 is not bad considering most pundets had AU not going bowling at all and 7-5 as a miracle season. Looking back, maybe it was a miracle season. I'm sure I'll look back in a few years and realize how successful this team really was, but for now, it is frustrating. All I can do is cheer them on no matter what.