Spring Practice Update

There is a lot of things going on at spring practice this week. With spring break coming up, they had a half scrimmage just the other day. All of the scholarship runningbacks have been held out, so practice has been focused around the quaterbacks. The defense has been working up a good pass rush to see how the they could handle it. Apparantly they handled it pretty well, cause they came through with 8 touchdowns. Chris Todd finally got well enough to practice. He was 17-25 for 168 yards and 3 touchdowns. He says he still can't throw like he should. Neil Caudle was 10-14 for 142 yards and 3 touchdowns. Kodi Burns was 7-9 for 122 yards and 1 interception. This was only a half scrimmage with 100 plays. That's all for today. WAR EAGLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Spring Practice Update!

Spring practice has been going on for about a week now and the quaterback job already has a leader. That leader is Kodi Burns. Chris Todd was out with a shoulder injury and freshman DeRon Furr was looked at as more of a runner. That left about 30 passes a piece for Burns and Neal Caudle. Coach Tony Franklin said that Caudle was pretty good too, but Burns has the early lead. On the defense, Linebacker Josh Bynes really stood out. He is tall, long arms, and is very physical. Those are traits that a middle linebacker needs to have. That's about all for spring practice.



Doug Sergest is doing an SOS playoff for teams in the past 12 years. After a couple of rounds, 2004 Auburn was matched up with the 1998 Florida Gators in the semifinal. The SOS is basically a computer simulation that plays out the games. It was Auburn's time to shine and they went in and beat them 32-7. Ronnie Brown was the MVP after he and Cadillac Williams combined for 208 yards. Auburn is set to face off with the 2001 Florida Gators for the SOS championship game. If you would like to check out previous rounds, click the link below. That's all for today. WAR EAGLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Link: http://blog.al.com/segrest/2008/03/sos_playoff_ii_2004_auburn_tig.html

Spring Practice

Spring practice has been scheduled to start two days earlier than originally thought. That day is next Tuesday. That means we are finally about to have something to talk about. The main question is who will win the QB job. My guess at just from what I know is Kodi Burns. He looked pretty good during the time he played in the Chick Fil'a bowl. Tony Franklin doesn't say that though. He says they are all on an equal playing field and anyone can win the job. Another question Franklin has is who will come through as the go-to receivers. No one knows how these things will come out, all we can do is wait and see. That's all for now. WAR EAGLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rule Changes Proposed by NCAA Rules Committee

The NCAA rules committee has proposed a couple of changes. There are a couple of them, one of which OC Tony Franklin does not agree with. I thought I would inform you of a couple of them. Remember these have not been passed yet. Here they are: The play clock will be 40 sec. starting at the end of the play, instead of a 25 sec. play clock starting when the ball is marked ready for play. The play clock would remain at 25 sec. after a change of possession. Coach Franklin likes this rule, because it would allow Auburn's new spread offense to keep the defensive linemen in their stance longer, and try to tire them out. Another one is that when you go out of bounds, the clock will start back when the ball is marked ready for play, instead of when the ball is snapped. The rule would not apply in the last 25 sec. of each half. Franklin does not like this one, he made this statement, "I don't think I like that one, there are a lot of out-of-bounds plays. That's going to take plays out of the game." I just thought I would share these with you all in case you haven't heard about them. That's all for now. WAR EAGLE!!!!!!!!!!

No Big News is Good News I guess

This is why I never got a personal Blog--- atleast during football off-season I have a good excuse-- there's not much to write about. Oh yeah here's one bit of news. Alabama may win a "recruiting national championship". LOL... Judging by the way they count championships this may make number 14 for them. Sevenly will be heavenly!