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You can't blame Auburn if it went a bit overboard with the self-congratulatory pomp and circumstance after last year's epic season. It bears repeating: Auburn won the SEC title and was 12-0 going into the bowl season and didn't really get all that much consideration for the Orange Bowl. No matter what you think about how good the Tigers were, there's no denying that somehow, some way, that team deserved to be playing for the national title and should be the poster team for why there needs to be some major tweaking to the post-season system. But 2004 was 2004.

Auburn fans are clinging to a desperate hope of another big, national-title caliber season, but the SEC has a way of bringing teams back down to earth. Look no further than last year's loaded LSU team that had a defense every bit as good as the national title winner, but the team didn't get the same breaks twice and didn't get the same all-around production from the offense. Look at Georgia two years ago, or Tennessee after the national title season. Auburn has to try to get back on top of the mountain without one of the most talented offensive backfields college football has seen in many years, but the cupboard is far from bare.

The formula might be this simple for the 2005 Tigers: Either new QB Brandon Cox is a star, or this will just be a good, 8-3-type season. Jason Campbell was deadly accurate and made all the clutch plays needed for a 13-0 campaign; you don't get that same production two years in a row. Tre Smith, Kenny Irons and Carl Stewart form a good backfield, but it hurts to lose Carnell Williams and Ronnie Brown.

Auburn's bread will be buttered with its defense and receiving corps. The front seven is devastating with some of the most disruptive ends in the nation, while the linebacking corps, while light, is very active and very good. The receiving corps won't get nearly enough pub with Courtney Taylor, Ben Obomanu, Anthony Mix and Devin Aromashadu (not to mention the great tight ends) forming the SEC's best corps outside of Tennessee.
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Head coach: Tubs - 11th year: 76-44
Returning O Lettermen: 25
Returning D Lettermen: 23
Returning ST Lettermen: 4
Lettermen Lost: 21

Ten Best Auburn Players
1. OT Marcus McNeill, Sr.
2. DE Stanley McClover, Soph.
3. LB Travis Williams, Sr.
4. WR Courtney Taylor, Jr.
5. NG Tommy Jackson, Sr.
6. DE Quentin Groves, Soph.
7. FS Will Herring, Jr.
8. OT Troy Reddick, Sr.
9. P Kody Bliss, Jr.
10. LB Antarrious Williams, Sr.

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I'm thinking 8-3 or 9-2 as well.

Assuming they lose the LSU game. They will lose at least 1 maybe two out of Georgia Tech (who I think will have a great year), at Georgia, or Alabama.

Mystikalilusion, Apr 20, 2005

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a very fair assesment. I agree with most of what they have to say.

I also agree with what they say it will take for it to be a successful season.

The season will be a success if ... Auburn gets back to the SEC title game. The Tigers won't go unbeaten, but there's no reason not to be playing for another championship with this great defense. Considering the road games at LSU and Georgia, second place in the West would be acceptable.
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cadillacattack Illegitimi non carborundum est

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I've predicted AU to go 9-2, with the most likely losses being to LSU and UGA , in that order. No way AU loses to Georgia Tech....take a look at the GT O-line.... it's abyssmal.

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BB said:

The receiving corps won't get nearly enough pub with Courtney Taylor, Ben Obomanu, Anthony Mix and Devin Aromashadu (not to mention the great tight ends) forming the SEC's best corps outside of Tennessee.
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wow, he cannot be serious. our WR corp bar-none the fastest and best in the SEC, not to mention the deepest. skyler and xavier are two of the fastest in the country, period. and that's not to even mention davis, bowe, and doucet. maybe they aren't the most proven (mainly due to lackluster and inconsistent QB play), but they are far and away the most talented.

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Contained Chaos said:

wow, he cannot be serious. our WR corp bar-none the fastest and best in the SEC, not to mention the deepest. skyler and xavier are two of the fastest in the country, period. and that's not to even mention davis, bowe, and doucet. maybe they aren't the most proven (mainly due to lackluster and inconsistent QB play), but they are far and away the most talented.
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The reviewers base it on production. Our WR corps produced abysmally last year, unfortunately.

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then they sure do conveniently leave out the production that AU will lack in campbell's absence (in terms of how the WRs will perform). saying that they will peform at the same level as last year with a new QB is foolish.

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wow, he cannot be serious. our WR corp bar-none the fastest and best in the SEC, not to mention the deepest
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IMO, he's talking "receiver corp" and you're talking "wide receivers." I believe he specifically mentions Tight Ends in his evaluation/description....mebbe that could be the difference, dunno.

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cadillacattack said:

IMO, he's talking "receiver corp" and you're talking "wide receivers." I believe he specifically mentions Tight Ends in his evaluation/description....mebbe that could be the difference, dunno.
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That would make it even more obvious that LSU is so much more superior, I dunno who Auburn has at TE, but I highly doubt he is at David Jones' level.

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JVincent25 said:

That would make it even more obvious that LSU is so much more superior, I dunno who Auburn has at TE, but I highly doubt he is at David Jones' level.
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exactly. that dudes got some of the surest hands i've seen.

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