First-half thread for the Citrus Bowl

[rogerkim]

I hope Nix continues to throw the ball like he has this first quarter all game long - his accuracy looks terrible right now.

 

[DaCat]

Dream start for NU. Defense is stuffing them.

 

[rwhitney014]

Was that a Ray Niro sighting down in the red zone for a chunk?

 

[rogerkim]

Great first quarter. Nice to see Porter get some room to run on that last play.

 

[Deeringfish]

14-0 beginning of the second quarter and we have the ball.

I'll take that.

 

[phatcat]

We are on track for 680 yards offense
Yay small sample size

 

[Hungry Jack]

Wow. Nix is awful so far.

 

[Deeringfish]

Great first quarter. Nice to see Porter get some room to run on that last play.

Yeah, he needs to get North and South faster.

 

[DaCat]

Was that a Ray Niro sighting down in the red zone for a chunk?

Yes. He was injured all year.

 

[phatcat]

Wow. Nix is awful so far.

They had like three days of practice. No pity here

 

[Alan Smithee]

Yes. He was injured all year.

He was in on RCB’s TD too.

 

[SimpsonElmwood]

I expect a lot of runs this series.

 

[phatcat]

Say what you want, AU is hitting hard on running plays

 

[rogerkim]

Yeah, he needs to get North and South faster.

In his defense, there hasn't been many holes to run through so far. That was the first play where I saw the line get some movement up front for him.

I think that now Ramsey has established that he can pick their secondary apart, Auburn will stop selling out against the run, which should open up more holes for Porter.

 

[FanatiCat]

I’m hoping that the continued Wildcat plays are to set up a pass or a flea flicker type thing. Because I think it’s lost it’s effectiveness. Or maybe it will be effective later on if we can wear them down a bit.

 

[bjm989]

Fitz going for blood this game it would seem. Another 4th down

 

[Deeringfish]

Run blocking is not nearly the equal of pass blocking

 

[bjm989]

Run blocking is not nearly the equal of pass blocking

We need more roll outs and short passes instead of the runs.

 

[rogerkim]

That direct snap to Porter while Ramsey was looking like he was getting the play from the sideline was another nice wrinkle as well. Say what you will about the success (or lack thereof) of the direct snaps/Wildcat formation, but you can't say that Coach Jake isn't creative.

 

[EvanstonCat]

Stop running wide!!!!

 

[phatcat]

Dammit

 

[nickcat4]

Stop running wide!!!!

Stop going on fourth down every time

 

[bjm989]

Well we kept playing with fire on 4th downs. That was a very makable catch but stuff happens. We better hold em here. Don’t want to see another MSU...

 

[EvanstonCat]

DON'T RUN WIDE!!!!

 

[Figrating]

Raine owes the team for that drop....

 

[rogerkim]

Didn't work out this time, but I love Fitz's aggressiveness in going for it on 4th down, especially with how our defense is playing so far.

 

[SLUCATS210]

Stop running wide!!!!

Stop running wide off the right side!
Run off your best lineman on the left side!

 

[FanatiCat]

Ok, I prefer the Wildcat to the outside runs.

Ugh, unfortunate drop by Raine, self inflicted drive killer.

Now would be a good time for a turnover

 

[DaCat]

Argh! No more Raine drops please.

 

[ChicagoFan29]

Reckless coaching by Fitz there. 2 TD lead, pin them deep. That said Raine should have caught it.

 

[JournCat]

Sheesh. Did Bajakian opt out today and get replaced by McCall?

 

[rogerkim]

Raine owes the team for that drop....

Made the typical "took his eyes off of it to look upfield" mistake.

 

[SeventiesCAT]

Announcers openly rooting for Auburn...

 

[zbag51]

I like aggressive 4th down Fitz. Especially in a bowl game.

 

[rogerkim]

Stop running wide off the right side!
Run off your best lineman on the left side!

Good point here. Why aren't we running more behind Skoronski? Our left side is much better than than our right side seems.

 

[rogerkim]

Defense playing lights out. Helped by the fact that Nix is really having a poor game, but I love how our defense is playing.

 

[ThatkidfromHolland]

Announcers openly rooting for Auburn...

Of course they are it is part of their network.

 

[Figrating]

Stop running wide!!!!

Coach Jake can be a slow learner, but I hope he doesn't need to relearn that.

 

[Deeringfish]

I like aggressive 4th down Fitz. Especially in a bowl game.

Actually I think he gets a little carried away with it in big games. Watched that NU bowl-a-thon on the BiG network this week and they failed often in those big games.

 

[Deeringfish]

I hate when they interview guys while there is a game going on