COLLEGE FOOTBALL FANS... NOW THAT YOUR TEAMS HAVE PLAYED

99clmsntgr

Initial thoughts -
Glad to get out of Atlanta with a win. Auburn is always tough, and I had no idea what to expect from my team -- three new starters on the O-Line and 6 new starters on defense, including a new D Coordinator usually spells disaster.

However, the offensive line looked fantastic against what will likely be one of the better front 7's Clemson will face this season. 320 total yards rushing is nothing to slouch on, and Ellington racking up 231 was beastly. And the offense was pretty good without Sammy Watkins in the lineup, another good thing, but we seemed to lack the over-the-top threat without him. The dropped passes almost killed us a couple times. Even Nuk Hopkins dropped a couple, and he's usually sure handed. We'll blame that on first game jitters and see how they do over the next 2 weeks.

I was also impressed with the D-Line and the LB corps, especially late in the game. Defensive back, however, is going to be a liability and teams with a better passing offense (read as FSU, supposedly NC State and SCAR) will likely cause us fits. Better bring the big guns on offense those weeks as it's likely to be a shoot-out.

Now that the "big opener" is behind us, I'm ready for my Tiggers to take on the cupcakes everyone else got this past week and work the rest of the kinks out. 3 weeks until FSU, they better be ready.

fleur_de_lis19

GEAUX TIGERS!
That being said.. we didnt really play a "real" team, so i guess we shall see where we lie this weekend.

kel7298

though I am going to enjoy TAMU get their butt whipped in the SEC...

Apparently that wasn't the case - WHOOP!