I'm rather proud of this post on the Auburn forums:

Please cut and paste for us non scout guys....thanks!
 
Well, you caught the first guy hook, line, and sinker.
 
Dude GaTech was down by 16 and came back and beat a good UGA team...........................last time I checked UGA is in the SEC. The option beat UGA................First time GaTech beat UGA since 2000. Their in-state rival......Their Iron Bowl.
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it's a high school offense!

you must throw that in there beej.
tell them Eric Zeier said so.
 
Re: it's a high school offense!

No wonder they ran Tubberville out of town, they're all morons.
 
beej:Zeier is a football god. They don't just let anyone do the UGA postgame show.

And what's with those crappy Tech jerseys, anyway? Don't they ever wear navy?
 
Okay, here's a summary of what I've posted so far in the Auburn thread wanting them to go after Paul Johnson as their new HC:


The triple option can never work in a BCS level conference with the speed of the SEC. I mean seriously, the SEC has speed and strength, which is all you need to stop the option. Even poor SEC teams like Mississippi State could easily stop the option. I can't tell you the last time anyone's beaten an SEC opponent with such a gimmicky, high school offense. It's a pop warner offense. You don't want to run something little kids are running, do you?

No NFL caliber players will ever come to your school if you implement it. Especially wide receivers. It hurts your defense too, because they don't see normal defenses week in and week out. You'll never beat your in-state rival with it, and you certainly won't get highly ranked recruiting classes for it. Hell, Scout.com doesn't even have "A Backs" and "B Backs" listed.

And come on, it's unexciting. It's three yards and a cloud of dust. Every play is a run play, and any quality defense can key up on that. You never get plays of 20+ yards, and you can't pass out of it anyway. It's boring. It can't score quick. If you fall behind by as much as 12 or more at halftime you're screwed - you'll never catch up. It'll never sell tickets, and it'll certainly never score points. Especially in the SEC. I heard Tech only beat Garner Webb 10 to 7 this year.
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Then clearly it was a fluke. Mississippi State could easily win the entire ACC this year. The ACC is in a down year. They're wretched. I bet nobody in the entire ACC won a head to head matchup with the SEC all year long, except for maybe that one if you say so - I'm too lazy to look it up.

Sports Illustrated picked Tech to be last in the ACC preseason, behind Duke. It's not like SI is ever that wrong about anything. That Mathew Stafford SI cover ruled. I have one framed at my house.
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Well clearly the stuff I said about 3 yards and a cloud of dust is correct. The triple option can't score quick, there's no passing, and you'd never EVER get plays of 20 yards or more out of it. And I'm sure Tech recruiting has gone in the toilet since he's been hired. Teams like FSU and Miami who have excellent rush defenses and swarm to the ball would stop it in a heartbeat. Auburn would never be a major player in the SEC running it.

I heard it on sports talk radio in Atlanta, Tech's home town, so it must be correct.
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There's no way Tech can ever sign a top 25 QB to run that thing, especially one with a true winning record in high school. Auburn needs guys with a winning attitude.

Also, Eric Zeir said on the radio that it was a high school offense. You don't have to take my word for it, take the word of a guy who set 67 school passing records and 18 SEC records. He clearly knows his football. And he played for the preseason #1 team in the nation, so that clearly adds more weight to his opinion.

Oh, and for a rushing offense, it's terrible. There's no way any running backs in that offense can average more than 7 yards per carry, whether they're "A" backs or "B" backs or whatever they're called.
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Zeier is a football god. They don't just let anyone do the UGA postgame show.

And what's with those crappy Tech jerseys, anyway? Don't they ever wear navy?
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You can read between the lines to what their responses were.. :)
 
Saban got all the alabama welfare money already, the entire state cannot afford PJ.
 
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