Auburn Preview

Much to the delight of our Canadian friend the Rebels travel to the Plains this weekend. So his war eagles have a good shot at a victory. Which they need considering they've already lost 3 games this year. (And still have ole Saban coming up.)

THE PLAYERS

For Auburn it all starts with defense. Auburn's ranked in the top three in the SEC in nearly every defensive category. The War Eagles have one of the best defenses in the country let alone SEC. Auburn's strength comes from a very solid D-Line. Sophomore Antonio Coleman and freshman Antoine Carte are solid players. But the leader of the group is former Mississippian Quentin Groves. There's a reason he's setting sack records at Auburn. Linebacking core and secondary is also very solid.

After a rocky start the offense is finally play decent ball as well. Early in the season the offensive line was underperforming and with Brad Lester missing half the season because of academic issues Auburn had little ground game. This forced their quarterback Brandon Cox to try to win games singlehandedly and subsequently have a lot of turn over problems.

Since mid season the War Eagles have started playing three true freshman on the offensive line extensively with two starting at right guard and right tackle. Right Guard is Mississippi's own Chaz Ramsey. Warning to Peria Jerry: Chaz likes to block low. I think he was taught by Cobra Kai. Since these freshman have come in and Lester's come back the running game has taken off.

THE HEEL

Cox is a very experienced quarterback. Problem is he doesn't have a lot of options to throw to. Very inexperienced group of receivers and no go to guy. Its why Auburn's ninth in passing offense in the conference. If the Rebel cornerbacks plays out of their minds and keep the receivers covered in man coverage than the defense can play eight in the box and possibly shut down their running game. If they shut down the running game the Rebels have a decent shot.

Upon reading this Dustin Mouzon should avoid all Canadians until Sunday.