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Flames in 07 · 01-11-2011, 08:06 PM

So just back in Cgy from the game, I haven't seen the TV version yet, and presume they spoke about this but to me the difference was that this was a Auburn home game. They had 70 percent of the fans and made 90 percent of the noise. I've been to 15 BCS bowls including 4 NC's and have never seen a better group of fans in numbers, noise and how much fun they are for the days leading up to the game. It was a perfect storm of 2 teams that really haven't sniffed at a NC for as long as most of these fans can recall (I think UO never and Auburn was 50 years removed) so the passion behind each play was amazing. As far as football goes, this is an SEC world and we just live in it. I was hoping for the PAC10 to win but just blown away and how much more knowledgeable the fans are at making an impact on the game. Their bands are better, the fans are louder and just care more. After the winning FG, on my way out of the rink I saw about a dozen grown men bawling ... not a little misty, there were dozens more of those but just bawling. Like 60 year old guy crying on his wife's shoulder ... crazy.

Chip Kelly made a large error that he didn't figure out until late in the 4th, because of the noise he always had the UO qb make a motion to start the snap, but he never really faked it, so ya the Auburn line looked great but they knew the snap count for about 2/3rds of the game.

Someone needs to fire whoever is responsible for that field at U of Phx. They spent about 20 million on that system that rolls that field in and out of the stadium but they might as well played in that mud at Heinz field during that MNF game vs the Dolphins a couple years ago. *well, maybe not that bad, but it was awful* The poor field played way too much a part of the game.

Did they say why they were not playing James for about the middle half of the game?

Lastly, one last shot at the playoffs, we had a national championship with the clear 1 and 2 settled on the last play of the game, perfect ending to a great season that a playoff could have only ruined. Yes there are years where we have had 3 deserving undefeated teams, 2 of them I recall where Ironically Auburn was an odd team out IIRC, but we have plenty of years where they just get it right. In a playoff, the Civil war goes from being the most important SEC game in Auburns history to just another rivalry game, Wisconsin's upset of OSU would not matter and football would take a big step towards being basketball. Fun tournament, but lousy and generally irrelevant regular season.

01-11-2011, 08:06 PM	#1439
Flames in 07 #1 Goaltender Join Date: Aug 2006 Exp:	So just back in Cgy from the game, I haven't seen the TV version yet, and presume they spoke about this but to me the difference was that this was a Auburn home game. They had 70 percent of the fans and made 90 percent of the noise. I've been to 15 BCS bowls including 4 NC's and have never seen a better group of fans in numbers, noise and how much fun they are for the days leading up to the game. It was a perfect storm of 2 teams that really haven't sniffed at a NC for as long as most of these fans can recall (I think UO never and Auburn was 50 years removed) so the passion behind each play was amazing. As far as football goes, this is an SEC world and we just live in it. I was hoping for the PAC10 to win but just blown away and how much more knowledgeable the fans are at making an impact on the game. Their bands are better, the fans are louder and just care more. After the winning FG, on my way out of the rink I saw about a dozen grown men bawling ... not a little misty, there were dozens more of those but just bawling. Like 60 year old guy crying on his wife's shoulder ... crazy. Chip Kelly made a large error that he didn't figure out until late in the 4th, because of the noise he always had the UO qb make a motion to start the snap, but he never really faked it, so ya the Auburn line looked great but they knew the snap count for about 2/3rds of the game. Someone needs to fire whoever is responsible for that field at U of Phx. They spent about 20 million on that system that rolls that field in and out of the stadium but they might as well played in that mud at Heinz field during that MNF game vs the Dolphins a couple years ago. well, maybe not that bad, but it was awful The poor field played way too much a part of the game. Did they say why they were not playing James for about the middle half of the game? Lastly, one last shot at the playoffs, we had a national championship with the clear 1 and 2 settled on the last play of the game, perfect ending to a great season that a playoff could have only ruined. Yes there are years where we have had 3 deserving undefeated teams, 2 of them I recall where Ironically Auburn was an odd team out IIRC, but we have plenty of years where they just get it right. In a playoff, the Civil war goes from being the most important SEC game in Auburns history to just another rivalry game, Wisconsin's upset of OSU would not matter and football would take a big step towards being basketball. Fun tournament, but lousy and generally irrelevant regular season. Last edited by Flames in 07; 01-11-2011 at 08:10 PM.