Cam Newton has just gone for X-rays for a possible fracture.
It did look to me like he was playing injured.
Agreed.
Decent game, with shit officiating (Auburn had 2 horse-collers, a blatent hold and was allowed to snap the ball with zero on the clock on a crucial 3rd and 12) but would have won eventually anyway. And will have it taken away as soon as the stink on Cam Newton ripens up enough for the powers that be to finally let their balls drop and take the action they should have taken months ago.
But they did beat the Ducks. Took them right out of thier game.
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I’m an Auburn alum, and I loved this game. Oregon is a great football team. It was a pleasure to play the Ducks.
Well, it was actually fun to watch the Oregon defense shut Auburn down most of the game. Oregon was 12th in college football in points against… and since Oregon’s own drives were usually very short, they were even better than that.
Both great teams, and could have gone either way. Oregon had plenty of chances in the red zone and couldn’t capitalize. Take away either the safety or Auburn’s goal line stand and Oregon probably wins… but those plays are why Auburn is so good.
Some disappointing things though:
- The game winning play being that fluke non-tackle.
- Some bad officiating (I could have sworn Auburn was allowed to snap the ball with zero on the clock, while Oregon got the snap off in time and got a penalty).
- Fairly is more than just fairly dirty, and got away with some stuff.
Wow..Cam had a subpar game.. and still threw for two touchdowns and 250 yards.. I guess what he did against.. Arkansas.. Alabama..and South Carolina really don’t mean much because the ONE TIME you saw him he looked okay..
yeah.. Minnesota needs to pass on him.. he needs to go somewhere like Tenn where they can go in a positive direction..
Fairly is nasty.. but he destroyed the interior of the Oregon line and forced everything to the corners.. Dude is a top 15 pick in the draft..
I will grudgingly concede that the SEC is dominating college football…if everyone else will concede that the Pac-10 does indeed play defense.
Not impressed with the Ducks QB – bad reads and bad throws all night. Not a big time big game NC QB.
I watched most of the post game analysis on ESPN and not one of the talking heads talked bout the crappy football field.
Maybe they hit on it while I was getting ready for bed, but to dismiss it as much as they did was irresponsible.
This is correct. I’m a purple-and-gold bleeding LSU fan so as far as I’m concerned Auburn can go pound sand. But I’ve got to call it as I see it. Cam Newton is the real deal. He is a beast. Last night’s game was sub-par for him and should not be the basis of your opinion of his talent. In fact, while I was watching the game I kept expecting the announcers to report he had the flu or something. He certainly was not Heisman-Cam last night.
Oregon fan here. Disappointing because we lost, but good, fun game, and Auburn won it clean.
Cam Newton’s pro prospects? I want to see more playing time against good defenses. He was confused by Oregon, but was strong enough to overcome it physically. He’ll have to rely on more than his size to pick up a third-and-two in the pros. I could see him doing very well in a spread version of a west-coast offense, but Colin Kaepernick could be had for a lower draft pick.
As a 49er fan, sitting with the #7 pick, I’m more impressed with dirty Nick Fairley. Oh, and I want that Jeff Maehl guy on my team.
Even the announcers in the game didn’t mention anything until later in the game. I saw it from the opening drive. This morning, there was no talk about it during the hour or so that I listened to Mike and Mike. ESPN is so much in bed with the NFL, NCAA and NBA that I believe it has lost much of its journalistic independence and integrity. ESPN seems to ignore obviously poor management by these organizations. That field was a disgrace and ruined what could have been one of the great games in college football history. And no said anything. Similarly, the NFL’s idiotic and arbitrary enforcement of the late hit and helmet-to-helmet hit “rules” are almost completely ignored by ESPN. They’re afraid of retribution by Goodell.
On the opening kickoff, an Auburn player slipped going down field and looked like he pulled his hamstring or groin.
I thought both teams had a big choke going on in the first half at least. It is a huge stage to perform on and neither QB seized the moment.
Don’t underestimate the turf. Players couldn’t make their cuts like they are used to.
It was a terrible decision to re-sod the field 7 days before the big game.
Like the above posters, I don’t understand the lack of commentary on the field. Both teams suffered equally, IMHO. Auburn’s outside sweep game featuring McCalebb was not usable, and Oregon’s option plays had to be changed from attacking the corners, both because of poor footing. Receivers and DB’s from both teams slipped down on numerous occasions.
Is there anybody here familiar with that field? Surely it can’t be that bad for the NFL games, can it?
DtC, think a bit here: Newton would never have been a landslide Heisman winner if last night was typical of his play. It looked like he had a full-blown case of “Heisman jinx”. And still, he rushed for 65 yards and passed for, IIRC, 265 and two TD’s.
Being so “results oriented” you should realize that when Auburn went for the TD and got stopped, they actually wound up with 9 points! (A saftey PLUS a TD after receiving the free kick).
Analyzing a decision like this BEFORE it HAPPENS (as opposed to "Monday Morning QBing), should work as follows:
- if likelihood of succeeding is >50%, then Expected Points Scored is >3.5. Even if a FG is 100% likely (it’s not), you only get 3 points. And That doesn’t factor in the further advantage of having the other team hemmed in at their own One Yard Line even if you do get stopped, which as stated above, was CLEARLY HUGE for Auburn Yesterday.
Clearly, offenses like Auburn’s and Oregon’s felt that the likelihood of success was greater than 50%, and why shouldn’t they? Not only that, neither defense was nearly as good this year as the two offenses. So to me it was a no-brainer for both teams to go for it. If the same decision comes up in Steelers vs. Ravens, I would think going for the TD may not be quite as obviously the right call. I would still do it though. I’d have faith that my offense could get one yard, or that my defense would at least get us the ball back inside the other team’s territory, perhaps just one first down away from getting the three points we passed up.
Oregon just missed an historic opportunity. The last time the Pac-10 (or its predecessors) produced an undisputed national champion not named USC was 1920 (Cal).
Stanford (1926), UCLA (1954) and Washington (1991) all shared in split championships.
Good points on Cammie Newton…the reality of Newtons abilities shown last night…he can only make throws to wide open recievers…he can’t escape pressure…he’s not very quick…he’s easy to tackle…n most importantly he has benefited from a very good O line without which he’d have been nothing more than a first year QB with much to learn
Nick Fairly is a good defensive tackle…however he’s not very bright…he reminds me of Leon Lett of Dallas Cowboys fame…lots of physical ability but nullifies every good play by eventually doing something really stupid…
Espn…they make me sick with this pandering to the S.E.C…funny none of the commentators dared mention the conferences 5-5 bowl game record…the obvious fact that the S.E.C has the worst defenses in the country…lmao that “small undersized” Oregon did a better job at stopping Cam n Auburn than any S.E.C team aside from maybe Alabama who self-destructed in their reg season game rather than actually got beat by Auburn…they shoulda won that game by 30 points
You must be living in some bizarro world. Either that or you only saw him last night.
Newton has a great arm and better than average accuracy. He can improve that with experience.
He may not be “quick” and fast in a dead sprint but he is very elusive and spry. Admittedly, not last night. He’s not at all easy to tackle. Honestly, have you even seen him at all this year before last night?
“first year QB with much to learn.” I agree. He would be well served to hone his skills another year or two. (Personally, I hope he does jump to the NFL b/c I frikken hate Auburn and would love them to drop down a few pegs next year).
The SEC 5-5 bowl record. Yes, that is correct. But 4-1 in the higher tier bowls against top or mid-level competition (BCS Champ–defeat Oregon; Capital One–a total ass-kicking; Gator–another total ass kicking; Outback–two “name” teams having a down year but SEC tallies the win; and Cotton–dominant performance). True, the SEC bottom-feeders went 1-4.
“SEC has the worst defenses in the country.” Now I just know you are making things up.