From: henders@infonode.ingr.com (Greg Henderson)
Subject: Re: Ole Miss Creams Auburn (Dave's Trip To Mississippi)
Organization: Intergraph Corporation, Huntsville, AL.
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 15:02:30 GMT

swanger@ducvax.auburn.edu writes:

>Final score:  Ole Miss 45, Auburn 21.
>Aaaaaaaagggghhhhhh!!!!!!!!!
>Oh the horror.  Oh the humanity.  Oh hell.

Yep, couldn't agree more...

>And I was there.

Not me... Putz that I am I paid 20 bucks to watch it on pay-per-view,
even got the whole nasty thing on tape.. *ack*

>Late in the 2nd quarter, Stan White threw a pass from the Ole Miss 32 into
>the end zone.  Ole Miss intercepted.  Replays later showed that the
>defensive back didn't have control.  Oh well, thats the breaks I guess.  AU
>needed something then.

Yeah, the back bobbled it, but the ref was completely screened from the 
play, so I 'm sure it looked good from where he was.

>AU recovered a fumble at the Ole Miss 16.  This was it.  Auburn was taking
>over.  The Ole Miss team looked shook.  A td would turn the game around. 
>Auburn has more talent, we are supposed to win, out of the way you bums.
>Well, it didn't happen.  Three running plays put the ball on the 5 yd line.
>Stan White steppped back for a pass, was hit from behind, the ball popped
>into the air and Ole Miss linebacker Cassius Ware ran it 91 yds for a td. 
>28-14 Ole Miss.  Talk about pandemonium.  There were only about 40,000

That was the ballgame right there.  If AU had scored they would have taken 
the game, but this completely let the air out of their balloon.  It really
demonstrated just how young the team is (which I did not realize before
the game).  

Not to nitpick, but the hit was put on White right in his face *boom*.  
He turned to his right to throw the ball and got waylaid by the unblocked 
Ole Miss guy.  White went down like a tree and the ball hung in the air
long enough for Ware to grab it and take off.  Oooo, it was painful to watch.

>Before this play, I took it for granted that Auburn was going to win.  At
>this point, I was less positive, but I knew it could happen.  It didn't. 
>Auburn started falling apart at this point.  No blocking for White.  With
>the score 31-14 early in the 4th quarter, White stepped back to pass at the
>Ole Miss 18 and the ball just FELL OUT OF HIS HAND!  AAAAAGGGGHHH!  Ole Miss

This was pitiful!  I looked at the tape again to see what might have caused
this... Nothing!  No real pressure, nothing!  Stan just opened his right
hand and the ball fell out.  One of them days...

Stan has a lot of potential to really be a great quarterback, talent wise, 
but things like this (and not to mention a years worth of INT's in one game)
really make me doubt that he's ever gonna live up to it.

>Some comments:

>Ole Miss deserved to win.  They tried harder.  They had a better plan. 
>Auburn didn't block very well.  Auburn didn't run the ball well (MINUS 16
>yards running).  Ole Miss ran through AU's line far too easily.

Agreed.  Unless AU develops a running game soon, and stiffens up a bit
on the opposing running game, its gonna be a long year on the plains (not
to mention in my house..  ;)

>Next week, Auburn versus Samford.

Geez, I'm even worried about that now...

Well,   WAR EAGLE anyway!

Greg
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