From: swanger@ducvax.auburn.edu
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.college
Subject: Auburn 31 Vandy 7
Date: 4 Oct 92 11:22:08 GMT
Organization: Auburn University, AL

Auburn versus Vandy.  

Auburn 31
Vandy   7

It was a really wet and cold day.  It rained almost the entire game.  The
field was a mess.  This affected both team's performance, but it seemed to
hurt Vandy more as they are primarily a running team, while Auburn has (in
theory at least) a balanced attack.  Auburn pretty much contained Vandy's
I-Bone.  Both teams had problems tractionwise.  Several times some dude
(either team) would run parallel to the line and try to cut upfield.  No
way, his feat would come out from under him.  The game might have been
closer (maybe not) if it had been played on a dry field.

Vandy took the kickoff and fumbled the ball away to Auburn on their first
play from scrimmage.  Stan White threw a TD pass a few plays later.  Auburn
7-0.  Auburn added a fg a few minutes later, AU 10-0.  It was 10-0 for a
while, both teams stumbling around in the bog.  

In the third quarter, AU end (Derrick Dorn?) scored on a long (30-ish yds)
TD run.  I thought he was going to be tackled, but he wouldn't be denied.  

Early in the 4th quarter, Vandy completed a long pass (the guy was wide
open) and scored a td a few plays later.  AU 17-7.  There was about 14
minutes left on the clock then. Vandy kicked an onsides kick and recovered! 
Unfortunately for them, it had only traveled 9 yards.  Auburn looked
completely unprepared for this play.  If Vandy had gotten the ball then,
things might have been different.  They seemed to have a little momentum. 
It was all Auburn after that, Vandy seemed to run out of air.  AU tailback
James Bostic scored on a 49 yd 2nd, 3rd and 4th effort td run.  A little
later, Auburn had the ball again and AU fullback Tony Richardson scored on a
30-40-ish yard td run.  AU 31-7.  The end.

Auburn dominated most of the game.  They looked bigger and faster than
Vandy.  It's funny, Vandy creamed a team, Ole Miss, that creamed Auburn
(Miss 45, Au 21 - Vandy 31, Miss 9).  Rock, scissors, paper I guess.  I wish
we could play Ole Miss again... (then again, maybe I don't!).  Stan White
had a decent day.  He actually looked decisive on a few plays (hey I'm not
used to that).  A few Auburn drives were killed by penalties.  Also, the
Auburn punter (George?) dropped the ball once early in the game and was
tackled on the AU 40 (I know it was probably because the ball was wet). 
Vandy didn't score. Still, it made me a little nervous.  You can't do these
things against the top notch teams and win!

Next week, Auburn travels to Starkvegas, er, I mean Starkville to play the
Mississippi St. Bulldogs (MS is coming off of a HUGE 30-6 win over Florida).
I've been dreading this game for months.  There might be hope though.  MS
lost their awesome starting qb Sleepy Robinson in the FL game (knee injury).
Their 2nd qb, (Plump ?) is questionable, he was injured too.  He was wearing
a neck brace on the sidelines late in the FL game as their THIRD qb, who is
also their punter, actually played a few snaps at qb (he got rid of the ball
FAST on each play.  I don't blame him...)  MS supposedly has some hot-shot
freshman qb from Lagrange Ga who is being red-shirted this fall but might be
un-redshirted for the rest of the season.  Any news on this MS fans??

-- 
David Swanger,   Auburn University, Alabama,   swanger@ducvax.auburn.edu 
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.college