ALERT: Auburn’s Offensive Line Is WORSE THAN EVER | Auburn Football Podcast

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All right, let's get into these comments and then we'll get back into our list here. Starts with Kandlay giving away five Auburn Express TV memberships. Dwayne Dockery says, everyone is saying it's over, no need to watch five and seven. I don't know who everyone is, but okay.

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A lot of people have a sentiment that it's not going to get better this season.

So like saying it's over is one way to say that, I guess, but there is a lot of negative sentiment about, I don't expect anything different for the rest of the season. And there's a lot of the schedule Ike is driving that.

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Like, yeah, I don't know that I agree with it, but again, I've seen teams that looks terrible at one point in the year find a way to get better. It's just a lot to improve. So I mean, I'm not sitting here trying to drive the positivity train for anybody. If that's how you feel, then there's plenty of evidence to support that through five games.

Anthony Long says, question, do we Auburn fans have unrealistic expectations of a program that has been down for six years? I'd ask you what we Auburn fans have as expectations to know whether or not they're unrealistic. I don't feel like I have unrealistic expectations.

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Yeah, it depends. Again, was eight wins unrealist? A lot of people thought that was unrealistic. I did not.

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In me saying Auburn needs to get to eight wins as a program, I didn't say I expected them to win that this year. I just said, that's my bar for whether or not I feel like it was a good season or not.

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Correct. Yes.

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Different thing from saying, but I expect this team to do it.

You just need to go out there. You have to show me something. And if I'm gonna feel good about going into the next season, eight wins was my bar for where that was gonna make me feel better about that.

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Yeah, agreed.

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Darius says, Auburn just needs an identity and build on it. Correct. Something.

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What is the identity offensively? Again, it was supposed to be running the football. Since it is not, what identity are you gonna find between now and the end of the season and the next seven games?

Show us something. Adapt it. It should adapt to the personnel that you have.

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So we'll see what that ends up being.

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Okay, Brandon Carter gifted a Auburn Express TV membership. Thank you so much for that. Anthony Long jumps back in. The offense isn't worse, but the QB play isn't that much better. That's very surprising. Feels like I was sold a really nice car, but I found out very quickly after the purchase that I bought a limit.

Anthony Long jumps back in. O-line play. It seems like the O-line is hurting the run game, but as far as the pass pro, it feels like Byron Brown is holding the ball too long, which results in sacks. Not all of them, but a lot of them.

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There's multiple things going on there. I think it's a combination of him holding on to the ball too long, poor pass protection, no run blocking, lack of balance on offense.

It's why we're here talking with a solemn tone on a bye week, saying, like, oh, it's not only just one thing. It's not just him holding on to the ball too long. It's a lot of things. So, like, when it feels like when it's not one thing, it's the other. When there is good pass protection, he's holding on to the ball too long. Right. Yeah. And it was not the can't do other things right. Like it's.