Improvements from game 1 to game 2

[BigSexyHog]

Let's see them and how the next few games go.  I was really disappointed in the effort and play in the 2nd half.   Including the coaches.  Well mostly the coaches. We need to start believing we can win and learn how to win.

[Biggus Piggus]

What happened in the second half was

Auburn put their running QB, Nick Marshall, in the game. He executed far better in the running game than passer Jeremy Johnson could. They drove on our defense and scored. The Hogs went three and out. Auburn did the worst possible thing - fumbled on first down at midfield.

Arkansas drove right into scoring position. It came down to third and 4 to go at the Auburn 28. The Hogs had Alex Collins in the game. Collins had been magic. The call was a power sweep to the short side. Auburn overwhelmed the blocking and caught Collins for a big loss. Our coaches were unwilling to go for a 51-yard field goal.

Sam Irwin-Hill punted the Tigers back to their 11. Within a few plays, Auburn had reached midfield. Nick Marshall was swarmed by the aggressive Hogs, taking a loss. A substitution infraction made it third and 15. Tevin Beanum almost got to Marshall, who threw off the mark. Punt. A second stop. Maybe this was going to be a tight one.

On second down and 7, Robinson Therezie came right up the middle untouched and collided with Brandon Allen, who was trying to hurry the throw. A wounded duck came out, and Jermaine Whitehead took it back for a touchdown.

After the pick six, Arkansas was not the same on offense or defense. Allen's rash decision undid a lot of good things that had happened. Late into the third quarter, this was still anyone's ballgame.

Allen overcame a penalty and made a good pass to Cody Hollister for a first down. A screen pass gained nothing, soon leading to third and long. Pass protection was poor, and Allen's throw to Jared Cornelius was under duress and off target. Another punt.

Auburn marched downfield from its own 10 powered solely by the running game. Two pass attempts by Marshall failed, the second being a sack on third down. Auburn settled for a field goal right before play was suspended.

The Hogs, upon their return, opened with a successful screen pass to Korliss Marshall. After QB sneaking to a first down, the last three plays of the possession were passes. One connected, for short yardage. Third down brought a LB blitz sack and a punt. No effort to run with the football, no sustained drive.

Auburn ran the ball eight straight plays, gained 85 yards and a touchdown.

Arkansas threw four passes, one connected for short yardage, and gave up the football on downs. Auburn assumed the victory formation.

[Iwastherein1969]

I lived in Thibodaux, LA for 2 years of my life....Nicholls State was about a mile away from my girlfriend's house and everything about the campus is nothing, or should I say was nothing short of pathetic...we should be able to name the score on these chumps....if we struggle in the least against this crew, it will be a long year....SAU could run these guys out of Mule Rider Stadium

[greasy_corner]

I lived in Thibodaux, LA for 2 years of my life....Nicholls State was about a mile away from my girlfriend's house and everything about the campus is nothing, or should I say was nothing short of pathetic...we should be able to name the score on these chumps....if we struggle in the least against this crew, it will be a long year....SAU could run these guys out of Mule Rider Stadium

I heard of a man that grew up about forty-five minutes southeast of Thibodaux, Louisiana. 

[Biggus Piggus]

I heard of a man that grew up about forty-five minutes southeast of Thibodaux, Louisiana. 

Was he named for a man of the cloth?

[texas tush hog]

What happened in the second half was

Auburn put their running QB, Nick Marshall, in the game. He executed far better in the running game than passer Jeremy Johnson could. They drove on our defense and scored. The Hogs went three and out. Auburn did the worst possible thing - fumbled on first down at midfield.

Arkansas drove right into scoring position. It came down to third and 4 to go at the Auburn 28. The Hogs had Alex Collins in the game. Collins had been magic. The call was a power sweep to the short side. Auburn overwhelmed the blocking and caught Collins for a big loss. Our coaches were unwilling to go for a 51-yard field goal.

Sam Irwin-Hill punted the Tigers back to their 11. Within a few plays, Auburn had reached midfield. Nick Marshall was swarmed by the aggressive Hogs, taking a loss. A substitution infraction made it third and 15. Tevin Beanum almost got to Marshall, who threw off the mark. Punt. A second stop. Maybe this was going to be a tight one.

On second down and 7, Robinson Therezie came right up the middle untouched and collided with Brandon Allen, who was trying to hurry the throw. A wounded duck came out, and Jermaine Whitehead took it back for a touchdown.

After the pick six, Arkansas was not the same on offense or defense. Allen's rash decision undid a lot of good things that had happened. Late into the third quarter, this was still anyone's ballgame.

Allen overcame a penalty and made a good pass to Cody Hollister for a first down. A screen pass gained nothing, soon leading to third and long. Pass protection was poor, and Allen's throw to Jared Cornelius was under duress and off target. Another punt.

Auburn marched downfield from its own 10 powered solely by the running game. Two pass attempts by Marshall failed, the second being a sack on third down. Auburn settled for a field goal right before play was suspended.

The Hogs, upon their return, opened with a successful screen pass to Korliss Marshall. After QB sneaking to a first down, the last three plays of the possession were passes. One connected, for short yardage. Third down brought a LB blitz sack and a punt. No effort to run with the football, no sustained drive.

Auburn ran the ball eight straight plays, gained 85 yards and a touchdown.

Arkansas threw four passes, one connected for short yardage, and gave up the football on downs. Auburn assumed the victory formation.

Biggus, anybody who would argue with your synopsis has apparently never played the game, much less coached it. Great post.

[HiggiePiggy]

Really won't be a lot of improvements to be seen in the next opponent other than can receivers catch a ball.  We won't know if our defense has improved much until the Texas Tech game. 

[Calling All Hogs]

First games of the season are not really good predictors of how a season will go. There is a lot of instability that first game which dramatically improves by even game two. This is why teams historically play rent-a-win teams game one. Truth is that aTm probably isn't a world class beater and South Carolina probably is not doomed to be a bottom feeder this season. Arkansas is probably not as bad as they looked second half and Auburn is not ready to compete in the NFL. Even Vegas can't predict much when it comes to game ones. I went with the odds favorites in the HV Pick Ems and only got 6 games right.

[lefty08]

Really won't be a lot of improvements to be seen in the next opponent other than can receivers catch a ball.  We won't know if our defense has improved much until the Texas Tech game.

Wait a second......if we can point.out negatives as theyre fact against a top 5 offense, then we surely.can find positives against a bad offense. Its only fair right? Either way its too early for freak out mode. Had we played nicholls st first and dominated them, these same.idiots would be saying its just nichols st. Its a pathetic time to be on hogville, and thats saying something

[ShadowTheHedgehog]

I lived in Thibodaux, LA for 2 years of my life....Nicholls State was about a mile away from my girlfriend's house and everything about the campus is nothing, or should I say was nothing short of pathetic...we should be able to name the score on these chumps....if we struggle in the least against this crew, it will be a long year....SAU could run these guys out of Mule Rider Stadium

I think that the only way we don't see a blowout is if we use a lot of the plays to give the new guys some experience, and let them execute in a game situation, in order to re-evaluate where they are at and start to get some of them ready to play along the stretch.

[Quickdraw]

This is a good opportunity for the wide receivers to practice catching the football with their hands and not there bodies. And for our defense "especially" Defensive backs to practice tackling instead of trying to strip the ball.

[hogmolar]

First games of the season are not really good predictors of how a season will go. There is a lot of instability that first game which dramatically improves by even game two. This is why teams historically play rent-a-win teams game one. Truth is that aTm probably isn't a world class beater and South Carolina probably is not doomed to be a bottom feeder this season. Arkansas is probably not as bad as they looked second half and Auburn is not ready to compete in the NFL. Even Vegas can't predict much when it comes to game ones. I went with the odds favorites in the HV Pick Ems and only got 6 games right.

Example Razorbacks 2013

[Wild Bill Hog]

Was he named for a man of the cloth?

I believe so.  His dad had a pretty wife named Hannah.

[Tejano Jawg]

One improvement, for us, from game 1 to game 2—our opponent.

[HiggiePiggy]

Wait a second......if we can point.out negatives as theyre fact against a top 5 offense, then we surely.can find positives against a bad offense. Its only fair right? Either way its too early for freak out mode. Had we played nicholls st first and dominated them, these same.idiots would be saying its just nichols st. Its a pathetic time to be on hogville, and thats saying something

That's the thing. It is just Nichols state.  You can't sit there and say we should see a ton of improvement.   This is a team that sucks.  They were 4-8 in division 2 football last year.   The only thing we will find out about our team is if our receivers can catch a ball.   We won't find out much defensively unless state can throw all over on us.  If that happens then we know that are defense is extremely bad. 

[WayneHawg]

What we need is to win the next three games , next wk should be a given, TT will give some confidence to the team as well as NIU becauce these are not push overs. Now if we lose either it could snowball in the other direction.

[DeltaBoy]

Was he named for a man of the cloth?

Yep he Amos Moses . he could eat up his weight in grocery's.

[PonderinHog]

We've lost 10 in a row - nothing is certain.

We're at an all time low.

The streak ends at 10.

[smb]

I was at the game and this is what i came away with. 1st we are not in the great shape physically as we were led to beleive. Example 1st half yes but 2 yards rushing in second half. We still are not able to tackle very well. Example missed tackle led to touchdown we need to make tackle first. We still make crucial mistakes. Examples Brandon Allen dives 2 yards short for a first down, receiver has sure TD and drops pass, a missed block with an open receiver leads to an interception. But most important to me is when defense gets you a turn over we got to take advantage. I'm sure folks have some more but that is what I observed.

[Biggus Piggus]

I was glad Brandon Allen rolled short of the first down that you're talking about. To get the first down, he would have had to take two big shots. I am glad he did not. Would have been foolish. He went down at the point where they couldn't hit him without drawing a penalty. Auburn's defenders were smartly inside the first down marker.

[RazorWhacker]

Yep he Amos Moses . he could eat up his weight in grocery's.

I think I know him. A gator took his arm off clean up to the elbow.

[razorbackkid]

What happened in the second half was

Auburn put their running QB, Nick Marshall, in the game. He executed far better in the running game than passer Jeremy Johnson could. They drove on our defense and scored. The Hogs went three and out. Auburn did the worst possible thing - fumbled on first down at midfield.

Arkansas drove right into scoring position. It came down to third and 4 to go at the Auburn 28. The Hogs had Alex Collins in the game. Collins had been magic. The call was a power sweep to the short side. Auburn overwhelmed the blocking and caught Collins for a big loss. Our coaches were unwilling to go for a 51-yard field goal.

Sam Irwin-Hill punted the Tigers back to their 11. Within a few plays, Auburn had reached midfield. Nick Marshall was swarmed by the aggressive Hogs, taking a loss. A substitution infraction made it third and 15. Tevin Beanum almost got to Marshall, who threw off the mark. Punt. A second stop. Maybe this was going to be a tight one.

On second down and 7, Robinson Therezie came right up the middle untouched and collided with Brandon Allen, who was trying to hurry the throw. A wounded duck came out, and Jermaine Whitehead took it back for a touchdown.

After the pick six, Arkansas was not the same on offense or defense. Allen's rash decision undid a lot of good things that had happened. Late into the third quarter, this was still anyone's ballgame.

Allen overcame a penalty and made a good pass to Cody Hollister for a first down. A screen pass gained nothing, soon leading to third and long. Pass protection was poor, and Allen's throw to Jared Cornelius was under duress and off target. Another punt.

Auburn marched downfield from its own 10 powered solely by the running game. Two pass attempts by Marshall failed, the second being a sack on third down. Auburn settled for a field goal right before play was suspended.

The Hogs, upon their return, opened with a successful screen pass to Korliss Marshall. After QB sneaking to a first down, the last three plays of the possession were passes. One connected, for short yardage. Third down brought a LB blitz sack and a punt. No effort to run with the football, no sustained drive.

Auburn ran the ball eight straight plays, gained 85 yards and a touchdown.

Arkansas threw four passes, one connected for short yardage, and gave up the football on downs. Auburn assumed the victory formation.

You failed to address the improvement from game 1 to game 2 part of the topic.....

I think we'll see better receiver play.....but, then again, it is Nichols State....so who knows.

[razorbackkid]

The streak ends at 10.