Football Review: Lousiana Monroe
9-5-04
By: Mark

Well, it looks like Auburn has gone back to the tradition of playing terrible teams for their first game of the season, and because the Mississippi School for the Blind refused to play us, we had to settle for Louisiana Monroe.

I don’t want to be too politically correct here, but I don’t think team’s mascots should be the Indians. It makes things awkward for the teams they play. Many Auburn groups and organizations have to make posters saying “Kill the [insert opposing team mascot here]”. Saying “Scalp the Indians” is not very politically correct.

And they can’t change the name to “the kittens” either.

We have every right to be vicious to the mascot’s name before the game, it’s part of the fun of college football, it’s their fault for making us make posters that say that. We don’t have any problems with making posters that say “Gut the Crimson Tide and eat their young”. This just won’t work for Indians.

Ok, now for the in game thoughts. I don’t like the new policy of not letting students come and go out of the student section. How are we expected to sneak our friends into the student section now?

I was happy with the turnout to such a low excitement game, and I was also happy to see how most people stayed until at least the fourth quarter.

I like the Carnell-Heavy offense.

I was kind of scared to see Brandon Cox be so good, I don’t want a quarterback battle. Keep in mind that his touchdown had such incredible blocking, even I could’ve ran in for the touchdown.

While we didn’t completely tear the Indians apart, I think we saw a lot of promise. We actually effectively attacked a few different ways.

I might be wrong, but Ronnie Brown seems to have lost a little speed (maybe it’s because it’s easier to compare him with Caddy, since they’re both on the field now), but he can block like crazy.

Where did these good kickers come from? When was the last time we were able to consistently kick and punt into the end zone?

Good starter game, now bring on LSU in 2 weeks.

War Eagle.

Mark can be contacted at mark@theauburner.com