West Virginia Postgame

As much as I wanted to be, I was not in attendance at the game that took the place of 2001 Florida as some of the worst weather Auburn has ever played in. According to many people, this was the best performance of the Auburn student section ever, as the students stayed in their seats cheering throughout the rain delay.

When the skies finally parted, the West Virginia points quickly started coming as fast as the thunderstorm that had preceded them. Auburn quickly fell behind 14-0, thanks to a couple of big plays from West Virginia QB Jarrett Brown and RB Noel Devine.

At this point, the Auburn team separated itself not only from the 2008 squad, but many before that as well. They quickly battled back, only trailing 21-20 at halftime. A great deal of this comeback was due to the play of two of Auburn's most perilous positions the past few years: quarterback and wide receiver.

Although the defense would prove very opportunistic in the second half, it was the play of QB Chris Todd and WR Darvin Adams that truly saved the day for the Tigers. Combine with those 6 turnovers, and you have the only way in the world Auburn was going to pull that game out.

You may not find a QB-RB combination more talented or more elusive than Jarrett Brown and Noel Devine. They are playmakers in every sense of the word, as Auburn saw in the first half. Still, a relentless and opportunistic defense was too much for them to overcome, even after gaining over 500 yards of total offense.

Certainly Auburn can't continue to play this way and hope to win week in and week out in the SEC. But to get a win as big as that despite the early deficit and haunting memories of last year's game, is immeasurable in its worth for the Tigers.

Next up is Ball State and their 0-3 record. They are so awful I may skip straight to the Tennessee preview coming up. Auburn will win this game, by a lot, and look very good doing it.

Oh and go get your Trooper Towels people, he truly is the man!!

"Sittin’ on G, Waitin’ on O, you know I’m ready to go!"

War Eagle!