I bet he's done for the year

posted on Auburn rivals yesterday:
“We’re told injury is to his thumb and hand, not shoulder.

He is having surgery to repair it.

Has a chance to be back by season’s end, but it’s going to be a while ...”

There were several changes: https://arkansas.rivals.com/news/hogs-release-week-3-depth-chart-for-auburn

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Amazing what a win can do for you... https://arkansas.rivals.com/news/update-espn-fpi-projects-arkansas-remaining-8-games-in-2020

What will be your perception of the team, with the following situations with Auburn:

Lose by 3+ scores

Lose in a close one

Win by any amount

Will we come back down from cloud nine if a "down" Auburn comes in and kicks our teeth in? Will we change the narrative and say that Gus and Auburn are actually really good?

Will we add a tally in the close loss (basically a win) column and take that as momentum?

Will we go on to win a national title after back to back road wins vs top 25 teams?

Supposed to be close by afternoon Saturday. Hope it dont screw things up.

The run game numbers for Arkansas - and Auburn, for that matter - through two games are not pretty... https://arkansas.rivals.com/news/hogs-hope-to-jump-start-run-game-at-auburn

Two data points for my graphs now! Check them out: https://arkansas.rivals.com/news/look-comparing-2019-vs-2020-through-week-2

I. HATE. ALL-BARN.

Let's make fun of their goofy looking dudes before we go beat the brakes off the Gus Bus this weekend. Here's the AU roster.

@HogPocket9455 @jegreenwood @Mhhoover92 @Ferris Buller @fisherhog @SouthTulsaHog @mikedamone @BallHog94

It's not often that I'm surprised by this breakdown...but this is one of those times: https://arkansas.rivals.com/news/arkansas-auburn-star-power-pff-grades-stat-comparison-1

Extensive rundown of the true freshmen who have played so far + how they did vs. Mississippi State... https://arkansas.rivals.com/news/2020-arkansas-freshman-report-week-2

The first ~10 minutes is Pittman, followed by ~5 minutes of Malzahn (in which he talks about Chad and facing Arkansas)
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I’ll say Auburn -13.5

Ok here is my gut feeling and you can run with it haha. I think Gus is done at Auburn, but he quits he gets no money and his buyout is Amazing. So he hires Chad knowing how terrible Chad is at coaching and game planning so that will be the last staw so they will get rid of him and he gets paid to take a year off doing ESPN.

I have felt Guz really dislikes the Booster and Fan base because they are never happy with anything any coach does there.

According to the Auburn site their starting MLB is reportedly out with a shoulder injury. Hate the injury but good for us.

Quotes:
** Huge win for Arkansas on the road. Barry Odom a very good DC. Forced a bunch of turnovers. QB can make plays with his legs.

** Hopeful to have all hands on deck this week including LB K.J. Britt and WR Seth Williams (asked about those two).

** Malzahn mentions again that UGA made them one-dimensional on offense and they've got to be more balanced and better running the football.

** Pleased with coverage units overall. Both punters have had some good kicks.

** Arkansas did a very good job defending UGA in Week 1 and then MSU the next game. Will need to execute well to beat them. Need to be real physical.

** No hints on the OL going into the Arkansas game other than they're going to settle into a five and there's still competition. Said Bicknell and Morris will have a plan.

** Had another good round of COVID tests Sunday.

** Not sure how much Coach Morris' familiarity with Arkansas will help this week. "They're doing different things now."

** Arkansas QB Franks looks confident, veteran guy, players confident around him.

** Malzahn clarifies no new positive COVID tests.

** On potential hurricane: Preparing that it's going to be wet and rainy.

** Going to practice this week with the mindset they can improve. Goal is to get better each week. Have potential to do that and believe we will.

** Tank Bigsby played hard and with passion. Could of done some things better but the way he played was what you look for as a coach.

** Zierer and Coffey are coming along. Got some extra reps Sunday. Developing more depth. Will definitely help in the future. Zierer is not quite back to full speed. Seeing improvement in knee each week.

** Didn't have all five guys together on the OL during any week of fall camp. They will improve.

** Big Kat Bryant practiced Sunday and looked fine. Big factor in our pass rush and that's an area we'll work hard on.

** Nehemiah Pritchett did some good things coverage-wide and competed. Good experience.

I said last week that the Hogs would win, they did just that, from all the indications I've looked at. if the game is played on skill to skill then the Hogs will be the victor when the final whistle blows...

I’d love to see a heavy dose of smith and Johnson! Thunder and lightning!