SUICIDE WATCH WEEK 1

It's almost here. 2 Days and the misery/joy will flow. FINALLY my weekends will have some meaning again. over the next several months i will punish both my liver and my will to live by enduring false hopes followed up by painful losses, as my Auburn Tigers play their way through the 2007 season. going into last year i had visions of a BCS Championship dancing in my head....this year i'm more realistic. 10-3 will be okay with me, anything less than that though and i may spend alot more time drinking and thinking of what would be the most painful way i could off myself and make all the hurting stop. The Struggle is what college football is all about (unless you root for USC and then all i can say is go fuck yourself you greedy blue chip hoarding bastards). regardless each week of the season i will highlight Auburn's upcoming opponent and what chance they have at ruining the year for me...we are now officially on SUICIDE WATCH.


our opponent for week 1 is definitely a great candidate to blow this whole thing up in our faces from the get go. Kansas State is a Big 12 team who knocked off Texas last year and made it to a bowl game, not exactly the kinda team you wanna kick off your 2007 campaign with at home. They return a very talented QB in Josh Freeman (who has the size and talent to be the next JaMarcus Russell)and also have a great defender in DE/LB Ian Campbell who came out of nowhere last year to become a sack machine. with Auburn replacing so many linemen that could turn into a problem...and honestly the last thing we need is for our QB Brandon Cox to get hurt from a big hit and then have to play through another season with a crippled leg.

This matchup reminds me alot of the 2005 season opener with Georgia Tech where the Tigers were coming off their undefeated season and ended up losing to a team they were far more talented than just because they weren't yet settled at key positions like runningback and linebacker....which is basically the exact same set up we have this year, only you can add wide receiver and offensive line to that equation. so yeah, if Auburn can't establish the running game and instead Cox tries to force some throws to his new receivers i could see a scenario where a turnover or two could put the Tigers in a hole, and despite the comeback against Florida, they are never great when playing from behind. all of that said i am not THAT worried about K State. they have a young QB and not a ton of talent across the board and no real run threat. The Tigers defence is loaded with talent and more than likely this game will be a 17-3, get a few early scores and shut down K-State sort of affair.

Potential for tragedy. i score this one a 4 (only because the new skills players for Auburn are an x-factor and x-factors scare me).

Method of suicide, sticking head in the oven.