"The Spread is dead, baby. The Spread is dead."

well so much for that. Coach Tubs pulled the plug on the Tony Franklin System just 5 games into it's first season. hopefully this will also mean Chris Todd can take up a nice little seat on the bench and we can get a healthy does of Kodi Burns running around and making plays and Mario Fannin in the newly ripped off War Eagle formation (aka the Wild Cat/ Wild Hawg/ Wild Rebel/ etc....). as an Auburn fan it's kind of disappointing to see the Tigers just completely abandon their new offense this early on, but i mean...the shit wasn't working, and now they'll be running an offense called "Let's score Fucking Points". oh well, my Auburn PUNT FOR VICTORY shirts will just have to wait.

i'll assume from here on out we'll see a healthy dose of the QB under center and the run game taking over as the feature of the offense instead of the wonders of the 4 yard passing route. obviously this gives Auburn a lot better chance of winning games THIS SEASON...but what about the future? i wouldn't at all be surprised if Tony Franklin isn't already looking for work elsewhere since it's pretty obvious the CTT isn't gonna let him have full control of this offense. and what will this mean for Auburn's recruiting class? if The Spread Eagle isn't the future at Auburn then it's likely that Ray Cotton is probably gonna be looking for another school where he can show off his talents. same thing can be said for the smaller quicker wide receivers and running backs that are a large percentage of next year's class. maybe i'm just jumping the gun and expecting the worst...but it seems like a good possibility.