oh what might have been if reality and fantasy weren't mutually exclusive...or if Auburn had an offense like Oklahoma does. reality is for suckers and i've got no time for it right now. it's too depressing.
and so the fantastical world of NCAA 2009 carries on even if the season is already over for my real Auburn Tigers. these video game versions are undefeated with an explosive offense, an unstoppable defense, a Heisman candidate at QB, and a number 2 ranking in the polls. they rolled through the regular season destroying most of their competition and now face off against the top ranked Florida Gators in an SEC title game for the video game ages.
the first order of business for my virtual Tigers will be trying to shutdown Tim Tebow & Percy Harvin who are the two best players on NCAA09 with 99 player ratings each. Harvin is faster than any of my defensive backs and he can score anytime he touches the ball. Tebow is faster on the game than he is in real life and can turn any run into a 20 yard gain if my linebackers aren't ready for it. trying to stop these two is going to be the hardest test my top rated defense has faced all season.
from the get go this game was close. i traded touchdowns back and forth throughout the first half. Kodi Burns opened the game with a 70 yard strike to Mario Fannin. but Florida matched that score with a kick return touchdown from Jeff Demps. i got the running game going on my next drive and Kodi Burns and Ben Tate each rushed for 30+ runs before Tate took it in for a score bringing the lead to 14-7. Florida again countered with a touchdown pass from Tebow to Harvin(surprise) and then we traded another touchdown and field goal bringing the score to a 24-24 tie at the end of the first half. it looked like this might be the hardest challenge i'd faced and my chances at a national title could be in jeopardy....but then the 2nd half started and the Auburn defense showed the Gators no mercy.
it was sack city all second half long as Antonio Coleman single handily crushed Florida's chances with 5 tackles for loss and 3 second half sacks, with the 3rd one knocking Tebow out of the game with a concussion. after that the Gators were forced to bring in backup QB John Brantley and without the threat of a running QB it was pretty much over.
Auburn rolled in the second half and crushed the Gators 52-24 and claiming the SEC title as well as a spot in the BCS title game.
final offensive stats for the game:
Kodi Burns passed for 402 yards and 3 touchdowns and rushed for 57 yards and 1 td.
Ben Tate rushed for 149 yards and 2 tds.
Mario Fannin had 162 yards receiving and 2 touchdowns as well as 62 yards rushing a 1 td.
Rod Smith hauled in 109 yards receiving a 1 td.
Tommy Trott had 4 receptions for 71 yards.
Award winners for my 2008 Auburn Tigers. Kodi Burns stats for the season were 3257 yards passing with 33 tds and 15 ints. his completion percentage was 60%. he lead the team with 1017 yards rushing at 8.8 per attempt and scored an SEC best 16 times on the ground. he was named 1st team SEC and 2nd team All American. he finished 3rd in the Heisman race behind Graham Harrell who lead the nation with 61 touchdowns and Jeremy Maclin who had over 2,000 all purpose yards and 30 touchdowns.
Antonio Coleman was the winner of the Lombardi trophy and broke the NCAA record with 28 sacks for the year. he was 1st team ALL SEC and ALL American.
Wes Byrum was the Groza winner and 1st team SEC and All American.
Robert Dunn was voted returner of the year with 4 punt return tds. he was also 2nd team All American.
John Bosley was the Rimmington winner and an All American.
other All SEC players were Lee Ziemba, Ryan Pugh, Mario Fannin and Tommy Trott for the offense and Sen'Derrick Marks, Zac Etheridge, and Chris Evans for the defense.
up next: The BCS title game vs. USC
who says the spread offense can't work in the SEC.
with results like these, Auburn might wanna go ahead and add me to the list if people they are interviewing.
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