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TigerEyes1914
09-30-2007, 08:52 PM
Tuberville said TB Tristan Davis is out indefinitely with a broken bone in his right foot. That's the same foot that kept him out of the first four games. He'll undergo surgery tomorrow in Birmingham. Also, DE Quentin Groves dislocated three toes last night. Tuberville said the initial x-ray didn't reveal any damage. Groves is due for a second exam on Monday. Provided that scan doesn't show anything unexpected, Groves' timetable is probably two weeks.

Here are your top defensive producers from the Florida game. Players are given points for doing significant things correctly. They are docked points for missing assignments, missing tackles, penalties or loafing:

FROM UF GAME:
CB Jerraud Powers -- 23
CB Pat Lee -- 23
DE Sen'Derrick Marks -- 17
SS Aairon Savage -- 14
FS Zac Etheridge -- 14
S/LB Eric Brock -- 11
DE Quentin Groves -- 10

SEASON OVERALL:
Powers -- 101
Marks -- 92
LB Chris Evans -- 88
Etheridge -- 86
Lee -- 82
Groves -- 79
DE Antonio Coleman -- 71
DT Pat Sims -- 71

NUMBER OF DOUBLE-DIGIT PRODUCTION GAMES:
Powers, Etheridge, Marks -- 5
Lee, Brock, Coleman -- 4
Savage (missed two games), Groves, Evans, Sims -- 3

Here are your team defensive goals for the AU-Florida game.

Win: YES, 20-17
Allow 13 pts or less: NO, 17
Allow 3.3 yards per carry or less: YES, 3.3
Allow 5.0 yards per pass or less: NO, 7.58
Create at least 3 turnovers: YES, 3
Allow no big plays (defined as 15+ rush or 20+ pass): YES on run (0); NO on pass (3)
Allow no TDs inside "red area": NO, 50%
Force opponent to convert less than 30% on 3rd down: NO, 39%

Also, Florida's YAC (yards after catch) number was 78!!! This stat is one of the most telling about the improvements on defense. YAC for the first three games was aweful!

WDE!!

TigerEyes1914
10-01-2007, 04:51 PM
Auburn's Oct. 13 game at Arkansas has been picked up by ESPN2.

With DE Quentin Groves (toes) out for at least two weeks, a few lower-profile players will be thrust into a more central role. The first is someone you probably know: Antonio Coleman. He was a third-down rusher last season. He has expanded his repertoire this season to include reliable work against the run as well. His production has slipped during the past two weeks, though. Not sure why.

The second guy is freshman Antoine Carter. He took over for Coleman in that third-down role during the season's first month. Now he'll be that third guy (Sen'Derrick Marks and Coleman start) and will get a lot of playing time. Carter is fast and pretty refined when it comes to sliding away from blocks. The problem is that he's 17 years old. He told me Sunday that he's up to 240 pounds or so. Going against 330-pound offensive linemen is going to be a tall order.

Man the diaper dandies keep getting younger and younger!:unsure: