Stream-of-Consciousness Notes
2011 BCS Championship
Third Quarter
By
Pete Fiutak
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Auburn
Wins The National Title
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CFN
Analysis - The Fizzling Oregon O
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CFN
Analysis - The Auburn D On Fire
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CFN
Analysis - The Better Team Won
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CFN
Analysis - The Duck D Did Its Part
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2011
BCS Champ. SOC Notes - Pregame
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2011
BCS Champ. SOC Notes - 1st Quarter
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2011
BCS Champ. SOC Notes - 2nd Quarter
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2011
BCS Champ. SOC Notes - 4th Quarter
- Nice halftime. Welcome to the Tostitos
Exploitation of the Raw Human Emotion of our
Servicemen and Their Families.
- Urban Meyer, I'm begging you ... forget the
coaching thing and become an analyst. He's terrific
at quickly explaining what's happening without dumbing anything down.
- That seemed like a faster halftime than normal. No
Up With Everything halftime show?
Auburn on its own 30
- The Tigers start out allowing Cam
Newton to be Cam Newton and runs it up the gut for
five. That will be there the rest of the night if he
wants it.
- Uh oh. Oregon DE Terrell Turner is down. It looks
like just a cramp, but the Ducks can't afford to
lose 261 pounds off its D line.
- Newton also looks a bit banged up. He dove too
early before the first down and he appears a bit
off.
- Turner is walking off the field.
- 3rd and 1. Again, like at the end of the first
half, Oregon, here's the fastball ...
- And it can't hit it this time. Newton pounds for
the first down.
- It seems like Auburn knows it can throw at any
time and is running now just to soften things up a
bit.
- Getting five yards a crack helps.
- OC Gus Malzahn is doing a killing the Duck defense
by exploiting the matchups. TE Philip Lutzenkirchen
blows past DE Kenny Rowe for a big play.
- Oregon hasn't made a defensive play since the
first quarter ...
- OOOOOH. Cliff Harris gambled and would've had a
pick six. Auburn got lucky on that.
- And then the drive fizzles. NICE stop for Oregon.
The Tigers moved the ball without a problem, but
it's only up eight.
Auburn 19 ... Oregon 11
Oregon on its own 21
- See, look honey. Tostitos are
healthy! The Tostitos ad says so, and if you can't
believe the nice-looking, earthy people of Tostitos
...
- The Auburn defense has to be fully charged again.
- Gus Malzahn is FIRING on Newton. Cam missed
something on his third down throw.
- Basically, the Oregon offense isn't working. It
came up with one big throw, but that was it. Now the
attack needs to come up with something to neutralize
the front four.
- Oregon, that misdirection isn't going to work
against a disciplined team with time to prepare.
- Darron Thomas, time to get vertical. Jeff Mahel,
the second half has to be yours.
- It seems like Oregon is getting under Auburn's
skin. LaMichael James jaws at Nick Fairley, and
Fairley gets nailed with a persona foul call.
- Oregon is trying to move it up the middle, but
that only seems to be to see if something works. The
Auburn defense line is destroying the Oregon
offensive line ...
- But James makes up for it. He slips through three
tackles for a first down, and now the Oregon offense
is working.
- Fairley and James are JACKED. James makes a play,
and then Fairley destroys center Jordan Holmes to
sack Thomas and force a fumble.
- HOLDING!!! There were at least three Duck holding
calls that could've been flagged on a Thomas
scramble. Antonio Carter got tackled.
- 2nd and 16, and Oregon is trying to
- No, Oregon fans, you can't boo Josh Bynes getting
hurt. He's walking off the field; he's not trying to
stall.
- 3rd and 11. Maehl, it's time to make a play.
- He catches it, slips, and the Auburn defensive
front gets all over Thomas. This might be four down
territory.
- Nope ... punt. Jackson Rice puts it in the end
zone.
- 7:48 in the third quarter and Oregon, basically,
has come up with one big play.
Auburn on its own 20
- A brand new field was brought in for
this game, and it needs more wearing in.
- Nice job addressing this, Tom Rinaldi.
- Again, five yards, five yards, five yards. ...
- Until now. Dion Jordan says enough of that. He
flies into the backfield and he eats up Newton.
- That might be Oregon's biggest defensive play of
the night ...
- Newton had a wide open Darvin Adams and overshot
him. If Newton puts ANY air under it, it's a home
run and the national title.
- Auburn, KICK IT OUT OF BOUNDS. Don't give Cliff
Harris a chance.
- Terrific kick by Ryan Shoemaker. Harris never had
a play.
Oregon on its own 24
- Alright, Oregon, it's not working.
Time to go with what got you here. Run it up tempo,
try going wide, and try gassing the Auburn defensive
front a bit. The drive won't go anywhere, it might
be a body blow to the Auburn defensive front that
might come back to help in the fourth quarter.
- And there goes James on the outside for a huge
gain. Time to go with the Heisman finalist.
- But here's the problem. Again, Oregon's up tempo
attack is great, but if it doesn't hit on 3rd and 6,
the offense is off the field in a heartbeat.
- Okay, so the Auburn line didn't exactly get tired.
- Auburn sort of had the fake sniffed out and the
fake punt still works.
- That's fine, but the offense still has to ...
- OHHHH. Lavasier Tuinei makes a marvelous grab to
get down to the three. Thomas connects on a terrific
throw.
- This drives me nuts ... THROW A PASS INTO THE END
ZONE. Kenjon Barner gets swallowed up.
- Chip, Oregon. THROW ... A ... PASS ... INTO ...
THE ... END ... ZONE. You can't run it this close to
the goal line on this D.
- Down to the one. Nick Fairley makes a brilliant
effort play to stop the touchdown on the one.
- A goal line stand for the ages. Four plays
starting from the two and the soft attack didn't try
one throw into the end zone.
- I know, I know, I'm questioning the best offense
in America, but that's ego run amok with four poor
play calls.
- Oregon fans, when I call your attack finesse, this
is what I mean.
Auburn on its own 1
- Cam for three. He just can't get
free in the open with just 14 rushing yards.
- Good read to Phillip Lutzinkirchen for a first
down. Newton isn't getting breathed on.
- Now is when Auburn is going Wisconsin and pounding
on the smallish Oregon defensive front.
- Big break ... holding on Lee Ziemba. He didn't
need to with the way Newton got free. 2nd and
13 from the ten ... that was a killer.
- Oregon, you have to take a few chances. Newton got
all day and he decided to take off for an easy,
easy first down dash.
- Auburn is going to get through the third quarter
holding Oregon to 11 points.
- How's that over looking?
Third Quarter Score: Auburn 19 ... Oregon 11
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Auburn
Wins The National Title
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CFN
Analysis - The Fizzling Oregon O
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CFN
Analysis - The Auburn D On Fire
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CFN
Analysis - The Better Team Won
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CFN
Analysis - The Duck D Did Its Part
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2011
BCS Champ. SOC Notes - Pregame
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2011
BCS Champ. SOC Notes - 1st Quarter
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2011
BCS Champ. SOC Notes - 2nd Quarter
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2011
BCS Champ. SOC Notes - 4th Quarter