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    • 10/28/2023 at 10:16 PM #202984
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      bopahull
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      From my perch in the NEZ, It appeared that Barnes was throwing to his right on most of his passes. It seemed like OU had extra coverage to that side and there were several times 1 or 2 receivers were open to the left. Barnes seemed to be passing up early throws when receivers were open. The O line played timid at best. Our D never got pressure on Nix, almost never slowed the run down and the secondary couldn’t cover anybody. I think the whole team was drunk on all the pub they got from beating SC.
      I think they are better than this and hope this wakes them up a little anyway.

    • 10/29/2023 at 8:47 AM #203018
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      Tony (admin)
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      Love Barnes’ grit, but he doesn’t really checkdown. There were many occasions were a receiver was wide open and Barnes never looked that direction. He also never steps up into the pocket and let’s the rush go by him. To his credit, he seems to be learning when to throw it away though.

      • 10/29/2023 at 12:23 PM #203045
        alUmnUs
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        He’s a lot like Bo Nix, when Nix started out at Auburn.

        • 10/29/2023 at 12:36 PM #203051
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          The Miami Ute
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          And you can add Penix and DJU to that comment. There’s a reason why Nix isn’t playing in the SEC and it isn’t because he outgrew the conference.

          • 10/29/2023 at 2:18 PM #203060
            alUmnUs
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            Because Auburn has no patience. Look what that’s doing for them.

            • 10/29/2023 at 2:49 PM #203067
              2008 National Champ
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              He was a starter there for 3 years and never showed anything close to what he’s done at Oregon. Unless you think Harsin was finally going to unlock his potential that he couldn’t their first year together, Nix moving on was the best thing for everyone involved.

            • 10/29/2023 at 4:01 PM #203074
              The Miami Ute
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              Before 2008 jumped in, I was about to say that Nix had 34 starts at Auburn. That’s a huge sample size for a QB playing for any one team in a major conference. If you don’t think so, then I don’t know what to say to convince you.

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