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EARLY
BIRD 2006 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PREVIEW
RELEASED
THANKSGIVING 2005
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AUBURN
TIGERS |
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OFFENSE
- 5
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------RETURNING
STARTERS------
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DEFENSE
- 5
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KEY
LOSSES |
OFFENSE:
Jake Slaughter-FB, Ben Obomanu-WR, Devin Aromashodu-WR,
Anthony Mix-WR, Cooper Wallace-TE, Marcus McNeill-OT,
Troy Reddick-OT |
DEFENSE:
T.J.
Jackson-NG, Wayne Dickens-DT, Travis Williams-LB,
Antarrious Williams-LB, David Irons-CB, Stanley
McClover-DE (NFL) |
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Defensive
Back
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The pass coverage
will only get better for the Tigers.
Led by senior Will Herring, this group
has logged some serious playing time.
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Receiver
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The top three pass
catchers are all gone. The void is
filled if Courtney Taylor regains
his usual dominating style after a
2005 injury.
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TB
Kenny Irons
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DE
Stanley McClover
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* DEPTH CHARTS were only designed as a simplistic
gauge for listing players that departed and players that
received the most playing experience (consistent starters).
NationalChamps.net recognizes the importance of missing
personnel data not listed such as redshirts, transfers,
injuries, incoming recruits, back ups and alternates.
Their coverage will begin with our full 2006 Preseason
Preview due out this coming spring. |
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AUBURN
2006 DEPTH CHART
Returning Starters/Key
Players |
OFFENSE |
QB |
Brandon
Cox-Jr |
Blake
Field-So |
FB |
Mike
McLaughlin-So |
.. |
TB |
Kenny
Irons-Sr |
Tre
Smith-Sr |
WR |
Prechae
Rodriguez-Jr |
.. |
WR |
Courtney
Taylor-Sr |
.. |
TE |
Cole
Bennett-Sr |
.. |
OT |
.. |
.. |
OG |
Ben
Grubbs-Sr |
.. |
C |
Joe
Cope-Sr |
.. |
OG |
Tim
Duckworth-Sr |
Jonathan
Palmer-Sr |
OT |
.. |
.. |
K |
John
Vaughn-Sr |
.. |
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DEFENSE |
DE |
Marquies
Gunn-Sr |
Quentin
Groves-Jr |
NG |
Tez
Doolittle-Jr |
.. |
DT |
.. |
.. |
DE |
.. |
Chris
Browder-Sr |
LB |
Karibi
Dede-Sr |
Kevin
Sears-Sr |
LB |
Chris
Evans-So |
.. |
LB |
Merrill
Johnson-So |
.. |
CB |
Montavis
Pitts-Sr |
.. |
CB |
Patrick
Lee-Jr |
Jonathan
Wilhite-Jr |
SS |
Eric
Brock-Jr |
Steve
Gandy-Jr |
FS |
Will
Herring-Sr |
.. |
P |
Kody
Bliss-Sr |
.. |
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QUICK
ANALYSIS
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The
Tigers will return so many elements of their SEC-leading
(total and scoring) offense that they have to
be right around the top of anyone’s West
Division picks. Brandon Cox will again be the
excellent “game manager” he has been
proven to be, balancing the offensive eleven for
200+ in both passing and running. The most wealth
is in the backfield, while new WR starters likely
mean more yards. Replacing both tackles won’t
put UA back one bit with the senior leadership
found inside. Not boasting top conference numbers,
the defense seems to go unsung for some reason.
Foes overlooking the Auburn D will again learn
by the end of 60 minutes how controlling they
really are (just ask South Carolina or Alabama).
The front seven loses faces, but replacements
are at the ready for similar smothering results.
You can probably figure out what losing only one
DB means. Roll this all together with strong punting
(but also with weak PKing) and we get another
great AU team that again flies under many radar.
Tommy Tuberville might be the happiest Tiger since
Georgia Tech is off their slate. Accordingly,
TT’s boys just have to avoid those early
non-con losses and another season like they had
in ’04 could easily be theirs. Ho-hum, another
SEC program in the top 15 somewhere by season’s
end.
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2006
SCHEDULE
9-2
Washington State
9-9 @ Mississippi State
9-16 Temple
9-23 Tulane
9-30 @ South Carolina
10-7 Arkansas
10-14 Florida
10-21 Louisiana State
10-28 @ Mississippi
11-11 Georgia
11-18 @ Alabama
Team TBA
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