Crimson Red Sports

Auburn: How is this for a bad week: Face an Arkansas team, at home, with a lame duck interim head coach, that was losers of four straight, who had lost their previous two conference games by a combined 100 points, and you lose 24-7 while playing three different quarterbacks, committing five turnovers, and giving up eight sacks? The path to victory for Auburn involved winning the turnover battle and using their athleticism at defensive end to pummel Tyler Wilson, and they lost decidedly on both fronts. Meanwhile, the offense is as bad as anything Sylvester Croom ever produced. With the loss, Auburn falls to 1-4 and will needs wins over Ole Miss, Vanderbilt, and Texas A&M just to become bowl eligible, while Alabama and Georgia ought to commit crimes against nature on this team in late November. The only question now is just how far this team falls, but if the current quality of play keeps up, five wins may be too tall of an order. Even if only due to the national championship, Chizik will live to fight again in 2013, but you don’t play this poorly in the modern day SEC and not have some heads roll. Staff turnover seems imminent.

LSU: Three straight weeks of bad football and the Bayou Bengals finally ran across someone good enough to make them pay the price. Injuries have become a major issue for this team, but the real problem here is the same it has been for many years: putrid offensive play. Zach Mettenberger has played like a bust, completely lacking in mobility and highly inconsistent under pressure, which is a frequent occurrence given injuries on the offensive line and his inability to move in the pocket.