Recent content by Eielson

Yeah, I'm not sold at all on him as a Heisman or first round pick candidate. But all the guys I thought were first rounders coming into this season have not been impressive thus far.

Auburn isn't better than Michigan. I'm not saying we'll contend for a title, but this team took the fight to Michigan in a way that even most of our playoffs team wouldn't have. Toughest won't be the issue this year and wasn't last year, either.

Not every pick will hit. The overwhelming majority of decisions this offseason were positive. Why we complaining? I'm completely lost as to why you think this team is soft. This looks to be the toughest team we've had in nearly 20 years...our RB3 doesn't change that.

Blaylock averaged 2.7 YPC against the only non-awful team we played, so it's right in line with what you mentioned. I thought the blocking was better today, but nobody looks to run for many yards this year in the SEC unless major changes happen. I want Blaylock to be the guy, and he's the most...

He played in 7 games last year, with 3 starts. That's never a waste for a true freshman at Oklahoma. The Auburn highlights alone would have assured him a solid landing spot in the portal had he chosen that route. Assuming he plays against Kent State, if he were to burn his redshirt, that...

To be clear, I'm very disappointed in Barnes. I just can see why he gets reps. I don't ser Blaylock going 14 for 100 yards against very many SEC defenses unless this OL makes dramatic strides.

A real team? Michigan is the only real team we've played. Blaylock looked exponentially better than Barnes against Illinois State and Temple, but we aren't playing teams of that caliber. Some dudes feast against inferior athletes but struggle against SEC defenders. I want to see it, and I...

Who feels optimistic about the run game? Saying Barnes was our best against Michigan is not the same thing as being optimistic.

Again...if he plays 5 games at OU this year, it's not a waste. He got experience and that will excite many teams that he may choose to transfer to. If he gets 5 games in the regular season again due to Mateer injury, it's definitely not wasted, especially with this defense to support him.

Oh he drives me nuts...feels like Marcus Major 2.0 at times. But he's our best pass blocker. Almost feels like he'll run for 4 yards whether we're playing a top 10 or bottom 10 DL, whereas Blaylock makes inferior opponents pay. But we won't have many of those starting next week.

I was as negative as anybody about Barnes in the opener, but he was unquestionably our best RB against Michigan. Weird to see all the complaints.

You do everything you can to get him meaningful reps in case of injury, and if you have to play him 3 more games prior to the postseason, you burn that redshirt without hesitation. He has at least 2 more years of eligibility even if you burn it, and there's zero chance he stays here 5 years.

I suspect retaining BB will be what costs BV his job this year.

Barnes should pack his bags and enter the portal. Blaylock was exponentially better. Excited to see what Ott can do if he's truly better. OL was incredibly disappointing. Mateer was disappointing to me, but maybe Arbuckle can scheme him to be one of those college standouts that has no NFL...

Multiple 1st round picks were discussed.