RickKarle's Blog

As Auburn football fans continue to play Monday Morning Quarterback, head coach Tommy Tuberville has no doubt heard the whispers. You know, whispers that have him disagreeing with offensive coordinator Tony Franklin on which way the Tiger offense should be directed. Now Tubs changes coordinators at about the same pace as Larry King changes wives, but on Tuesday, Tuberville backed his offense and his new OC.

Despite the fact that AU stands 97th in the nation in scoring offense, despite the fact that Chris Todd throws it like Chris Rock and Kodi Burns runs it like George Burns (allright, it's not that bad, but you get my drift).  Tuberville says he's genuinely excited about the future of the spread offense. Tuberville DID admit today that he does not have all the athletes needed to run the spread 100 percent of the time, so today's AU offense is a hybrid between the past and the future. So if you think that Tubs may scrap the spread and go back to power-I offense, forget about it. He has too much invested in smaller, scrappy and lightening fast athletes that can thrive in that offense.

And get this: None other than Nick Saban has added his two cents, saying that he likes the spread offense, but those coaches who run it need a special quarterback like Pat White of West Virginia. Some critics say that Chris Todd has a sore arm and no legs, while Kodi Burns struggles with intermediate pass routes. So then- will Tuberville stay patient until all the ingredients are there to score at will? Yes he will- and he's crossing his blue and orange fingers that his offense starts to click in a hurry!