Word out of the greater Auburn Opelika area is that first year offensive coordinator, Tony Franklin has been fired.  Thousands of war tigers, and especially the team punter all let out a contented and much needed sigh of relief.  I mean, come on, this was a bad hire to begin with, seeing as how there were no true players on AU's squad ready to play Franklin's high school offense.  Two months ago Tubbs said he was married to the spread, but The honeymoon is most assuredly over and now Tubbs can't get the lingering images of Stephen Davis, Rudy Johnson, Ronny Brown, Cadillac, and Kenny Irons out of his head.  Auburn has always had that heritage as a power running team, and so I was surprised to hear so many of their fans talk like they would be unstoppable with the new system.  It's remarkable how a loss to Vanderbilt, can suddenly rekindle a fanbases' affinity with an offensive style that has identified AU pretty much from its inception.  But I think this ultimately all rolls down on Tubbs' poor decision making; if you recruit to run the ball, run the ball. Lets just hope they don't get it together by the time we play them.

GO DAWGS!