Stat spew

As far as I can tell from my travels, my stringers’ travels and the information kindly coaches sent in, this is all you should ever need to know about Week 1 of the prep football season:

Team

Scoring Pts. Per Game
Ballard 101 50.5
Central 49 49.0
Smiths Station 48 48.0
Tallassee 42 42.0
BTW 38 38.0
Lanett 35 35.0
Loachapoka 35 35.0
Auburn High 28 28.0
Opelika 28 28.0
Beauregard 28 28.0
Springwood 55 27.5
Chambers 55 27.5
Dadeville 24 24.0
Reeltown 21 21.0
Beulah 20 20.0
Lee-Scott 10 10.0
Glenwood 18 9.0
Valley 7 7.0
LaFayette 6 6.0
Notasulga 0 0.0

Scoring Defense Pts. Allowed Per Game
Opelika 0 0.0
Central 0 0.0
Smiths Station 0 0.0
BTW 0 0.0
Beauregard 6 6.0
Loachapoka 6 6.0
Auburn High 7 7.0
Tallassee 7 7.0
Lee-Scott 17 17.0
Glenwood 35 17.5
Lanett 20 20.0
Springwood 41 20.5
Dadeville 21 21.0
Ballard 44 22.0
Reeltown 24 24.0
Valley 28 28.0
Chambers 60 30.0
LaFayette 35 35.0
Beulah 35 35.0
Notasulga 38 38.0

Total Offense Rush Pass Total Per Game
Ballard 723 96 819 409.5
Central — — 393 393.0
Springwood 482 269 751 375.5
Smiths Station 275 66 341 341.0
Opelika 218 101 319 319.0
Auburn High 237 48 285 285.0
Beauregard 183 59 262 262.0
Dadeville 120 125 245 245.0
Reeltown 227 0 227 227.0
Valley 124 31 155 155.0  

Total Defense Rush Pass Total Per Game
Opelika 19 36 55 55.0
Central — — 98 98.0
Smiths Station 64 81 127 127.0
Auburn High 124 31 155 155.0
Dadeville 227 0 227 227.0
Springwood — — 468 234.0
Reeltown 120 125 245 245.0
Valley 237 48 285 285.0

Individual

Rushing Att. Yds. Avg. TD Per Game
Jacob Hall (BALL) 18 260 14.4 3 260.0
Mike Smith (TALL) 18 226 12.6 2 226.0
Brandon Ashford (CA) 44 338 7.7 3 169.0
Aspen Peterson (LAN) 23 166 7.2 2 166.0
Corey Grant (OPE) 24 160 6.7 3 160.0
Augustus Brooks (AHS) 19 154 8.1 2 154.0
Quan Williams (TALL) 17 140 8.2 — 140.0
Jordan Wimberly (BEU) 21 126 6.0 2 126.0
Kris James (BGD) 22 126 5.7 1 126.0
Deon Hill (CPC) 16 123 7.7 2 123.0
Jud Butler (BALL) 39 244 6.2 5 122.0
Lorenzo Betties (SS) 8 109 13.5 3 109.0
Willie McKenzie (REEL) 16 109 6.8 2 109.0
Trevor McCullough (SW) 21 212 10.1 4 106.0
Cory North (LOA) 9 100 11.1 1 100.0
Samuel Gulatte (BALL) 26 193 7.4 2 96.5
Chris Ashford (CA) 32 192 6.0 3 96.0
Keon Brown (SW) 22 171 7.8 3 85.5
Marcus Bilbrew (SS) 12 77 6.4 2 77.0
Richard Hopkins (VAL) 13 76 5.8 1 76.0

Receiving Rec. Yds. Avg. TD Per Game
Latravious Brewer (LAF) 7 81 11.6 0 81.0
Rod Austin (SS) 4 58 14.5 0 58.0
Deonte Swinton (CPC) 2 50 25.0 2 50.0
Gregory Moss (LOA) 1 48 48.0 1 48.0
Clint Westbrook (DAD) 3 48 16.0 1 48.0
Shaquille Williams (BGD) 2 43 21.5 1 43.0
Mick Burdette (SW) 2 81 40.5 1 40.5
Kent Heard (OPE) 2 37 18.5 1 37.0
Andrew Padgett (DADE) 1 37 37.0 0 37.0
Monte Booker (SW) 5 70 14.0 0 35.0
Chase Silvani (GW) 4 63 15.8 1 31.5
Tyler Agee (OPE) 2 28 14.0 0 28.0
Chase Higgins (BALL) 3 47 15.6 2 23.5
Wesley Willis (SW) 1 44 44.0 0 22.0
Chris Waldrep (DADE) 1 21 21.0 0 21.0
A.J. Harris (AHS) 2 19 9.5 2 19.0

Passing Comp.-Att. Pct. Yds. TD INT Per Game
Darren Daniel (CPC) 11-16 69 158 2 0 158.0
Trevor McCullough (SW) 13-23 57 269 1 0 134.5
Patrick Moore (LOA) 8-16 50 128 2 0 128.0
Kyle Caldwell (DADE) 9-17 53 125 1 1 125.0
Qua Boyd (LAF) 9-22 41 98 0 3 98.0
Braden Rogers (OPE) 8-13 62 72 0 0 72.0
Michael Nolin (SS) 5-9 57 66 0 0 66.0
Will Allison (GW) 9-14 64 125 2 0 62.5
Charles Floyd (BGD) 4-9 44 59 1 0 59.0
Calvin Jenkins (AHS) 5-11 46 48 2 0 48.0
Jud Scott (BALL) 6-14 43 90 2 0 45.0
Ty Still (VAL) 3-7 43 31 0 1 31.0

Tackles Total Per Game
Charlie Groover (SW) 26 13.0
T.C. Robinson (TALL) 13 13.0
T.J. Turkington (BALL) 24 12.0
Tariz Walker (DADE) 11 11.0
Antonio Abner (OHS) 10 10.0
Von Gibson (BGD) 10 10.0
Wesley Willis (SW) 19 9.5
Nathan Edwards (BGD) 9 9.0
Matthew Miller (SW) 17 8.5
Taylor Coleman (SW) 17 8.5
John Carter Norman (SW) 17 8.5
Daniel Lane (SW) 17 8.5
Travis Moore (BTW) 8 8.0
Reggie Hutchins (DADE) 8 8.0
Shaquille Roberson (REEL) 8 8.0
Nelson Robinson (REEL) 8 8.0

Kick Returns No. Yds. Avg. TD
Jud Butler (BALL) 3 143 47.6 1
Willie McKenzie (REEL) 2 68 34.0 0
Jake Westbrook (DADE) 1 29 29.0 0
Kris James (BGD) 1 27 27.0 0
Enrique Florence (VAL) 1 25 25.0 0
Keon Brown (SW) 1 20 20.0 0

Punt Returns No. Yds. Avg. TD
Shaquille Williams (BGD) 1 51 51.0 0
Mike Smith (TALL) 1 50 50.0 1
Pee Wee Cobb (AHS) 1 33 33.0 0
Colton Sturkie (BALL) 1 32 32.0 0
Jacob Hall (BALL) 2 43 21.5 0
Corey Grant (OHS) 3 43 14.3 0
Monte Booker (SW) 2 21 10.5 0

Kicking FG-FGA Long XP-XPA Pts.
Nolan Carrero (SS) 0-0 — 6-6 6
Kyle Caldwell (DADE) 1-1 41 3-3 6
Josue Aldana (LAN) 0-0 — 5-5 5
Mason Wachter (AHS) 0-0 — 4-4 4
Jud Butler (BALL) 0-1 — 4-5 4
Andrew Flournoy (BGD) 0-0 — 3-3 3
Nic Chaffin (REEL) 0-0 — 3-3 3
Taylor Daniel (OPE) 0-0 — 2-4 2
Jared Danford (VAL) 0-0 — 1-1 1

Punting No. Yds. Avg. Long
Trey McKeithen (REEL) 2 91 45.5 50
Taylor Daniel (OPE) 3 127 42.3 47
Will Allison (GW) 8 290 36.2 51
Kyle Caldwell (DADE) 6 214 35.7 50
Nathan Edwards (BGD) 6 213 35.5 47
Mitchell Jennings (SW) 4 118 29.5 38
Will Campbell (AHS) 3 88 29.3 30
Nolan Carrero (SS) 1 27 27.0 27
Jacob Hall (BALL) 2 47 23.5 24
Daniel Jones (VAL) 6 125 20.8 34

Sacks: T.J. Turkington (BALL) 3; Daniel Lane (BALL) 3; Morgan Bryce (BALL) 3; Jamarlo Alford (OPE) 2; Russell Woodham (SW) 2; Charlie Groover (SW) 2; Drew Ferguson (SW) 2; Wesley Willis (SW) 2; Cameron Johnson (BALL) 2; Garrett Nixon (BGD) 1.5; Julian Holloway (AHS) 1; Cornelius Andrews (AHS) 1; Jacoby Thomas (SS) 1; Charles Turner (BGD) 1; Travis Moore (BTW) 1; James Williams (BTW) 1; DeShawn Redden (DADE) 1; Kenneth Benson (REEL) 1; John Carter Norman (SW) 1; Landon Whaley (CA) 1; Candreyas Williams (BGD) 0.5

Interceptions: Quindravius Richardson (LOA) 2; Rodney Robinson (AHS) 1; Jordan Jackson (BGD) 1; Joshua Crayton (DADE) 1; Justin Harper (BEU) 1; Antavious Bussey (LAN) 1; Dara Riley (REEL) 1; Samuel Gulatte (BALL) 1; Will Cahill (BALL) 1

Sorry about the formatting, but I don’t feel like trying to figure out how to make it look pretty.

The Auburn men have a basketball schedule

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And here it is…

Nov. 6:  Miles College (exh.), 7 pm
Nov. 13: (1) Niagara, 8:30 pm
Nov. 16: at Missouri State, 7:05 pm
Nov. 20: (2) Central Florida, 5 pm
Nov. 21: (2) IUPUI, 5 pm
Nov. 22: (2) North Carolina State, 7:15 pm
Nov. 25: High Point, 6 pm
Dec. 1: (3) at Alabama A&M, TBA
Dec. 4: Troy, 7 pm
Dec. 7: Virginia, 7 pm
Dec. 17: at Florida State, TBA
Dec. 20: Sam Houston State, 1 pm
Dec. 22: Alabama State, 7 pm
Dec. 29: Charleston Southern, 7 pm
Jan. 2: Georgia Southern, 1 pm
Jan. 5: West Georgia, 7 pm
Jan. 9: South Carolina (SEC Net), 12:30 pm
Jan. 14: at Tennessee (ESPN/2, ESPN360), 6 pm
Jan. 16: Kentucky (SEC Net), 3 pm
Jan. 20: at LSU (SEC Net), 7 pm
Jan. 23: at Vanderbilt (SEC Net), 12:30 pm
Jan. 28: Ole Miss (ESPNU), 6 pm
Jan. 30: Alabama (SEC Net), 3 pm
Feb. 6: at Arkansas (SEC Net), 12:30 pm
Feb. 10: Georgia (CSS), 8 pm
Feb. 13: at Mississippi State (FSN), 6 pm
Feb. 18: at Florida (ESPN/2, ESPN360), 6 pm
Feb. 20: Arkansas (FSN), 6 pm
Feb. 24: at Ole Miss (SEC Net), 7 pm
Feb. 27: LSU (FSN), 6 pm
Mar. 3: Mississippi State (SEC Net), 7 pm
Mar. 6: at Alabama (SEC Net), 12:30 pm
Mar. 11-14: (4) SEC Tournament (SEC Net/ABC), TBA

(1) Glenn Wilkes Classic (Auburn, AL)
(2) Glenn Wilkes Classic (Dayton Beach, FL)
(3) Huntsville, AL (Von Braun Center)
(4) Nashville, TN (Sommet Center)
* All Times Central

RB Smith counters with harassment charges against alleged victim

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Auburn University running back Eric Smith has filed charges of harassment against the Auburn student he allegedly assaulted outside a local hotel, the Opelika-Auburn News has learned.

Arrangements have been made for Decari Jenkins to surrender to Auburn police in the wake of Smith’s charges, assistant police chief Tommy Dawson said. Jenkins will be processed just like Smith was early last week, when he turned himself in two days after Jenkins accused him of 3rd-degree assault.

“Now it’s going to be for the court to decide,“ Dawson said.

Smith is due in court Nov. 5, where he could face up to a year in jail and no more than a $6,000 fine if convicted of the Class A misdemeanor. Dawson said another court date will be set for the allegations against Jenkins, but the two cases could very well be settled at the same time.

Smith’s allegations are not as severe as Jenkins’.

Harassment is considered a Class C misdemeanor and is punishable of not more than three months in prison, according to Alabama Code.

According to Section 13A-11-8 of Alabama’s code of law, the crime applies if a person “strikes, shoves, kicks, or otherwise touches a person or subjects him or her to physical contact; uses abusive or obscene language or makes an obscene gesture towards another person. Harassment shall include a threat, verbal or non-verbal, made with the intent to carry out the threat that would cause a reasonable person who is the target of the threat to fear for his or her safety,“ the law states.

After arriving at the Lexington Hotel in response to a call about a fight, police officers witnessed Smith, 19, strike Jenkins in the back of the head, which knocked Jenkins unconscious, according to a complete report obtained by the Opelika-Auburn News. Smith was arrested for disorderly conduct at 1:42 a.m., Aug. 21, and transported to the Lee County Detention Center. He was sober and did not resist arrest.

Jenkins was taken by ambulance to East Alabama Medical Center, where he was treated for his injuries. Jenkins suffered a cut and “severe swelling around his eye,” according to the report.

A warrant was issued for Smith’s arrest later that afternoon after Jenkins filed a report alleging that Smith assaulted him. 

Smith told officers at the scene that Jenkins punched him in the nose earlier in the night, according to the report. Smith “did appear to have blood coming from his nose at the time of the incident,” the police report says.

In the new report, Smith is alleging that he was harassed sometime between 1:15 a.m. and 1:30 a.m. Smith, who was also treated for injuries, did not know Jenkins, according to the report.

Smith, a bulky sophomore tailback who ran for 83 yards in 2008, has not been with the team since the incident. Auburn coach Gene Chizik has refused to offer any timeline for a potential return.

‘Somewhere in the darkness, The Gambler, he broke even’

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We here at The AUBlog aren’t allowed to gamble on college football because of a thing called “ethics.“ It pains us so, because we sure do love the action.

There is nothing against encouraging the masses to throw a little money down, though.

This weekend, your Auburn Tigers are anywhere from 13-14 point favorites over Louisiana Tech, depending where you look. For those in the know, this should entice some action.

We’re not saying Auburn is going to lose this game. When we make our pick for Saturday’s tailgater, we’re going with (spoiler alert) Gene Chizik snapping his 10-game losing streak and earning his first-ever victory in the orange and blue. But do we think the Tigers are going to cruise? Not exactly. Auburn certainly has the talent edge, but Louisiana Tech is coming off a strong, 6-6 season and has beaten an SEC team on the road before. OK, so it was Mississippi State, but that’s still something, especially from a team that was still in the rebuilding process. Also, we’ve heard a lot about this Gus Malzahn offense (look for more in Wednesday’s Opelika-Auburn News) but this will be its first test. And we also remember the Tony Franklin offense.

A few more facts: Auburn went just 2-9 against the spread last season, good for last among SEC teams. Since 1992, the Tigers are 23-22 when picked as a favorite of 10.5 to 21 points, according to theSpread.com. Overall, Auburn is 57-63 against the spread since 1992.

More pertinently, the Tigers are 2-2 against the spread in games with Louisiana Tech since 1992.

ALSO…We recently visited Sin City and saw that the over/under for Auburn wins this season is 7.5. That struck as a bit surprising, but then we saw the payouts. If you pick under, it’s (-250) and if you go with the over, it’s (+180). For those smart enough not to be addicted to gambling, that means Vegas is making it much more enticing to bet the over because eight or more wins would be viewed as a major success and, to some, a major surprise. Basically, the ratios work out that if you bet the under, you have to pay $250 to win $100. For the over, if you bet $100, you win $180.

Excuse us for a second while we go play some online poker.

Tomorrow’s Notes Today—the “five days to freedom” edition

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The Tigers don’t have one of those things in their locker room, but they might as well.

Players who entered and exited the Rane Room on Sunday were noticeably upbeat. They gave great answers, smiled for the cameras and joked around a bunch.

They say it’s because Saturday’s game is only five days away. We think it was because they only have to deal with us media types one more time this week.

Good night.

Tigers excited that season opener only around the corner
Throughout Sunday’s practice and even when he debriefed the team at the end, Gene Chizik wasn’t ready to admit that the Tigers were noticeably upbeat simply because “game week” had commenced.

“He said maybe the weather helped a little bit,” tight end Tommy Trott said.

Afterward, though, Chizik was more than able to divulge the obvious truth.

“The guys had a little bit more of a bounce in their step as you would imagine,” Chizik said. “It was a good day but the thing that stood out most was I thought they had a lot of energy.”

After nine months of turnover, workouts and uncertainty, the ticker on the top of the wall in Auburn’s locker room showed that the Tigers have just five more days to prepare for Saturday’s season opener against Louisiana Tech.

It’s been a long time coming.

“Just looking at that, it’s real close,” Trott said. “It’s a lot different than the summer when the thing says 160-some days. So it’s right around the corner.”

The Tigers will treat this week like the rest to come, practicing Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday with an off-day today and walk-throughs on Friday. Friday night will be spent out of town, so the team can “get away from all the distractions,” Chizik said.

Because Auburn has had almost a month to prepare for the Bulldogs, though, there will be a few quirks unique to this week only.

“It is a little bit different, because we’ve been able to piecemeal some Louisiana Tech time before today, which we pretty much fully devoted to them,” Chizik said. “So we don’t feel like all of the practice we’ve had, we don’t feel like we’re in a real game-week scenario yet, so we’ll try to taper off and get our legs back under us yet before Friday.”

Fannin gets another new role
Chizik said to expect an official depth chart in the coming days, but Mario Fannin eliminated one of the spots of intrigue Sunday.

Fannin said he will be returning punts Saturday.

“It’s going to be fun,” Fannin said. “I think it’s going to actually enhance my game more as far as focusing and being tuned into the game. It will help me make wiser decisions when it comes to other things on the field.”

Fannin, a junior, has never returned a punt in a college game. In fact, he’s only returned one punt during his entire football career.

He took it back for a touchdown.

“It’s been a learning experience,” Fannin said. “Now, the ball is travelling higher and you have faster guys running down the field towards you. It’s mainly just focusing on the ball and making the right decision.”

Fannin said he was also in the mix to be one of the Tigers’ kick returners. Terrell Zachery, Onterio McCalebb and Harry Adams have also been candidates, he said.

Phillips still out
The status of freshman offensive lineman Aubrey Phillips, who has been out the majority of the preseason after an “unspecified medical episode,” remains a mystery.

Chizik said that Phillips was “doing better” and has been participating in team meetings.

Immediately after Phillips transferred from Florida State in July, it was expected that Auburn would petition the NCAA for him to be eligible this season. Chizik said Sunday he had yet to hear if Phillips would be eligible if he’s healthy enough to play.

Goggans back at end
Michael Goggans move to defensive tackle was apparently a short-lived experiment.

Fellow end Antonio Coleman said Goggans had moved back to his former position and was working with the first-team defense.

Goggans, along with newcomers Nick Fairley and Nosa Eguae, had been “cross-training” throughout the preseason.