Orange Crush

By Mike Szvetitz
Sports Editor, Opelika-Auburn News
Published: December 31, 2007

There’s a lot of orange up in here tonight. A lot.
It’s hard to tell who’s cheering for who. That is until a band plays, then it’s pretty obvious. Still, it’s orange. All the time.

** Clemson, as the away team, is dressed in white tops and purple pants. Now, I’m a huge fan of Clemson’s all-purple unis. I like them a lot. But the half purple? No thanks. Go all purple or go home. That’s what I think.

Auburn is dressed, of course, in its traditional home blue jerseys and white pants. Classic.

** Watching the Auburn quarterbacks warm up, they are taking a lot of shotgun snaps. Maybe they always do that many in warm-ups, I’ve never really paid that much attention. But, like I said before, I think you’re going to see Brandon Cox in the shotgun a lot tonight. You’ll even see Kodi Burns back there, too. Believe it.

** Speaking of things to look out for, watch for the Auburn tight ends to have a big night. Tony Franklin loves to get the tight end involved, and Auburn has some pretty good ones. I think Gabe McKenzie will be featured a long with Tommy Trott in the spread offense tonight.