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I NEVER THOUGHT I'D MAKE SUCH AN UTTERANCE BUT I HAVE ABOUT HAD MY FILL WITH THE EYE-GOUGING AND TOOTH-GNAWING AROUND HERE.
COX IS THE PROTOTYPICAL TUBERVILLE QB: HE MAY MAY NOT BE THE SHARPEST OR FLASHIEST TOOL IN THE SHED [I'D SUSPECT KODI BURNS WOULD FIT THAT BILL] BUT LIKE AN OLD GARDEN HOE, HE IS RELIABLE AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY, HE HAS DONE IT BEFORE. THE COACHES ARE STICKING WITH COX FOR ONE REASON ONLY, HE IS MENTALLY, IF NOT PHYSICALLY TOUGH. COX HAS REBOUNDED BEFORE AND HE WILL REBOUND AGAIN.
DANIEL COBB HAD THE SAME ATTRIBUTES WITH LESSER RESULTS YOU SAY? TRUE, BUT SO DID BEN LEARD AND JASON CAMPBELL. COX IS MERELY FOLLOWING A FAMILIAR SCRIPT: ANYBODY REMEMBER GT IN 2005? LAST SATURDAY LOOKED LIKE A VIRTUAL REPEAT OF THAT PERFORMANCE. COX DIDN'T HIT HIS STRIDE IN '05 TILL THE LSU GAME AND THE EMERGENCE OF KENNY IRONS AT RUNNING BACK. [COINCIDENTLY, AUBURN LOST THAT GAME BECAUSE OF A HORRENDOUS NIGHT FROM THE USUALLY RELIABLE JOHN VAUGHN IN THE KICKING GAME. TUBERVILLE STUCK WITH VAUGHN DESPITE SUCH A PERFORMANCE.]
COX WAS RELIABLE ENOUGH TO PULL VICTORY FROM THE JAWS OF DEFEAT AGAINST K-STATE; RELIABLE ENOUGH THAT DESPITE HIS HORRIBLE PLAY AGAINST USF, SAVE A COMPLETELY UNCHARACTERISTIC BREAK-DOWN ON THE K.O. RETURN TEAM, HE PUT AUBURN IN THE POSITION TO DO THE SAME AGAIN SATURDAY NIGHT. RELIABLE ENOUGH TO BE 20-6 AS A STARTER.
COX'S RECORD SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. AS DOES TUBERVILLE'S. QUIT YOUR BITCH'N.