Fine, but get your facts right. Trotter was Newton' backup during the 2010 season. Caudle was 4th string and
threw 1 pass and 2 runs during the entire season (3 fucken plays).
1. Cam Newton 2. Barrett Trotter 3. Kodi Burns 4. Neal Caudle was the QB order during the 2010 season.
And you are claiming that Trotter would have led the Auburn team to an undefeated season because of the
great players around him. BS!
Clover, no need to blow a gasket or get defensive. We are just talking football.
I never said anything about an undefeated season. I was simply stating Auburn was not a one man team as others believe. Cam was clearly the driving force behind the team's success. But he didn't do it alone - he was surrounded with talent no matter if you believe it or not.
As for your comments on the backup QB, you are kinda, sorta right - but not completely.
Kodi Burns was not 3rd team. Hell, he wasn't even a quarterback. Before spring practice began he moved to receiver.
Four guys went into the spring competing for the job - Cam, Caudle, Trotter and Clint Moseley.
Many people on staff thought Caudle out performed Cam during camp, but Chiz named Cam the starter a week after spring practices ended.
During fall camp Chiz named Trotter the backup. He did this because Trotter was going to be the starter in 2011 (Caudle was a senior in 2010).
Don't let Trotter being named backup fool you. He was the backup because he needed experience - not for any other reason. If Cam had not won the starting job, it would have gone to Caudle. Talk to anyone on staff during that time and they will tell you the same thing.
Tidbit. After the 2009 season I was told AU felt really good about the QBs they had on campus and was not going to sign a high school QB in its 2010 class. When I got wind in October or November of 2009 they were looking at Cam, I thought it was a joke. I assumed they were recruiting him as a tight end. He camped at Auburn his senior year of high school (2006) and was absolutely horrible. Despite being able to throw it a mile, he had no touch and no idea where it was going. Al Borges didn't give him the time of day after watching him throw a time or two. With Burns already committed (or soon to be) I don't think AU contacted Cam again. Or should I say, until 2009. Just goes to show how bad some staffs are at evaluating talent and how fortunate some decisions, even the bad ones, work out.
