First, let me congratulate the blog for reaching 200 Twitter followers. As promised, here are the latest members of the War Eagle Extra Twitter family (and let me say I like, and wholly endorse, the jockeying to be No. 200).

• 199: Carla Hardy
• 200: Ronnie Hardy
• 201: Scott Burmester
• 202: Ross Bagwell

Anyway, follow the blog on Twitter here as we make our triumphant march toward 300.

I wrote an article for today's paper about Auburn's defense. Here's how it starts:

AUBURN, Ala. — There are two ways to look at Auburn’s defensive performance in Saturday night’s 41-30 victory against West Virginia.

From a negative perspective, the Tigers gave up 509 yards, couldn’t stop the Mountaineers on third down and missed far too many tackles.

On a positive note, they forced six West Virginia turnovers, got constant pressure on quarterback Jarrett Brown and scored a touchdown that sealed the win.

Naturally, defensive coordinator Ted Roof found a middle ground.

“I rate it good enough to win,” he said. “But in order for us to continue to win, that’s not our goal.”

Read the rest here.