Auburn nabbed a historic 27-24 road win over Georgia in Week 7. Former Tigers receiver Cam Coleman's new team, Texas, lost by the same score as a favorite to Florida in Austin.
Naturally, some Auburn fans took to social media to give Coleman hell for choosing to leave his hometown team for the pricey but disappointing Longhorns. Coleman had his worst performance in Central Texas against the Gators. He hauled in just three catches for a measly 18 receiving yards. Coleman found the end zone on one of them.
We're not going to share any of that here.
After all, there's no point in blaming Coleman when the bigger culprits are the guys in the same roles as the people who held him back on the Tigers.
Steve Sarkisian and Arch Manning deserve the grief, not Cam Coleman
Arch Manning doesn't look any better this season than Payton Thorne did in 2024, some days. Meanwhile, Steve Sarkisian's play-calling is not getting the most out of Coleman, just like Hugh Freeze's didn't.
It's the same old song and dance for Coleman.
After flipping from Texas A&M to Auburn during his high school commitment, he finally ended up on an expensive Lone Star State roster. Coleman is facing the same problem in Burnt Orange, though. Even his radical physical transformation couldn't make him more open when Manning is failing to quickly process reads and is taking five sacks against the Gators' pass rush.
Coleman's choice is his to make. Even though UT has lost two straight, the Longhorns aren't out of the CFP mix.
There's no need to attack a former Phenix City superstar who simply wasn't a fit for a head coach who didn't keep his team accountable.
Would Coleman be a great fit with Byrum Brown and the USF transfers? Maybe. It would've been nice to see him be part of a Deep South's Oldest Rivalry win, considering his proximity to the Peach State's state line.
What's done is done, though. Coleman could only hope Sark and Arch get it together. Either way, he has an NFL future to look forward to after potentially going 0/3 on college football offenses he chose to be a part of.
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