Q&A with Auburn's Darvin Adams

<p>Auburn wide receiver Darvin Adams, a 6-foot-3, 190-pound sophomore, leads the Southeastern Conference in touchdown receptions with nine, including three last week against Furman and three in a September victory over West Virginia. The Tigers are currently 7-3 with games remaining against Georgia (Saturday) and Alabama (Nov. 27).</p><p> </p><p>Q: Auburn is one of those SEC teams you expect to be in a bowl game year after year. How disappointing was it last season, when you were a freshman, to stay home for the bowl season, and how did it feel to become bowl eligible earlier this season?</p><p> </p><p>A: Last year, it was very disappointing for all of us to not go to a bowl game. To bounce back this season, and get that wrapped up, was very important to us. It showed that we still have good players, and that this wasn’t a rebuilding year for us like a lot of people were saying in the summer.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Q: Did it take very long to warm up to a new coach, Gene Chizik, after saying goodbye to a highly successful coach in Tommy Tuberville?</p><p> </p><p>A: Coach Chizik has come in since the first day and gained everyone’s trust, and has promised we can be successful if we buy in to what he and the assistants are showing us. He’s always been straight up with us, and has shown that he will be loyal to us, and works very hard at it. He said ‘trust takes a long time to build, but only a short time to lose.’ He says we should all be brothers, and that brothers don’t have to like each other Monday through Friday, but on Saturday, we put any differences we have aside and we are all brothers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Q: At what point in this season did you notice the biggest confidence boost for yourself and for the Auburn University football team as a whole?</p><p> </p><p>A: Same answer for both, West Virginia. After that game, we were (3-0) and we all felt good as a team. We felt good about having to come back to get a victory. We felt good as an offense. And even though we gave up a lot of points, the defense made stops and forced turnovers when we had to have them and everybody was congratulating each other on the sidelines after every series. I had three touchdowns, and that was great, but it was a total team game. That’s what was most important.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Q: You are about to get a bigger taste of the Auburn-Georgia series — the oldest continuous series in the South — as a sophomore. What are your impressions of it?</p><p> </p><p>A: Any SEC game, you expect a hard fight, and we expect this to be a big challenge, just like all the rest of the games. But there is something bigger about this one. I used to live in Georgia for a while, and when I was there, everybody loved the Bulldogs. I mean everybody was a Georgia fan. That was probably what got me to Auburn in the first place. I’ve always been the kind of person who wanted to do the opposite of what everybody wanted for me, and to do things my way. So I wanted to be a part of the Auburn side (of the rivalry).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Q: Georgia’s A.J. Green and Alabama’s Julio Jones entered the SEC the same time as you did, but have gotten a lot more of the attention at your position over the past two seasons. How satisfying is it to pile up your numbers this season, and now have a chance to play both of them in your last two regular-season games?</p><p> </p><p>A: It feels really good to be having a good season, but when Auburn plays Georgia, or Auburn plays Alabama, it’s not all on me. But it always feels good to line up in the same game against the best players, and it’s great to go up against both of them. We’ll all do the best we can for our team.</p>