Refreshing news from Longshore

Hey everyone. I had a chance to listen in for 1.5 segments of the WMSP morning program today. The topic: You guessed it. Me. Still talking about me 24 hours later.

One thing that disappoints me is the consistent misrepresentation of my radio comments.

John Longshore was kind enough to pass along some of the emails WMSP has received since my Wednesday appearance. Here are a few minomers that I'll gladly correct for the 100th time.

I've only been covering Auburn since 1998.

From "Marty Mann"
Just because Jay G. has a “broader” range, as you say, to express his views still don’t make them right. I and others are in the belief that he has no ability when it comes to evaluating football players and teams. He’s a basketball guy. He said basically the same things prior to the ’04 season. Of course you have to listen closely to understand anything that he says with all the “that’s how I roll”, that’s how he rolls” references. Geeez!!! Oh by the way I like the way you use the word “broader”. One last fat joke………

I am not a basketball guy. I'm a soccer guy. I watch soccer in my free time. The only time I watch non-SEC basketball is during the NCAA Tournament. I knew Auburn football would be good in 2004 and never said anything different. People rarely remember that I correctly predicted the 2003 meltdown well before the first game.

Mark Murphy from ITAT should remember. He's the one who told his readers to "consider the source" when that mean ol' Jay G. was forecasting problems in August 2003.

From "Curtis"
John,

You are loving the fact that Jay G Tate is getting hate mail.

The problem is he quoted these stats of 3 for 10 and 8 for 10 for AU's QBs. I think he got the completions mixed up with the number of sloppy joes he downed at practice.

Fact of the matter is - Jay G doesnt see the practices - so how can he comment on any of the players? He likes to make up criticisms about players yet he doesnt want any one to criticize his reporting. His glass is ALWAYS half empty when it comes to Auburn.

If you forward this to Jay G - ROLL TIDE, JAY G! Maybe you'll outlive Cecil Hurt and can get your dream job one day.


Curtis

The only time I've been to Tuscaloosa is to cover Auburn there. I covered 13 of the 14 practices Auburn held at the intramural fields earlier this month. That's 13 or 14 more than either Barry McKnight or John Longshore.