Hey everyone. Though basketball will be picking up tomorrow, there isn't much going on today ... yet.So we'll start an occasional series on positions along the football depth chart. We can examine what went well in 2008, what went awry and what you can expect in 2009.
- LAST YEAR: It was a mess. The Tigers' initial offense was flawed because, as we discussed many times last season, nobody seemed to take ownership of it. Tony Franklin said it wasn't his. Hugh Nall said it wasn't his. You know Tommy Tuberville had no role in offensive administration.
Once Franklin was dismissed on Oct. 8, Auburn's offense became an amalgam of different ideas that assembled into a confusing array of nothingness. The team had no identity. The line didn't know how to play anymore. It had been conditioned during the off-season to be a leaner group ready to handle an 85-play day. Now they were being asked to be bulldozers again -- without their standard weight. You know how that ended. - WHAT WENT RIGHT: Not much. Guard Big Snacks Berry played fairly well when thrust into full-time duty at West Virginia and beyond. Center Ryan Pugh doesn't quit.
- WHAT WENT WRONG: Lee Ziemba was injured (a torn meniscus in his left knee has been repaired), Jason Bosley was injured, Byron Isom lost his job and, for reasons I can't explain, Tyronne Green didn't play well.
- WHAT'S NEW: Everything. New offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn will have ownership of Auburn's 2009 offense, which means there probably will be a singular vision of how the line should execute. New OL coach Jeff Grimes, hired from Colorado, accepted this job because he believes in what Malzahn is teaching. A united front among the coaches should prompt significantly better performance.
Ziemba will be ready by summer. He was very good as a freshman.
Auburn added two signees -- guard Andre Harris and tackle John Sullen. Harris could push for playing time. Sullen is expected to redshirt in an effort to re-build his body. - A STAB AT THE 2009 DEPTH CHART
- LT: Lee Ziemba, A.J. Greene
- LG: Byron Isom, Bart Eddins
- C: Ryan Pugh, Big Snacks Berry
- RG: Berry, Kyle Coulahan
- RT: Andrew McCain, Jared Cooper
- LT: Lee Ziemba, A.J. Greene
Photo credit: Todd Van Emst/Auburn University
Questions? Comments? Post directly to the blog below or email me at jgtate@gannett.com.
UNO!
ReplyDeleteGood work Jay, I believe this is where we got into trouble last season from day one. We could have had Peyton and Joe Addai back there and still lost 5 games.
ReplyDeleteAnd we were starting to have a little fun with the last one!
ReplyDeleteBut a timely discussion of our greatest need is in order.
Great analysis. I look forward to reading these in the off-season.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, "a confusing array of nothingness" is also another way to describe the work of Coldplay.
I understand Hugh Nall and Steve Ensminger are forming a "Coldplay"
ReplyDeletecover play called "Stretchplay."
And a cover band, too.
ReplyDeleteFrom all I've been reading it sounds like our O-line is getting bigger and ready to be more physical. I just find it really dumb, for lack of a better word, asinine works too, that people making hundreds of thousands of dollars to coach football wouldn't have come to some kind on consensus concerning offensive scheme when given the better part of 8 months to prepare and a successful bowl season to build upon. Especially considering this is one of AU's biggest revenue streams. It's no wonder that "leadership team" is no longer employed.
ReplyDeleteZiemba and McCain should be put under secret service protection until fall. I'm not even sure their two back-ups are tackles. Greene is a converted D-lineman and Cooper has been an inside guy. OT recruiting has been awful. 5 lineman(3 tackles) should be a minimum this year.
ReplyDeleteSensi - ouch.
ReplyDeleteJust for that, I'm going to have to listen to the 2 Coldplay songs in my iTunes.
Dr. H, if you want to rot your eardrums and brain, it is your choice.
ReplyDeleteJust like it was A-Rod's and Bonds', and every other MLB player's choice to juice. Personally, that's your right as far as I'm concerned.
I hope the repaired knee of LZ will help him with his false start issue.
And Coldplay was much more interesting when they called the band Radiohead.
ReplyDeleteWhoa Sensi, so let me get see if I get this, you think Coldplay is useless but Radiohead is good?
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ReplyDeleteWe should probably carry this to an email thing gang. Hit me at jbs0003@auburn.edu
ReplyDeleteBack to the O-Line -
Jay G., I know this will be discussed in the future entries. However, I am curious if you think the RB problems were more problems with the line, the scheme, or the RB play?
#16, Dameyune Craig
ReplyDeletenot a fan of Coldplay either. i just don't get the allure.
i'm excited about the fact that the coaches will be working with as opposed to against each other this fall on offense. it doesn't make sense to me either that they had 8 months to prepare for the season and still had no clue what to do. baffling!
Hey Guys
ReplyDeleteLongtime lurker, second time poster. I love this blog. AL.com sux. What ever happened to Oscar Gonzalez ( I think that was his name). Thought he looked like he had potential.
What will you all consider marked improvement in terms of points per game avg.?
ReplyDeleteKeep in mind it was something in the 17s last season.
welcome to the HABOTN Righty!
ReplyDeletenot sure whatever happened to Gonzalez. ??
Welcome Righty.
ReplyDeleteJay G,
ReplyDeleteI noticed the TEs were not included as a part of the o-line. That makes sense as they were split in the slot often early, but we played a lot of TE next to tackle sets later in the season.
Wondered what your thoughts on their development were?
Jay:
ReplyDeletePlease tell me Malzahn's offensive line won't telegraph every play like the Franklin/Nallsminger monster did (i.e. running plays were from a 3 point stance; passing plays from an upright position)?
Thanks for the welcomes. Sensi- Radiohead is great- they always kinda put me in a trance. Kind of dangerous for driving music IYAM. I saw the 60 minute special on Coldplay the other night and thought it was ok. Never been a big fan but they seem to "get it" about music. They at least appreciate the fans it seems. Nothing like the last big Douchebags from the UK - Oasis. I am a musician myself so I can appreciate a lot of what the guy from Coldplay said the other night. BTW- I had no idea that guy was married to Paltrow- Guess I should start reading my wife's US Weekley's.
ReplyDeleteI like coldplay. Just sayin'.
ReplyDeleteFrom Anniston Star in DEC 2007
ReplyDeleteGOING: Reserve offensive tackle Oscar Gonzalez has received his release to transfer. The oft-injured Gonzalez hasn't been with the team since early November. Tuberville cited academic issues at the time.
Great find on that article. Wow, how did I miss that?
ReplyDeleteMeh. Coldplay, Radiohead, blah, blah, blah. I'm currently bobbing my head to "Tempted" by Squeeze. I embrace the fact that I know nothing of the previously mentioned groups other than the fact that they exist (or did?). I'm happily entrenched with my old music tastes.
ReplyDeleteOh yeah, welcome Righty.
Gonzalez would have never seen the field barring a disaster. OL recruiting has been more miss than hit lately.
ReplyDeleteGatiger...what is "Squeeze"?
ReplyDeleteRed Rubber Ball by The Cyrcle now playing
ReplyDeleteI love the chorus:
And I think it's gonna be alright
Yeah, the worst is over now
The mornin' sun is shinin' right on Auburn football
Sensi- as far as ppg average, I think we should be able to score near 30. I am more worried about what the no huddle might do to our defensive production. FWIW, I never liked Rhodes' scheme. Always thought it was too soft. I do not think the defense has laid the wood as well since Chizik left. Hope we can get back to that. Especially in the secondary.
ReplyDeleteRighty, I have visions of Rosegreen introducing himself to Reggie Brown. That was a hit I'll never forget.
ReplyDeleteWelcome to the HABOTN, Righty
ReplyDeleteI loved Junior man. He had the tendency to get burned every now and then but was probably, pound for pound- our best hitting safety since Rob Pate.
ReplyDeleteThanks Mon :)
ReplyDeleteRighty, Welcome and WAR EAGLE!!! I agree on Rhoads. At the time, I thought he was a great hire, but his defensive schemes were a bit too passive.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Righty, never loved what I saw from Rhodes defensive scheme. I'm not much of a bend don't break kinda guy, I'm more into break the opposing team's face kinda guy.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure Ziemba is looking forward to getting back to playing how we saw him play his freshman year, I know I am.
Gov. Jet said...
ReplyDeleteI understand Hugh Nall and Steve Ensminger are forming a "Coldplay"
cover play called "Stretchplay."
I literally LOL'ed at this! Now that I know what the stretch play is!
I want to see Chizik working with Mike McNeil. He has not been the player he was made out to be coming into AU. I hope Chizik can help him turn it around. Rhoads was way too vanilla for my taste. I like to see a few wrinkles thrown in sometimes.
ReplyDeleteThanks Dr.
ReplyDeleteI am not into reactionary defense. I would rather live (and die) by aggressiveness and pressure. Just knock the crap out of anybody you see not wearing orange and blue- including refs- and I promise it will give the opposing players a lot more to think about.
You have to be very fundamentally sound on the offensive line and have good vision and a nice burst at RB to run the stretch play with any effectiveness. I think we lacked all of those things last year.
ReplyDeleteI get totally disgusted if we average under 30ppg on offense or more than 14 on D. I sure miss the D from the late 80s. Or the 72 D. Yes, pretty high standards. But that's what it takes to go to Atlanta and points beyond.
ReplyDeleteDr. I'm just going to say I miss the 2004 defense. I'm sure it holds its own in the pantheon of great Auburn defenses.
ReplyDeleteThat '88 D was awesome Dr HABOTN. One of my personal favorites.
ReplyDeleteGonna be hard to run behind that oline in the SEC if you ask me...
ReplyDeleteI think it's unfair to say that Muschamp's defenses didn't lay the wood.
ReplyDeleteAsk UGA what they thought about Will Muschamp's defense.
ReplyDeleteMuschamps defense was always BOOMin and poppin heads, for sure.
ReplyDeleteSeanZ - yes, I'd also be very happy with a 2004-like defense
ReplyDeletegatiger - do you remember the video for Squeeze's Hourglass? I loved the optical illusions. Song, not so much.
Muschamp always had a really good defense, but I wouldn't ever call it great. Consistency was always an issue.
ReplyDeletepass coverage was BOOm's weakness we always got beat deep....agreed?
ReplyDeleteFair enough jhag. I think he also had an issue with the morning games.
ReplyDeleteWith Muschamp and Rhodes there was always too much space between the defender and the defendee. It always frustrated the crap out of me.
ReplyDeleteoops...Rhoads
ReplyDeletejhag, I expect a big improvment from last year on the O-line, but Malzahn has his work cut out for him. Maybe I'm naive, but I believe he can deliver. A little success early could really help establish some confidence for the offense.
ReplyDeletedefendee? LOL; that's a great football term Luv!
ReplyDeleteI can just here the radio call now:
Auburn has lined up in a 4 defendee set with Oku the lone back behind ???
Seanz - Squeeze was a British band from the late 70's that had some hits (3 or 4) here in God's Country during the early 80's (actually around '82/83). In other words, some time before you were born. Pretty good stuff, not great at all, but definitely pretty good.
ReplyDeleteDoc - yes I do now that you mention it. Back in the days when MTV actually lived up to the name.
And in the time since I mentioned Squeeze in the earlier posting, I've now transitioned to a fine selection from Beethoven. I told you I was stuck in the past.
The o-line is not all that important. What we need is a bunch of running backs.
ReplyDeleteI think Malzahn should have this OL ready from day one. The problem wasn't lack of talent it was lack of direction. That wont be an issue come the first game of the season.
ReplyDeleteI know that most on here adore Muschamp, but his secondary compared to Chizik was not even close if you ask me. I can't get the image of South Carolina's receiver throwing all over us that night. Is it really that hard to look for the ball as opposed to just keeping your back turned and flailing your arms over your head, or just tackling the receiver before the ball gets there.
ReplyDeleteI will never understand why Coach TF Offense plan for training made the guys lose so much weight, players can run a no huddle and still be large and dominating - just look at Oklahoma last year (minus the BCS Championship)
ReplyDeletemichael, so we will run the feared 5 RB, 1 OL formation? The opponent will never know what hit them.
ReplyDeleteAgainst the 3-16-4 Satan's D we can run the 5-16-2 O, where we use RB's!!
ReplyDeleteI talked to Bart Eddins last winter and he was telling me that most of the guys on the offensive line could not stand Franklin, thought he was a clown. He also told me that Don Dunn (his former position coach) just yelled all the time for yellings sake and he was glad not to be on D-line anymore.
ReplyDeleteRighty, I talked to Chris Todd and he had nothing but great things to say about ole Tony Franklin.
ReplyDeleteAnybody know if AU will be in class or if classes are out Monday for President's Day? Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI'll hang up and listen.
I like the zero OL plan. Center, QB, followed by a bunch of RBs and some of these new-fangled position players I've heard of called Receivers. Let's see the Defense try to stop all of those eligible folks at one time.
ReplyDeleteTony Franklin is Chris Todd's daddy though.
ReplyDeleteDepressed, it will be awesome, the quarterback turns around and tosses the ball back to 5-7 rb's standing in a huddle. One of them (which one even the coaches don't know) grabs the ball and they all run in different directions with the ball hidden under the RB's jersey. No one will have a clue who to tackle. I hear its the next big thing in HS football.
ReplyDeleteThe opponent defense wouldn't have to stop them. The ref would be flagging them from here to eternity. But at least it would be the receivers getting flagged and not Ziemba.
ReplyDeleteTEs: I'll discuss them along with WRs.
ReplyDeleteTB problems: Half and half. Brad Lester played with no heart last year. I don't understand what happened to him. Tate is OK. The coaches didn't seem to like Fannin.
D.Miller,
ReplyDeleteStill checking up on the wife?
PF,
ReplyDeleteTrying to see if she'll be out of class Monday so we can go to B'ham and look for a house.
Great observation JG - I just remember thinking last year the RB's must have all been dinged up in some form or fashion. Never saw them run with the reckless abandon we are accustom to seeing in Auburn RB's. Running without heart or conviction will do that to you too.
ReplyDeleteLT
Thanks for the answers, Jay G.
ReplyDeleteLester surprised me as well. I wonder if the NFL will even sniff his way.
Nevermind, found it. They are in class. Crap!
ReplyDeleteJay
ReplyDeleteOf course the coaches did not like Fannin, he was the best player on the football field at any given time and the coaches had a propensity to not play the best guys. Why would they like Fannin?
I am still baffled by the fact that not one of these offensive geniuses on that staff ever figured out a play that had Fannin throwing a pass.
Wakerider- In the spirit of your post, I hope we still do that play on the kick-off return team. That was good stuff!
Anything is better than the 10 item playbook we had last year:
ReplyDelete5 Run Plays
Kodi Burns Sweep Right
Kodi Burns Sweep Left
Kodi Burns Middle Delay
Tate dive (With T.D. in Motion)
Tate Sweep R (With T.D. in Motion)
and our 5 pass plays:
TE Rollout
Kodi/Todd Sacked
Kodi/Todd Interception
WR Screen
HB Screen
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ReplyDeleteBart Eddins was a Scout 5 star DT out of Trinity in the Gump. Now he is a backup OL. Question to filks in the Gump. What is his best natural position? Any insight as to why he hasn't been able to contribute so far? I remember Leon Hart(5*) and no one would even talk about him rather than disparage him. Leon did help the team GPA though.
ReplyDeleteDr. HABOTN, LOL, it was the only thing I could come up with on the spur of the moment!
ReplyDeleteWow GaTiger...you musta had Dr. Fair before he was gray headed. Squeeze was pretty awesome though. Tempted and Black Coffee in Bed are always on my ipod.
ReplyDeleteRadiohead's Pablo Honey album is one for the ages though. If there was ever an album that identified with my angst over my multitude of inadequacies, that was it. Saw them open up for R.E.M. in the 90's and they totally blew the boys from Athens off the stage.
Now, however, I'm hooked on "Deep End" by Swollen Members. It was the background music from Tyrik's highlight video someone posted yesterday.
And just so you don't forget... I HATE YOU BAMA!
On this OL/RB issue
ReplyDeleteI don't think you can have a successful running game without a productive OL. I don't care if you have Jim Brown or Bo back there.
Lester wasn't himself. Whether he didn't feel like he was being utilized properly, or didn't like Franklin and the offense, or whether he was menstruating all year. I don't know what his deal was, but he was a step slow, consistently missed holes if they were there, was slow in and out of his cuts... Basically lethargic all season.
Tate can be good, but he's not a stretch play back. He needs to be a downhill runner. I'd like to see Tate be more aggressive and lower his shoulder and run through a tackler rather than try to dance or just step OB.
Fannin, I don't think, is as good of a pass blocker as Tate. Last years' staff put a lot of weight on blocking schemes (ironic considering how poorly we blocked last year). He can be a good back, but, I don't think he's a game changer.
Was it Bart or Brent who was a 5 star?
ReplyDeleteRighty said...Is it really that hard to look for the ball as opposed to just keeping your back turned and flailing your arms over your head, or just tackling the receiver before the ball gets there.
ReplyDeleteWe would always yell, "Turn around and look for the ball (expletive)!!"
I see that the comments have digressed into the same ol' complaints from last season. When will you complainers get some original ideas instead of parrotting the same few over and over.
ReplyDeleteI remember that Ronnie Brown didn't run the ball much in HS until his Sr year. Until his Sr year, he missed offensive blocks/assignments and got shifted to several positions. He finally put it together, got handed the rock and went from a defensive recruit to an offensive recruit. He was a very good ball hawking safety.
Bart was a 5star DT, ESPN graded him in the low 80's...They only thought he needed some size to be a good DT
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ReplyDeleteEmmett is correct.
ReplyDeleteI think Bart is on OL because they need the depth...he can be a good lineman with some time, a Duckworth style guard.
ReplyDeleteLots of power, and one heck of a work ethic
ReplyDeleteLuv- That came out of my mouth a few times as well. D. Miller- I never understood why everytime Brad would make it into the secondary he would cut to the middle of the field and a safety would take him down every time. You would think Brad had enough speed to beat people to the edge and outrun them. BTW, I do not ever remember seeing an offense as pathetic as ours last year at any level of football in my entire life. I only remember Auburn getting shut out 4 times in my life (maybe there were more) but I remember at Virginia in 98, 92 bama, 03 USC, and 08 Bama. Amazing that Ensminger was calling plys in 2 of those games. That guy had talent!
ReplyDeleteJayG....please review the WRs next. I think that the OL will be at least adequate next season. I'm worried about the WRs. The new recruits won't contribute for a year or 2. This is where the coaches have the most work to do to make a difference. CGM's offensive schemes should give the WRs opportunites just b/c of the schemes, however Franklin's was supposed to do that also.
ReplyDeleteIf we don't learn to get seperation, adjust to the ball flight, extend hands/elbows away from the body and come back to the ball......this offense will resemble the last 3 seasons. The opponents will just continue to crowd the box and make the Oline look bad if they don't respect the WRs.
Give it a rest Hoopie... I'm sorry we're not all as pure hearted an Auburn fan as you. Lighten up. We're talking about the offensive line issues from last year and what we'd like to see done differently this year. That's what Jay's post was about and that's what we're commenting on.
ReplyDeleteHoopie the problem was not the scheme but the coaches teaching the scheme. The issue was the WR coach never changed and that is why you never saw an improvement in the WR play.
ReplyDeleteHow is Bart's footspeed/nimbleness? That and hand usage are the two obvious adjustments needed to go from DL to OL.
ReplyDeleteSeanZ
ReplyDeleteWhen I was in high school I thought we had the worst receivers coach ever ( I played with Terrell Owens and that guy made him look average), but Greg Knox brought new meaning to the word inept. I can not wait to see what Trooper can do.
Hoopie,
ReplyDeleteNew WRs don't make a difference early ehh?
Tell that to a couple guys named Michael Crabtree and Julio Jones.
If you utilize the WRs, they can/will produce in the right system.
Especially Julio Jones.
ReplyDeleteAlabama was all about run run run last year and that guy tore people a new one every time he touched the ball.
Especially Michael Crabtree, that guy wasn't even a WR until he showed up at Texas Tech.
ReplyDeleteBTW, who's "Big Snacks" Berry? I love the nickname, Jay G!
ReplyDeleteMike "Big Snacks" Berry
ReplyDeleteSensi, thanks. He's got size, so that's a big plus (hence the nickname).
ReplyDeleteOk enough with this gold play radiohead stuff. Listening on my headset at work Metallica, Nickback, and Audioslave.
ReplyDeleteCheck out the trailer for "The Watchmen" Smashing Pumkins "The beginning is the End"
Our inability to recruit OT's is uncanny.
ReplyDeleteMcCain starting at RT! YIKES!!!
Metallica - yes.
ReplyDeleteThose other two bands:
Audioslave was a mistake
Nickelback is horrid and poser
Nickelback could be the worst rock band to have the success they've had.
ReplyDeleteI saw the smashing pumpkins almost cry and walk off stage in NOLA at lollapalooza. THey were making fun of billy corgan or something and he called everyone a bunch of names, it ruled.
ReplyDeleteFave new website
http://thisiswhyyourefat.com/
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ReplyDeleteSomeone or some people, who may or may not have been affiliated with a college football program headquartered in east central Alabama, didn't evaluate, recruit nor coach offensive linemen and wide receivers in the last year or two.
ReplyDeleteHeerrreee commmmmmes Hoooooopie ...
Mad Season is a Rock fave of mine i don't hear enough of.
ReplyDeleteMaybe we are gonna take that 6'7 receiver and put some weight on him to play ol?
Carolos Santana Supernatural
ReplyDeleteMad Season as in the Mike McCready/Layne Staley collaboration?
ReplyDeleteAll you peeps might as well be writing Egyptian Hieroglyphics as far as I'm concerned when you're talking about these groups. I told you I was happily entrenched in the past with my musical tastes. Stop trying to drag me closer to the present.
ReplyDeleteGot some Eagles going on now and that's plenty recent for me.
nickleback? that's not even considered a starting position.
ReplyDelete...and we're still on offense.
ReplyDeleteMichael Crabtree was a 2 star WR recruit out of Dallas in 2006. So he made a difference his second year at TT.
ReplyDeleteJulio Jones and the UGA WR are huge exceptons to normal freshman performance. Anyone care to count all of the true WR freshmen that don't contribute each year? If we are counting on the 2009 WR recruits...we're reading too much Rivals and kidding ourselves.
I was referring to the offensive play schemes that hindered the WR ability to get open....not the blocking schemes.
Yes....our WR coaching was inadequate. I wasn't in the practices and can't say from first hand knowledge, but for many years in a row, we put poor WR fundamentals on the field and that can only be attributed to coaching. One or 2 years of bad fundamentals can be a player/recruiting problem. Obamanu/Aromashodu and that crowd did not have top quality fundamentals.
Jet, LOL
ReplyDeleteC'mon, man, can you change the station? I've had a rough night, and I hate the f'n Eagles!
ReplyDeleteCarlos Santana's Supernatural reminds me of something that would be played start to finish on the jukebox in a dimly lit bar in the middle of an industrial park, populated by rednecks...
ReplyDeletePF (OG) ... in re Santana ... that was ... beautiful.
ReplyDeleteMichael - lighten up Francis, it'll be alright the song's over now. I'm onto Willie Nelson currently. Perhaps you'd prefer something from Emmett Otter's Jug Band? No, on second thought, I bet you'd have an issue of some kind with them.
ReplyDeletePuppets, GaTiger, puppets.
ReplyDeleteJet - yes indeed.
ReplyDeleteDoc - I've been to that bar and stuck out like a bull in a china shop.
We haven't landed significant OL recruits since the 2007 class. Not in 2008 or 2009.
ReplyDeleteThe on campus WRs are an underachieving group, if evaluated compared to recruiting status. There aren't any 5*s, but there have been numerous 3*-4*. IMO, our best hope is that CTT will be able to get something out of the group that is on campus now until the incoming freshmen can learn to play against the SEC.
Thanks, Gov'nuh. I mostly pull from personal experiences. If I ever write a novel, that scene will definitely be in it.
ReplyDeleteToo early for puppets. I was just quotin some Lebowski.
ReplyDelete"an amalgam of different ideas that assembled into a confusing array of nothingness"
ReplyDeleteJay, congrats. You display an understanding of last years Auburn offense the surpasses even that of the coaches.
That being said, I think the quickest way to put it was last season's offense was offensive.
Mikal, who is today's "Puppet of the Day." I'd like to know, so I can prepare myself for puppet hour.
ReplyDeleteDang, I apologize for having missed that reference. I'm usually much, much better than that. Hereafter, I shall endeavor to ensure that such a mistake does not happen again.
ReplyDeleteAs for me - I'm about to hit the parking lot. It's a nice day in these here parts and I believe I'll take it to the house and see how the Golden Retriever feels about 3 miles this afternoon.
Peace out for now.
The Puppet of the Day will be... I don't know. You can never really predict what happens during Puppet Hour.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I am moving Puppet hour up to start at 4:50 to accommodate my schedule today. Update your calendars.
Whoops... meant 3:50. Update your calendars yet again.
ReplyDeleteeverybody loves puppet hour
ReplyDeleteT-minus 6 minutes to Puppet Hour!
ReplyDeleteJayG., thanks for reminding me I need to renew my anti-depressant scripts. AU OL = OY VEY
ReplyDeleteBinoba: thisiswhyyourefat.com is an AWESOME website. I'll take two Fatty Melts ... and a Diet Coke.
Which AU Tight End should we start feeding Fatty Melts to so they can play Off. Tackle?? No, I'm serious.
BOOYAKASHA!
ReplyDeleteAnyone take any new steroids today they'd like to admit to before the AUBigCat Report comes out?
ReplyDeleteMy "Puppet of the Day" nomination goes to His Excellency, the Honorable Joseph R. Biden, Vice President of these United States, who will be operated like a puppet 100 percent of the time after his "30 percent" statement to a reporter.
ReplyDeleteno roids, but I did have some shrimp and tuna sushi
ReplyDeleteI've had more juice than Anita Bryant.
ReplyDeleteI really don't know what I took, but it made me hit 50 home runs, and I tested positive, so it had to be uh, bubble gum.
ReplyDeleteyour childhood cried out in your head "They mean to do you harm."
ReplyDelete"Don't ever ride on the devil's knee" remember Momma said.
Anyone who doesn't like the piano in Ticking has no appreciation for music. Of course, this opinion is from someone who wouldn't know a B flat from a turnip.
It's in the culture of HABOTN, so don't worry about anything you have been taken.
ReplyDeleteIf we are going to talk politics, I think we should talk Sangalan politics instead. Do you guys think Prime Minister Mutobu can bring stability to the country?
forgive my previous post. That was the maguro talking.
ReplyDeleteA b flat is yellow in color, doc.
ReplyDeleteUh, was that a yes or no question?
ReplyDeleteMutobu is a puppet for the shrimp and steroids cartel.
ReplyDeletePlus, he started easing up after 2004.
If it was 82 I'd watch, but not 24.
ReplyDeleteMuch like the BC coaching situation, there are a lot of ins and outs here.
ReplyDeleteWhat show/movie was that on, where the guy said he could break every problem down to a yes or no answer?
michael i think it was mister rodgers neighborhood
ReplyDeleteor macgyver
ReplyDeleteThey have always talked about making a 24 movie. Would it be called 2? 1.75?
ReplyDeleteI took prednisone in 6th grade. I wish I had known it would have made me hit the ball further. Instead, I just let it make me fat.
ReplyDeleteFat < Hitting Home Runs.
Is Miguel Tejada going to jail?
After some time of self reflection, I think the show was Space Ghost Coast to Coast. Close, son of Harri. Very close.
ReplyDeleteIs it true tht Jadgozinski has contemplated becoming the Secretary of Offense for the Sangalan government, and that is why he was fired at BC?
ReplyDeleteKids should take more steroids, I think we can all agree on that. That way, people won't be so judgmental when the get older.
ReplyDeletespace ghost was awesome, it should have won an oscar.
ReplyDeletePrednisone also gives you a humpback peter
The name Jadgozinski sounds more made up than the country of Sangala. So yes, I am sure they were in league together somehow.
ReplyDeleteDidn't the famed steriod lab, Balco, sing the 1985 hit "Amadeus, Amadeus?"
ReplyDeleteNo?
When did Sangala join the ACC? Man, that conference is just too large.
ReplyDeleteConference realignment, psha!
I thought Balco was a movie about a dog. I think it's funny when dogs sing on AFHV
ReplyDeleteI'm still trying to figure out the color results from a potassium chromate flame test. Any ideas?
ReplyDeleteNo you're all wrong. Balco was Keanu Reeves character in The Replacements
ReplyDeleteSteroids are overrated. Everyone knows the whole wrestling team at Valley was on roids, and Slater pinned Needick with ease anyway.
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ReplyDeleteHarrison ...
ReplyDeleteWorst ... sports ... movie ... ever.
Haven't forgiven Gene Hackman yet.
"Balco" was the war cry of the early Irish settlers in New Hampshire, according to wikipedia at least.
ReplyDeletewasn't Slater the emcee laughing uncontrollably on the inside when Miss SC tried to explain why people are stupid and can't locate the US on a world map?
ReplyDeletethat girl on the bayside wrestling team was definitely juiced. i saw her moose knuckles.
ReplyDeleteJet- that bad? worse than "gus"?
Indeed he was. And imagine how his career might have gone differently if he had used PEDs in his wrasslin days at Bayside.
ReplyDeleteRelax Dr.- some people don't have maps!!
ReplyDeleteis moose a verb or an adjective?
ReplyDeleteYeah, either that chick was juiced or she was packin something extra, if you know what I mean. We'll have to get the report on that from Zach Morris.
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ReplyDelete"Gus" was Disney.
ReplyDeleteKeanu's train wreck ... OK, that doesn't really clear it up much ... The Replacements was bad.
If I'm Hackman, Jack Warden, and anyone else reputable in the movie, I'm going "uncredited."
I like this version of the Miss South Carolina answer:
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if slater was on ped's. he used the limber kind not the bulky kind cause he and Jesse were great dancers
ReplyDeleteIf any more of this goes on, I'm hoping to be saved by the phone.
ReplyDeleteWhere are the puppets?
i still think we could get that donkey to kick for us this year. i'm sure he didn't go to college
ReplyDeleteMiss West Carolina's answer was even better:
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although i hear the donkey starred in a successful show called "sex and the city", as a nyc columnist
ReplyDeleteOuch... you just made Sarah Jessica Parker cry (and the one that was not qb for Alabama)
ReplyDeleteCould the donkey pass a drug test? I can.
ReplyDeletegood.she has made me miserable many times
ReplyDeleteIs it multiple choice? Donkeys can't do scantron. They suck at filling in the bubbles.
ReplyDeleteOpposable thumbs win again! Chaching!
humpback? All this time I thought i was simply a victim of bad posture.
ReplyDeleteI gotta go... I am doing a puppet show for a packed arena tonight. You know, you would think with my hatred for puppets, I would pick a different hobby. But you would also think Auburn would have gone to a bowl last season. Sometimes you think things that just aren't true, and that's not your fault, it's theirs. Understand?
ReplyDeletealond with a few other somewhat funny but serious maladies peter. the list of prednisone's side effects is as endless as an episode of the new 90210
ReplyDeleteglad my doctor thought it was appropriate to give to a sixth grader. Also glad he decided to pull me off of it once I experience my first side effect, fatness.
ReplyDeleteTurboProp was on it when he was 9 or 10 ... this is a kid who's been a rail his entire life ... all of a sudden he looks like Louie Anderson ... once he got off it, he returned to normal size.
ReplyDeleteyep, that's pretty much how it works.
ReplyDeleteI think the offensive line should have come up with some mysterious ailments last year that required it.
ReplyDeleteUmmmm.....I thought I heard some Saved By the Bell chatter in here earlier. As the self-proclaimed master of SBB trivia, I'll be glad to help with any questions you folks might have.
ReplyDeleteHarrison, why are you now referred to as a puppet?
The OL needs some of those anabolic steroids that have Gov Jet looking so beefy, not the blubber inducing glucocorticoids/prednisone.
ReplyDeleteGov.- can you spare a few pills?
Ah cahn get yeww neeeeduls.
ReplyDeletei amnot a puppet Will. I am a puppet hater along with michael and some others. 4-5pm is the official puppet hater.
ReplyDeletenow that i know you love SBTB as much as me we need to find SBTB trivia in Auburn and win some free stuff
Good afternoon Hotties...
ReplyDeleteAnyone planning on going to the women's game on Thursday? We play Kentucky.
ReplyDeleteThe men play Arkansas I believe tomorow at home
ReplyDeleteThe women just got a commit from Courtney Strain, the all-time leading scorer in Alabama High School Athletic Association girls' basketball history.
ReplyDeleteStrain is averaging 35 points per game this season, and established the state's scoring mark when she rang up her 4,176th point on Jan. 27. The 5-foot-9 player has started the last five years.
By the way, Stain is just a Junior!
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