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5.28.2009

Auburn still messing with Texas

Hey everyone. Recruiting ace Jeffrey Lee, of AuburnSports.com, reports this morning that behemoth Texas tackle Aleon Calhoun (6-foot-7, 315 pounds) has received an Auburn offer.

Not too shabby ... considering he hasn't visited or corresponded with anyone from Auburn.

"I was really shocked," Calhoun told AuburnSports.com. ``I was like 'Wow. This is for me and I haven't even talked to them or anything.' It felt good."

IN OTHER RECRUITING NEWS OF NOTE:

Another Texas OT, Daryl Williams, has received an offer from Auburn. Unlike Calhoun, who remains popular mostly in his home state, Williams has drawn offers from a wider array of schools. Even Alabama is on him.
CB Demarcus Milliner of Stanhope Elmore High visited coach Gene Chizik on campus last week. Chizik told Milliner, the nation's top-rated cornerback according to Rivals.com, that he can start immediately at Auburn in 2010. We know this because AuburnSports.com tells us so.

Photo credit: Rivals.com

331 Comments:

ehyou said...: I got nothing; 8:47 AM
ehyou said...: This is pretty cool.; 8:49 AM
Norm said...: 3; 8:50 AM
Norm said...: Or really, 2 since ehyou posted twice.; 8:51 AM
Jay G. Tate said...: I never do this, but here is a repost of something I just dropped on the Roof thread:

chip,

I disagree with your overall premise that Alabama writers gloss over stuff out of SEC fear. That's just not how it is.

This big story at Memphis that broke yesterday ... UM now facing allegations of SAT manipulation from the 2007-08 season.

UM received that letter in January. News of that letter broke yesterday. It's late May. Are Memphis boosters behind that coverup? Those documents are hard to come by. You can't ask for stuff if you don't know it exists.; 8:51 AM
Jay G. Tate said...: Not ripping on chip at all. Great poster.

Just explaining things from this end.; 8:51 AM
WarEagleRK said...: I wonder if Calipari let UK know about this investigation when they were interviewing him or if this caught them by surprise?; 8:52 AM
Jet said...: RK types faster than me ... I had the same thought.; 8:54 AM
Jay G. Tate said...: That's a great question, RK.

I'll see what I can find out.; 8:55 AM
Jay G. Tate said...: If you hear a lot of talk about "cheating" or other instances of alleged malfeasance, it's almost a certainty that at least one media outlet is investigating it.

These investigations sometimes move at an incredibly slow rate. And often the chase ends with nothing. Sometimes there are coverups; sometimes nothing shady occurred.; 8:58 AM
ehyou said...: I bet John Clay's got the scoop.; 9:04 AM
Jay G. Tate said...: Clay was one of my prof/teachers at UK.

I can't go to him for scoop!; 9:08 AM
Norm said...: John Clay's got nothing on Bammer Shane.; 9:08 AM
Taylor said...: hola hotties

work has been crazy and I apologize for my lack of content contribution.

Just wanted to say hello. When you are building a 8 story hospital in 18 months in north Texas, theres not much time left for much else.

Jay G, you da man

WDE; 9:08 AM
Jay G. Tate said...: Depeche Mode's "Violator" ... groundbreaking work.; 9:09 AM
ehyou said...: Wonders never cease. Here's an article Clay posted this morning. Evidently Calipari's name is not in the "letter", for whatever that means.; 9:09 AM
Jay G. Tate said...: Hey Taylor!

Glad to see you're still chopping the wood on that north Texas hospital.; 9:09 AM
Jay G. Tate said...: Professor Clay is always on his game.; 9:11 AM
Jay G. Tate said...: I don't like how Derrick Rose's name gets thrown into this despite no official indication that he's involved.

I hope that information is accurate ... for the writers' sakes.; 9:14 AM
AUBigCat said...: I know that Milliner is a 5* CB but is he good enough to start as a freshman?

Jay we may need to talk about Corey Grant RB from Opelika a bit. He has been really overshadowed by all of the Seastrunk, Dyer, Lattimore talk but this guy was .07 away from setting the State record in the 100in track a few weeks ago. He pretty much toasted Milliner and a few other top football prospects who are legit burner.; 9:14 AM
WarEagleRK said...: ESPN said last night that the player involved only played one season at Memphis and that was on the 2007-2008 team that won 38 games and went to the finals vs Kansas...if it's someone who only played one year there and was gone, it has to be Derrick Rose.; 9:20 AM
AUNugget said...: Thats a big boy.

Thanks for recruiting update Jay G.

one question though, that i am sure has been asked before, why are we not getting any commitments? are all the kids waiting around to see what Auburn looks like in terms of play? are the coaches telling them to wait or keep their commitments silent?; 9:22 AM
Jay G. Tate said...: A couple things ...

RK, I just don't like seeing a guy's name bandied about without real proof. If you ever get it wrong, you're finished.

Nugget, that's a good question. My educated guess is that, as you said, top prospects want to see how everything goes down this fall. Notice that Auburn still is handing out plenty of offers and those guys, for the most part, haven't committed. So it's still game on.; 9:27 AM
WarEagleRK said...: Jay, I believe it was Pat Forde on ESPN last night who 1st dropped Rose's name.; 9:31 AM
AUNugget said...: You are right Jay G, it is still game on and as we have all seen before with "commitments" it is game on until that LOI is signed, sealed, and delivered.; 9:33 AM
Unknown said...: AUBigCat, by the definitions I have heard 5 star means a player is thought to be able to contribute immediately. By the way, I didn't hear this from Leon Hart.; 9:35 AM
ehyou said...: My wife loves Depeche Mode. Their music is confusing and scary to my simple mind.; 9:35 AM
Unknown said...: Jay, I am with you on not spreading unsubstantiated rumors, which is why I don't consider the current stuff with Alabama to be anything. It might become something at some point, but if people post things on the internet enough, they start assuming it is fact.

Jay, I also have a concern with recruiting. Over the last several recruiting classes we have lost a lot of players to attrition through various means. I saw an article on undercover that broke it down by state over about the last 5 years. Of the players that left or never actually showed up, some states had much higher attrition rates than others. We lost a large percentage of our recruits from Florida and all of them from Louisiana. This doesn't count the incoming class.

My concern is that with all the recruiting being done out in the Texas area, will we see a huge attrition rate. This seems like a valid concern that should be addressed to Chizik. My guess is that the further away from home a player is, the more likely he won't make it in college.; 9:41 AM
Unknown said...: Heck, I don't even know what a Depeche Mode is. Does it come with whip cream?; 9:42 AM
Anonymous said...: Steve, you're not that old.; 9:47 AM
Jet said...: To quote Kajagoogoo, Steve's just "Too Shy, Shy"; 9:49 AM
Norm said...: Hush hush.; 9:50 AM
Jet said...: By the power vested in me by me, I hereby declare it open season for 1980s lyrics within Hottie posts today.; 9:51 AM
Jet said...: Otherwise, I will have the second day of Hottie VBS and tell you a story.; 9:51 AM
Eddie McCoy said...: It's Hip to be Square, get on the bama hate bandwagon today while there is still room.; 9:53 AM
Norm said...: Everybody have fun tonight. Everybody Wang Chung tonight.; 9:55 AM
Jet said...: The UAT Cousin Humpers in Gadsden have been wavin' their hands in the air like they just don't care.; 9:59 AM
Unknown said...: Oh crap, now you are going to have me wang chunging and dropping the bomb at the same time.; 10:00 AM
WarEagleRK said...: Memphis basketball just got spun round round, baby round round, like a record.; 10:02 AM
AUfan said...: A few points to consider:
1) Alabama never cheats quietly. It will be done on a grand scale. See Mike DuBose and his recruiting "magic."
2) Roy Adams(TennStud) said on the UT board a few weeks back that his sources in Memphis told him that Bama had "runners" back in Memphis to send players to UA. I know some people laugh at him as "internet talk", but Adams has had some reliable info on violations in the past(from several schools.)
3) Ensmingers' wife stated on Sportscall last year after the firing was announced that AU would have to find someone else to compete with Sabans' $100 handshakes because this staff wouldn't do it. People said this was just the crazy talk of an angry Coach's wife. She WAS angry, but her anger was directed at Auburn for firing her husband. Do people think she got her info from a football message board?
4) I believe what Jay said about reporters investigating alleged violations. I also believe that there is a certain "code of silence" which makes coaches that may know certain things that are going on keep quiet(probably for their own career). And other people who may be involved in the scams will deny to the end they were involved for many reasons, including safety and financial concerns. It is very difficult for a reporter to get on-the-record evidence he or she would need to run an article, I would think. This leads to the internet talk with a much lower standard of proof to hear of things that may be occurring. There is a lot of misinformation and lies for sure, but there is also some legitimate information that can't be printed by established news organizations, for better or for worse.

And I readily admit these things together are no proof of cheating. But looking at past experiences regarding Alabama, it certainly could raise some questions. I still believe the current SEC commissioner has no desire to hear of any recruiting(or any other) violations regarding SEC schools.; 10:02 AM
ehyou said...: Ive wasted all my tears,
Wasted all those years.
Nothing had the chance to be good,
Nothing ever could.
Ill keep holding on.; 10:04 AM
Norm said...: P-p-push it real good.; 10:04 AM
Unknown said...: Personally, I think take the allegations being made against Alabama as a bunch of who ha until the NCAA announces an investigation, and unlike many, I don't want to see UAT on probation. Can you imagine no television for the Iron Bowl, or even more scary, no Iron Bowl at all. I don't want to live in a world without an Iron Bowl.; 10:07 AM
WarEagleRK said...: I won't lie, I hate the majority of 80's music.; 10:07 AM
Unknown said...: I'm a little tea pot, short and stout, this is my handle, this is my spout,...; 10:08 AM
Norm said...: RK - I'm with you. The "popular" stuff from that decade stunk on ice. But having said that...
Damned indecision, and cursed pride.; 10:09 AM
wartiger said...: I'll say this as far as the lack of commitments go...last year at this time we were gushing at how the commitments where just flowing in. I think it was something like 22 commitments before the season even started but...we were also saying "oh look who else offered them..southern miss, baylor, Miss St." I guess what I am saying is it looks like when you go after more high profile kids you don't get the early commitments..at least that's what it looks like to me..Good morning Hotties BTW; 10:13 AM
wartiger said...: Steve-I don't want the cousin humpers on probation either but if they are cheating I would enjoy watching the embarrassment that would cause them if (or when) they get caught...; 10:15 AM
ehyou said...: The 80's were the glory days of music - Hank Jr., Alabama, Willie, Waylon, Merle, Earl Thomas Conley, Eddie Rabbit (just to name a few) all had some of their biggest hits in that decade.; 10:15 AM
Unknown said...: The music died sometime in the mid 70s. There has been no music sense then.; 10:17 AM
Jet said...: The Red Telephone Cold War Era is ovah.

It used to be that the coaches would pick up the phone call each other and settle their business on the phone, or at the worst at the "commission" meeting in Destin.

There were exceptions though the years. Bill Curry -- ha, there he is again -- went immediately to the triple dog dare in a breach of etiquette not often seen. He turned in Auburn for its recruitment of Charlie Dare, a lineman from Enterprise, and skipped over the requisite double dog dare. Charlie signed with UAT and never amounted to anything. And nothing amounted to Curry's charges.

If someone got nailed by the NCAA, they were just asking for it because they had likely been confronted, then warned, and ultimately thrown to the wolves.

But then the world changed. The money increased. The attention became 24/7. The pressure intensified exponentially. Now, it's crazy time out there. And we're all watching it closely.

Slive wants nothing more than to put the genie back in the bottle, but that ain't happening. We can surmise that it's about protecting UAT, or whoever, but it's about trying to return to the good ol' days. Which probably benefited UAT the most.

Doesn't matter, those days are gone.; 10:17 AM
Norm said...: ehyou - are you my brother? Them's my favorites. Let's you and I take this in our own direction. Having said that...
Why do the best looking girls, have real ugly friends?; 10:18 AM
wartiger said...: norm- to make themselves feel prettier..; 10:19 AM
Unknown said...: It is because all the good looking girls are lesbians, or at least that is what they keep telling me.; 10:19 AM
Norm said...: You'll meet a queen, the girl of your dreams, and she'll have a friend that's really fat.; 10:23 AM
Scott Chocolate said...: How about some '80's metal lyrics to go along with Jet's synopsis?

You think you've private lives
Think nothing of the kind
There is no true escape
I'm watching all the time

J-Z will know who these came from.; 10:23 AM
ehyou said...: Oh, you'll meet a queen; the girl of your dreams,
And she'll have a friend that's really, really fat!; 10:24 AM
ehyou said...: Well crap Norm, you beat me to it!; 10:25 AM
Norm said...: Steve - true story. In college there was a good looking girl that sat near me during some class. We'd talk a fair amount before class, during breaks, after class and such. Anyway, one day I asked her out and she completely blew me off (no sexual innuendo here) like never before. I mean, I'd been denied before but this was world class. Anyway, a few years later I hear on the news that she was arrested for shooting her lesbian lover in the face while pulled to the side of I-85 and killing her. I guess she's no longer in prison now. But, I believe now I'm pretty glad she turned me down.; 10:27 AM
Jet said...: Norm ...

A fraternity brother of mine had a similar experience with the victim of said shooting.; 10:29 AM
Norm said...: Who's gonna play the Opry and The Wabash Cannonball?; 10:29 AM
ehyou said...: But that lady of mine drank warm red wine til she couldn't even find the door
She wound up on the Jones' bed and I wound up on the floor; 10:29 AM
ehyou said...: Norm...
That song brings tears every time. It is unavoidable.; 10:30 AM
Norm said...: Jet - I always suspected the victim had those "leanings" even when she was dating JM.; 10:30 AM
Jay G. Tate said...: Tecnnically, Depeche Mode's classic "Violator" album was 1990.

My next song would have been Biggie Smalls crooning: "I love it when you call me Big Pawpa."

Throw your hands in the ayah if you's a true playa...; 10:30 AM
Norm said...: No doubt about it, The Possum can belt out a tearjerker like nobody's business.; 10:31 AM
Jet said...: Norm,

I concur.

One other thing, Mrs. Jet was at a school seminar years ago when your "askee" was speaking to a group of children about "making the right choices."; 10:32 AM
Luke said...: My hands are in the ayah.....then my wife made me take them down; 10:34 AM
Norm said...: Heck, I can't even remember her name and she may not have been as attractive as my memory says she is, but I can definitely remember the victim's name.; 10:34 AM
Scott Chocolate said...: I can't believe that posting something about the American League on post #69 is going to be a thread killer.; 10:42 AM
Monica said...: Luke wins best spelling of ayah.; 10:44 AM
Anonymous said...: Sorry Mr. Slive, but if returning to the good ol' days-type decorum is gonna return the recruiting edge to UAT as outlined by Jet ...I say let the Information Age continue to rule. We'll spew the rumors and make them prove innocence. It's one of the only ways to combat their ol' boy network in the state.

The 80's pop/rock music was awful. As mentioned by Steve...good/creative Rock music died in the mid 70's....coincidentally about the time music writers quit doing heavy drugs. Modern country music came of age in the 80's. Country music now all sounds the same again.; 10:45 AM
Jet said...: Hoopie,

Good answer. I like the way you think. I'm gonna keep my eye on you.; 10:47 AM
Monica said...: Ahistorical, you think this s**t just dropped right out of the sky.
My analysis it's time to harvest the crust from your eyes; 10:49 AM
AUfan said...: Jet, Back To School with Sam Kinison as the unstable professor?; 10:50 AM
Monica said...: LOUD APPLAUSE FOR HOOPIE!!!!

Preach on it, Hoop!; 10:51 AM
Jet said...: Depressed,

Bring a pitcher of beer every 10 minutes until someone passes out. Then bring one every five minutes.

A classic.; 10:51 AM
AUfan said...: Jet, Dangerfield and Kinnison together should be against the law. You are correct, a true classic.; 10:55 AM
Scott Chocolate said...: Hoopie, I mostly agree on your music take. Mainstream 80's pop was so bad that, aside from listening to 60's and 70's stuff, you just about had to choose metal/hard rock or country. I chose the former. Looking back, a lot of that was pretty bad, too. Now, with all the online resources, you can go back and find some good obscure 80's stuff. I guess it was tough to get anybody to play your records back then if you were any good.; 10:56 AM
Monica said...: my applause was for Hoopie's Mr. Slive comments; 10:59 AM
Scott Chocolate said...: I agree with that part, too.

Addendum to the music part - there has been good, creative rock music all along. It was just a lot harder to find in the 80's. It's gotten progressively easier since then, though I still agree that the mid-70's was most likely the best.; 11:05 AM
Monica said...: Random gripe for today: I hate when I leave a message and you can tell the person isn't writing it down and has no intention of delivering said message.

Carry on.; 11:09 AM
Anonymous said...: Monica, I hate that too!; 11:24 AM
Jay G. Tate said...: Is that like when your server takes the order by memory?

I'm too cool for pens and paper...Then they shank the order.; 11:28 AM
Eddie McCoy said...: That's good Jay G.; 11:28 AM
Jay G. Tate said...: Apologies if you have seen this, but it's a relatively new phenomenon:

Three Wolf Moon Shirt from Amazon.comRead the reviews.; 11:30 AM
ehyou said...: I'm hooked on gyros. If the folks working in the Greek restaurant weren't so doggone weird, I'd eat there every day.; 11:32 AM
ehyou said...: People swear those things heal, cause fortunes to be found, create euphoria, etc. It's very bizarre.; 11:33 AM
Anonymous said...: Mon...If the non-messagetaker really gets to you....casually mention that you may not have given the info correctly and could they read it back to you.

Inbred Bama arrogance courtesy of the Bear, ensures that there is a 90% chance of fires behind the smoke. We won't go back.; 11:34 AM
Monica said...: Yes, that's EXACTLY what it's like, Jay G.; 11:38 AM
Jet said...: Pet Peeve No. 1

DRIVE THRU BARISTA: Hello, welcome to Starbucks, would like to try our brand new Grande Fartalatte?

(That's fair enough.)

JET: No thanks, I'd like a venti Coffee with cream ... and --

DTB: How about a chew Diggittydew to go with that?

(OK, that's enough)

JET: No, but I also need a grande skinny caramel latte.

DTB: Would you like to pair that with a tasty Doomaflotchee?

(NOW, I'M HOTTER THAN THEIR COFFEE)

JET: What I would like is to be able to complete my order without you trying to sell me something I don't want.; 11:39 AM
Monica said...: but you gotta admit their Doomaflotchee's are deeeeelicious.; 11:41 AM
Jet said...: Wouldn't know ... broke from buying the coffee to which Mrs. Jet got me addicted.; 11:42 AM
Monica said...: I wish I had a Reese's cup as big as Chizik's head right now. Chocolate Scott please bring me something yummy.; 11:42 AM
Monica said...: I wouldn't know either, Jet. I don't do Starbucks. I made the mistake of saying that in Seattle one time. Oy vey.; 11:43 AM
Anonymous said...: JGT...that's classic stuff.

Print that on crimson shirts and sell'em to Bammers.; 11:45 AM
ehyou said...: I'm sure Starbuck's is very good. Anything that popular is instantly boycotted. That's just how I'm wired.; 11:46 AM
Anonymous said...: Good coffee is everywhere in Seattle. My fav was purchased in the shopping center parking lot kiosk next to my regular hotel.

Complaints about Starbucks, Boeing or Microsoft aren't welcome in the great NW.; 11:51 AM
ehyou said...: N Korea renounces truce with S Korea in place since '53. I'm no expert, but that sounds kinda serious.; 11:52 AM
WarEagleRK said...: Jay G,

Forget the shirt commentary, I'm amazed they are still selling Zubaz pants...they are listed in the "if you like this, you'll love these section"; 11:54 AM
Monica said...: tshirt comments = gold

thanks for sharing; 11:54 AM
chip chip said...: JGT,

wasn't trying to throw you under the bus earlier. i loved it when you broke jetgate by tracking lowder's plane. that is the type of innovative investigative reporting i think reporters in this state covering UAT are lacking as a whole based mainly on fear of REC (Red Elephant Club not SEC) wether un/substantiated. the mere "threat" of ad $$$ being pulled when newspapers are in dire straights will not only get the sports editor's attention, but the higher ups at the paper as well. their jobs or on the line, like it or not, at the whim of large advertisers. when those advertiser can collude to put pressure on any or all media outlets in the state, freedom of the press suffers to some degree.

i've said before, my poster child for receiving a dose of REC rage is your friend neal mccready. he had a show in sportsdrive on WREC (WNSP) that could stand up against any national show on radio. he bashed bammer, AU, UAB, USA, coaches, players, politicians or wherever a dose of reality was needed. he also doled out the credit when it was due. He constantly ripped paul finebum as a rabble rousing hack, which he is. he was a great AU beat writer and columnist in the mobile press and the only one in that paper's sports page worth reading. neal was perceived as not "pro alabama enough" and was shown the door at REC run WNSP and subsequently by the REC press register sports editor. your call in to WNSP the day after he was let go was priceless and justified. i'm pretty sure that some large WNSP advertisers, some of which were frequent callers, had threatened to pull advertising if sportsdrive didn't pump a little more bammer sunshine. neal and co. had too much integrity to do cave in.

what i am saying is the alabama media reports every time $aban eats an oatmeal pie or sneezes. how could they have not known about two letters from the ncaa including a "failure to monitor" and "repeat offender" charge over the course of two years before UAT actually released the story to the media after national signing day 2009? cecil hurt is an REC mouthpiece on that show in bammerham and he was even duped and/or never reported it. he knows he would be cut off from his inside sources and be relegated to another beat hack if he spoke word one of anything the REC and UAT wished to keep private.

just for the record, i'm also in the camp of "i'll believe it when i see it" as far as a formal ncaa investigation being announced regarding gadsden, mobile or any of the other alleged stuff bammer has been doing since $aban arrived. i just like to throw some rumors i've heard out there from AU and UT and other fans to, rightly or wrongly, add a little to the discussion. and i also do not look at the comments section of al.com. most of the rumors rundowns i've thrown out here come from pay sites where the folks over there rip each other to shreds if someone is not perceived as credible. some of them have had accurate information many times in the past regarding bammer and ncaa matters and there is a lot of smoke for there not to be some fire. i also agree with the yahoo! sports writer that USC and bammer are a litmus test for how severely the ncaa will deal with major cheating and repeat offenders. the number of bammer trolls on their boards and appearing on this one are also suspicious if there is nothing for the ncaa to investigate.

some of the AU fans that lived through bammers peak in the 60s & 70s can attest to how rampant the bahr's cheating was. AU kept getting caught cheating small trying to keep up with the jones'. he would pay for players to sit the bench at bama rather than play against them at AU, UT, UGA etc. you don't give out 200 football scholarships just because you can. i know none of us here want to see $aban and the REC get away with the type of rampant cheating they enjoyed in those times and were getting back to when they got busted in memphis.; 11:54 AM
chip chip said...: and i admittedly do not know how freedom of info act requests are made or handled by the press. i would just periodically ask for any correspondence between the ncaa and "your university here" regarding potential violations in any sport so they couldn't hide it for months or years. if AU gets a letter of investigation from the ncaa, i'd like to know that day and i imagine jgt would be one of the first to bring it to light. it's naive to think that the media in the state of alabama are not pandering to their readership demographics. fox news panders to republicans and cnbc panders to liberals. the same is occurs here.; 11:55 AM
ehyou said...: I'm all about options. Microsoft would love for me to have none. They are definitely on the boycott list.; 11:55 AM
Monica said...: Jet - Cliff's notes please. Smooches.; 11:56 AM
Anonymous said...: Seems like every time we change the prez some rogue country wants to test our resolve.; 11:56 AM
chip chip said...: go macintosh!!!; 12:00 PM
chip chip said...: bill gates (i.e. microsoft) annoys me.

i think bill is a pretty good guy.; 12:01 PM
ehyou said...: If I ever have any money, I'm making the switch to Mac.; 12:02 PM
chip chip said...: my wife and i were laughing about the wolf shirt because her father has many t-shirt featuring wolves. the mojo has not worked for him...; 12:02 PM
chip chip said...: brent poole?; 12:10 PM
Unknown said...: Wow Norm, incredible story. Now, there is some kind of life lesson in there.; 12:12 PM
Anonymous said...: Chip...back in the day, my experience was that the more valid the information-the closer the source, therefore the more careful that info was disseminated. In order for a valid source, to avoid detection and loss of trust normally requires issuing various tidbits in various directions. The unintended consequence is that this creates more smoke than actual fire and adds to confusion.

These things take time and usually sources get cold feet and coherent exposure doesn't happen. Consider a more understated approach. You may find that to be a more effective way to gather info.; 12:18 PM
Unknown said...: I said it in the 80s and I say it again now; rap music is a fad that just won't last.; 12:22 PM
j-z said...: All I can say is....(devil horn fingers extended and screaming)
There I was completely wasting, out of work and down
All inside its so frustrating as I drift from town to town
Feel as though nobody cares if I live or die
So I might as well begin to put some action in my life...; 12:30 PM
Unknown said...: Where is Ronald Regan when you need him? He new how to handle negotiations with wacko dictators better than any president we have had sense. He would simply send in the marines, have them bring Kim to the US, and then start negotiations with him.; 12:36 PM
Norm said...: Music hold the secret,
To know it can make you whole
It's not just a game of notes,
It's the sound inside your soul
The magic of the melody
Runs through you like a stream
The notes the play flow
through your head
Like a dream
Like a dream
Like a dream; 12:38 PM
Anonymous said...: Back to recruiting...

The bad news....The # of AU recruit commits is far behind most of the other SEC leaders. The national trend has certainly been toward earlier commits, which places us even further behind.

This seems to be something to monitor, but not fret over ...yet. This is still a new staff and they have to overcome the stigma of a strange HC firing (Don't think that the spector of probable future PTB interference hasn't been mentioned by other teams). These coaches are finally getting after some OL and are generally after some good athletes with character. Hopefully we can get some of those few top recruits out of summer camps and prior to the start of HS football. Couple that with some early season wins against easy teams and a few more may commit. We will still probably be scrambling at the end and hopefully be at least a top 20 class. We should expect the 2011 class to be better.; 12:38 PM
Unknown said...: Sitting on the park bench
eyeing little girls with bad intent.
Snot is running down his nose
greasy fingers smearing shabby clothes.
Aqualung
Drying in the cold sun
Watching as the frilly panties run.
Aqualung
Feeling like a dead duck
spitting out pieces of his broken luck.
Whoa, aqualung; 12:41 PM
Commish of Old Pimps said...: Excellent Triumph reference, Norm. Rik and his Flying V from the Great White North rocked!!; 12:46 PM
ehyou said...: There is nothing quite like the hard-rock flute.; 12:46 PM
Will said...: It's been seven hours and fifteen days...; 12:48 PM
Unknown said...: Yea, hard rock flute and 80s flashbacks of 70s songs should be allowed.; 12:48 PM
Scott Chocolate said...: There's also the southern rock flute - Marshall Tucker Band.; 12:48 PM
chip chip said...: i'm just paraphrasing what i read elsewhere for our entertainment here. i have zero inside sources for anything anywhere.

i am also of the opinion that if someone outside the REC influence like yahoo sports, espn or the ajc breaks a story about an ncaa investigation of bammer, that opens the door for in-state media to bring whatever factual information they have gathered to light without fear of REC repercussions. there are a lot of AU & UT people adamant that the ncaa PLIO #2 re: gadsden and mobile area are coming eventually. the textbook thing was important because it extends the repeat offender window open if/when anything comes out of gadsden etc.

if bammer and north korea are found innocent of wrongdoing after through investigations, then good for them and people like me are idiots for jumping the gun and ASSuming there is something to it based on past practices and history.; 12:49 PM
ehyou said...: Take off to the great white north.; 12:50 PM
ehyou said...: Hosehead; 12:50 PM
Unknown said...: There is way too many comments on UAT in here these days. I am not a UAT hater. I consider hating UAT like hating a kid from the special olympics. You shouldn't hate them. You might to hire them as a golf instructor, but you don't hate them. You just kind of take them for what they are.; 12:53 PM
War Eagle Girl said...: Oh no.....that was you on the phone Monica!!!; 12:55 PM
chip chip said...: there is a very insightful article on AUundercover by philip marshall about high school coaches and recruiting practices under xCTT staff and the new guys. the new guys are much more aggressive and show up AT the high schools and are more visible. the old guys sent correspondence and rarely made appearances compared to others. there was a lot of trying to get the high school coaches to get the players to come to AU for camp rather AU going to recruit them at their home. hence the pattern of offering campers so much by the CTT staff. great news to me.; 12:56 PM
War Eagle Girl said...: My pet peeve, is people not identifying themselves on the phone as though you know who they are.; 12:56 PM
Norm said...: Triumph was a most unappreciated band and Rik was highly underrated as to his abilities. He's doing right well for himself now in the C-Jazz realm.; 12:58 PM
Unknown said...: My pet peeve is having someone call up and say "who is this"? I usually respond with "this is the person you called".; 12:59 PM
Unknown said...: As I said, music went away in the mid 70s. Coincidentally, so did streaking.; 1:00 PM
chip chip said...: and i'm done with UAT steve...except for hating them!; 1:01 PM
ehyou said...: Chris Low says that Alabama expects to hear from NCAA next week. It seems that it only involves the textbook thing though.; 1:03 PM
ehyou said...: A very good article about streaking at Auburn in the '70s.; 1:05 PM
Aeronaut said...: ehyou.

Linux is an easy option that you might want to explore. Making the switch now is pretty straightforward. Very straightforward.; 1:06 PM
ehyou said...: The looks on the faces of the two guys in the picture are priceless.; 1:06 PM
AUfan said...: Steve, that is a honorable note regarding hatin' Bama. Personally, if they were to receive the death penalty, I will break out my Sunday-best suit for the funeral. The loss of the Iron Bowl would be made up for by watching the legions of mullet-nation fans walking around wearing their Got 12?? shirts with stunned disbelief on their faces.; 1:06 PM
ehyou said...: xaff...
I don't even know what Linux is, but with a little research I'm sure I can find out. Thanks.; 1:07 PM
War Eagle Girl said...: yeah, I almost streaked...it was a crazy time and the mob mentality was rampant; 1:08 PM
Unknown said...: ehyou, I loved that article on streaking and it is actually what brought it to mind. I couldn't believe that actually occurred in Auburn.; 1:09 PM
War Eagle Girl said...: oh, I just read it and I was at the ROTC drill field that night....just a freshman so I didn't have the nerve but it was definitely crazy around AU for a couple of weeks.; 1:13 PM
Jet said...: Monica ...

Do you still want Cliff Notes?; 1:16 PM
chip chip said...: ehyou, check best buy for 18 month same as cash financing for purchases over $400. a good imac with large screen is around $2000. that includes buying a $150 1 TB external hard drive to store all your stuff on. i'm storing all my video, music and pictures externally to not impede performance by cluttering up my interal hard drive.; 1:17 PM
ehyou said...: $2,000 for a computer!?! Chip, I don't think you realize the depths of my frugality.

When my $50 yard sale PC dies, there'll be another one right down the street next Saturday.; 1:19 PM
chip chip said...: a friend of mine introduced me to dropbox.com some of you may find it useful for sharing large files amongst yourselves. you can basically send someone an email link and when they click it, it downloads the file you uploaded to your dropbox. or you can set your dropbox to automatically sync with friends' boxes. pretty slick.; 1:21 PM
ehyou said...: chip...
I frequently e-mail large files and have to break them up into several messages. That sounds like the ticket. Thanks.; 1:22 PM
Unknown said...: And you folks really should have elected me President. I would have cleared up this problem with North Korea quickly and without violence. I would just hold a news conference announcing that I am doubling the number of stealth bombers patroling over North Korea. Now, my guess is wacko Kim wouldn't have much to say until he was able to find a way to detect these non-existent bombers.; 1:23 PM
Unknown said...: I have 3 half gig external drives I use for backup. I have scripts that run twice a day that back up the primary information on my computer automatically.; 1:25 PM
chip chip said...: ehyou, i've operated on the cheap for a long time and with pieced together and hand me down computers. i finally went out and bought a cadillac. food tastes better, air smells cleaner with the new puter. no regrets-only that i was laid off a month later and i am on the hook for the bill...; 1:26 PM
Jet said...: Steve,

I appreciate your perspective regarding UAT. You've said this before, and I will respond again because it will allow me to unleash a volley of vituperous vitriol (cue Monica's swoon).

I hate 'em. I guess it's because I'm among them. I have experience their undeserved smugness -- starting in the playground kickball games at Floyd Elementary School to offices and businesses throughuot our state.

I grew up with people that when you went to church on Sunday that instead of extending the right hand of Christian fellowship, you got a jab about a ball game. For all my bluster, I don't say anything to them unless provoked.

I grew up with people that got jobs because they were an SAE at UAT, even after they had to shut the place down for a while because it was a crack house.

I grew up around people who couldn't find Tuscaloosa with a GPS and Lewis and Freakin' Clark guiding them, but they worship tha Bahr.

And I stood there ready to knock the snot out of guy in the stands at Houndstooth Hell who was pontificating on the class and integrity of the Universitah, then had the gall to say something insulting to the 13 year old boy sitting next to him who was wearing an Auburn jersey. Thankfully my son prevented one of us from flying out of the first row of the upper deck.

I hate 'em.; 1:27 PM
chip chip said...: he sent me the led zeppelin show in mobile, al 1973 the other day via dropbox.com. two 120 MB+ files.; 1:28 PM
ehyou said...: chip...
can you e-mail me the link for that show?; 1:30 PM
Unknown said...: Jet, I grew up around the same thing. Old age has just changed me, or perhaps it was the honk if you sacked Brodie game.; 1:30 PM
Anonymous said...: I clicked on the streak vid hoping to catch a view of some those gorgeous 70's AU coeds, but alas it was 99% doods.

War Eagle Girl....you coulda been on film and made your parents proud.; 1:30 PM
Aubie said...: My 2 cents:

80's music was AUsome! Nothing like walking home from class, popping a cold one, sitting down on that fine cowboy pattern couch so generously provided by Mr. Pridmore's fully furnished apartment, and turning on some MTV!
Music videos 24/7... I want my MTV!
MTV in the 80's!!
That was when the M stood for Music!; 1:31 PM
Unknown said...: As for computers, I will put my quad core pc with 8 gig of ram, 64 bit linux, and dual 22" monitors up against any mac.; 1:31 PM
Aubie said...: Brother Jet,
AMEN!; 1:33 PM
Unknown said...: OKay, I will admit it. There is one 80s song that didn't suck. It is Safety Dance by Men Without Hats. Coincidentally, it is the coolest video too.; 1:33 PM
Anonymous said...: I'm withya Jet. I was one of those jerks full of self-induced arrogance in the late 60's-early 70's.....until after my first year experiencing the dignity at AU. I'll never go back to Bama.....and AU won't go back to those days.; 1:36 PM
Anonymous said...: Steve..that's a serious machine....uh....you must werk on computers for a living (j/k, I saw your bio).; 1:39 PM
War Eagle Girl said...: Hoopie, okay, then I will say I have blond hair and that great body and made the yearbook! That's where the pics were from. What happens in Auburn, stays in Auburn!; 1:39 PM
chip chip said...: my bad. he sent me a bunch of radiohead remaster releases via dropbox. the zep stuff was a link to a guitars101.com forum.

http://www.guitars101.com/forums/f90/led-zeppelin-1973-05-13-mobile-alabama-winston-remasters-71072.html

see if that works. i still have not taken the time to learn how to use dropbox other than signing up and listening to what my buddy said you could do with it.; 1:40 PM
Monica said...: Jet - No. I think all I need to see from today's thread is something about a rock hard flute. You people are out of control.; 1:42 PM
Monica said...: i can't handle multiple paragraph posts; 1:44 PM
chip chip said...: i love a good pc myself and i'll trade my mac for steves setup any day. to me, macs are just good, reliable easy to use without all the viruses and spyware that infiltrate windows. if i was a programmer, it's pc all the way. once i can get a job i'm going to stuff my mac full of RAM and get another external drive.; 1:47 PM
chip chip said...: i heard the safety dance like three times in one day in different places the other week...; 1:48 PM
ehyou said...: chip...
Yes, there's a link to Megaupload from that site and it works. Thanks.; 1:50 PM
Jet said...: Best Intramural Softball Team Name:

Men Without Bats; 1:53 PM
Anonymous said...: WEG....Hoopie and Hurricane Eloise arrived in Auburn in September '75, thus missing the streaking. I'm gonna have to find a '74 Glom to see what I missed.

Most alum have stories that need to stay at school. Camera phones and Facebook make that a challenge for students nowadays. Wifey wanted to show me some stuff on our daughter's facebook........Not a good idea for Dad to see that.; 1:59 PM
Anonymous said...: Jet......I played for the "Nads".

Our cheer was Go-Nads-Go.; 2:02 PM
Jet said...: Flutes, Mac vs. PC, multi-paragraphed posts, streaking.

Man, we got issues.; 2:07 PM
ehyou said...: Hoopie...
That is brilliant. I love it.; 2:10 PM
Unknown said...: For those of you wanting to listen to music online, try www.playlist.com. For those of you wanting to scarf mp3s, I will not mention wget because that would simply be wrong.; 2:15 PM
War Eagle Girl said...: jet...it's called desperate for football news...; 2:15 PM
Jet said...: WEG ...

I was trying to get a closer look at your avatar, and I notice from your profile that you are a kitchen and bath designer.

Any chance you'll have self-cleaning versions on the market soon?; 2:17 PM
Norm said...: Rock hard flute.

That's funny right there Mon. I think it's you and not your sister who's the dirty one.; 2:17 PM
Unknown said...: Mon, it isn't my fault I have a pornographic memory.; 2:18 PM
Scott Chocolate said...: WEG's avatar appears to be a photo of a couple of devout Whiskeypalians.; 2:19 PM
Jet said...: Norm ...

I can just hear some elementary school teacher in the Brewton school system yelling out "MON-eee-kah" kind of the way whichever Gabor sister used to yell "OLL-EEE-VAH" on Green Acres.

That or something like "Monaker."; 2:20 PM
Norm said...: Mon - I changed the picture just for you.; 2:20 PM
Norm said...: Jet I think it's the second one. It has to be.; 2:21 PM
Aubie said...: favorite AU intramural teams:
Men of Paws
Fuzzy Ducker
and the all time best - Sex Biscuits; 2:29 PM
Monica said...: Norm - Most excellent avatar!!

Dirty was trained by the best.

The thing I remember most was Pastor "Brother John" of the First Baptist Church calling me Monaker. Maybe that's why I converted...hmmm....; 2:29 PM
War Eagle Girl said...: jet...probably not that's why I have someone clean my house on a regular basis!
That's the Auburn Pope that used to hang out on Donahue on the way to the game until they cleaned it up with a side walk...missed him this year!; 2:30 PM
chip chip said...: sorry again.

the site is getdropbox.com; 2:31 PM
scott,will not,from tucson said...: cadillac
cadillac
big and long
shiny and black

a little boss from the 80s.; 2:32 PM
Aubie said...: Supper Club circa 1985
Band - Telluride
Rockin' 80's cover music and every sorority chick in Auburn.; 2:37 PM
Anonymous said...: The Boss...circa 1985 "Pank Cadillac"; 2:48 PM
Scott Chocolate said...: I don't know. That guy looked more Episcopal Bishop than Pope. I'm gonna see if I can get him to confirm my kids in a few years. Maybe that will guarantee AU attendance.

Aubie, my friend once asked me to run lights for his band at The Supper Club. I said I had never done it before. He said it was easy, pretty much common sense. Let me just say that bands don't like it when you dim and brighten the lights in time with the music. I didn't get that gig again (not sure they did, either). The next time I helped them out was checking ID's when they were playing The Alamo (AU version, not TX). It apparently didn't matter that I was not of legal age myself. I probably accepted any and all printed items.; 2:50 PM
Monica said...: My coworker is cracking up that a police officer from Gadsden is calling into a sports show about a football player.

Sometimes it's hard for other people to understand the depth of obsession.; 2:58 PM
Aeronaut said...: Scott,

Is that a beer sleeve made of chocolate?; 2:59 PM
chip chip said...: if you ever want to see a good 80s cover band go see the molly ringwalds.

they play mobile about twice a year. i stopped going when admission went from $10 to $30.
picture pee wee herman singing sweet child o mine...; 2:59 PM
Monica said...: ha Scott - I can't believe they didn't like your strobe effect!; 2:59 PM
Scott Chocolate said...: Xaff - chocolate shot glass!; 3:01 PM
Aeronaut said...: guzzle - guzzle - nom nom nom nom nom

I'm in love.; 3:04 PM
Aeronaut said...: Somebody turn the page or something.; 3:06 PM
Jet said...: Best 80s cover band I've seen ... The Spazmatics, they played a reception I was at in Dallas.; 3:07 PM