Tuesday chatter
Hey everyone. I'm now on my way to Cincinnati for a little solo time with Wifey. We're planning a day at Kings Island and a movie/Reds day as well.
I like these few days a year.
Thanks for staying with the HABOTN even thought it's most high-profile bloggist is chillin' three states away.
Today's topic: Will Hot Carter become a star or will he level off as a merely useful player?
I have an opinion on this. I'll share later.
I like these few days a year.
Thanks for staying with the HABOTN even thought it's most high-profile bloggist is chillin' three states away.
Today's topic: Will Hot Carter become a star or will he level off as a merely useful player?
I have an opinion on this. I'll share later.
posted by Jay G. Tate at
8:00 AM
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sweet. i started a fresh page. yahoo!
Scottie B ... It was worth every penny.
The crew is heading to the outlet malls tomorrow, so I will be taking one for the team.
Jet, you're such a trooper, oops, a Trooper!!!
I'm not gonna go into extreme details, I'll just say that even though A. Carter is a very nice guy who needs to focus more on football. We don't need a JJ on our team. End of story.
What the hell?
Guess what?! It's Wednesday in my neighborhood. That means it's time to wish all the HOTTIES...
Happy Eddie Blake Day!
T-minus 66 days til kickoff!!!
Eddie was one of the earliest of the “HUGE” offensive linemen, playing for Pat Dye in the the late ‘80s and early ‘90s. He was 1st team All-SEC as a senior in 1991. He was drafted by the Dolphins in the 2nd round of the 1992 draft. Coach Don Shula drafted him to play on the other side of the ball, at nose tackle. After 2 years on the roster, apparently with no game experiece, he was listed on the 1994 Dolphins roster as an offensive guard. However, I find no evidence that he survived the cut that year, or in fact ever played in a regular season NFL game.
From a contemporary newspaper summary of the Dolphins draft picks in 1992:
“The biggest gamble: Blake, a 321-pound lineman who failed a drug test in February. He was regarded as one of the better guards in the draft, but Shula will use him at nose tackle. He played on Auburn`s goal-line defense and told Shula he`d be open to the switch.”
But Eddie only made #7 on the worst ever rankings of Dolphins draft picks, as voted on by readers at The Phinsider
Well, they can’t all be super star All-Americans. No one offered up an alternative 66, so HAPPY EDDIE BLAKE DAY!!!
WARRRRRRR EAGLE!!!
GO TIGERS!!!
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Was that an Aero sighting at 2:44?
Police blotter: Residents' trash can found decapitated and wheelless in the middle of the road a 100 yards from home. Hit and run DWI suspected.
Yep ThT, that was me.
Michael Jackson's will was opened today. It says he wants all the plastic in him to be pulled out and made into a slide.
Morning hotties!
These moves are killing me. Last night we moved my niece out of her apartment - 4 rooms of furniture down 3 flights of stairs (90 stairs in one round trip - not that I was counting). She is staying with us for the next month until her new apartment is ready.
She is here in addition to my son in law who is interning at a law firm here in Bham for the summer, and my brother in law who has taken a job in Bham and is with us for a few weeks until they get their house ready. Next week my daughter will also be here. Fun times at the Chandler B&B!
Cincy- Are you taking reservations?
Good Morning All. TGIF/W for me!
Good morning, Hotties!
Eddie,
Depends on the benefits :)
Don't you LOVE four day weekends!
not when I have to work them
Ohh, sorry, THT.
I just took homemade peanut butter cookies out of the oven. Wish you could all come over for a cup of coffee and cookies!
I think I want to be adopted.
i had forgotten about Eddie Blake. i woke up this morning thinking it was Mike Berry Day. ha.
THT, just walk on by my house looking pitiful and hungry. we've been taking in everything lately. we'll feed ya and fix you a nice pallet to sleep on in the garage. :)
wait, coffee.....cookies.....????!!!!!
i'm on my way Cincy! oh, wait. work. ggrrrrr.
I am a highly trained professional at looking pitiful and hungry. It isn't so much an acquired skill as it is a natural ability.
where'd everybody go?
Had to take more cookies out of the oven. Taking a plate to the "car finder man" at the Honda dealership to see if I can "encourage" him to look a little harder for the car I want ;)
66 days and counting? Wow. The time flies. I'm still trying to enjoy baseball. The Braves are trying their hardest to prevent me from accomplishing that task.
my bad THT, i mentioned Mike Berry and everybody scattered.
Sean, did you see the nite Prado had last nite? wow. i actually got to watch the entire game.
Big Snacks not eligible; I'm not including any current players. Some bammer would probably twist that into an NCAA violation
told you it was my fault. hopefully i didn't jeopardize my eligibility on the HABOTN.
you just earned yourself a redshirt year
Scottie, I did. I also watched Gonzo almost give away the game...slider that doesn't slide =
HR.
... Frank Warren Day or Jeff Lott Day
... Shopping day at the outlets. If you'd like to make a contribution to Jet Bankruptcy Prevention Program, please feel free to do so.
... big thunderboomer rolled through around 3 a.m.
whew! i need a year to bulk up and work on my posting anyways. thanks.
yup, those back-to-back HR's were brutal.
Jet, i slept right through that storm last nite. i had no clue till my wife told me this morning.
how on earth did I leave out Frank Warren? I remember thinking of him when I made the list, but I just flat out forgot to pencil him in.
I hereby declare Eddie Blake Day concluded.
HAPPY FRANK WARREN DAY!!!
for my age i know a good bit about AU football history, but i must admit i didn't know much about Frank Warren. i knew he played at AU but that's it.
According to Wikipedia he was a 3rd round draft pick by the New Orleans Saints, played 13 years with them, and was inducted into their Hall of Fame. He died at the age of 43 after suffering a heart attack in 2002.
or we could go with Mario Lemieux ;-)
I hope Eddie Blake made the most of his (half) day. Good call, TarHeel, Warren has to get the call over Blake.
If I recall, Frank Warren and Donnie Humphrey were the defensive anchors on Pat Dye's first Auburn team.
all kudos go to our spiritual leader, Brother Jet
Of course, ol' Jet was 66 in HS. Does that count for anything?
Does it help that because of my ineptitude (and that of 10 of my teammates) future Auburn star Tommie Agee scored a TD on the opening kickoff of his senior year? And that he had 193 yards and three touchdowns rushing on nine carries?
I didn't think so.
I didn't even realize Frank Warren passed away. That is way too young. That is younger than me.
And Jeff Lott probably contributed more to the program than Eddie Blake did, with hardly any recognition. Good work by Jet.
don't worry, Jet. Top 10 Maryland's defense did even worse.
THT ...
Frank played 77-80.
Edmund Nelson and Donnie Humphrey were Dye's first two DTs. Doug Smith took Nelson's spot in year two. Humphrey got hurt against So. Miss. in 1982 in the second game of the year. Dowe Aughtman, I believe, stepped up at NG.
THT, memories from that game are of Agee running wild, and the precision passing of Norman Esiason for Maryland. What a thrilling game.
FYI, i just got an email from Tiger Rags. everything is 25% off on www.tigerrags.com until July 6th.
Bro Jet - thanks for that clarification. I loved Warren, Nelson, Humphrey, Aughtman, & Smith. BTW, when did Quency Williams play? And wasn Aughtman's jersey number in the low 60s?
So that means prices are almost at a decent level.
Wasn't the Maryland game the game where the fullback had 200 yards and both tailbacks were over 100 yards. We had a game like that and I believe it was Maryland. The numbers were just incredible.
Agee had 219,
Little Train 115
Bo 105
Steve, that was the game you are thinking about. Agee was brillant, and Norman "Boomer" Esiason was like a machine against an outstanding AU defense. One of the better AU games that is hardly ever mentioned, it seems.
THT ...
Dowe Aughtman ... 61?
Vernon Blackard, a rare Texas signee, also played in 1982 after the injury to Humphrey.
Steve ... Agee was the FB with 200 yards. He was one of four RBs we signed for the fall of 1982 -- Bo, Alan Evans, Tim Jessie and Tommie. Tim and Tommie were redshirted.
Alan flopped, went to UTC for a while, then ended up working at Uniroyal in Opelika. Bo turned out OK.
That was one of the most incredible offensive performances by an Auburn team I ever listened to. It was back in the day I huddled next to my radio.
Alan Evans is historic because he was rated as the top in state runningback coming out of highschool. He was ranked ahead of that Bo guy.
And I forgot Ben Thomas as a DL!
Jet, I hereby declare you the King of Auburn Knowledge
oh yes! I also loved me some 91.
Quency was indeed from that error, I think #93
One of the neat stories about Bo was that the considered playing him at fullback, but Randy Campbell had a problem. He kept asking if Bo was lining up too close because he couldn't get turned around quick enough to hand the ball off before Bo got there.
That was my senior year of high school. Alan Evans was the No. 1 prospect ... Curt Jarvis was No. 2 and David "Hoss" Johnson was No. 3. I think Jeff Parks, AU TE, was No. 4. And Vincent Jackson was No. 5
THT ...
No ... I am looking stuff up to confirm or refute hazy memories.
i did a practicum at the Uniroyal fitness center for a quarter during my AU days.
if i remember correctly there is a great pic of Q.Williams taking down Boomer Esiason in the Decade of the 80's book that came out a few years ago.
did you happen to run into Alan Evans?
we need that game on dvd. I was there, but I'd sure like to see it again.
Jet, Alan has a son playing on the Auburn(city school) football team, I think he is in jr high now. Alan is still a big Auburn University fan.
was Evans #33?
work has piled up. Ketchup with y'all later.
Color me impressed that you guys can remember all of that in such detail. Heck, I wasn't even born until the fall of 1980. (Auburn defeated Duke 35-28 the day I was born.)
Backs of the 1980s
Little Train 6
Bo 34
Agee 30
Evans 33
Jessie 25
Willie Howell 20
Fullwood 22
Kyle Collins 23
Ed Graham 21?
Collis Campbell 38
Stacy Danley 32
James Joseph 10
Vincent Harris 21
Curtis Stewart 33
Mike Edwards 85 (played RB in '81)
George Peoples 22
Ron "Barbecue" O'Neal 44
The late Greg Pratt 38?
DMiller...
I believe in the AU-Duke program I was the lucky fan to submit the "Where are they now?" question for a feature story. I wanted to know where was David Langner.
Are we not going to have a Sam Dejarnette day?
That's day 29, Steve!
I think Sam holds the distinction of scoring for Auburn and against Auburn in Jordan-Hare Stadium.
New thread up. Sorry for the delay.
Pratt was 36
I liked George Peoples.
Wad Ed Graham the fella who scored the kickoff TD vs FSU in tandem with Fullwood?
Jet, you forgot Darrell 'Lectron' Williams, #45. he even scored a TD in the '89 Bama game.
Jet,
Langner attends every AU home game and tailgates with a group of former Tigers from the '72 team.
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