HAPPY DAVE BECK DAY!!!
Huntsville native Dave Beck was an All-SEC and ACADEMIC All-SEC cornerback for the 1972 Amazin's. His sure hands placed him No. 2 on Auburn's list of career interceptions, trailing only Buddy McClinton. Beck led the Tigers with 6 inteceptions during his first year with the varsity in 1970. His sure hands were also of great utility as holder for Auburn's extra point and field goal attempts, playing a crucial role in Auburn's 17-16 win over UA-T in the 1972 Iron Bowl as he calmly handled an errant snap on Auburn's first PAT.
Unfortunately, I wasn't able to witness that Iron Bowl, but I did attend the 1972 Gator Bowl. The 9-1 Auburn Tigers were 11-point underdogs to the 8-3 Colorado Buffaloes. Beck's 5 unassisted tackles, fumble recovery and interception helped Auburn build a 17-3 lead. But Mr. Beck wasn't finished. With under two minutes remaining, he threw a 16-yard touchdown pass to TE Dan Nugent and Auburn proved the oddsmakers wrong for the seventh time that season.
The 24-3 dismantling of Colorado propelled the 10-1 Tigers to a Top 5 ranking in the final AP Poll.
HONORABLE MENTION:
* Trey Gainous
* Jaret Holmes
Let's hear some shout outs!!!
Good morning, is this really happening??!
ReplyDeleteWell played.
ReplyDeleteIt's Monday morning ...
DeAngelo Benton!
ReplyDeletehi all getting close
ReplyDeleteNeil Caudle
ReplyDeleteProbably will go down as the cleanest #19 jersey ever worn by a QB
Happy Darryl Wilkes day
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone know the status of Phillip St Peirre?
ReplyDeletei don't remember seeing him yesterday. i may have just missed him at Fan Day. dunno.
ReplyDeleteJay G, i caught up on watching some of your videos this weekend. i loved the cause and effect portion with Fannin. It was great, i just hope that gets cleared up by Sept 5th.
ReplyDeleteGood Morning Hot Ones!! I think I read that PPL was not going to rejoin the team until after classes started. I took that to mean he would be present and accounted for on Tuesday.
ReplyDeleteA little CFL update for the Hottest of the Hots:
Prechae Rodriguez caught 3 balls for 33 yards in today's 23-33 Hamilton loss.
Tray Blackmon made three tackles in Calgary's 35-38 loss to Edmonton. Blackmon was injured in the fourth quarter on a questionable block. He got an MRI on his ankle and is still awaiting the results.
Damon Duval was 3-3 on field goals and 4 for 4 on extra points in Montreal's 39-12 win. Duval also punted nine times with a long of 60 yards.
When is the CFL going to wise up and broden the fan base in lower North America by partnering with EA Sports for Canadian Football as a vg?
ReplyDeleteI would love a Canadian football video game.
ReplyDeleteWould it fare better than the arena football franchise?
War Eagle Monday!!
ReplyDeleteJust needed to make at least a weekly comment....
When the season gets started, then we'll have more to discuss instead of just speculating.
Thanks for all the great reminders THT!
And Jay for all the great video! (Still getting the Advertiser!)
So... not to pile on the "I'd rather not talk about last year" comments from the videos this weekend, I just read this little gem from Eric Smith (via EW): "Coach (Gus) Malzahn is a perfectionist. He runs everything at a two-minute pace, and we didn't really run it like that last year."
ReplyDeleteI'm so ready to get these guys on the field to see what it's really like.
I'd be all over that as well, Sean.
ReplyDeleteI wonder how Eric Smith will fit in with this system. He strikes me as a power guy, short yardage specialist.
ReplyDeleteTHT - going back to your Tucker Frederickson post...did you know that you are almost impossible to argue with? Nice job! I am not old enough to have seen him play, but I have read about him and heard some stories from my dad. I have one of his football cards from when he played with the Giants. That thing could use an autograph!
ReplyDeleteSean - for some reason your Arsenal logo makes me want a beer, and it's only 10:20. Of course, it's definitely beer o'clock in the UK.
Hmmm beer sounds good right about now...Bass...yum.
ReplyDeleteTrey Gainous deserves a shoutout ... he had a punt return for a TD as a freshman in Knoxville, but also had a HUGE-MONGUS catch against UAT in the game winning drive.
ReplyDeleteI believe it was 4th and 4 or 5 when Gainous came in motion from the right side, turned up field at the snap, dragging from left to right across the middle. He made a sliding catch of a low throw from Burger.
A couple of runs later, and and we were inside the UAT 10 to set up the Burger pitch to Tim Jessie, who handed off on the reverse for the TD.
If Gainous doesn't make that catch, UAT wins the game.
* correction ...
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what number was shane wasden?
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite players Dave Bck. He was Lee High School(of Huntsville) Qurterback and a really good one. He stood only 5'7 3/4" tall but was a giant on the football field. How he evergot to play at a big SEC school like Auburn I will never know.
ReplyDeleteRemember when the CFL was in such classy places as Shreveport, LA?
ReplyDeleteoh, and B'ham, Memphis, Baltimore, and San Antonio.
ReplyDeleteI thinking Wasden was #8, but don't remember for sure.
ReplyDeleteWasden was 8
ReplyDeleteWhen does the HS preview from the Advertiser release?
ReplyDeleteOf have I missed it?
PF - are you suggesting in any way that my hometown of Memphis, TN is not classy?
ReplyDeleteMemphis' professional football history has been funny. We did have Lex Luger (the wrestler) and Reggie White on the USFL showboats team, but it has been downhill from there. We had the Mad Dogs in the CFL and the Pharaohs in the Arena league and some XFL team also. And of course, the Tennessee Oilers played there for a couple of years while they waited on their stadium. I remember Memphis getting a lot of bad press because they never sold many tickets to the Oilers games. Of course, they finally did for the Pittsburgh Steelers-Oilers game, and the crowd was about 75% Pittsburgh fans. Go Memphis!
How about a little Jaret Holmes memory?
ReplyDeleteI like the dangerous mystique surrounding Memphis.
ReplyDeleteMichael, I have been to the center of Memphis culture, namely Graceland, and classy is the word that came to mind.
ReplyDeleteMJT,
ReplyDeleteLast I saw, Lex Lugar was suffering form some major illness/injury or something.
What's the story there?
That 1997 Iron Bowl was incredible. Let me say this. I usually support our coach, but if we lose an Iron Bowl the way Bama lost that one, the coach should be given his walking papers before he leaves the stadium.
ReplyDeleteI thought Superman beat up Lex Lugar real bad or something, but it has been a long time since I saw that movie.
ReplyDeleteI expect PPL to be back in some capacity on Tuesday.
ReplyDeleteFrom the previous thread, thanks mytommyd for your encouragement. I have settled in as IV and will try to offer some meaningful substance to the HOBTON family of true Auburn friends. I have enjoyed the videos of the Auburn wins over the Evil Empire. I sure wished that there was one of our total beat down of the enemy from my freshman year when we put a real hurting on them, 40 to 0 in 1957. Of course, that was a catalyst for them to get busy and get the Bahr home. It was 34 to 0 at halftime. Shug was a true gentleman and did not run the score up on them in the second half even though he could have. WAR EAGLE!!!
ReplyDeleteDave Beck - Very nice to look at back in the day!!! Haven't seen him lately.
ReplyDeleteI was at that Gator Bowl.
Please forgive me. From my previous post "HABOTN". How could I?
ReplyDeleteSo IV your name is pronounced "four" not "eye vee" correct? Just checkin.
ReplyDeleteMemphis - Home to the Liberty bowl where I got to meet David King going through the stadium tunnel after the game. Love watchin Bo run all over those hogs.
ReplyDeleteSeni, HS preview runs this weekend.
ReplyDeleteThere's nothing like second-rate (at best) minor league football. When the Birmingham Americans won the World Football League title in 1974 (I believe), they celebrated their victory in the lockerroom while sheriff's deputies supervised the repossession of all the team's equipment.
ReplyDeleteThe XFL was my favorite upstart league, although I only watched about half of one game.
ReplyDeleteSeriously, did NBC actually think that people would buy into Vince McMahon running a football league?
I think it's championship game is still the lowest rated prime time broadcast in network TV history.
As Homer Simpson said "The X stands for Extreme".
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jay G. I'll pick one up for sure.
ReplyDeleteAlso, the WFL had the greatest team name in the history of sport ... The Hawaiians. Not the Honolulu Hawaiians, or the any other geographic designation. They were just "The Hawaiians."
ReplyDeleteElTurbo just finished his first class as an AU student ... Spanish ... fellow classmate: Barrett Trotter.
ReplyDeleteSaw Josh Bynes on the concourse.
Dad misses him. More than that, he's jealous.
Youth. Wasted on the young.
Sensi - I am not sure if Lex Luger has an illness or is even alive, but I do know he gave this awesome interview after his prime:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHTj7qfnTak
I have to disagree with Jet on the best team name ever. I still vote for the Idaho Vandals, but I'm a thuggish sort.
ReplyDeletePlease caution ElTurbo that it's frowned upon to interrupt class to ask for an autograph. Don't ask how I know.
Best high school name ever:
ReplyDeletePoca High School in Poca, WV
Poca Polka Dots
J-Z ...
ReplyDeleteElTurbo is more the type to tell Barrett, "Gee, sucks you're hurt. You could be competing with Caudle to see who gets the clipboard."
Actually, one of the best ever is at a school that is no longer a high school. In Barbour County, there used to be Rebecca Comer High School.
ReplyDeleteThey were the Rebecca Comer King Kongs.
Of course, we still have the Frisco City Whippets.
Thankfully, consolidation in Lamar County took care of the irritatingly named Millport Junior Tide.
I agree, jet. My sister is done with her classes for the day. Now she's off with some new friends to the Gump to get a homecooked meal. First day of classes and she's already got a friend bringing her home for food.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure if this girl lives in the dorm with her or is one of her new sorority sisters.
It was at least a month before I got a homecooked meal after I moved to college. She gets one after the first day of class.
I'm goi g to gave to find out if she has any classes with football players. She is in the sociology dept.
My wife had a class with Tre Smith, TJ Jackson, and a bunch of footballers back a few years ago. Apparently the discussion of race relations came up, and teh significance of the N word was discussed. According to my wife, Tre Smith said to another player in the class, "Hey (insert football player's name. My wife can't remember who), remember the time I said 'What's up my n____' and you got really mad at me?"
ReplyDeleteThat story makes me laugh, because I could totally see Tre as being the guy who thinks he's buddy-buddy enough with someone to use that word.
Michael,
ReplyDeleteThat was awesome. "These t-shirts are too tight Billy!"
I need to shop where the guy doing the interview dresses.
Also, I noticed that there was a link to the great "Boom goes the dynamite" clip off to the side.
And I thought the Sidney Lanier Poets were bad....
ReplyDeleterk - I also like how the interviewer starts the interview by yelling "Mr Luger, Mr Luger!" as if he is trying to fight for position amongst other beat reporters or something.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was in HS, some of the girls had the habit of shoe-polishing cars on game days with the admonition "You Can Trust a Trojan!"
ReplyDeleteThe HABOTN turns to raslin. Argh!!! This is scary. There has to be some other news out there.
ReplyDeletemytommyd,
ReplyDeleteEither four or "eye vee", I am not particular. As I said yesterday, I am the fourth in line in my family to have my name, very proud of that fact. More proud that I come from a long line of Auburn supporters in my family.
I want to go out for wings and beer with Rick Flair. Is that so wrong?
ReplyDeleteCompletely off topic... But does anyone happen to have the Excel spreadsheet with the helmet schedule for all D1 schools broken down by conference?? If so, could you email it to me. Please.
ReplyDeleteThanks!
I've got it at home Dusty. If you don't have it by then, I'll send it to you.
ReplyDeleteD Miller:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.mediafire.com/?40atm3yyqzk
JZ I'd rather have beer with Tommy Wildfire Rich!!!
ReplyDeleteI just looked for it but apparently I printed it off and then deleted the file.
ReplyDeleteIt's got some interesting versions of helmets on it. I guess they had their hand slapped by the NCAA or something.
My favorite is Kentucky, whose helmet has the state of Kentucky on it.
That would be much appreciated.
ReplyDeleteAm I the only one having trouble keeping ip with all the name changes going on around here?
That's nothing ... I've got a helmet with an Excel spreadsheet on it.
ReplyDeleteIV-Z, we know each other. OA?
ReplyDeleteDon't forget about the Macon Whoopee.
ReplyDeleteAt some point, some genius evidently had this thought: "Hockey in Macon, GA would be a successful business venture". I'd like to give them a Nelson Muntz Ha-Ha.
Personally, I'm lookin' forward to Jay G's "What I've Learned" later on today because I don't know what I've learned, but whatever I learned it's important.
ReplyDeleteUAT is in the Axis of Evil.
don't forget the UC-Santa Barbara Banana Slugs. one of my faves
ReplyDeleteIV,
ReplyDeleteThat is a distinct possibility. Son named G?
There was a high school team in Alabama at one time that was called the Red Tops but I can't remember who it was. We still have the Highland Home Flying Squadron.
ReplyDeleteSlocomb Red Tops
ReplyDeleteIV-Z, I ain't saying I do and I ain't saying I don't but you and I see each other at the PHS Lions football games now and then.
ReplyDeleteCareful about that Sidney Lanier stuff Kristinuh
ReplyDeleteOh yeah I'm just catching up on the posts.
Thanks George W. Jet. My memory isn't as good as it once was.
ReplyDeleteIsn't there a small college named the Aardvarks. Somewhere out west I think
ReplyDeleteI remember my days with the Flying Squadron of the Alabama Air National Guard at Dannelly Field during Vietnam. During those perilous days, we won the decisive battle for air supremacy over East Vaughngomery, which paved the way for the spread of democracy and economic development outside the Bypass.
ReplyDeleteStill love the name "Zips" with Zippy the Kangaroo as the mascot.
ReplyDeleteIt is indeed a small world IV.
ReplyDeleteI guess I should warn everyone that IV played a large role in shaping j-z into what he is today.
I'll let you come to your own conclusions.
IV, think we'll get the 4th in a row this year?
J-Z ...
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure that's something IV wants on his resume.
How far is Mike McNeal for participating in practise?
ReplyDeleteI don't think anyone wants that to be common knowledge!
ReplyDeletemytommy, I am a Lanier grad actually.
ReplyDeleteDMiller, I sent you the helemt schedule.
Long Beach State Dirtbags baseball is one of my favorites.
ReplyDeleteMy mistake -- I was thinking of the Scottsdale Community College Fighting Artichokes. I knew there was an "A" at the beginning.
ReplyDeleteThe topic of what we have learned will definitely be interesting. The naming of Todzilla as the starter brought about an understanding of what a well organized circle jerk last season became.
ReplyDeleteSteve, you aren't looking back at the past are you? ;-)
ReplyDeleteMichaelJanTerry,
ReplyDeleteGreatest Promo Ever
- Sensi
My favorite alternate nickname, though, is the baseball team from Delta State.
ReplyDeleteOrdinarily known as the Statesmen ... they are also known as the Fightin' Okra.
I need to get a Fightin' Okra shirt and hat in the biggest way.
Hmmm, learning from the past I suppose, or taking pride in the quality of circle jerks we have been able to produce.
ReplyDeleteAh, well in that case Steve, reminisce away...
ReplyDeleteSensi, someone needs to tell that dude to blow his nose before he does an interview.
ReplyDeleteCheck the collegefootballstore.com site W Jet. They have them there.
ReplyDeleteThanks, K.
ReplyDeleteJet, I have searched for a fighting okra t-shirt with no luck. If you find one let me know where.
TommyD to the rescue.
ReplyDeleteYes, I am making you copy and paste...
ReplyDeletehttp://www.bkstr.com/ProductDisplay/10001-10003-10163-4000000000000142602-1?demoKey=d
The one Kristina found is actually much better than the one I found
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking as much as I can about Okra to distract us from Steve's contemplation of "Theater in the Round."
ReplyDeleteI am trying to avoid what little work I have to do...anything else you guys want me to look up?
ReplyDeleteFighting Okra Tshirt
ReplyDeleteSomething, Kristina. Anything. Everything.
ReplyDeleteHow about a tale of the tape of the high school statistics of Caudle, Todd, Moseley, Burns, Rollison and Trotter?
That should keep you busy.
Hmmm, how about the Fighting Whities?
ReplyDeleteThat looks more like the Fighting Jalapeno's.
ReplyDeleteHey, the fighting jalepenos sounds like a pretty cool name.
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ReplyDeleteAwesome Steve
ReplyDeleteAwesome Steve
ReplyDeleteNot that I agree, I just wanted to see if it would make it 3 times in a row.
ReplyDeleteIV - fwiw, I too am a IV. Unless my son chooses to resurrect it, it ends with IV.
ReplyDeleteLooks like we could come up with a game of 6 Degrees of J-Z. He and I grew up in the same neighborhood (at different times), he and Chocolate were hoodlums together, he and George/Jet were...well, that's about all I have to say about that.
It wasn't THAT awesome
ReplyDeleteMost people would prefer to be further than Six Degrees away from me.
ReplyDeleteJ-Z ...
ReplyDeleteThe restraining order works.
I'm going to continue to let you think that.
ReplyDeleteha
ReplyDeleteAnd the 12 gauge picks up where the R.O. ends.
ReplyDeleteKristina,
ReplyDeletethe email you sent... The SEC tab was the only one updated for the 09 season??
Do business with Dave Beck (in ATL)from time to time, less frequently lately....great golfer too by the way.
ReplyDeleteNorm, if by some chance it were actually true that I ever associated with j-z, the term would be "hooligans", not "hoodlums". That said, it is possible that j-z was also a "hoodlum" in his spare time.
ReplyDeleteDo we all get clipboards to hold on Neil Caudle day?
ReplyDeletePossible?
ReplyDeleteIt is going to be interesting to see what happens with Caudle. He could end up the number 2 guy, but it seems unlikely at this point. Hopefully he will find a way to contribute in other ways, possibly holding kicks. The kid has had a rough time on the plains. I don't think he has ever been able to adjust to the speed of the college game, but that is only a guess on my part.
ReplyDeleteWell, shoot, Miller. Sorry about that. I guess I only looked at the SEC schedule....
ReplyDeleteSensi -
ReplyDeleteRead something on Lex Lugar a year (or more?) ago. All this is from memory so take it with a grain of salt.
He was on a flight either to or from the left coast when he had a severe pain in his neck. Tried to "Correct it himself" - pop his own neck or something. Had to take him off the plane on stretcher and spent a good amount of time paralyzed from a blown out disc. Spent many months at Shepard Clinic here in Atlanta. He "found religion" during this time and was living at Shepard while mentoring to other paraplegics. I think he has limited mobility back now and can walk - some what. He is also just about broke.
LT
LT - that jives with my memory of something I read in the AJC a year or so ago.
ReplyDeletej-z, I just wasn't sure you had the time to be a full-fledged hoodlum, given the hours you put into being a hooligan. In either case, you were definitely not holding the clipboard (or so I've heard).
ReplyDeleteNot that his experience isn't real, but it's amazing how many people who used to have money hit rock bottom and then find religion.
ReplyDeleteI'm terribly upset now. I just saw a commercial for Reverse Mortgages and the "senior citizen" woman looking into it doesn't look all that much older to me. I guess I'll have to look into one too. I'm sure my AARP membership information is soon to hit my mailbox. Dangit.
ReplyDeleteKeep Hate Alive.
2009 Helmet Schedule
ReplyDeleteThis is the only one I could find, DM. It uses throw back helmets and I didn't much care for the lettering, but you can play around with it.
I'm going to need a little bit more time on the What We Have Learned item.
ReplyDeleteGimme 3:30 CDT.
Thanks. xoxoxox
Jay G must've learned a lot.
ReplyDeleteSorry DM that was just the SEC I'll see if I can find a full one.
ReplyDeleteI would like to tell the SEC to kiss my rear! Good luck with this new "media" policy and not allowings fans to Twitter or update facebook during events. I'm going to do it just to spite them.
ReplyDeleteI'm so bored and procastinating so badly I actually looked up Lex Luger.
ReplyDeleteHey, feng's back. I've missed him/her.
ReplyDeleteFeng!
ReplyDeleteWhat up, bro? We've missed you.
Zookeeper, if you're that bored, hit feng's link and explore it fully. Then report back to us.
ReplyDeleteFeng go bye-bye.
ReplyDeleteNorm, I'm bored, not stupid.
ReplyDeleteAnd I agree about the new media policy. I get they are trying to be proactive against new technology that may jeopardize their TV contracts, but fb and twitter are not going to take away from anyone watching the game on TV. Also,this is completely unenforceable.
I think Claudette just arrived the Gump. Sheesh!
ReplyDeleteClaudette's remnants are dropping water on the students as I type this.
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