First post: Wednesday of Week Two

Hey everyone. Sorry for not blogging more yesterday. Tuesdays have to be very productive for me in regard to newspaper stuff. Them's the facts. Once I get beyond Tuesday, though, I'm in a much better position to give the HOTTIES plenty of attention.

I was very excited last night when Madison Bumgarner made his major-league debut for the San Francisco Giants. Long story short: I'm a roto baseball geek, I drafted Bumgarner while he was attending a North Carolina high school, I have him now all these three years (three) later. I spent a lot of time worrying over his minor-league numbers, so I was very happy that he pitched fairly well last night.

Here is Madison, as Auburn would say, doing what we do:


As a side note, if you see those t-shirts Auburn players wear that say "DWWD" ... now you know what that means.

Here's the Auburn situation at this moment:




TODAY'S STORIES

• Herring's return heartens teammates
  
• Auburn notebook (items on Eric Smith, Ted Rüf, Byron "by-RHONE" Isom and Daren Bates)

PREVIOUS STORIES

• 9/8: Tigers feeling positive about new strategies
  
• 9/7: Chizik, Tiger fans in festive mood after win
  
• 9/6: Tigers tout solid play in Chizik's debut
  
• 9/5: Dooley out to end an oh-for-Auburn streak
  
• 9/4: Ford brings faster pace to Auburn 'D'
  
• 9/3: Players expect changes to help restore winning ways
• 9/2: Auburn safety Bates gets big break

THE VIDEO VAULT

• 9/7: Pre-practice interviews
  
• 9/1: Pre-practice interviews
  
• 8/27: Practice report
  
• 8/25: Practice footage (includes some 11-on-11)
• 8/23: Post-practice report
  
• 8/22: Post-scrimmage report
  
• 8/19: Practice footage
  
• 8/18: Post-practice interviews
  
• 8/15: Post-scrimmage interviews
  
• 8/14: Fallout from the Todd Decision and practice bloopers
  
• 8/14: Todd and Burns discuss The Decision
  
• 8/13: Burns debuts at WR
  
• 8/12: Video interviews
  
• 8/11: Gene Chizik speaks
  
• 8/10: Video interviews
  
• 8/9: BONUS video practice report
• 8/7: Video practice report
  
• 8/6: Practice report
  
• 8/5: Post-practice report
  
• 8/5: Practice report
  
• 8/4: Reporting day coverage

TODAY'S SCHEDULE
A quick glance at the schedule below should give you a good idea of where I'll be today. Hint: It won't be at Auburn. That doesn't mean I won't have some goodies for j00. I have a lot of video footage (40 minutes) that need to be dissected and given to you as Distilled Video Goodness®. I'll have to set aside a little more time for uploading since I'll be at HABOTN Headquarters and not on Auburn's mesmerizingly fast network.

That's not a joke. Auburn has the best internet access I've ever seen.

Here's what the next few days look like. All times are CDT:

Wed., Sept. 9, 4:30 p.m. (Wifey's birthday; Beatles Rock Band is released)
Thu., Sept. 10, 4:30 p.m. (No interviews allowed; Tiger Talk at 7 p.m.)
Fri., Sept. 11, OFF
Sat., Sept. 12, vs. Mississippi State, 6:05 p.m. (Fox Sports South)
Sun., Sept. 13, 4:30 p.m.
Mon., Sept. 14, OFF
Tue., Sept. 15, 4:30 (Chizik presser at 11:30 a.m.; Players available at 11:50 a.m.)

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