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
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.)
Also, please pick up the Advertiser's print edition if you live around here! Our fine Auburn coverage is only one element of our award-winning product.
posted by Jay G. Tate at
8:25 AM
158 Comments:
A pox on Bama
Elizabeth!
I'm comin' to join ya'
Happy Birthday to Wifey!
DWWD= DO WHAT WE DO
Absolutely, please express our warmest wishes to Wifey!
What up guys and gals?
HAPPY BIRTHDAY WIFEY!
HAPPY BEATLES ROCKBAND RELEASE PARTY DAY!
Scottie,
I'm taking tomorrow off from work to enjoy a day of Beatles Rockband.
i'm not really into rockband, but i would have no problem jamming to some Beatles for hours on end.
RK, that's a fantastic reason to take off work.
i was walking Tucker this morning and my wife leaves for work and locks me out of the house. ausome. i was over an hour late. oh, well.
I am seriously geeked about the game today.
We play games on this shady CRT. I'm going to buy a relatively inexpensive LCD today as an birthday-inspired upgrade. Wifey may or may not slap me. She doesn't like spending money.
Nice work from Mrs. Burns!
Don't you have a Key Rock® somewhere around the hizzle?
My wife works four 10 hour shifts and has Thursdays off, so it's Beatles Rock Band day here at the house tomorrow.
I'm going to Gamestop today at lunch and pick it up.
i would encourage you to make her gift much nicer than the tv you buy today. that should help ease the pain of the slappage.
i have only played maybe 5-6 songs total on RockBand and have yet to finish a complete a song w/o being booed off the stage. :) mad skills my friend. i have mad skills.
p.s.: Five of the top 10 Advertiser "web elements" yesterday were Auburn-related. They were in positions 1, 3, 6, 7 and 9.
Alabama was 4.
We also had top video by a 1,000% margin.
Thanks for your steadfast support!
nope, no keyrock. it sounds like a good investment, though.
Or some other mutually agreeable place for a spare ...
It was interesting yesterday to see how incredibly relaxed the Auburn players are these days.
Some of them are like new people. Ben Tate and Chris Todd in particular.
Relaxed over last year, or relaxed over the past few years?
I've never played a guitar video game, but I'm pretty sure I would be awesome at it.
Aren't both of those guys also done with school except maybe a class or two?
Winning tends to ease tension.
i'm not sure i really want C.Todd out wide catching passes, despite his double-move prowess. i really don't want that boy hurt!
ScottieB are you coming down this weekend?
I'm sure any pass to Todd will be one where he can quickly get out of bounds... or a pass behind the line of scrimmage to set up a double pass.
Scottie,
I don't see how you do the drive from Knoxville...the Chattanooga to Auburn drive wears me out. You have to add an extra hour or so to it.
i hope tate and todd don't graduate during the season. they may be suspended 4 games for academic reasons.
"p.s.: Five of the top 10 Advertiser "web elements" yesterday were Auburn-related. They were in positions 1, 3, 6, 7 and 9."
Jay - Do decision makers take notice of those stats? Do they recognize the importance/potential of that information? Just curious.
I love it when John and Barry call Mr. Tate a "great friend" with tongue squarely in cheek.
It's hard to relax when you're on a ship without a rudder.
The communication and sense of direction are obviously much better this year.
Sensi, i'll be there with cowbells on! it may just be a day trip. since the wife is planning on coming we have to juggle our kids/dogs arrangement. Tucker may be making his first appearance!
RK, actually from my house it's 2 hours to Chattanooga. we're on the NE side of Knox.
it's a whole lot better than the drive from Lexington, KY to AU for sure. that 8 hours was a loooooonnnnggg drive.
These guys are inching towards Roger
Schultz "quality" on radio.
Favorite quote from the notebook by Ben Tate,"(Malzhan)knew exactly what they were doing.IT was just us executing." Don't know if "they" is the coaches or the La.Tech defense. Either way it is encouraging.
Good deal, Scottie. It should be a fun day. SEC opener and all.
In spite of what Longsnore spouts.
MonD: No.
what's the point of gathering pertinent data and then blowing it off? seems pretty brilliant to me.
Allergies make me so hungry
It's how the business world rolls, it's great if the data fit their agenda, otherwise they're inconclusive.
MR. United is wrong. Kirk Hammett is waaaay more talented than Dave Mustaine.
Kirk Hammett from Metallica?
I should never expect intelligence from Mr. United.
Anybody seen the commericial with the two little girls and the guy asks if they want a pony. I think the one that did not get the real pony is Kirk Hammett's child - looks just like him, give her a guitar.
Word on the skreets is this Chris Relf kid from Miss. State is a big dude.
JGT: Sir, these numbers speak volumes.
Exec: They mean nothing.
JGT: You're being obtuse. Is it deliberate?
Exec: 30 days in the hole!!
Sean is our winner!
Side note: I have never heard "Octopus' Garden" before ... and it's alarming. Did rehab exist in 1968?
Relf is a big dude.
He played at Carver. He's a bad man.
Didn't realize he played in the Gump.
Another player that escaped or was he a diamond in the rough?
I think rehab exists now because of Octopus' Garden.
I am having to work too much to contribute but I am more relaxed than I was last Saturday.
Happy Birthday to Wifey!! I am a birthday girl this month, too!
Guys, their influence is great, but The Beatles didn't invent rehab too in spite of what VH1 has tried to convince you of in recent years.
We are tailgating this w/e at the field off Donahue and Lem Morrison. Anyone else out there in the boonies?
Relf played pretty well in the 2nd half of the MSU game. Lee got banged up and didn't play in the 2nd but should be back for this weekend.
More of Lee and less of Relf will be to our advantage.
it took MSU a while to get going. they missed a couple FG's, had short field due to turnovers for a couple TD's, and returned an INT for a TD late in the game.
Brandon Heavens #3 played a good bit.
Sensi - frontline was a poor choice of words; shoulda said first string. In other words I believe our first 22 are better than the first 22 of our first 7 opponents. Not sure about depth as compared to TN or ARK, and maybe even KY.
Basing a lot of that on what I saw last year and may be wrong, but I don't think I'm too far off. I thought we had better players than WV last year WITH Pat White. Only our dysfunctional coaching staff kept us from winning that game easily. We beat TN and should have beaten ARK.
If any of those teams are better than us, it can't be by much. It is a stretch to think we can win all 7, but I think there is a chance. And if we somehow do, our confidence level will be on the moon and give us a chance in every game left. Beat Furman, then split the other 4 and we are 10-2. I'd think we would win at least one of those 4 if we are good enough to make it to 7-0.
But the key is winning the first 4 at home, and that means that this week is a must-win for a really good season. Lose it, and we are again fighting to be bowl eligible.
It is so great to be able to come on the computer each morning and read substance about Auburn football.
I have never been in this postion before and I have been around the block a few times
Jay let me say it one more time
THANKS!!
I thought Kurt Cobain invinted rehab and everything else musical according to VH1.
For a period of time it seemed that Nirvana or "Smells Like Teen Spirit" topped every one of their lists.
Best Hard rock band
Best hard rock song
Best song
Most outlandishly insane use of a janitor in a video
Awesomely cool videos
Best Country song
Best soft rock song
I think it was on all of their countdowns like that.
I had a kids album in the late '70s that had children singing "Octopus' Garden" on it. Then again, That's not really any worse than the Kidz Bop trash they come out with these days.
"with the lights out it's less dangerous."
Brother Jet a very Happy Birthday to you wife. May her days be long, healthy and happy.
I have horrible memories of Octopus' Garden.
New Years Eve 1995. Me and my mom were coming back from church and I was driving with that song playing and as we take a curve on the way back home the car in the opposite direction decides instead of taking the curve that they would try to run through us a guardrail and into a field. (Or they just forgot to brake into the curve)
As we sit there my mom says "get out and make sure they are ok" since they hit my side I tell my mom "If I could open my door, I'd be in their car right now."
I'm glad my mom didn't just beat me senseless right then.
However, that song is indestructable. I still have the CD and it never skips despite the impact of the wreck while it was playing.
Sensi: Relf definitely was a diamond in the rough. I didn't think he could play quarterback in the SEC. No way.
Who recruited him, Jay G.? SCroom?
Has Neal McCready done anything off the wall today? The people on Tiderinsider are wearing him out this morning.
i thought that AU FB Everyday was going to be on CSS? is this correct? if so, when does it start?
Scottie, yes, Auburn: Every Day is on CSS. It debuted last Friday. I forget the time exactly, but it is either 3:00 or 3:30 central time. They also showed it inside the stadium before warm-ups on Saturday.
It will be on every Friday around taht time.
thanks EB, i found it on the CSS site. it's on at 4 ET on friday afternoons.
Oh yea. Relf signed three years ago.
Show airs at midnight Friday on WCOV (Fox) here in the Gump.
D.Miller I understand about the picks being out of your control. And is now obvious that it will be top 25. I am new at this and I am just gropping around trying to find my way.
Relf is the better QB for running the ball and Lee is the better QB for passing. They love to rotate the QB's.
Luv - I'll fix the map when I get home tonight... if I remember
WEGirl - AUFan365 is tailgating there. Are you with hime? His EXACT location is shown on the map. And no, I don't have the link for it.
JayGT - please give a Humongous HAPPY BIRTHDAY wish to wifey from Mr/MrsTHT
google map finally loaded.
Here it is, War Eagle Girl. Where should your marker be?
THT, that's fantastic! thanks.
Ok Hotties, UGA -7 over USC. This is a must win for UGA. Spurrier will be looking for something to prove and he'll have film on how OSU put up 24. Intriuging(sp?) matchup. Who ya got?
i wouldn't touch it Sean. i find it hard to believe that UGA could start out 0-2 but i haven't seen their game yet. the loss of Sturdivant (sp?) has to hurt their OL. the Cocks have NO offense, though. i'd take UGA to win, but not to cover. they usually play close games.
THT...where am I on that map?
lol.
I wouldn't touch it either to be honest.
Both looked bad to me in their opening games.
Carolina always plays UGA close, but they might not score at all. tough call on that spread
So much unknown with Georgia. What we do know is that SC's offense is bad, but the Dawgs defense is not hot either.
I think SC can win it, but I also find it hard to think about Georgia starting 0-2.
Even with Stafford and Moreno last year, UGA only managed a 14-7 win in Columbia. Hard to see it being much different. I'd take UGA in something like a 10-7 game. As bad as they were on Saturday, I was still impressed with UGA's defense considering the oposition. Much better than anything they've put out the past few seasons.
A very happy birthday wish goes to Wifey.
Most people don't realize how well UGA's defense played last week. I don't see them losing this game either
methinks gamecocks pull the upset.
I must say that I am very impressed that this team came together as a team out of the blocks. I am so use to Auburn's offense taking 4 or 5 games to get it together that I thought it was inevitable. This team will be limited by depth. If it weren't for that, I would say we contend for the west title.
Dan Mullen has not twitted once since Sept 04.
Dan it.
Aaand I'm going to just set it up for THT's #88 post.
You da man, AERO!!!
THT can't be denied!
Rivals has ranked the kickers. Cody Parkey is #1.
Kickers rankings
Joel Bonomolo also finally gets ranked by rivals, as 4*.
Certainly, Rivals must be unaware that Cody is an AU commit?
Aero, I know you will be coming home a long time ago. Any idea how long ago it will be?
I finally finished my Mississippi State Preview. Hope you enjoy.
Miss State Preview
Well per the pick em rules, I have to pick one or the other. I think USC covers.
Steve, what are your thoughts on our season and do you think our depth will be an issue?
I think UGA wins the game, but SC covers.
Jay G. et al,
If Chris Todd goes down, who would be the QB? Caudle or Kodi?
Guys on WMSP's Roundtable asked this today
They say that Caudle is the backup, not sure why they would say that and then send Burns out there.
I think Sensi was pointing out those guys only pretend to have brains.
Caudle is #2 on the depth chart
The morning show is OK, it only has one idiot. The afternoon show is unlistenable IMO.
THT.
I'll take my break around Christmas time, and spend a couple of weeks in Europe. That would energize me till next Summer. Can't make myself quit what I believe is good.
( Yes, I know what De Gaulle said, the graveyards are full of indispensable men. I don't like winters in Ontario ).
It would be Caudle with Burns still running the Wildcat.
Aero, sounds like you won't be coming home for the Iron Bowl. Snowy Europe or Mediterranean Europe?
You're so judgmental, ehyou.
ULL Band video, tribute to Michael Jackson, fun stuff...
Here
Sean, I think depth will be the only reason we don't contend for the West title. We could probably get through the season at every position except linebacker. There just isn't enough depth there. When Freeman and Pybus get back, it will be better, but I think this defense ends up getting worn down as the season progresses. At the moment any scholarship linebacker we have healthy will play.
Hopefully a walk on will step up, such as Wade Christopher, but it is hard to see us making it through the second half of our schedule without more depth at linebacker.
Against LaTech Etheridge was very aggressive because of their confidence in Bates. He could help out the linebackers if we are in a nickle package.
I just call 'em like I see 'em.
As for who the number 2 QB is, I thought the coaches made it very clear that it is Caudle. Burns is on the field a lot, but not as a QB. Even when he is in the wildcat, he is behaving like a runningback.
Thanks, Steve, I was not aware of the situation at linebacker.
It's also good news that the staff trust a true freshman to start, I was worried about that.
Turkey, Italy, Spain, and meet up some relatives and friends in Germany.
I thought it pretty amazing the Bates started as a freshman. That coupled with Adam Herring starting with only a little over a weeks practice is pretty scary.
We got pretty lucky this first game. We didn't get any injuries that I am aware of. For a while there it seemed LaTech had someone hurt on every other play.
Aero...
The comments after the video are the best. They are quite serious about their marching band.
Jax State completed several long passes against this MSU defense. It could make for an interesting day for us.
Baylor lifts ban on dancing. Now you know why a dancer like me crossed them off my list early in the selection process.
ehyou, i just wanted to post something with my new avatar
a temp who, thankfully, will be leaving Friday heard that i was an AU fan. She called her father, UA-T class of '60 and had him come to the office with his ugly cap on.
If my feelings for UA-T constitute a hate crime, then lock me up and throw away the key. I'm hatin and i ain't gonna stop.
Haha, now we understand why she's just a temp.
Wow, I can't believe Baylor allows dancing. Now all the students will burn in hell for eternity.
Esther in the house!!
Fred Sanford why is it every time I come over to your house you call me ugly?
Because I'm not the type to lie.
I forgot Knox was now a coach at Miss State. Anyone worried that he is coming back to Auburn this weekend?
Bad form, Steve.
UT seems to have cornered the market on goofy promotions.
Why worry, Kathy? Unless you are concerned about how well MSU's running backs are coached.
Greg Knox admits Saturday's Mississippi State-Auburn game will be a different experience, and it's easy to see why: He spent the past 10 seasons there as the Tigers' wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator.
Knox was part of the staff that departed Auburn in the wake of Tommy Tuberville's resignation last December. He soon landed at Mississippi State, where he's the running backs coach. As the Auburn recruiting coordinator for every class signed on the Plains except the most recent one, he has an intimate knowledge of the Tiger roster.
"A lot of good talent on that team," Knox said. "That's still a team that — most of those seniors have always been to bowl games, most of those seniors have always been winners. Matter of fact, that senior class has only had one losing season, so there's a lot of winners left there. A lot of kids who know how to win."
Knox shared an office building with current Auburn head coach Gene Chizik when Chizik coordinated the Tiger defenses from 2002 to 2004. "I just remember him being a technique, sound, fundamental coach," Knox said. "He really paid attention to all the little details. He really coached his kids -- he was kind of a player's coach. The kids really liked being around him. I would imagine he's doing the same thing."
It was definitely sarcasm Sensi. This first game definitely showed us how inept Knox was, but we all knew that.
A guy came all the way to your office just to wear his UAT hat in front of you?
Wanna see some of the mistakes Auburn made? Missed tackles, fumbles, etc?
Check out the LaTech side's highlights
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Mon - yes. I didn't waste my time showing him the magnets on my car.
Obviously Mr. UAT hat needs to a little more to do with his time.
Mon....nice hairdo!...."You betta watchout"
That avatar captures the essence of "Mon".
Where is IV? Turns out that I met IV's friend named "Coosa" from Selma at an X-mas party a few years ago. His daughter is a good friend.
You fish eyed fool!
Mon..yes I am a f-e-f.....now you know why I'm not on facebook.
Kathy: The current wideouts might be scared that Knox is returning. They've seemed to progress so far since Knox left ...
Hoopie you do know that's one of Aunt Ester's favorite phrases, right???
yeah, we need to keep Knox as far away from our WR's as possible!
Mon...Yes....that was my attempt at self-deprecating humor.
I need to work on that.
Don't believe her Hoopie. She penned that and directed it at you personally.
Fred Sanford, the wrath of God will strike you down.
And this Louisville slugger will knock you out.
Scottie..I'm withya. Just the prescense of Knox could set our veteran WRs back to pre-spring status.
Steve would then have to re-evaluate his season predictions...again.
Who?...MonD?.....the one whose Wit is akin to a surgeon's scalpel?
Last I heard, I'm her fav.
Hoopie - And that was my attempt at humor SO
we're both very funny we just didn't get it!
ehyou - I know where you live and I will hurt you. That is Monica talking not Ester! ;-)
if the WR's go down, we'll just keep C.Todd out wide in the Wildcat so he can use his supreme athletic ability and put double-moves on all those DB's. no fears Hoopie.
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Shame on you Sensi...
Hoopie you are my favorite and feel free to tell the others!
I saw that Sensi.
Sensi is s serial deleter. He's worse than Peter!
Didn't Knox give the WRs bubblegum before the game? I think he said it made them faster. They'll have to miss that.
Sorry, I judged that inappropriate and trite.
Sensi.....I get the feeling that with Coach Troop's encouragement....the WRs are mostly worried about route-running, getting off jams, downfield blocking and ...NO DROPS.
our WR's will see Knox, cringe in fear at the thought of ever being coached by him again, then catch every freakin' pass thrown in their direction!
NO DROPS!
i wonder how many up-downs D.Adams & Tate had to do after their drops on saturday nite. hmmm....
Safe assessment, Hoopie. I agree based on what I've read.
And the word on the skreets
By the way, if anyone is considering a pay site, forget Auburnundercover and go with Rivals!!!!
Anyways, I digress.
New thread.
but this one still has capacity for expansion
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