Thursday Night Live
CHICAGO BEARS
6
SAN FRANCISCO 49ers
10
Final
Hey everyone. We're listening to Tiger Talk, coach Gene Chizik's weekly radio show, and watching Les Bears play Les 49ers on the NFL Network. No college game this week on the HABOTN, though you can watch South Florida and Rutgers on ESPN.
Please stand and sing.
TIGER TALK TIDBITS
6
SAN FRANCISCO 49ers
10
Final
Hey everyone. We're listening to Tiger Talk, coach Gene Chizik's weekly radio show, and watching Les Bears play Les 49ers on the NFL Network. No college game this week on the HABOTN, though you can watch South Florida and Rutgers on ESPN.
Please stand and sing.
TIGER TALK TIDBITS
- Jeff Lebo, the school's second-best basketball coach, is working the first segment tonight. I now understand it was taped. I feel cheated.
- On beating Furman: ``You want to be able to have your football team play a good half of football and you hope you can jump out there, get a lead and play the other guys on your football team. We moved the ball well."
- On the Georgia game: "We know how big of a rivalry this game against Georgia is. Our guys have had great practices all week. They're really in tune. Our guys will be up for it."
- On this 5-4 Georgia team: ``They haven't slipped up one bit in terms of talent."
- Aaron from Tuscaloosa loves the show, is excited about the team, is happy about Mike Dyer committing, wants to know how Auburn can execute against this defense: ``Georgia is very, very talented. We need to get off to a fast start in the game -- that's the first thing. Our special teams are going to be very critical when it comes to field-position battles. We can't get in a hole with special teams."
- Paul from Bammerham is glad Zaccheus Etheridge is OK, wants to send him a get-well card and they exchanged addresses. Thrilling: "It'll find its way to Zac, I promise."
- He's still going. He's praising Curtis Luper's service in the Army: No answer. They cut him off quicker than Lindsay Lohan at The Viper Room.
- Paul in Abbeville is appreciative of Coach Gene signing his poster, he can't get around much, he likes the team, wants to know when Auburn is playing Alabama: Great question. Thanks.
- Mike in Albertville, who can save the show with a question at this point, wants to know if Auburn has some special stuff to use in these next two games: ``If there was something I was going to do that was unexpected and I told you, then it would be expected."
- Amy in Gulf Shores, please let her be useful. She wants to know if Auburn can disguise the blitzes better: ``Great call, Amy. We'll do that. We'll bounce around back there and see if we can confuse some people. Sounds like she has some blitzes."
- Roy from Atmore wants to know if Auburn is going to run the option: ``Absolutely, every week."
- He's still going. He wants to know if Gene will recruit in Atmore someday soon: ``I don't know if I'll be a limousine, but we'll definitely be down there because we know about the talent down there."
- Tim from the Interwebs wants to know why Ben Tate isn't getting more hype, though he was named a Doak Walker Award semifinalist today: ``That says a mouthful right there. How much publicity is he getting out there? I don't know. The NFL scouts are interested."
- T.J. in Leeds had phone trouble the other night, but he's good now. He wants to talk with Chizik about Auburn being good against Furman and wants Auburn to beat Georgia: No question. No answer. Worst show ever.
- Shane from Dothan wants to know how to get Mario and E-Smith on the field together: ``Eric plays a lot. He plays a lot of different positions. Mario is our speed sweep guy (incorrect). Mario has come on during the past few weeks basically doing triple duty. Gus is good at not pin-pointing one guys as Your Guy."
- Jonathan in Opelika loves Chizik, wants to know why Auburn runs out of the shotgun on 4th-and-1: ``We're just not a team that is under center. We will do that some in a certain package we have. We're a shotgun team. That's what we practice all the time. We have some good stuff out of that package on 4th-and-short."
- John from somewhere wants to know about Andrew McCain: ``He has practiced this week. We've had to be smart on how much we have practiced him. We're expecting him to play Saturday."
- Mitch from Atmore has questions about the guy who holds kickoffs in windy conditions -- I have no idea why this matters -- and wants to know about the team's tempo: ``We love the tempo. We know the tempo is effective ... if you're getting first downs. We'll go as fast as we can, but we have to take everything into consideration."
- Eric from The Gump wants to know why Auburn's defense is better lately ... and why Mario Fannin doesn't get the ball more: ``Our pass rush has gotten better. There's two reasons. We've had the emergence of Antoine Carter. And then Antonio ... Coleman. He's basically been playing with one arm all year. You can see that his numbers have gone up. We're being a little more aggressive with the blitzes. (That's three reasons, Gene.)
- Gene loves Georgia WR A.J. Green. Totally enamored. ``We know we've got a challenge."
- On Demond Washington: ``I don't think people really realize how big (the transition from CB to S) is. He's back there, really, for the first time. The last game was just a scrimmage. It's a different world (at Georgia)."
- Alan from Bear Creek, no idea where that is, wants CGC to give his son Charlie a shout-out and wants to know what Auburn did to improve on punt return: ``We may go in with a little bit different punt returner. We haven't had anybody from our team step up -- and that's really disappointing. We'll have to go out and recruit and find somebody to do that."
- Donald in Bammerham wants to know about off weeks: ``Since we started practice, that's a lot of straight football. We haven't had a break yet. We're glad that, going into the Iron Bowl, that we have a week off. If you have a team depth-wise where you want it, maybe (a break-free season) is a good thing. We're happy we have it. Is it the best thing? I've got back and forth on that. I don't know."
- Jason from Auburn wants to know about how players prepare mentally for the Iron Bowl without seeing their family on Thanksgiving: ``Their families ... they can come here and they can spend some time with them. You can't practice all day long. On Thanksgiving Day, we'll be done at 11:30 in the morning. We won't make them do anything until 5 p.m."
- Programming note: Tiger Talk will be on MONDAY prior to the Iron Bowl.
- Georgia is good, Gene?: ``That's what you'd expect to play. They've had a lot of years to recruit a lot of great ones."
- That's a wrap.
127 Comments:
NFL substance?
But more importantly, BEAT UGA!
Busch Light gives me substance
one of these days i'm getting the 1st SUBSTANCE POST.
Jay we have South Florida and Rutgers tonight- RIVOTING stuff!
NFL, awesome!
Please list Devin Hesters stats on the front page below the score :)
Craig - my dad, brother, and I did a blind tasting of inexpensive light beers a couple of years ago at the beach. We were pretty surprised when Busch Light came out near the top. I guess that means it (and consequently, you) have substance.
Eddie, I need the Bears' defense to play crappy tonight.
Craig- Please update us on each beer you are on thru the night.
Scott- Me as well. My opponent has the bears defense. I need a high scoring shoot out with Devin getting about 100 yards and a TD :)!!!!
I have Da'Bears in my office pool...... Got awhole 1 point riding
I"m currently on beer #3. I know le chat starts at 7pm but everything I do i pre-drink. Pre-drinking is the key to a successful evening.
Logan- What all do you fish for? Do you do any Crappie fishing?
Maker's Mark gives me substance.
Good philosophy Craig.
FSJ- Is that how your team got 12 MNC's? :)
Yeah, the pre-drinking did me right at the WV game. It was the during-drinking and the post-drinking that got me.
Bammer's 12 championships = the original fantasy football.
Mostly bass Eddie - easier to just crab a crank bait or plastic work and hit the water than rounding up minnows for crappie - though crappie are my favorite dinner fair of God's swimming creatures....
I honestly just enjoy the Me Time more than anything when I hit the lake......
when I was small in Louisiana, I knew crappie as white perch. Regional difference.
Logan- I don't blame you at all. We never use minnows, we use jigs and troll. I agree, they are my favorite fish to eat. I really miss living in Chattanooga and close to some big lakes. I look forward to always fishing for crappie in the spring. I enjoy the time outdoors for sure and I really enjoy Duck Hunting. I hope that doesn't kill the thread again.
"I've met and exceeded all expectations" -- Quinton Riggins
I just knocked out some mudbug gumbo. Woooo.
I thought crappie in Louisiana was called Sacalait.
Jay G- keep that shows to yourself. I don't get to watch until summer on NBCl.
I love me some mudbugs. They are awesome fried or boiled!!! Nothing like sucking the head and tearing into the tail.
Which show, Peter?
Let me know when the Jeff Lebo segment is over with....
Craig is apparently on bathroom break. Either that, or drinking slowly and lurking.
ummm is there a campfire? am i missing something. 3 beers deep i'm not dilusional YET
WoW - Duck hunting....been talking with an old college fraternity brother that he and I used to hunt Reelfoot Lake in TN 25 years ago about doing it again.
Don't think I'm up for hitting the blind with a 5th of Jack Daniels @ 4 in the morning like 25 years ago.......
What's the best route to drive to Athens from Huntsville, AL?
5 beers in and I'm into duck hunting.... I must be delusional....
Ok... So Tesla is playing at Workplay in BHM tonight. Choco Scott... you must go as my proxy.
LT,
I am impressed you know of Reelfoot Lake! My parents grew up near there - Rutherford and Kenton, TN. We used to go to Reelfoot all the time. Good memories.
I don't think I can deal with a Lebo transcription.
May have to hold back on that one.
We're going to run a Q-and-A tonight, no campfire.
might be Eddie. I left when I was 4. Learned it from my dad, who is from the NE part of the state (which is very country-less french). My mom's peeps, who are from the southern part of the state (as am I), might know better, but they never took me fishing.
I suggest skipping the drinking before hunting. Alcohol and firearms never go good together :)!!
I hunt in Stevenson, AL and you can find me there just about every saturday in December and January. Love it!
Hold all basketball talk until Jan 2, 2010 Q & A good
GREAT memories Cincy.... The older I get the better they do.... Fine people in that part of the state of TN. Down to earth......
Friday Night Lights. New season about to start on DTV, I heard.
Kathy- If you live close to 65, I suggest thru Bham, if you live on Chattanooga side, probably head there and down. Just depdends on where in Athens you are.
I always knew white perch as white perch... and my lure of choice needs about 9 inches of fuse. You gonna talk, or you gonna fish?
I see Eddie is blaming our losses on my condo negotiations. He's right - we did lose all while we were in negotiations. But, we've won since then so maybe that bodes well for our next two games.
Sorry, Eddie, ran out of money before I got to your TV :) Maybe next year if you are a good boy.
I'd like to say that Luke Hargrove is a really good kid. I enjoy interviewing him and watching him play.
Very funny, very real.
would you say he has ADHD, Jay G?
As I said Eddie, that was 25 years ago when EVERYTHING involved a drink of something.... Now I at least wait till the sun comes up ;-)
J-Z, I forgot about the Tesla show. That would have been fun (if I could have convinced someone to go with me).
LT and Cincy, my granddaddy and dad used to hunt at Reelfoot every year. They would always claim they were going to take me some day, but it never happened. In their defense, my granddaddy was probably getting too old to go by the time my dad was seriously considering taking me along.
Niagara is an awful game for Auburn.
Beat them -- and nobody cares.
Lose to them -- and the world is coming to an end just ahead of the opening of the $90 million arena.
Peter- Friday Nights Lights started about 3 weeks ago. I'm watching episode 3 right now. One of my favorite shows on TV. This season looks to be very good and promising.
Peter -- He may have an attention issue, yes.
there you have it....don't talk about it here. I want to enjoy it this summer without spoilers like last year. Someone ruined the whole season for me.
This is my first season with the REAL NFL Network (Knology wouldn't pay for the games) and I'm really happy to be watching games.
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Don't worry Scottie... I'm friends with the manager at the bar. He's going to get me a copy of the show if it's any good. He said they were trying to learn Sweet Home Alabama during sound check this afternoon. Let's just say he was less than impressed after 45 minutes of hearing that over and over and over.
Off to pick up my daughter from gymnastics, so will have to miss the Q & A, but will get to listen to Tiger Talk. Everybody have fun Queuing and Aying.
I'm watching it too JGT - I guess Comcast came off the hip and made it free for me
I thought Niagra was one of those Basketball only schools that ESPN loved and promoted. If so a win would be significant.
Cincy- A win against Georgia and all is forgiven over the TV :)!!!
Workplay is a cool venue. I saw a good show with my brother there a little while back. Okay, now I'm really going.
My Free tickets fell through for the game....... But I got a handle on Face Value ones.... I think they would be worth the price.....
Okay, one last thing. Basketball headline "Niagara Falls to Auburn". I'm sure that's never been used relative to Niagara sports!
yes. it would.
We've got to meet one of our traveling party in Hartselle, so it will probably be best to go to B'ham and then over toward Atlanta. Does anyway know how the traffic/construction is from B'ham to Atlanta? It's been a while since I've been that way. They were doing road construction and it was terrible.
Man, USF is trying to give Rutgers this game.
If they Outlawed Basketball in the free world it would not hurt my feelings.
Kathy- Just about all the construction is complete from Bham to Atlanta. You shouldn't have any problems with that.
Maybe Niagra can form a football team and we can play them instead of Furman?
they're gonna make me watch old WNBA footage in hell.
I can get into NCAA tourney, or NBA Finals, but not everyday.
Kathy, I go from Hartselle to Atlanta through backroads. I don't believe i can describe the path. 67 & 278 come to mind, but the directions would be complicated and involve numerous u-turns and referencces to things that use to be there.
All I've read CGC say this week is how talented UGA is. Somebody please ask him how their execution is. Someone has said it's all about execution.
All I've read CGC say this week is how talented UGA is. Somebody please ask him how their execution is. Someone has said it's all about execution.
278 will take you from Gadsden to Atlanta.
Interesting drive.
Sorry for double posting. Not sure how that happened.
I usually take the scenic rout and when you drive it at interstate speeds, it is pretty quick.
Steve, if I put in shortest distance in Mapquest, it shows going through some smaller towns all north of B'ham. If I leave from Hsv, I would go through Ft Payne, Cartersville, etc. I hate interstate travel. I take 280 when I go to Auburn. Not sure what the other 2 ladies will want to do.
This is awfully slow. What is Cizik doing during the lull time, humming The Star Spangled Banner?
And yea, I think it was Gadsden or Anniston I use to blow through.
Maybe they'll just want to drink beer and shoot firearms out the window. That's what I'd want to do.
As a matter of fact, that is the way I got home from Atlanta the day the guy killed the judge a couple of years ago. The interstates were a mess due to the manhunt.
Hitting the interstate in Chattanooga is good too, but I don't think you can get there from Huntsville.
I'll print out both sets of directions and let the other two decide. I vote for back roads since it will be daylight.
Kathy- That's not a bad drive. It will take longer, but it will be scenic never the less. From Cartersville, you have to go interstate from that point on. If not, you will take forever getting there.
They will be in the back seat enjoying their toddies and thoughts of the win to come Kathy - they will just enjoy the company and the yhoughts of the win to comewon't care if you are driving a mule train....
Dude asked when the Iron Bowl is.
What has happened out there, people?
Man.... I need to slow down on beer 6 as my typing is suffering severely....
I've had two unfortunate incidents with stuff being shot out the window of a moving car. I won't test fate to try it again.
They are on beer 6 JGT
Logan, I'm actually hoping that someone else is driving and I'm the passenger!
Steve- It's not hard to get to Chattanooga from Huntsville. It's a short drive on HWY 72, then from South Pittsburgh to Chattanooga, all interstate!
Someone called in asking when is the Iron Bowl? I think I would have to respond that it is when Auburn plays Alabama.
Singletary looks Weird to me..... Nothing like I remember him looking during his playing days. I guess when you stop eating a Bazillion calories a day - it will do that to you.
Interesting, Eddie. I haven't attempted that because my mom is in Hartselle, which would turn the ride into a big loop. I do like the drive between Atlanta and Chattanooga. It is much better than I-20 from Atlanta to Birmingham. That is one terrible ride, and if the rednecks are in season, you can get delayed at Talladega.
Worst show ever.
God bless, this is tough.
Someone spice the show up and call and ask Chizik for driving directions to Athens.
Agree with you there Steve. My wife is from Florence, so when we want to take our time we take the scenic route thru Anniston / Gadsden/ Boaz/ Guntersville. That's a pretty drive.
By the way, I almost provided directions to Athens, Alabama from Huntsville; which would have probably qualified me for the idiot of the week.
If Kathy didn't know how to get from Huntsville to Athens, AL, then I would worry. :)
I just now read the Breakdown JGT - pretty lame so far....
I would plan on not seeing her Saturday if she couldn't do that.
I gotta say NFL network looks SOOOO much better without having crap scrolling and popping up on the screen. A couple of those shots from the overhead camera look stunning. WDE!
I agree BinoBA!
Since I live right off County Line Road in Madison, AL, I would worry too if I didn't know how to get to Athens, AL!!!
Back at the hotel ... wife still with the band at Lucas Oil ... but I got my priorities ... Hello Hotties, HATE UGA and UAT.
Hey Jet....I Hate Georgia Too!!!!!!
I have to admit, when we have 4th and less than a yard, I cringe when we get in the shotgun. Line up under center, QB sneak it up a yard.
OK. That's a wrap on Tiger Talk.
I'm not going to be able to hang tonight. You guys have a good one. See everyone in the morning!!!!
My Son Charlie and his 7th grade class went to UAT last week on a field trip (the teacher made sure no one wore anything that had Auburn on it) and unfortunately, he was very impressed with the "place". Although I attended the Law Enforcement Academy there I never was swayed by that "place" but suddenly his interest in that "place" has perked up. I thought calling in and asking the Coach to give him a shout out would help. If it doesn't, grounding for life is the only other option:)
Kathy...
It's my only real gripe with the offense. It makes no sense to me to snap the ball five yards, then turn and hand off to someone who has to hesitate at the snap, then run five yards just to get to the line. Too many opportunities to mess up.
We ready for some q-and-a?
Or do we need a cool-down period?
Alan,
I would have made sure my child wore their Auburn gear. How dare the teacher demand otherwise. I would be up talking to that teacher so fast their head would be spinning!
Fire it up!
Btw Jay, Bear Creek is up here about 80 miles NW of B'ham in NE Marion County:)
My goodness, USF does not want to win this game; however, Rutgers still only has a 10 point lead.
I need a cool down from hittin the sprint button on MW2.
I'll fire it up at 8:15.
I'm taking a quick break. I wrote my stories immediately prior to Tiger Talk, so I need a short respite.
B -- are you on Xbox?
My instinct was to do that Kathy but he asked me to just let it go. If his Mom was stll alive she would have started a riot at the school. I honored his wishes and let it go. But I don't like it.
Yeah, Jay, i'm on the Xbox. Shoot my your tag on facebook or something, or i'll shoot you mine.
I'm "paseana" on XBL.
Friend request sent, jay.
I understand Alan. My youngest daughter hates for me to "create a scene."
We're LIVE on the new thread.
From AndyKatz twitter 3 hours ago:
UNC is talking to Auburn about opening up new arena in 2010 (remember Roy Williams-Jeff Lebo connection), but talk still infancy stages.
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