Hey everyone. I'm a bit late on this due to a lunch function with some HOTTIES and the WMSP 740 radio show, but let's work our way through this.The NCAA on Thursday night approved legislation aimed at stopping the large-group recruiting Auburn had been using as recently as Thursday afternoon.
So what is this rule?
The NCAA has cut the number of coaches allowed to visit a school to two. Previously, the only applicable rule was that a maximum of seven assistants could be on the road at one time. Most schools scattered those seven men to cut a wider swath. Auburn unified its front.
Good or bad for Auburn? I say good. It gives the coaches a chance to frame the NCAA as haters; that Auburn was too good and too sly and too enthusiastic and too creative for the NCAA's tastes.
I had a humorous exchange with Trooper Taylor about this on Tuesday.
I said: "Considering how much bigger this has become since 2009, how high can you go for 2011?"
He said: "It probably won't happen. The NCAA will shut this down. We won't be recruiting like this next year, so we'll just enjoy it while we can. Hey, if they're creating rules to stop you from doing things, you must be doing something right."
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TIGER PROWL!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteChuck Norris is the substance!
ReplyDeleteAll that grass slowed down my posting reflexes.
ReplyDeleteThe girls are leading the way!
ReplyDeleteGreat comment by Trooper.
ReplyDeleteAnyone think he would be ready for the OC job when Malzahn leaves?
Trooper is wise and prescient.
ReplyDeleteAs long as we're legal. let's keep thinking outside the box!
ReplyDeleteThe reason I ask is because I would like to keep him around for a while.
ReplyDeleteI hope all the coaches will hang around for several years.
ReplyDeleteMalzahn will be gone soon. We will be lucky to have him next year.
ReplyDeleteThe Lupehole will never be closed!
ReplyDeleteI have it on good authority that Gus will be with us for at least one more year.
ReplyDeleteSnort.
I hope so. During that time I would like for him to be grooming someone to step right in and take over. The thing with his offense is know when to call which plays.
ReplyDeleteGus Rawks!!
ReplyDeleteI think it is great that the coaches have the NCAA burning the midnight oil. I believe this is the first time Auburn has had a "coaches rule" put in place. We all know about the Bear rules Saban rules and many others.
ReplyDeleteGus is my favorite. Don't tell the others.
ReplyDeleteChocoScott, I'm going to put it on the line. There's been a lot of complaints lately. Fooling around on habotn, bad language, smoking grass...poor blogging.
ReplyDeleteShut up, you stoner.
ReplyDeleteEhyou ...
ReplyDelete(Golf clap).
Show 'em the picture. Don't I look good on that bike? TELL ME I LOOK GOOD ON THE BIKE!
ReplyDeleteHi from North Alabama. My three sisters and I came up to surprise my mom for her 70th birthday.
ReplyDeleteAte at this really cool saloon built into a cave last night. You Florence peeps, remember the caves out in Colbert County they did all the Indian excavating in many years ago? It is one of those. Auburn man owns it - just opened this past fall. The Rattlesnake Saloon.
Is it just me or does Chiz look a bit like Hitler on Jay G's picture?
ReplyDeleteAUBURN COACHES = ALL THAT AND A BAG OF CHIPS.
ReplyDeleteNCAA = THE EVIL EMPIRE.
Yes, and in the video he looked like Robin Williams to me. I think it's because he is cunning and can adapt to any situation.
ReplyDeleteThat certainly is a cool skill. However, I am not sure how it helps Auburn that he keeps on choosing to mimic an unfunny homicidal maniac and Hitler, too. Why not mimic someone positive?
ReplyDeleteMichael,
ReplyDeleteI've thought the same thing for a few days, but didn't want to draw the ire I most certainly would have if I had said so.
Peter, I can't believe you just said that. You disgust me.
ReplyDeleteSo, is the NCAA going to reimburse Auburn for the cost of the bus. They shouldn't be able to change rules mid-stride. Make it effective after recruiting season (oh, wait, that never ends now).
ReplyDeleteWhy am I sitting here after 5? I don't know either. Later peeps.
ReplyDeleteYeah, but you also would have probably made some tasteless joke like, "When Chiz arrived to the high school, he was overheard saying, 'WHERE ARE YOU HIDING YOUR JEWS!?' "
ReplyDelete(in response to PF)
ReplyDeleteIf disco is dead, and you believe in death before disco, are you advocating death before death? And how would that work exactly?
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ReplyDeletegeez buzzkill PF
ReplyDeleteWhat about Hogan's heroes? Those were some funny Nazis. I see nuhssing!
ReplyDeleteKentucky Oaks in 45 minutes. Unofficial Churchill Downs stance: Women need love, too, just not in a man's race.
ReplyDeleteThe one thing I never joke about: salt. Not that it offends me, I just don't know any salt jokes. Also, sand. I don't know any sand jokes. So there are two things I don't joke about. Also, flour. No, I don't know any flour jokes. How we just say I never joke about grainy substances. Will that work?
ReplyDeletebuzzkill banhammerbated!
ReplyDeleteMichael- did you never see the "never put salt in your eyes" skit by Kids In The Hall...funny salt joke
ReplyDeleteI am very curious what perceived damage the NCAA is trying to prevent, or do they just paid by the number of rules they create?
ReplyDeleteA little FYI for those of you who didn't listen to the radio stuff.
ReplyDeleteChristian Lemay, the quarterback out of North Carolina, will make a commitment today.
The HABOTN is predicting a Georgia commit.
Auburn's #1 guy is Kiehl ("Kyle") Frazier from Springdale, Ark.
Auburn's #2 guy is either Lemay or C.J. Uzomah from suburban Atlanta.
Harrison's #1 guy...Smitty!!
ReplyDeleteAt the risk of drawing ire, I called the Chiz pic creepy as soon as I say it. Now that MJT points out that he looks like Hitler ...well that's even more creepy.
ReplyDeleteHiding Jews? That reminds me of "Inglourious Basterds" featuring a Tennessee Hillbilly and his Jewish counterparts "killing Naax-ies"
Wow!!! The looking like Hitler thing is no exaggeration. I didn't notice it at first. Good spot hotties.
ReplyDeleteHiel Chicik!!!
salt is one of the best gifts you can give. i used to give it to my friends at xmas when i didn't have money in college. its cheap and its useful and everyone keeps it in their house and you will eventually use it all.
ReplyDeleteits almost as great as gift in your honor to the human fund.
Since luxury vehicles to high schools is banned, I say buy the coaches some hogs.
ReplyDeleteyalls boy Tiger may not break 80 today. Boosh
ReplyDeletei thought lemay was just going to name his leader and said that the school he names is most likely where he will sign. lest we forget, verbal commitments are non-binding.
ReplyDeletethey should arrive in a gold plated clydesdale drawn pimp carriage.
ReplyDeleteThe new rule seems to indicate only two coaches can show up at the school. Is there anything to say they can't bring 85 players with them?
ReplyDeleteAnd what about a marching band? They didn't say two coaches and a marching band can't show up.
ReplyDeletethen they will need 3 pimp carriages and 6 clydesdales. tell jj to get on it.
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ReplyDeletewas that 80 strokes or 80 hookers harrison?
ReplyDeleteStrokes, he blew past 80 hookers a year ago
ReplyDeletenevermind. He righted the ship for a 79. Still missed the cut by a mile...good day for me
ReplyDeleteSteveFC,
ReplyDeleteBravo. I'm impressed. I'm not saying by what, but know I'm sincere.
This is the best Friday puppet hour in months. Michael AND Harrison both showed up to take part in their creation.
ReplyDeleteGreat race at the Oaks.
ReplyDeleteNew pickup line: Is your daddy a pimp?
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of salt, that was one of the two menu items at the saloon we ate at last night. Meat and salt. The only green thing on the menu was fried jalapeno peppers.
ReplyDeleteI like fried japs.
ReplyDeleteNot to be confused with fried Japs. That's mean.
ReplyDeletemmmmmmm fried Japs
ReplyDeleteHABOTN decided in 2011 we will get Trooper to parachute in to a school or better yet, since helicopters were not mentioned, shrink wrap PF's copter, and have Trooper and Luper repel down like a SWAT team member. (head first)
ReplyDeleteI am against any activity that could cause Trooper Taylor to end up like Eddie Guerrero.
ReplyDeleteFor you HOTTIEs in the viewing area of WSRE-TV, Pensacola, FL, tune in tonight at 9:30pm for an AU-related treat:
ReplyDeleteConversations with Jeff Weeks: Thom Gossom, Jr., Author & Actor
This week, host Jeff Weeks welcomes Author & Actor, Thom Gossom, Jr. From the plains of Auburn University to the soundstages of Hollywood, Thom Gossom, Jr. has lived a multifaceted life. Gossom is the author of "Walk On," a book that chronicles his experiences as a student athlete at Auburn University in the early 1970s. He talks candidly about the social climate during this changing time in America. Although the civil rights movement was underway, the pains of racism were still quite prevalent. Initially, Gossom made the Auburn football team as a walk on, but would ultimately earn a scholarship. He went on to become the first black athlete to graduate from Auburn. These days Gossom has traded the gridiron for the stage. His acting resume includes theatre, film and hit television shows.
For those of you not blessed to be here on the still-beautiful-for-the-time-being Gulf Coast, you can take advantage of the miracle of the Interwebs and watch it here.
Gulfstream or Pompano Park? That is a decision I am facing right now. I think Calder is the best bet, but I don't think it gives me time to get where I need to be next.
ReplyDeleteOdd sight in the Gump this a.m. ...
ReplyDeleteI hear a racket outside, and it sounds like a band ... dang if it's not a funeral processional with a hearse, a marching band, and umbrella toting mourners a la New Orleans.
Why? I do not know.
jet...
ReplyDeleteAhhh, nevermind. My inappropriate alarm saved me.
Come on Hawks!
ReplyDeleteSprint's customer service chats can be fun if you handle them correctly. No expectations.
ReplyDeletebraves have two runs in the first? what is up with that?
ReplyDeletenow there are the braves i know, leaving the bases loaded
ReplyDeleteHey Harrison, did you tell all of your internet friends about your hot new Twitter site?
ReplyDeleteSo kids, what's the runor about Eltoro? I heard he might be Al Qaeda!
You obviously don't know Harrison very well if you think he has internet friends.
ReplyDeleteehyou, I only wish I didn't know Harrison as well as I do. I figured he must have internet friends, b/c he is surely lacking in the real life friend dept.
ReplyDeletei hope the rumor is he will be a head smashing lb next year.
ReplyDeleteI heard a rumor that his name is Spanish for The Toro.
ReplyDeleteShutup Will. I thought you quit this place anyway.
ReplyDeleteHey Michael, A piece of salt, a piece of sand and some flower walk into a bar.....stop me if you've heard this one.
ReplyDelete(in Brokeback voice) I caint quit yew Harrison!
ReplyDeletei know buddy. I will see you in about an hour or so
ReplyDeleteIt just got way gay-er...I'm not comfortable any more.
ReplyDeleteSo what are these rumors flying around about the Bull? They seem to be gathering speed. I was hoping this would be his season.
ReplyDeleteWhen is the AU baseball game?
ReplyDelete2-0 Auburn bottom of the fourth.
ReplyDeleteThanks EE!
ReplyDeleteNo prob. I felt I'd go ahead and skip the next question.
ReplyDeleteI'm having to watch the play by play on some really laggy Arkansas site. I'm actually getting faster updates from forums.
Dunno just yet Kathy, I know A) it is a rumor and B) it involves The Toro not being on the team any longer
ReplyDeleteHate to hear that Will. In this day of technology, where there is smoke there is usually fire. Of course, the Bammers are spreading a wildfire right now.
ReplyDeleteYou know, I feel like Tubs didn't lose so many players. Tray Blackmon wouldn't have lasted on Chiz's team...then again, most of those players never lived up to their full potential, so they were as productive as the ones Chiz keeps losing.
ReplyDeleteMummey homer brings it to 4-0 Auburn in the 5th.
ReplyDeleteHey will.
ReplyDeleteRumor is El Toro will be off the team by Monday. Just what I am hearing. Get ready for some crap from fans of that school up the road if these are true. you know how they are clean as the driven snow.
ReplyDeleteLot of balls dying at the warning track tonight in Arky... heavy air after earlier storms.... but Mummey got all of that one.
ReplyDeleteWhat i don't like though, it that he squared to bunt on the first pitch.... My biggest issue with Pawlowski is he tends to go to the small ball approach way too much.
I think I'm going to try and find that place on the map where Will, Harry, and Shesaid allegedly set up camp. Feels like it will be the kind of place you can get a beer.
ReplyDeleteI think I'm going to try and find that place on the map where Will, Harry, and Shesaid allegedly set up camp. Feels like it will be the kind of place you can get a beer.
ReplyDeletewtc, any word on the offense?
ReplyDeleteI should be more clear....by offense I mean what he did to be no longer on the team.
ReplyDeleteWill-Any rumors about the offense? Is that what you are asking?
ReplyDeletePete, we ain't hard to find. We'll be there @ 7 am on 9/4 with beers in hand and some sort of dead animal on the smoker. Corner of Wire rd and Roosevelt. Sometimes we even get to watch swim practice in the outdoor pools.
ReplyDeleteOk. Got it. I hear he will be off the team.
ReplyDeleteIt's my opinion that Freeman will be gone.
ReplyDeleteI do not have that on the record. It's NOT gospel.
Miller-Where are you watching or listening to the game? What station?
ReplyDeleteI got this, Will.
ReplyDeleteWHAT DID ELTORO DO?
It's not 100%. At all.
ReplyDeleteI can't tell you what he did or didn't do ... because the people whose job it is to tell me don't know.
ReplyDeleteO_o?
ReplyDeleteWell, what did he 80% do?
ReplyDeleteJAY G TATE, is Eltoro Al Qaeda? Was he on the grassy knoll? Did he make that well leak in the Gulf?
ReplyDeleteI gotta know!
So he'll probably be gone but pretty much no one has any idea what happened.
ReplyDeleteOy.
Wtc's mom might have an idea.
ReplyDeleteEltoro could have stopped the leak. He was the fourth fail-safe ... and he apparently failed.
ReplyDeleteI heard he donned a loincloth and sand Last Caress over and over again.
ReplyDeleteMust... interpret... clues...
ReplyDeleteMetallica's version?
ReplyDeleteI heard he beat up Jenna Jameson b/c she was on Oxycontin and then he went to the bathroom with Ben Roethlisberger and cheated on Sandra Bullock. Maybe I'm getting confused.
ReplyDeleteWTC... The arkansas guys are liveblogging the game here:
ReplyDeletehttp://espn.go.com/espn/thelife/videogames/news/story?id=5136818
Sang.
ReplyDeleteClose, will... close
ReplyDelete3R HR for Arky....
ReplyDeleteBOOOOOOO
Metallica's version? Blasphemy! Misfits with Glen Danzig, por favor.
ReplyDeleteSo it's 4-3 good guys? I wish I was in F'ville...it's a fun town.
ReplyDeleteAnyone going to Starkvegas on 9/9? I ran it by the wife, and she seemed cool with the idea. I know she's going to leverage it for my planned Vegas Vegas trip and I'll have to decide, but as of now I'm planning on it.
ReplyDeletePeter, I sent you a message on FB about the Florida race courses.
ReplyDeleteA non-compete I signed in 2005 with Churchill Downs prevents me from saying anything publicly about another thoroughbred facility.
I will be in Starkvegas, noted television market, on 9/9.
ReplyDeleteThat is Wifey's birthday.
there are missing words, yes. Add them where they seem like they'd fit...kinda like a mad libs, but with less direction.
ReplyDeleteMe, Harrison, and Smitty are going to Lexington. We usually only take one rd trip per yr.
ReplyDeleteI can talk about Keeneland, which is a wonderful place to watch horses and women.
ReplyDeleteAnd foliage.
ReplyDeletea HABOTN road trip game would be fun...
ReplyDeleteand women...
ReplyDeleteYou really have an existing non-compete with Churchill Downs? That's kinda cool...as far as handcuffs are cool in non kinky situations. How long does it last?
ReplyDeleteIt lasts until the voices in my head tell me it's over.
ReplyDeleteJAY G TATE, did you used to work with a fella at the paper whose name rhymed with Wheel Barrow
ReplyDeleteHate to hear that about the Bull. I guess you can't miss what you never had. He just never lived up to his potential. Chiz & Co have to maintain discipline and do what is best for the team.
ReplyDeleteTeel "Wheel" Barrow?
ReplyDeleteOr Bill Marroe?
ReplyDeleteAny idea when we'll publicly know what transpired? I'm guessing by Monday if not sooner... ?
ReplyDeleteYesterday Coach Fortner said they had their first team meeting in the new facility this week and that the girls got to go pick out their locker and put their names on them. She said everyone was really excited. The arena is suppose to officially open next month.
ReplyDeleteTie ballgame... Arky has men on 2-3 with 1 out...
ReplyDeleteMiller-that link took me to ESPN's site about Madden football.
ReplyDeleteInteresting. Calder is in a strange location....then again, having a horse track in the middle of a neighborhood is strange, too, but Gulfstream does very well....anyone ever been to Miami Jai-Alai. I heard Eltoro was at the place next door.
ReplyDeleteBill Barrow...we went to HS together. I think he works for the paper down in NOLA now.
ReplyDeletePete, I heard they couldn't find a jersey to fit his arms...so he quit.
ReplyDeleteI have met Bill Barrow and I like him, yes. Great reporter.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.arkansasrazorbacks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=6100&ATCLID=204938692
ReplyDeletetry this
6-4 Arky
ReplyDeleteYeah Jay, he's good people. We grew up in the same small town...as did shesaid.
ReplyDeleteMcElroy fumbles a ball to SS... 2 runs score, ruled a hit.
ReplyDeleteQuick, someone go to OANow and read about all of the possible crimes Eltoro culd have commited. Report back so we can all speculate which one it was.
ReplyDelete3-5 DP ends the inning.... finally
ReplyDeleteNow we're going to speculate that Eltoro has committed a crime?
ReplyDeleteCome on!
The Bull is scheduled for castration.
ReplyDeleteNow?
ReplyDeleteI'm still standing by my first guess about Last Caress and a loincloth.
ReplyDeleteSpeculating is Phase 2. Comes between obeying PF and profits.
ReplyDeleteStep 1: Collect underpants
ReplyDeleteStep 2: ???
Step 3: Profit
That's what I meant.
ReplyDeleteWe know that Pat Dye lost his pants in the lake.
ReplyDeleteAfter seeing the ad this a.m. in the Gumpitizer, it appears he will lose his shirt in a maple tree orchard.
What ad?
ReplyDeleteArky schooling AU now
ReplyDeletearky 9
ReplyDeleteAu 4
bottom of 8 2 outs
Arky has 13 hits tonight.
AU has several errors.
Another stellar outing by the AU bullpen.... sheesh...
ReplyDelete2nd hit batter this inning now.
ReplyDeleteThe old Friday night jinx back for the bb team.
ReplyDeletePF...
ReplyDeletePat Dye is now in the maple tree farm business, and is hosting an open house at the farm.
The ad talks about his dream of having a Japanese maple tree farm and his passion for trees.
Final
ReplyDelete9-4 Arky
Wow,
ReplyDeleteDoes Pat Dye have a medical marijuana card?
PF ...
ReplyDeleteI emailed the ad to your gmail address.
Got it. Thanks...That answers my question. Pat Dye definitely has a medical marijuana card. Monitor his travels to California and Colorado.
ReplyDeleteThere's no woman or dog home tonight. I just now got home from work, so I guess I'll watch a movie and be boring.
ReplyDeleteYour maple trees are belong to us.
ReplyDeleteHow that been around a decade yet? It will never get old.
ReplyDeleteHate to hear about Eltoro, but like another poster said...you won't miss what you never had. He hardly played last year so I don't really see where it will hurt.
ReplyDeletePF ...
ReplyDeletePer earlier post ... it looks like I'll be in StarkVegas.
someone from the Jackson Free Press must've really gotten under Biff's skin tonight.
ReplyDeletePengWINS tonight! Great start to Round 2, other than losing Jordan Staal to injury.
ReplyDeleteSweet AU dreams, Hotties.
Sweet dreams?
ReplyDeleteIt's the shank of the evening.
Sup peeps? Late night Friday appearance up in here.
ReplyDeletewhattup. just checking in.
ReplyDeleteBill Barrow? wasn't he the AU student president back in 98, 99 or so? if so i knew him back in the day.
why is Biff upset? i missed that PF.
congrats THT. hope your company enjoyed watching the game. ;)
nite all
Beer Norm?
ReplyDeleteLittle early in the day isn't it?
Early for a beer?
No, for stupid questions.
the biggest hurt for losing the bull would be having to use a 2011 scholly on a lb. we could otherwise take another ol or dl.
ReplyDeleteWell, I mentioned earlier in the "crootin" season that I didn't think El Toro would live up to the hype. It seems that may turn out to be an overly optimistic statement.
ReplyDeleteIt ain't over until it's over, but Chizik bats 1000 when it comes to tossing players.
Let me paraphrase Ron White. When I say I was thrown off the team, I don't mean they asked me to leave, I got up and politely walked to the door and say goodbye. Six football players hurled me out the door.
Chizik don't play that and the comparison with Tuberville discipline and Chizik seems fair.
Also, if one player getting thrown off the team would significantly affect next season, then you ain't that good anyways. Next.
By the way, I will take Master Bates of El Toro any day. El Toro came from Juco and couldn't learn to play within the defensive scheme. Bates was a nobody two star coming in straight out of highschool. I will take Bates over Bull any day.
ReplyDeleteFor shame Steve...such language.
ReplyDeleteehyou - as best as I can recall, I've had 7 and mixed in 2.5 Margaritas. Which amounts to a bit more than a usual Friday because we had neighbors and their kids over. I may not get up and run in the morning.
ReplyDeleteI was sure the Master Bates nickname would catch on. I have been developing it for a while.
ReplyDeleteYou've been Master Bating for awhile?
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ReplyDeletesteve, thanks for the effort, but I think it's safe to cease development.
ReplyDeleteHaving neighbors & kids over is paramount to working another shift...I'm always extra tired after the fact.
ReplyDeleteehyou - it was pretty cool. We went to our Mexican place for dinner, they came over and F4* had a blast. 11:30 before he hit the fartsack and $1.00 says he's up before 7 as usual. First Tball game for him tomorrow. Should be fun. His athletic prowess goes on official display for all to see.
ReplyDeleteWatching "V" on DVR. Daughter "V" creature is uber-hot.
ReplyDeleteI'm so swamped at work, it continually amazes me that I don't have numerous escalations and complaints about things I haven't done.
ReplyDeleteI've finally adjusted myself to refusing to work no more than 55 hours a week.
ReplyDeleteI'm not going to continue to tell F4* "I can't right now".
ReplyDeleteThey need to hire other peeps.
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