Hey everyone. So tonight was Montgomery's turn to play host to Auburn's Tiger Prowl barnstorming tour. It was quite a sight.Your football array included: Curtis Luper, Trooper Taylor, Tommy Thigpen.
Your non-football array included: Kerry Cremeans (asst. women's basketball coach) and Randall Dickey (asst. men's basketball coach).
You HABOTN attendees included: WEG, me, others who didn't want their handles identified.
I'd say the crowd was in the 100-200 range. Not too shabby. I expected to see more football coaches, but most fans probably come out for Taylor anyway. They hung out, mingled, addressed the crowd briefly, signed autographs, mugged for pictures and headed out around 8 p.m.
Coaches opened their day around 6 a.m. CDT at Carver High in Columbus, Ga., and concluded their high-school tour at Dallas County High. No schools in Montgomery were visited because, as Luper said, they gave priority to schools featuring players with an Auburn offer. So it goes.
Here are some pics:
Here's Luper chatting with my boy Bag.
Taylor addressing the crowd.
Taylor taking time to mingle with the peeps.
Thigpen giving someone the squint.
Dickey talking it up.
GRRRRRRR
ReplyDeleteI do want to say SUP to Wade and Harrison, who stopped by to say SUP.
ReplyDeleteThat's not Harrison of Puppet Hour fame. Just Harrison.
Hottie Ho! JGT!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the pics. Always enjoy pics and video's,
ReplyDeleteI'm still working on a proper, HD video camera for HOTTIE enjoyment. Still waiting for the camera I want to reach my PRICE POINT.
ReplyDeleteThere are more AU coaches on the high school tour during the day?
ReplyDeleteThen they draw straws to see who gets stuck, umm, the prvilege of mingling with the crowd?
That's correct, THT.
ReplyDeleteAU baseball picks up its 11th win in 15 tries and the first season series sweep of Samford in a while. BIG series against No.6 Arkansas in Fayetteville this weekend
ReplyDeletewell, rats.
ReplyDelete... that was a reaction to the Detroit Red Commies scoring.
ReplyDeleteI hope the turnout is better in bham. A couple hundred is not bad, but could be better. It seems as though the high schools are really loving this.
ReplyDeleteIf I was there you could identify me, but I wasn't so you can't.
ReplyDeleteIf I lived in the Gump, Ida been there.
ReplyDeleteWell, it's now Datsyuk 2, Coyotes 0. Maybe I should go on to bed.
In the words of the Irish poet Bobby McFerrin "Don't worry, be happy".
ReplyDeleteCoyotes score on a faceoff ... 2-1.
ReplyDeleteDetroit goalie smesmerized by the shot.
Thanks for the front page notice! The bus was still there when we got done eating at ZaZa's (Dreamland too busy and yelling Roll Tide....what's up with that?)
ReplyDeleteI'll probably just post my pics on FB. Thanks for the talk!
Bryzgalov must have felt like he was in front of a trigger happy firing squad on that last RW power play. Coyotes defense was turrible.
ReplyDeleteCoyotes are apparently allergic to the puck. They are avoiding it like it was pulled out of Michael's cooler.
ReplyDeleteApparently, the Predators flew to Phoenix, tied up the Coyotes in the locker room, stole their uniforms and are playing in their place tonight.
ReplyDeleteWEG: I told you Dreamland was going to be Bammer-ish tonight. How dare you question my Bam-dar!
ReplyDeleteJet - I strongly suspect a similar fate awaits the Habs tomorrow. I'm quite certain their goalie used up his entire quota of saves last night.
ReplyDeleteI'm out. Gotta rest up for the next round.
Sweet AU Tiger Prowlin' dreams, Hotties!
You were so right.....what was I thinking to question the king of the HABOTN!
ReplyDeleteNice to meet you tonight! Disappointed in the turn out, then again I didn't really know what was supposed to be going, so I bet a lot of other people didn't either. Oh well, the bus was cool and Sa Za's was yummy.
ReplyDeleteHello Oslo, Norway!
ReplyDeleteI often wonder what would have happened if I had taken that left turn at Albuquerque.
ReplyDeleteJay, I am curious about how you count the Bambis. Do you just count the mullets or do you include the fat ladies in hounds tooth tube tops?
ReplyDelete1 Rays win + 1 Yankees loss=happy wake
ReplyDeleteNight All
Buenas Dias Hotties.
ReplyDeleteHoy es Viernes, verdad?
Buenas noches Wake. Duerme bien.
ReplyDeleteI don't speak spanish.
ReplyDeleteBut a funny story. Took a Hispanic guy to the hospital for a baker act yesterday. Doctor walks in and starts talking to the guy in what sounds to the untrained ear (mine) as very good spanish. The Hispanic guy looks at me funny. I said "I don't know if he speaks Spanish or not, but his English is perfect.
Moral of Story... don't make yourself look like an ass.
I try everyday not to. Some days are better than others.
ReplyDeleteMorning Hot Ones!! Looking forward to more cool picks of the cruiser, and any extra info that can't really be deemed important necessarily on this happin Tiger Prowl PR run. I'm glad to know that the interest Auburn's getting is for a good reason.
ReplyDeleteAbout to head out to the beautiful Gump! Specifically Maxwell AFB. I'll keep my eyes peeled for stray Hotties.
ReplyDeleteVincent Edward "Bo" Jackson.
ReplyDeleteI've been watching Arrested Development season 3. I had forgotten about The Surrogate. That premise is hilarious.
ReplyDeleteMorning Hotties.
ReplyDeleteehyou - I love that show and that character.
wake - "baker act"?
I'd have enjoyed Tiger Prowl if it'd come around here, but we absolutely enjoyed Tiger Trek which did come around here last week.
I hope I don't see Nutt and his crazy eyes today.
ReplyDeleteLarry really never knows how to sell the sarcasm.
ReplyDeleteEhyou ...
ReplyDeleteGiggitah!
Don't look at the eyes! They'll smesmerize you!
Trooper had a good line last night.
ReplyDelete'Have you ever seen a dog bark at a parked car? If others are talking about the TP, then we must be moving in the right direction.'
Good quote, but I took it that he called the UAt fans dogs. :)
WTC ... that ... is ... awesome.
ReplyDeleteTP was in Mobile Monday. I am reading that the UAt coaches were at MCGill Toolen about 45 minutes before the AU coaches arrived.
ReplyDeleteTP is just gauche and chincy and will never persuade a recruit to AU, right?
I've never seen a single episode of Arrested Development.
ReplyDeleteThis dovetails nicely with the fact that I've never seen an episode of Seinfeld from start to finish.
Amazing, huh?
Apparently JWall was at the PROWL last night but didn't gimme a SUP. So that was another HOTTIE reppin'.
ReplyDeleteNo wtc that I could see. And I could have seen him towering above the crowd ...
Also would like to say WELCOME (to posting) to miniWEG ... nice to have you here!
ReplyDeleteYes, though more so for Seinfeld since AD was ratings challenged. But since AD only lasted three seasons, and two of those were shortened, I think you should just go ahead and knock it out.
ReplyDeleteIf you watch it and don't think it's one of the funniest things you've ever seen on television, I'll pay you $500. I'm that confident you'll like it.
Actually, I think you'll love it.
ReplyDeleteI probably would, but I'm not going to go back and watch it. My DVR already is full of stuff in which I'm already invested.
ReplyDeleteI'm three weeks behind on LOST, three weeks behind on Deadliest Catch ... and hopelessly behind on the Premier League Review Show.
E-Bro- I hated the show, where is my $500. I know where you live.
ReplyDeleteOn the Auburn tip: Do not be surprised if new rules are revealed soon intended to curb these limousine/bus trips to high schools.
ReplyDeleteNewcastle coming back up was inevitable. West Brom, no surprise there.
ReplyDeleteBurnley and Porstmouth...bye bye.
Summer's for catching up on old TV (after the World Cup). I need to watch the Wire at some point.
ReplyDeleteAs far as EPL Review shows, just do what I do and watch the Fox Soccer Report on Saturday and Sunday. You get all the EPL highlights in a quarter of the time.
La Liga 360 on Sunday nights on GolTV is the one I usually fall behind on.
I would like to introduce a round table discussion topic. SEC Expansion.
ReplyDeleteHypothetically, if the SEC were to expand to 16 teams, what would be your ideal scenario?
I say, give USCjr to the ACC, take UNC and Duke. Go to Big12 and take Texas and Oklahoma. That leaves room for 1 more addition from Maryland, Louisville, TAMU, GaTech (or keep USCjr).
This scenario would greatly increase the SEC footprint both geographically and in terms of TV markets ($$). It would increase competetive value and revenue in ALL sports across the board and it would increase the overall academic standing of the conference as a whole.
Discuss.
Buh-bye to Hull as well. It's not official yet, but it's happening.
ReplyDeleteAnd no, no reason...at all, to watch Stoke-Blackburn highlights. And I'm really looking forward to that Burnley-Birmingham game on Saturday on ESPN2.
Eddie...you lie. You know I speak the truth on AD.
ReplyDeleteArrested Development was a great show. The "IFC" channel on my Comcast lineup airs reruns of it frequently. Currently, we're nearing the end of the series run. I find it simply amazing someone hasn't seen a single full episode of Seinfeld. Not to have seen either of those shows is a loss to your comedic life balance.
ReplyDeleteMiller...we disussed this a little last week. While vehemently opposed to expansion, if it did happen, I would push for Clemson and Ga. Tech out of the ACC, and maybe Florida St. I don't see UNC or Duke leaving the ACC (for basketball reasons) and I don't think I want them anyway, though annual SEC matchups between Duke, UNC, and UK in basketball would be cool.
ReplyDeleteOut of the Big 12, I Texas seems like an obvious choice. Past that, I'm not so sure. I would like to see Texas keep playing A&M and Oklahome every year, but we can't take both of those teams, and I don't know that we want to take either.
Well, actually, I don't want to take any at all, but if it happens, I'll stick with Clemson, Tech, FSU, and Texas.
I've seen Seinfeld. I know the characters and the basic concept.
ReplyDeleteI didn't see any genius in it.
Jackass? That's genius!
Yeah, genius in that they spent $5 million to make a movie and grossed $80 million.
ReplyDeleteWow.
Adding Clemson would not bring anything to the table for the SEC. They bring zero tv market and little other value.
ReplyDeleteWith UNC, Duke, UK, (maybe Louisville) the SEC would become a premiere basketball conference as well as football. Plus the SEC tv contracts are better than the ACC.
I'll say this: The Big 12 doesn't make 1/2 the money it should. Before you go raiding the ACC, consider poaching the Big 12 instead.
ReplyDeleteTexas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri are big game!
yepp, I agree with Jay G, if Expansion cannot be avoided. Best case, NO EXPANSION.
ReplyDeleteI think the SEC is good as it stands. We'll have to see if all the alleged expansion actually occurs with the Big 10 et al.
ReplyDeleteIf superconferences begin to develop, then the SEC must act on Florida State and Miami.
Until then, though, I think the SEC will sit tight.
jackass....really? that's one show i could never watch a full episode of.
ReplyDeletei don't see the advantage of a super conference besides the money and i guess that would be the advantage, but would having FSU & Miami really bring more to the SEC? i'm guessing that Texas would bring in more of the tv market, etc. but geographically FSU & Miami make more sense. that said, i like the 12 we've got.
What's wrong with the beer we got? It drank good!
ReplyDeleteYou're right. If expansion happens, the Big12 will cease to exist.
ReplyDeleteI disagree about adding Miami and FSU. What dobyhey bring to the table? We are already in those tv markets. So they really don't expand the footprint of the SEC. Doesn't make good $$ sense to add those 2 teams.
I'd be good with adding Kansas along with Texas and Oklahoma.
ReplyDeleteAdding UNC or Maryland or Virginia would help add the DC/Baltimore market.
if i were the Big 12 Commish they'd have to kill me before the SEC took TX & TAMU from me. that's all i'm sayin'.
ReplyDeleteYou do not want to take a trip to Lawrence every other year.
ReplyDeleteTrust me.
What are the odds that this expansion talk sort of spurs the Big Twelve into action to fulfill its potential?
ReplyDeleteIf we're talking SEC expansion, you have to start with Florida State. It was a crime that they went to the ACC in the first place. Miami also makes sense. While we're raiding the ACC, let's also take Clemson and Georgia Tech. Arkansas probably will go to an expanded Big 12(16?) because of their long-dormant rivalries with the Texas schools, which might leave us with an extra spot to fill to get to 16. Possibilities there are Louisville or Southern Miss.
ReplyDeleteSo the new West would be Auburn, Alabama, LSU, Ole Miss, MSU, FSU, GT, (Louisville/USM). The East would be Miami, Clemson, USC, Georgia, Tennessee, UK, Vandy, Florida.
I'd watch those games.
I hope the expansion is not forced on the SEC. If it isn't the SEC will stay the same as it should.
ReplyDeleteAs my daughter got off work several sirens blasted as cars roared across the Rainbow Plaza parking lot. It was the crimson caravan arriving at The Center Stage in beautifull downtown Rainbow City. How can we get this and not the Tiger Prowl. Est crowd of 700 screaming walmartians filled the air. Thank gooddness I missed it all.
It wouldn't surprise me if our football coaching staff already had an idea that this kind of stuff would be outlawed soon enough by the NCAA, so by the time everyone starts planning on doing something like this, our guys are already on the new phase that the NCAA hasn't banned. At least I hope that's what they're doing.
ReplyDeleteThat's where PF comes in with the sweet heli.
ReplyDeleteGood call JGT - Yeah - Peter has already figured out the next move. Hopefully FSJ hasn't figured that out and told his sabanness about that.
ReplyDeleteRegardless, I don't think they would be able to get a paint job ANYWHERE close to PF's rendering
Ladies and Gentlemen, Gene Gene, the Dancing Machine!
ReplyDeleteJG ...The Seinfeld comedic genius is in the writing. Typically there are 3 separate story lines that get intertwined by the end of the 30 minute show.
ReplyDeleteThanks for getting my hopes up, Norm.
ReplyDeleteMiami makes ZERO sense. Small school that doesn't make a lot of money and is marginally competitive in any sport. They aren't anything like the SEC. Since only one Florida school can be added, I think the hierarchy should be USF, FSU, UCF, Miami (though I've said before that UCF is the BEST fit).
ReplyDeleteGetting rid of USC makes little sense to me, either. I don't understand why you would go there. Market size? Huh? We're talking about the SES, right?
-S +C
ReplyDeleteThis TV market thing makes bo sense to me. Is Starkville a prominent TV market? What about Auburn? Oxford? Baton Rouge? Gainesville? I'm guessing Tuscaloosa gets put in the B'Ham market, Athens gets put in Atlanta, so there's that, but the SEC is about strong alumni bases and regional loyalties. They have proven that they can opperate outside of traditionally strong markets at huge profits.
ReplyDeleteAll about money. Dropping SC to make room for a larger market makes sense for the same reason adding Miami doesn't.
ReplyDeleteWhere does USC rank among SEC programs in revenue? Where would UNC and Duke rank? I don't have the numbers, but I'd guess that USC holds their own. I hate your ideas. Save the SEC from Miller!
ReplyDeleteOK
ReplyDeleteperfect timing.
ReplyDelete#89, hello Kennesaw!
Ladies and Gentlemen, Gene Gene, the Dancing Machine!
ReplyDeleteI like Secondaid's plan the best of what I've seen on here, but if the SEC is going to do anything, I'd rather just see them drop Arky and SC, and add FSU and GT. I know that's not expansion, but it's what I'd prefer.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the welcome JGT! Lots of good discussion this morning. I didn't know expansion was on the list of things maybe to come, so I'll have to think about it before I decide. I'm not sure I'm for it, but if I change my mind, I'd have to say it'd be nice to pick up Clemson, GA-Tech and FSU. I don't know about Duke and NC. It would make for some good basketball games, but they aren't too good at football.
ReplyDeleteAlso, what's up with the hating on Seinfeld? The genius of it is that it was intended to be a show about nothing and so it is. That's why it's hilarious.
I'M GONNA PLAY MY TUBA!
ReplyDeleteLet me smesmerize you with some Jet Notes:
ReplyDelete1. Gene Gene genius
2. Seinfeld annoying
3. Expansion bad
4. Expansion inevitable
5. HD video good
6. Smesmerizing can't be avoided
I wasn't hating on Seinfeld. The show was insanely popular and I respect that. JLD has a really broad base of skills and she doesn't get enough love for her work. I like Elaine.
ReplyDeleteI'm just more of a Jackass guy. That's the stuff I did as a kid -- played frog baseball, slid down ramps into walls, tried to hop curbs in grocery carts.
Welcome MiniWEG!
ReplyDeleteJayG...you're not a Jackass.
ReplyDeleteOh wait. I see what you did there.
I like both shows. I wonder what a combination of Jackass and Seinfeld would be like?
ReplyDeleteSouth Carolina is virtually even with Duke and Kentucky in generating, just below aTm, and above Arkansas, Georgia Tech, Clemson, FSU, UCF, USF, North Carolina, Ole Miss, Vandy,Maryland, Missouri, Kansas, Louisville, USM, and Miss. State. We're talking a top-25 athletic program here, money wise, that competes on a high level in multiple sports, has a good fanbase, and makes sense geographically. For anyone to say that they should be the first SEC team to be dropped is just the rhetoric of haters.
ReplyDeleteVandy is in a nationally ranked market (47th), but does nothing.
Kentucky, Arkansas, and the MS schools should be next on the list.
THEN kick out SC.
You can't tell me this wouldn't make the SEC without question the preeminant conference...
ReplyDeleteWest:
Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, LSU, Arkansas, Ole Miss, Miss St., Alabama
East: Auburn, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, North Carolina, Duke
Football Supremecy
Basketball Supremecy
Baseball Power
Academic stallwart
Geographical and TV marketing juggernaut
Jackass is pretty close to Seinfeld when you consider that it's just another show about nothing. It's a social commentary...with stunts.
ReplyDeleteI'm just picturing the Seinfeld characters doing the stunts.
ReplyDeleteI agree about SC staying, but from a tradional point of view, I'm against Kentucky and the MS schools leaving since they've been here all along.
ReplyDeletePlus, Kentucky does for SEC basketball what no other program can.
Like Jet said, expansion is inevitable. Might as well embrace it
ReplyDeleteJay, you Blasphemer. How in the world have you not watched Seinfeld. I get most of my philosophy of life from that show. What would like be like without festivus? How do you get by without a Bro? Did you know you can have sex to save a friendship? Do you even know what a soup Nazi is?
ReplyDeleteI can tell you anything I want...and adding NC schools just dilutes the conference. They don't generate enough revenue, and are too specialized. One of Duke's top programs (Lacrosse) would go bye-bye, and UNC's soccer program would get lost in the SEC.
ReplyDeleteBaseball power is one of your criteria, but you're kicking out one of the best teams.
Basketball, sure, but at what cost?
I still don't follow the "big market/tv" conversation.
We don't need Duke, we have Vandy, and the current SEC schools hold their own. UGA and UF are two of the top public research establishments in the nation. Research triangle be damned!
E-Bro,
ReplyDeleteI agree about Kentucky and the MS schools. I wasn't saying kick them out, just that USC makes sense to keep.
SC has no natural rival within the SEC. Arky kinda has LSU, but if you brought in Texas it would renew their rivalry from way back when. SC is the most natural 1st one out.
ReplyDeleteCan you imagine a football conference with Texas, Oklahoma + SEC?
How about imagining a basketball conference with Kansas, Texas, Kentucky, UNC, Duke?
HD video = good.
ReplyDeleteStill struggling to decide which camera is best. These new cameras use a format called AVCHD ... and I'm not 100% sure my laptop here can handle it.
Is expansion really inevitable? The Big 10 can't even get the best fit for their conference to join. I don't know if they can really pull this off. Who's to say that they won't end up like the WAC, and the SEC knows it. I doubt the other conferences follow suit just to keep up if they realize that it's not good for them. Nobody's going to come poaching the SEC or anything if they stick with 12.
ReplyDeleteWe have that basketball conference already. It's called the NCAA tournament (now available on TBS!)
ReplyDeleteMississippi State has a natural rival, and nobody cares. Kentucky's natural rival is not even in conference.
ReplyDeleteI'm not going to see eye-to-eye with Miller on this one, I guess.
ReplyDeleteI will forever resist against expansion like the Russians at Stalingrad.
ReplyDeleteI'm with you on this, Peter.
ReplyDeleteI have to get PF's heli on the front page. So new thread coming.
ReplyDeleteJay G bringing the shame.
ReplyDeleteBaker Act= take a person to a mental health facility for an involuntary mental health evaluation.
ReplyDeleteUsed when Someone is crazy and is a threat to themselves or others.