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7.12.2012

Getting Our Bearings

Hey everyone. So as you have surmised, I was asked (politely) to make Wednesday my last day of work at the Advertiser. Nobody should be upset with the Advertiser; they are keeping to their word and sending me on my way with what they agreed to give me. No hard feelings.

I am hopeful that Brian Woodham, who recently left a part-time gig with ITAT to take a full-time job as a copy editor at the Advertiser, will be given an opportunity to take my old job. Brian would be a great addition. I'll let you know if I hear anything about that.

As I explained on Facebook, we will have a board at AuburnSports.com with a stricter standard when it comes to cussing and any off-putting shenanigans. Personally, I'm good with the Bunker and have read it for a long time. They get a little upset when things don't go well, which is understandable, but I feel like that board's reputation for savage commentary far exceeds reality.

With that said, we will have a HABOTN-esque board over there for people whose tolerance for cussing is at zero. Just want to make that clear.

I'll be starting at AuburnSports.com on Monday.

Take care, errybody. Thanks as always for your support!

4970 Comments:

Cincytiger said...: Y'all know I wear orange colored glasses all the time! But, I am a little concerned. Was Saturday just a fluke - a matter of everything that could go wrong did go wrong? Maybe they got it all out of their system? I think that is the path I am going to choose. Bad as it was, I will always be an Auburn fan and LOVE it!

The one good thing about Saturday, I am first in the college pick me! That won't last long!; 6:10 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I will always be an Auburn fan and will always love Auburn. One day I will learn how not to care so much about gridiron wins and losses.; 7:30 PM
Cincytiger said...: THT,
I concur. I will always be an Auburn fan, but I must admit, it is more fun when we are winning! :); 7:43 PM
Anonymous said...: Kodi Burns never had a chance with all of the coaching changes. There is stability now. KF will be great....oh, wait...; 11:19 PM
Cincytiger said...: BigDaddy said, "So if anyone in Auburn-Opelika area whats to hang out(If your not a weirdo) Saturday or Sunday let me know. Or want to go to the game Friday let me know."

BigDaddy, (and anyone else in town) you are welcome to come hang out with us at the condo on Saturday. We will have breakfast around 8:30 and then our big meal after the game. Haven't decided for sure what that is yet, but whomever is around is welcome to join us for one or both. More details to follow!; 6:09 AM
E-Bro said...: I'll never be in The Pit. Front Porch always and forever for me.

That's not to say I only see through orange and blue color glasses or keep the blinders on.

Front Porch livin' is more about being even keeled in the times both good and bad. Things are probably never quite as good as they seem and they're quite as bad as they seem either.

I'll leave most of the worrying up to those in the Pit. That's not to say I'm completely without concern, but what I'm mostly going to worry about is showing up on Saturday and hoping for the best from my team.

If it happens, great. If not, we move on and hope for better in the future.; 7:37 AM
Seanzie said...: The porch is a good place to be. Very even keeled there. Music is good and we make good cocktails.; 8:16 AM
bigdaddy334 said...: Cincy thanks but I will be working Saturday and my family will get back in town Saturday afternoon.

This past Saturday night I watched football and worked on Sunday school lesson. Yesterday church in the morning and napped all afternoon. The problem with napping was I could not go to sleep last night and I had to get up before 6 morning. Lets just say I am very tired. Maybe I can nap at work? NOT!!; 8:19 AM
Seanzie said...: Although I'd be lying if I said I didn't take my rocking chair, curse it for being cursed and then hurled it into the pit to erase the bad juju.; 8:44 AM
Eddie McCoy said...: I think I'll hang on the Front Porch. At least I can see what is coming and the food is fresher.; 8:54 AM
bigdaddy334 said...: I like the Front Porch but on game day I don't normally see Eddie. :); 9:28 AM
E-Bro said...: Good to have you with us, bro.

Yes, Seanzie, we do have to fight off the bad juju from time to time.

In these perceived times of woe, we keep a shotgun handy to fight off the riff raff, chuck cursed rocking chairs aside, and make our cocktails just a little bit stronger than usual.; 9:33 AM
E-Bro said...: Nah, Eddie's there. He just goes to see what's happening in the Pit and reports back.

A sort of look, but don't touch policy if you well.; 9:34 AM
michael said...: The purpose of the pit has been perverted. This was not the pit we created. That pit was also about being even keeled, just admitting things were bad.

The pit was a happy place of despair, full of Price is Right VHS tapes and various other awesome things.; 9:38 AM
Jet said...: I'm definitely a Front Porch guy. I want to be there to offer Petrino a laurel and hearty handshake.; 9:44 AM
Jet said...: I mean, I'm an optimist, and we're gonna turn this around.; 9:44 AM
bubbs said...: What MJT said.

The Pit started during the Camtroversy. It was saying, "it's possible that bad things were done by someone associated with AU." Never was it that we believed we did bad things. We just acknowledged that it was possible.

I mean, given that context, a lot of you are really in the pit. re: Dyer's gun and Chiz's knowledge of it.

GET SOME!

Love,
Pit Co-Founder; 9:49 AM
Jet said...: Bubbs:

I'm in my own pit. I know how this works and Chiz is in deep trouble. It's not that I want him to be in trouble. But it takes the orangest of glasses to not see that the Dyer situation is more than troubling. And for some to think Gus is the answer when he is equally as culpable. I want the hard-ass Chiz to get control of this team.; 9:59 AM
Seanzie said...: The hard truth is...Auburn is quick to pull the ripcord. I think Chizik can still turn the ship around and be a solid SEC coach. But now it's time to walk the walk. It will get ugly for him if we don't finish at least with the same record as last year.; 10:10 AM
bubbs said...: Jet,

I've had my concerns about Chiz and discipline as well. But you know where I stand. I was hoping all that (and other stuff re: a player from Leeds and how that was handled) was due to being thin and him buying time.

But this was the year that everything should be coming together. Unfortunately, it appears that the opposite is true.

We're on the same page with Gus.; 10:11 AM
michael said...: I don't know what else Chiz should do in regard to discipline. The guy has been running off players of high regard left and right. The Dyer thing is questionable, but I think Chiz has a strong enough track record that shows he disciplines.

The problem is that you have players who don't fear consequences. They know they'll be disciplined, but they do the stuff anyway. It's not like Chizik getting better at discipline will change behavior.

The main issue is that Auburn has recruited a number of players who do what they want to do regardless of consequences. How do you rectify that? That's the question we should be asking. Is it a product of pushing "family" compared to the Saban pitch of "discipline and hard work and we might throw you to the curb"? Are players whose #1 priority is to be accepted as family the most stable when it comes to behavior? Just spitballin, who knows. Tell Scarbinsky to write an article about it.; 10:40 AM
Eddie McCoy said...: Michael- I think you are not looking at the discipline in quite the right light. Only after things come to light, do you see players run off. Dyer was run off after tons of rumors were out there, not before they got out there. What do the players get away that we don't know about?; 11:23 AM
michael said...: The Dyer situation may be the exception. It likely lingered longer than it should have.

I do think the whole "owning the gun used in the robbery" thing is overblown. The state found no issue with him, so I don't fault Chizik for not kicking him off the team for that.

If someone gives some evidence of players getting away with stuff they shouldn't, I'm all ears. But you can say "What do the players get away that we don't know about?" about any college football team.; 11:30 AM
Kathy said...: Took a 2-day sabbatical from social media after the game. Went to visit my daughter in Nashville who is still job searching, so she needed her mom to cheer her up.

I refuse to get on the "fire the coach" bandwagon. On another note, I was appalled to read that an "AU fan" attacked Kiehl's father after the game. Really?; 11:41 AM
E-Bro said...: The true purpose of the Pit has been perverted?

Is that akin to the radicals taking control of a political party?

Since the Pit has been taken over by nihilists, y'all should come up to the Front Porch.

As I said, we don't view things exclusively through orange and blue glasses and we'll acknowledge things are bad. It's just, without being apathetic, we take a "roll with the punches" approach.

Borrowing from Vonnegut, it's something of a "So it goes" mentality.

The Pit pre-dates the Front Porch, but the Front Porch arose during Stanley McGlover and the HBO4 affair, when a seeming avalanche of bad off season news was hitting Auburn.

Things just got to the point that everyone was so worked up about everything and we on the Front Porch, without wanting to pretend it couldn't possibly be true, were tired of being consumed by it and so formed our little community free of much worry.; 11:44 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Where was the discipline from Chizik when the BC coach was fired? It was like he pretended it didn't exist.; 12:06 PM
michael said...: I think I will remain metaphorically locationally unaffiliated for the time being.

I can't get on the porch because you have championed it as the anti-pit. If I joined, it would validate the current incarnation of the pit, which is a counterfeit pit, and not the real Pit.

Also, when you think of when we created the Pit, think about the circumstances: it was either National Title contender or a few years of probation with vacated 2010 wins. Worrying we'll get 5 wins instead of 9 wins is hardly cause to descend into the Pit.; 12:11 PM
michael said...: The BC coaching situation... man, FIRE CHIZIK!!!!!; 12:12 PM
ehyou said...: Oops! Google Chrome could not find auburnauthority.com; 12:22 PM
bubbs said...: Google is also having trouble finding a win for Auburn.; 1:03 PM
bigdaddy334 said...: ehyou I am having the same problem; 1:09 PM
bigdaddy334 said...: Eddie I agree with Michael on this the only discipline problem that we have had that CGC did not handle right in my opion was Dyer. Not because of the gun but he was pulled over for DUI's I was told at least 5 times. Gus bailed him out and pushed to keep him. CGC is the head coach and told Gus no he is gone.; 1:12 PM
bigdaddy334 said...: bubbs now that was good; 1:15 PM
E-Bro said...: Face it MJT...you've lost control of the Pit! It's taken on an image you can't protect it from.

Like the British Empire, it's no longer what it once was. Only small vestiges remain.; 1:17 PM
bubbs said...: Pretty cool tweet by the WKU coach:

"If anyone see any of our players with a ball in their hand, slap it out and bring it to me. You will get to travel with us to UK. Go Tops!"

Wonder how many guys have the guts to try it. I'd do it ... I'm not very bright.; 1:19 PM
Seanzie said...: Someone attacked KF's dad? WTH?; 1:22 PM
bigdaddy334 said...: Sorry for the type o's in my longer post. I was always stronger in math and history and sucked in English. You add my poor gamer with typing in a hurry at work and well y'all see what you get. The last sentience should have said

"CGC is the head coach and should have told Gus no he is gone."; 1:22 PM
bubbs said...: We'll just have to do a relaunch of The Pit if we ever need it again. No big deal.

Or we can just start a whole new metaphorical location. As long as it's not Cracker Barrel, I'd be okay with that.

Right now, I'm in the Bagman's Vault. I'm counting money for the upcoming recruiting class, possible coaching buyouts and to see who we can afford next.; 1:24 PM
bigdaddy334 said...: Seanzie, I talked to someone that knows KF and his dad. He said they did not get in a fight but he was close. He was mad and disappointed with his son to start with. He also was sitting in the middle of the players parents. To listen to these other players parents and hear what they were saying about his son also made him upset, but he did not get in a fight this weekend.; 1:29 PM
bigdaddy334 said...: Just make a 1.0 pit.; 1:29 PM
Robert said...: If Auburn loses to ULM its going to get real bad. I just want to see a team that seems to be learning. Last week was a team that was going backwards.; 1:30 PM
Jet said...: I guess somebody finally decided to Burn Thority.; 1:32 PM
Seanzie said...: Who's Thority and why was he burned?; 1:49 PM
bubbs said...: Burn Thority melted under the collective negativity of the HOTTIES.; 1:51 PM
Jimmy said...: ok good, it's not just me; 1:53 PM
Jimmy said...: Or maybe we all got the BanHammer; 1:53 PM
Robert said...: Strange their server is still online. Looks like the files where either pulled or corrupt.; 1:53 PM
Seanzie said...: I just tried to roll over there it it's GONE.; 1:54 PM
Seanzie said...: the .net site is no longer up either; 1:55 PM
Jimmy said...: I did read earlier today that Go Daddy was down.
If they host on their servers, could be the problem; 1:58 PM
Robert said...: It is on Go Daddy seems to be back up but the files probably didn't restore right.; 2:05 PM
Jimmy said...: Twitter accounts claiming to be associated with the hacking group Anonymous claimed responsibility for the attack.; 2:18 PM
Seanzie said...: Guy Fawkes strikes again; 2:33 PM
bubbs said...: Burn Thority and the hotties can't catch a break this season.

If the stars aligned for 2010, I'm afraid the earths reversed its polarity for this season.; 2:37 PM
Seanzie said...: Remember, Remember, the 10th of September.

The Day Daddy went Down.; 2:43 PM
ehyou said...: We don't need no water let the @#$%&*@#$%& burn; 2:46 PM
E-Bro said...: H for HABOTN-Vendetta!!!; 2:49 PM
Seanzie said...: I miss this. I miss us. *Tear; 2:51 PM
ehyou said...: Stay strong Seanzie. We'll always have ROF '10. They can't take that away.; 3:23 PM
bigdaddy334 said...: Well bubbs and I have the ROF '11... in our own mind!; 3:25 PM
michael said...: Bagman's Vault sounds pretty enticing. Tell me more about it, bubbs.; 3:30 PM
bubbs said...: Well, MJT. It's an interesting place.

He's got closed circuit TV running Power Hour x2 (Price is Right followed by the Wheel x2).

As for snacks. When you enter you're given a ring of keys. Every hour, on the hour, you can try to match a key to a safety deposit box. Whatever is in there you can eat. In the last three days I've only managed to eat the deed to Cecil's church.

I haven't managed to find much furniture, but with the piles of cash laying around it kinda works itself out.

It's a place to isolate one's self from all the melting faced Auburn fans and talking heads.

I'm just gonna grind. Put my head down and DWWD. Count the Benjamins for the Bagman. All In. From good to great.; 4:01 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I can help count benjamins. Sounds like my kind of place, bubbs. Get me a seat in there and I'll see what I can do about that ROF oversight. ;); 4:04 PM
bubbs said...: I'm pretty sure I can get you in, THT. The Bagman's Vault only opens once a day. $200k AM. Oddly enough, I imagine your often up around then.

I've heard rumors that some of the safety deposit boxes have maps. So there's that.

P.S. I think JayG should at least give us the names of those that were in the Forgotten Class. At the moment, I've got lots of money to buy votes.; 4:12 PM
Kathy said...: Pit might get crowded tomorrow. Everyone talking about a hit piece ESPN will come out with tomorrow regarding Memphis recruiting that will have MSU and Auburn mentioned throughout. Same song, different verse. Is this going to happen every season?; 4:15 PM
bigdaddy334 said...: "Is this going to happen every season?"

Not if we keep looking like we have the last two games. At some point they won't care about us.; 4:19 PM
Kathy said...: They will ALWAYS care.; 4:24 PM
War Eagle Girl said...: Hey y'all ~ I'm having problems too but only with certain sites and they all have to do with the server. So this is probably a good time to say that I am seriously thinking of pulling a THT. I tried to have a twitter discussion with JC and that was no fun at all. He's going to have a hard time fitting in the south. I might just read around but just about done with commenting. Maybe if I read something good at GTR but otherwise I've just about had it with the media. Kathy, if what you say is true that may hasten my departure. I still keep up with Zookeeper and she is doing fine without us. ;); 4:34 PM
Kathy said...: I know what you mean WEG. It's definitely not fun anymore. And I really don't want to read ad nauseum anything that is going to link Auburn and MSU with violations.; 4:40 PM
bubbs said...: I wouldn't worry about the ESPN piece too much. They may use some innuendo about the whole Javon thing, but if the NCAA was really digging into the program we would have heard long before this.

As to it furthering the perception that Auburn cheats... Yeah. It might do that. But I ain't got time for haters. I got Benjamins to count.; 4:46 PM
Kathy said...: Cole Cubelic ‏@colecubelic

"supposedly there is a story coming out of Memphis, I am not sure how much Auburn is involved" - @PMARSHONAU on @ColeCubeShow; 4:48 PM
bubbs said...: Meh. I still don't think there's much there to talk about. Javon is the only kid, recently, that we've recruited out of Memphis. There were some accusations about a car being given to him and AU felt really good on where we stood with that. The grades were a surprise, but there's nothing linking AU to them. To this date anyway. And I still think we would hear something before now if there was more there. That is, unless you GTR peeps are not telling us pertinent JayG comments.; 5:03 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: maps and benjamins. That's an awesome combination. Do you think there are any refrigerated safety deposit boxes in there with a stash of ice cream? I can bring my own chocolate-flavored high fructose corn syrup.; 5:03 PM
Seanzie said...: Sometimes, I hate CFB.; 8:08 PM
bubbs said...: THT,

No need. There's a slot machine that's been converted to serve ice cream and Hershey's.

The only trick is finding a safety deposit box with dollar coins in it.; 9:07 PM
Norm said...: The lights are shining bright at Lucas Oil Stadium. At 11:15p on a non-game night. I may walk across the street and see about turning them off.

It's been a travel day and for you astute readers, you'll remember I said I wouldn't likely hit HABOTN this week. So Seanzie, I gotta ask what's CHB done today?; 10:20 PM
Norm said...: Oh. CFB is completely different than CHB. Never mind.; 10:21 PM
Norm said...: Oh yeah, hey AllenD.; 10:22 PM
Norm said...: Hey Everybody else.

Meetings and conference stuff today and tonight. Y'all be cool.; 6:33 AM
E-Bro said...: So 2.0 casualty list at present time reads:

THT
Seanzie
PF
WEG (potentially)

Are there others? We need a sitrep.; 6:34 AM
Cincytiger said...: I'm here and there. Can't just abandon 2.0. Too many friends there. Have I said lately how much I hate change? :) Some things never change though. Tailgate at Cincy's - breakfast at 8:30 am. Lunch after the game. It's going to be a good day!!; 7:03 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: It's Tuesday and I still have no idea what the final score was for Georgia & Missouri. I apparently lost all interest in college football about 3 pm EDT on Saturday.; 7:54 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Cincy - I'm pretty sure you had not yet said it this week. Geesh, it's about time ;D; 7:55 AM
bigdaddy334 said...: THT all you need to know is UGA put it on them in the 4th.; 8:22 AM
Kathy said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 8:37 AM
bubbs said...: All you need to worry about is where those dollar coins are in the BV, THT. I think I'm narrowing it down.

Hey AllenD!; 8:38 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I think I have one roll of Sacajawea coins somewhere. I'll bring them along.; 8:43 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too busy in prison today. The world's turned upside down.; 8:45 AM
Kathy said...: I deleted my comment. I had a temporary relapse. I refuse to give into the doom and gloom. Whatever happens, I have no control over it.

War Eagle! Let's beat ULM.; 8:54 AM
bubbs said...: Only way to be, Kathy.

The stack of Miami Benjamins, over there, needs counting if you need to think about something else for a few.; 8:57 AM
bigdaddy334 said...: I am in for counting bubbs.; 9:03 AM
Seanzie said...: How's the new substance bringer @ 2.0?; 9:21 AM
bubbs said...: Seanzie,

I would say the new substance bringer ... well, it ain't pretty.

He didn't get the warmest of welcomes, and, in turn, he responded with no personality. Right now he just throws up a few links each day and calls it good. He will occasionally respond to something, but I get the feeling that he doesn't time for us or just doesn't care to interact (both?).

Maybe he'll get the hang of it with time, but I'm not sure. I think the hacks that can pull of something similar to what JayG created are in the minority.; 9:30 AM
bigdaddy334 said...: Not to good right now, but I think he will be ok. The first post he tried to add humor and that was smart. He is no Jay G. but he will be fine. When I found HABOTN most of you had been around. Jay knew a lot about Auburn sports and he knew who to go to for information. This guy is new and it will take time. A lot of time. His substance will be shallow I would guess most of this year. I think he is trying and that is the big thing.He needs some people to leave him alone. If they have a problem with him they can PM him instead of pointing out his inability in front of everyone.; 9:39 AM
bigdaddy334 said...: I also agree with bubbs. There are not many people that could come into that hornets nest and look good right away. Jay G. had the place running smooth and now...well... it will take time for the new guy..... if he is around long enough.; 9:42 AM
E-Bro said...: I just wish somebody would archive all those old CATCH-ALL threads.; 9:49 AM
bubbs said...: We don't archive in the Bagman's Vault. What happened, never happened.; 9:56 AM
michael said...: We'er in the 1900s now. I think every post should have a "what happened in 19xx" at the end.

1922: President Warren G Harding is scandalized in the press when he secretly travels to Communist Russia to deliver swords to the Green Bolsheviks who were later routed in the Battle of Midway.; 10:44 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Finally got time for lunch..almost 90 minutes after my usual lunch time.

1957: Auburn wins national championship in college football; 10:58 AM
bubbs said...: That's a really late lunch. You should instigate a prison riot.

1924: Harry Grindell Matthews demonstrates his "death ray" in London but fails to convince the British War Office. (True story); 11:15 AM
Seanzie said...: I think the biggest thing is, and MAdmin and others missed this as well, but nobody was going to be able to go in there and do it the right way. I realized that, I still like the main crew, but that scene was over. That's why I'm here.

I'll get over to GTR, but only after the new year when it's in the budget!; 11:18 AM
E-Bro said...: Seanzie doesn't give a dang about no Scopes Monkey Trial.

1926: League of Nations abolishes Slavery of all types. That was sure good of them.; 11:24 AM
Seanzie said...: 1927: One of the best baseball teams ever wins the World Series. Babe Ruth and the Yankees.; 11:26 AM
bubbs said...: The Gus Pastry eating tradition. That's a good one. I still don't think it would be a good idea to make him a head coach at AU. Not right now anyway. He needs more time. And we already have a coach.

1928: Swedes start a tradition of eating Gustavus Adolphus pastries to commemorate the old warrior king.; 12:10 PM
E-Bro said...: Needs a lot more time I think. Hope he does well at Arky State.

1929 - Stock Market crashes. Probably nothing too bad came of it in the end.; 12:22 PM
Norm said...: Last week, one of my Aunts called me and said she may need to move in with us. I know this woman. Despite my initial gut reaction, I didn't immediately refuse. Today she calls me again, I call her back during a break in the excitement at this conference. Turns out, she no longer needs to move in with us at least for the foreseeable future. As it turns out, I was not the only one she called last week, I was just the only one who didn't immediately say something which translates to "NO!".

1941 - Germans bomb Pearl Harbor but 6 months later fail to show up for the Battle of Midway.; 12:30 PM
bubbs said...: Good on you, Norm.

By the way, my family may need to move in with you. That cool?

I see that the hotties are not all that big into numerical order.

1931: The Huang He floods kill between 850,000 and 4,000,000 people (the deadliest historic natural disaster).; 12:36 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: so where's the big story from Memphis? Michael, you should be all over this.

1957 UNC wins NCAA basketball national championship with back to back triple OT games in semi and chamipionship games...the latter against Wilt Chamberlain.; 12:43 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I'll catch up with y'all this evening after my parole hearing.

1957 Braves win World Series; 12:44 PM
Seanzie said...: THT, I hope you were around in '57. That seems to have been your year!; 12:48 PM
E-Bro said...: Oh, MJT will definitely be all over it...as the bag man.

1935 - Planes banned from flying over The White House. Nothing said about flying UNDER The White House.; 12:54 PM
Robert said...: If for some reason in the next year or two we have to look for a coach, what would everyone think about vanderbilt's Franklin? He seems to have them going in the right direction and i like how he is very open with the media seeing how things work.; 12:58 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I missed the b-ball season.

1957 Packers stunk.

3 out of 4 ain't too bad.

Packers
1957 1st round draft: Paul Hornung
1957 19th round draft: Ernie Danjean of Auburn. Ernie played for the Packers in '57 and then spent a few years in the CFL.; 1:03 PM
michael said...: I've got the Memphis stuff covered on 2.0, THT. Come over there and see!

1938 - At a rally in Berlin, Hitler sneezes into the face of Goebbels. Hitler does not apologize, but Goebbels wishes he would. Goebbels would later get a cold, severely limiting his effectiveness at the Battle of Midway.; 1:09 PM
E-Bro said...: Spoiler Alert THT...MJT changed Jovon's grades.

1939 - Poland sends out thank you notes to France and English for coming to its aid after Germany invades.; 1:26 PM
michael said...: But it's not what it looks like. As a big fan of the band "ABBA", I just want his transcript to have "A B B A" repeated again and again and again.

1940- The Nazis start the London Blitz. The blitz is picked up and Churchill throws a bomb for a TD. He cites the big uglies in the trenches for buying him time.; 1:44 PM
Seanzie said...: 1941, John Belushi is a fighter pilot.

Memphis sucks.; 1:51 PM
E-Bro said...: It doesn't completely suck.

1942 - Paul Revere's ghost rides from town to town in the North African desert to warn Rommel, "The British Are Coming! The British Are Coming!"; 2:00 PM
michael said...: Memphis is better than all you idiots put together!

1943 - Edward R. Murrow is an embedded reporter with America for the Battle of Midway. After hearing Murrow's report, Mussolini surrenders Italy to the Allies.; 3:21 PM
bubbs said...: You telling us that Memphis is the bee's knees reminds me of a little something happening in 1943.

1943: Shooting begins on the Nazi propaganda film, "The Fuehrer Gives a Village to the Jews" in Theresienstadt.; 4:21 PM
bubbs said...: Check that. That was a typo. That movie was made in 1944 not 1943.

1945: Some crucial battles won and hard decisions made + 2 A Bombs later = WWII is in the books.

I'm not sure I can imagine going through my 20s and 30s during the 1930s and 40s. That was a tough row to hoe.; 4:26 PM
E-Bro said...: Hence the Greatest Generation.

1946 - The UN Security Council holds its first session and nothing bad ever happens in the world again.; 6:09 PM
michael said...: I have an infected toe which has turned to an infected leg, and it hurts.

1947 - The war is over. Now the south suffers the consequences during, as it has since been called, "Southern Reconstruction".; 8:24 PM
bubbs said...: I feel like I'm missing something with the infection etc.

1999: they partied; 8:46 PM
ArtVanDelay said...: Norm-Me and my family may need to move in with you, stat! I'll get back to you with the particulars.; 10:17 PM
AllenD said...: Hi Norm, Bubbs, Michael (the Pit disavower), all.

Sounds like Bubbs is playing in the closet down the hall again, I swear he's developing dementia. Keeps forgetting where he is in The Pit. THT come on down if you wish, but the closet Bubbs is talking about is here in the Pit. I wondered who had removed the Monopoly money from the game box. someone mentioned a case of Hagen Das is missing from the freezer as well.

Which closet did Bubbs say he was in again?; 10:40 PM
Norm said...: Art...No.

1952 - France thought about becoming involved in a foreign skirmish but decided to preemptively surrender instead.; 5:43 AM
AllenD said...: Morning Norm

2012 - the sun came up; 6:19 AM
E-Bro said...: I overestimated by a wide margin the Hotties' ability to count.

1954 - In Brown vs Board of Education, the Supreme Court rules that school segregation is unconstitutional, and not cool man. Not cool at all.; 7:17 AM
bigdaddy334 said...: Morning everybody

1955-The Brooklyn Dodgers finally win the World Series, defeating the New York Yankees 2–0 in Game 7 of the baseball playoff.; 8:20 AM
michael said...: Good morning.

1957 - Despite being loaded with talent, the 1956 Auburn Tigers football team goes 7-3 and finishes unranked. Some fans believe it is time for a coaching change, lest the program never take that step forward.; 8:52 AM
E-Bro said...: MJT...go back and edit your year for that last post like we can in 2.0. Wait...doh!

1957 - Auburn wins first national championship. Can you say burgeoning dynasty?; 9:06 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Y'all get in the 21st century where NOTRE DAME is a member of the ACC!

HOLY COW!; 9:14 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: well, sort of. Not a member in football, of course, but they will play at least 5 ACC teams/yr in football, so the story says; 9:15 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: more HOLY COW!

In addition to adding Notre Dame, the council voted to increase the conference exit fees to three times the annual operating budget, which would currently mean an exit fee of over $50 million.
http://www.wralsportsfan.com/colleges/story/11535383/; 9:22 AM
michael said...: Notre Dame? More like Notre Lame

1961 - Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed. Their crime? Typos.; 9:27 AM
Norm said...: Typos, much like Wu Tang ain't nothin' to "F" with.

1962 - JFK and RFK argue over Marilyn and something to do with sequence. It gets ugly.; 9:51 AM
bubbs said...: Hey AllenD!

1963: George C. Wallace becomes governor of Alabama. In his inaugural speech, he defiantly proclaims "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, and segregation forever!"

So, you know, it wasn't all better after 1954, E-Bro.; 11:08 AM
E-Bro said...: Remember bubbs, the Supreme Court said desegragation should happen "with all deliberate speed". Sounds like they were right on schedule in Alabama in 1963.

1964 - The Beatles come to America, but George Washington and the Continental Army are there to meet them, defeating them and sending them back to England, never to be heard from again.; 11:31 AM
Norm said...: blah, blah, blah...

1965 - Norm turns 1 year old.; 12:04 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: great view of Charlotte from atop Grandfather Mtn, 87 miles away

1966 The Original THT takes THT to see Bart Starr & the Packers defeat Johnny U & the Colts in Baltimore. We stayed at same hotel with Packers and I got to meet lots of them.; 12:35 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: the above photo was taken on a January morning after an Arctic blast had cleared every molecule of dust out of the atmosphere.; 12:37 PM
bigdaddy334 said...: blah, blah, blah... Norm is old!

1968 Yale University announces it is going to admit women.; 12:51 PM
michael said...: I recognize that skyline, THT... is that Dallas?

1969 - On 15 June, Neil Armstrong and Buzz McAlister become the first Americans to walk on the Moon!; 1:50 PM
Jet said...: 1970 -- Auburn comes from 17-0 down to defeat UAT, 33-28. It is the game where Beasley was knocked unconscious and came back into the game. In hindsight, not a good idea.; 2:19 PM
Norm said...: How's things over at Burn Thority?

1970 - this time of year, Norm was a new 2nd Grade student at TPS in Da Gump.; 2:22 PM
Norm said...: Well, crap, Jet's wasn't there when I hit the page.

1972 - Charlie don't surf.; 2:23 PM
E-Bro said...: Why would you hit the page? Do you have anger control issues?

1973 - America's military involvement in Vietnam comes to an end, which is a nice way of saying we lost.; 2:33 PM
Jet said...: 1972 -- Auburn blocks two punts to defeat Alabama. Earlier that year, a few guys get pinched for a burglary in a Washington building. Hilarity ensues.; 2:38 PM
Norm said...: Anger issues? Today I'm borderline.

1975 - Norm sprays Silly String on Gov. Wallace's wheelchair. I'm cool like that.; 2:44 PM
michael said...: 1976 - In an ironic twist during our country's bicentennial, Richard Nixon is impeached for his controversial handling of the Battle of Midway during he Vietnam War.; 2:57 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Got a map today. Yippee!

1977-80 AU football sucked, but not nearly as bad as disco.; 3:03 PM
bubbs said...: Gotta be quick with this game on 1.0

1978: The film Oliver!, based on the musical written by Thomas Jefferson, opens in the U.S. after being released first in England. It goes on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture, and seeds a love for musicals in the hearts of Norms everywhere.; 4:43 PM
bigdaddy334 said...: My work day is coming to a close

1979: October 23, Bigdaddy334 was born!!; 5:29 PM
Cincytiger said...: Evening. 4 tickets available for this week's game. Call me.

1980 - Mr. And Mrs. Cincy begin wedded bliss!; 6:34 PM
Norm said...: Would LOVE to go to this weekend's game. BUT NO!!! We have to go to a wedding shower for GMB's cousin that afternoon. So, I'll be watching at home.

1981 - Norm and Jet start their Senior year of high school. A year which will live in infamy.; 7:44 PM
michael said...: 1982 - Phi Slamma Jamma, the Universiy of Houston team featuring Clude Drexler, Hakeem Olajuwon, and Larry bird, takes the college fame by storm. As a result, MJT is born at a hospital in Superior Township, Michigan.; 8:12 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: We'll be at a map society meeting in Winston-Salem on Saturday, so we can't go to the game. Best as I recall, Auburn is 0 for however many Saturdays where I've gone to map related activities. It's not like I miss the games. I still find a place to watch them on TV. The first one was the botched FG game at Florida in 2002.

1981 MrsTHT marries me, and I'm awful thankful she did. Tops Norm's Sr year in my book.

1982 St. Elsewhere premieres on NBC, approximately 5 weeks before Bo went Over The Top.; 8:12 PM
Norm said...: St. Elsewhere was an excellent show. Right up until the final episode. I didn't care for that but I think we've discussed that previously.

1984 - a right good Van Halen album was released.; 8:21 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: this is post 1985 - how awesome is that! I don't know why Van Halen music always made me want to barf, but it did & still does.

...1985, will ever do
She may be right
She may be fine
She may get love but she won't get mine
'cos i got you; 10:47 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: it's awesome because it's probably the first one that I got right.... even though I had to resort to a 1974 song.

1986 The Original THT gets CABG and isn't allowed to watch TV. I kept him company during most of the Iron Bowl but took a break and went to an empty hospital room and turned on the TV just in time to see the Lawyer Tillman reverse.; 10:51 PM
Anonymous said...: Well, how do you do.

1987: Ronald Reagan goes impotent after having his prostate cut and U2 releases Joshua Tree. Don't you go thinking those are a non-sequitur.; 1:57 AM
Anonymous said...: I really want to make it to Auburn for the LSU game. I just need to secure a ride and tickets.

1988: I became aware of this thing called the Olympics that simultaneously celebrates sport and fascism.; 2:04 AM
Anonymous said...: 1989: I got a trophy for playing baseball. It was similar to trophies that the teams who didn't go undefeated that season received. My team was coached by an alcoholic who taught me to juggle to help improve my hand eye coordination, timing, and anticipation. I can still do that.; 2:14 AM
Anonymous said...: I don't see any reason to pull a bubbs and screw this up. Not that it won't happen that way, I just see no reason for it.

1990: Can't touch this, na na na na na na na na, you can't touch this; 2:16 AM
Anonymous said...: 1991: some stuff; 2:22 AM
Anonymous said...: 1992: THE DREAM TEAM is assembled and could beat the 2012 team by that same name by 60 points. End of discussion best basketball team ever.; 2:24 AM
Anonymous said...: 1993: We learn what a velociraptor is.; 2:33 AM
Anonymous said...: 1994: A white bronco captivates America. What the heck a millionaire was doing driving the most ordinary looking truck on the planet at the time baffles everyone.; 2:34 AM
Anonymous said...: 1995: didn't happen. A lack of Major League Baseball records proves this statement.; 2:36 AM
Anonymous said...: 1996: 30 Black churches in Mississippi are burned to the ground, proving that 1926 wasn't that long ago.; 2:39 AM
Anonymous said...: 1997: Enrolling in a private college instead of investing all of that money in AAPL could mean the difference between living paycheck to paycheck and being a millionaire in 15 years. It was rated a sell still at many points over that year...haha. stock analysis. better off picking a number.; 2:41 AM
Anonymous said...: Yeah, I quit posting anything but the dates. So.

1998: beer is introduced to PF's diet.; 2:42 AM
Anonymous said...: Someone already mentioned this, but seriously. 1999: We Party; 2:43 AM
Anonymous said...: 2000: All computers are infected with a virus associated with the 1982 hacker group anonymous. The world ends. Then it doesn't. Thousands call their local pharmacies asking if they stock Plan B pills...cause Plan A, lulz.; 2:47 AM
Anonymous said...: BOOM! Ya'll just got hit with some late night substance that hasn't been seen in ages. I wouldn't even be able to sleep at night if I knew this kind of thing was going on in the same country that I lay my head to rest in.; 2:48 AM
E-Bro said...: Hey PF. Don't think page flips aren't so dumb now do you?

2002 - The Iraq War Resolution is authorized by the majority of Congress. Oops.; 5:26 AM
Norm said...: Nice job PF.

2003 - Not a very good year for a variety of reasons.; 5:53 AM
Norm said...: Hey AllenD

2004 - also not a great year for very similar reasons as 2003.; 5:58 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Good morning, Hotties.

1987 - The Original THT and I are late arriving to Iron Bowl because of a cancelled flight. The cab we're riding in to the stadium literally went airborne at every intersection as the cabbie tried to get us there ASAP. I think we missed the first 8 minutes or so. The cabbie got a big tip for his efforts.

What?! Y'all are in the next century already?! Well, rats.; 6:17 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: btw, PF, that was simply outstanding. I should have watched it live cause I'm pretty sure I was still up.

2006 - the stock market is headed towards infinity.; 6:23 AM
Anonymous said...: E-bro. My campaign for substance died years ago.; 8:12 AM
Eddie McCoy said...: 2008- Are we back in that year this year?; 8:45 AM
Eddie McCoy said...: 2009- Chris Todd Superstar!; 8:47 AM
Eddie McCoy said...: 2010- A Year that will never be forgoten. How the heck to PF sneak into the National Championship Game? Security is so tight these days. War Cam Eagle!; 8:48 AM
Eddie McCoy said...: 2011- Roof, the roof, the roof is on Fire....along with several synthetics.; 8:49 AM
Eddie McCoy said...: 2012- Ebro Kissed a Girl....and liked it.; 8:49 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: HILARIOUS! Eddie.

2013 Inflation ignites like white phosphorus in the wind.; 9:00 AM
Kathy said...: I hate to mess up this thread while you are all on a roll, but this was quite entertaining. Thank you!; 9:09 AM
Eddie McCoy said...: Think Connan O'Brien:
"In the Year 2015"

- Gene Chizik will be comfortably enjoying his new Gig as Special Consultant to the University.; 9:18 AM
E-Bro said...: 2015 - Flying cars and hover boards have still yet to be invented.

Screw you Back to the Future II and your pipe dreams.; 9:19 AM
michael said...: 2015- The Alabama football team does its beat impression of the Japanese cruiser Mikuma as they have a losing season while also being discovered to be horrible cheaters by the NCAA. Their coach is fired, and the program never really recovers.; 9:22 AM
michael said...: 2018- an independent panel confirms that 2015 was adequately covered on 1.0.; 9:23 AM
E-Bro said...: Dang it Eddie, how could you not make a Back to the Future II reference with that post. Fail.

2019 - Flying cars and hover boards are invented.; 9:24 AM
michael said...: Beat=best in my 2015 post.; 9:24 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Milaech, your 2015 post can't be beat... or bested

Are we going to get this thread far enough along to incorporate Zager & Evans' predictions?

2021 - I'm too scared to think where the world will be.; 9:40 AM
Eddie McCoy said...: 2022- Apple Ipone 15 Comes out. We are back to smaller being bigger again.; 9:50 AM
Eddie McCoy said...: 2023- Ronnie Brown's son becomes Auburn's 7th Heisman Winner.; 9:50 AM
Eddie McCoy said...: 2024- Year of the BEASLEY x 24; 9:51 AM
Eddie McCoy said...: Dang, I hold my head in shame. Stupid mistype. Not changing it though. x23; 9:51 AM