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8.07.2017

Yes, it's that time again

THT has alerted me to the fact you all are approaching 5,000 posts, which means it's time for a new thread. It would be my pleasure to create said new thread. Before I leave, however, I'd like to provide you a picture of the always-lovely Mariska Hargitay.

Have a nice day.

3816 Comments:

Tar Heel Tiger said...: that new page smell, that's what!; 2:36 PM
michael said...: Man, we ripped right through that first page.; 3:01 PM
E-Bro said...: That UTC-Jacksonville State game being played in Montgomery doesn't make a lot of sense to me.

There a big JSU alum network in the Gump that's been clamoring for it or something?; 3:12 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Maybe JSU stadium doesn't have a tv broadcast booth?

Just kidding Gamecock fans. Just kidding.; 3:25 PM
bubbs said...: They probably some place bigger to hold the dozens and dozens of fans.; 4:12 PM
E-Bro said...: Too bad. Would've been nice to showcase an FCS game at an on campus site. They've played some great games against each other the last few years, both in regular season and playoffs.; 7:51 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I bet Jet pulled some strings to get it moved to the Gump. Despite Norm's lifelong ambition, Jet still runs the show in that neighborhood.; 8:19 AM
bubbs said...: Yeah, but I bet Norm still does a song and dance in the show.; 8:54 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: What a great halftime show. But how do they keep people in the stands for the second half?; 9:00 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Re: our latest committment...

Martin returned to Austin during the offseason after playing his junior year at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla. He ran for 372 yards and four touchdowns in limited time at IMG.

injured or not good enough to start?; 10:31 AM
bubbs said...: Can't figure that out, THT. No one explains his small numbers last year. He avg over 7 yards per carry, and caught for 300+ as well. Can't find a mention anywhere of him being injured. Wouldn't surprise me if IMG has more talent than need, though.

Sounds like he'll graduate early. So that's nice.; 11:10 AM
bubbs said...: Hear about the Clint retiring, THT?; 11:10 AM
michael said...: Looks like he got the most carries of any RB on the team (Mond was QB, a freshman at aTm now)

http://www.maxpreps.com/high-schools/img-academy-ascenders-(bradenton,fl)/football-fall-16/stats.htm#

IMG is one of those all-star type programs, so there is a lot of sharing of the ball that has to happen I imagine.; 11:12 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: softball coach? yes

Josey Wales? no

I hope our next softball coach has similar or greater success without the drug arrests and other undesirable activity; 11:27 AM
bubbs said...: Word on the interwebs is that there is a scandal behind the retirement. Could get ugly.

But, hey, at least we have football to distract us!; 11:37 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: "Word on the interwebs is that there is a scandal"

I've been waiting to hear the details ever since his son resigned.; 11:46 AM
bubbs said...: "They" say his son was pursuing the players in an inappropriate manner...

Happened once and "corrected." Happened again and he's got gone. Then the covering up of the first one got Clint.

Allegedly reportedly.; 12:07 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I'm curious what would have been the appropriate manner of pursuit. Not for personal use or anything, just curiosity.; 12:10 PM
bubbs said...: Texting them to ask how they were doing in class instead of what they were wearing?; 12:14 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: ahhh, the use of subtlety and a fake interest in their well-being; 12:33 PM
bubbs said...: Yeah. Or pretty much any method that E-Bro uses.; 12:37 PM
E-Bro said...: The lack of (mutual) interest is real, I assure you.; 1:03 PM
E-Bro said...: Hey, who is this guy talking about JayG and HABOTN? Possibly a former poster I've forgotten about?

https://www.collegeandmagnolia.com/2017/8/24/16188628/who-to-follow-on-twitter-this-season; 1:04 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: "I miss the Hottest Auburn Blog on the Net"

Well that's his own fault. It's RIGHT HERE!; 1:20 PM
bubbs said...: I don't think so. Not a regular poster anyway. From what I can sleuth, I think he's not yet 30. You're the youngest regular we've had, if I'm not mistaken.; 1:52 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Drew Crowson doesn't ring any bells. Probably an alias for some guy named Jay. There were dozens of Jays on Hv1.0; 2:12 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: https://www.youtube.com/user/texas1285; 2:13 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: He likes to create blogs. He also posts, but creating blogs seems to be more fun for him.

http://drewcrowson.blogspot.com/

http://sevenlens.es/week-18-randventure/121-365-b/

https://crowsonblog.wordpress.com/about/

https://disqus.com/by/crowson1/; 2:23 PM
E-Bro said...: Bubbs must not consider MJT a regular since I'm pretty sure he is younger than me.

Or do we count age by number of kids?; 3:08 PM
bubbs said...: Isn't MJT like 34. How old are you?; 4:07 PM
michael said...: I actually graduated AU with his older brother (MJT not joking for once) and met this dude a couple of times in real life. He was never a regular in the comments or message boards that I can recall, though I saw Drew have Twitter exchanges with JGT a couple of times over the years.; 4:09 PM
michael said...: And I turn 35 in October.; 4:10 PM
E-Bro said...: I turned 35 in March.; 4:56 PM
michael said...: Geezer.; 4:59 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Children.; 8:02 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Jim McElwain hints at playing three quarterbacks vs. Michigan

The guy is an offensive genius. Too bad Gus never.... mind; 7:59 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: After last night, I can reaffirm that the apple fritters(not sure if that's what they call them) from NC Jelly Donuts are truly the best on the planet. I sure hope they have some on hand when we stop there next week on our way to AU.; 8:13 AM
michael said...: Thank you for reaffirming, THT. We were all on pins and needles waiting on that information.; 12:02 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I suspect that had more to do with my mjt voodoo doll than any anxiety or curiosity on your part; 12:16 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Auburn ranked 97th nationally in [red zone offense] in 2016, finding the end zone just 56.36 percent (31-of-55) of its red-zone trips last season.

get that up to a mediocre 70% and we'll be able to win the kind of games we lost against Clemson & Georgia; 12:52 PM
E-Bro said...: I think 60 percent might have won us those games.; 1:02 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: there's a 66.7% chance that you are correct; 1:09 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Duke is advertising football tickets for $70. That's for the entire season and includes a t-shirt.; 2:37 PM
bubbs said...: You gonna buy one?; 3:01 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I don't want a Duke t-shirt; 3:14 PM
bubbs said...: Been reading about Voyager I and II. Blows my mind. I wish we spent more time, money, and energy on research, discovery, and development. Funded more NASA stuff. Seems more worth while than a lot of the stuff our government does.

I feel like that's a fairly bi-partisan statement...; 4:28 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: first full week of vacation since last December starts NOW! I love vacation. That's one reason I'll never retire. I can't stand the thought of losing my vacation weeks.; 4:30 PM
bubbs said...: GO CRAZY, THT!; 4:32 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: we should have spent more time developing a matter/antimatter reactor and warp drive. It takes too long to explore things in our own solar system. We're never going to get to the delta quadrant.; 4:35 PM
bubbs said...: No telling what's possible.; 5:22 PM
THT said...: This is awesome information.

What should MrsTHT cook next Friday? She's got about 475 miles to work with if we're staying in Lanett... need to find our reservation.; 2:34 PM
Cincytiger said...: OK, THT, this sounds gross. Stop at ChickFilA. Much safer and tastier.; 5:47 PM
bubbs said...: You should drop some shrimp straight into your radiator, THT. They'll be cooked to perfection.; 9:18 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I prefer fried shrimp over boiled shrimp. Speaking of good food. The chicken & dumplings at Mama Dip's are outstanding. I'm tight as a tick right now.; 12:55 PM
michael said...: Are they as good as Cracker Barrel's?; 1:08 PM
bubbs said...: If they couldn't ascend CB chicken and dumplings, THT would be as sick as a tick.; 1:26 PM
michael said...: I wouldn't even want to pick a tick that sick.; 1:57 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: the trick to getting tight as a tick that isn't sick and is easy to pick is to eat Mama Dip's chicken & dumplings with a stick and then give the saucer a good lick.; 2:09 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: my shelf-stocking friend at the Buy More is bound & determined to keep me from forgetting the meeting tonight. She should be more bound and less determined. Bound so tight she can't text me any more reminders.; 2:12 PM
bubbs said...: You should respond to every reminder with a picture of where you currently are.; 2:56 PM
michael said...: Hey THT, don't forget the meeting tonight.; 4:14 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I didn't forget. It was so much fun.; 8:01 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Since I'll be on a plane at 0530 EDT and may not have internet at the proper time, I'll go ahead and take care of this right now...; 8:04 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!; 8:04 PM
bubbs said...: Are you enjoying your flight?; 8:50 AM
michael said...: Even more importantly, can you provide the minutes for your super special meeting last night?; 10:29 AM
bubbs said...: Do you guys keep minutes for your meetings?

I would hope they're special/secret enough that you can't keep anything in writing. Can't let customers find out about special pricing early.; 10:42 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: we don't keep minutes, we keep nanoseconds.
Sitting in Boston waiting for my flight home. Forgot to bring cord to charge my phone and the google maps directions for my drive just about completely drained it. I had prepaid to get the lowest rate. That got me the "managers special", a 12 passenger van. A subcompact would have cost an extra $20, about $10 of which I would have recouped on gas.
Carey on.; 11:48 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Perhaps y'all didn't understand. I meant carry on.; 5:09 PM
bubbs said...: Oh. Yeah, okay. I was waiting to see who else you carried in your 12 passenger. I feel like there was more to that story.; 5:15 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: me and all my various personalities pretty much filled it up. I couldn't get most of my personalities to shut up. I have a headache.; 6:07 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: AU football in 3 days! I'm ready for a championship season.

GO TIGERS!!! WARRRRRR EAGLE!!!; 9:15 AM
bubbs said...: 50% of the time we'll be champs 100% of the time.; 10:31 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: 100% of the time I don't understand 50% of what you say; 11:08 AM
bubbs said...: We're going 6-6, THT. 6-6; 11:11 AM
E-Bro said...: Against the spread?; 11:39 AM
bubbs said...: We'll face some folks running the spread. Some will not be. Not sure if we'll fair better or worse against that particular scheme.; 12:16 PM
E-Bro said...: Interesting.; 1:03 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: what's y'all's guess on #yds rushing we'll allow against GA Southern?

They are going back under center with their triple option. The good news is that Tracy Ham Jr plays on their basketball team, not the football team, so we don't have to worry about those particular genes.; 1:34 PM
bubbs said...: I'd say 277 yards rushing.; 1:44 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: oh my stars. Are you inside my head!?!?; 1:45 PM
bubbs said...: There's really no way to know.; 1:48 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: check for an echo; 1:53 PM
bubbs said...: check for an echo; 2:05 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: my laptop battery is at 88%

Almost makes me want to yell someone's name

Interesting read about Lee Corso and GameDay, which reminds me.... Campfire tomorrow night!; 2:06 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: This give me the willies; 2:25 PM
michael said...: I wonder if the ants on the bottom drown?

Campfire tonight should be off the hook!; 2:47 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: 2BEASLEY!!!; 2:58 PM
E-Bro said...: Yeah, MJT, I'm sure it will be. Most of us have gone the wireless route for our electronic devices by now.; 3:08 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Mjt, don't forget the lighter fluid

perhaps the ants on the bottom have mastered that whole surface tension puzzle to keep everyone including themselves above water.; 3:39 PM
bubbs said...: The softball team went from feel good story to a real puke fest. Ugh.; 5:10 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: 72 hours til FOOTBALL kickoff. Stay on topic, bubbs ;-); 6:31 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: How 'bout North Carolina's Nick Coe!; 8:13 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! to Cincytiger. Looking forward to seeing you and your AUsome family on Saturday!

GO TIGERS!!! WARRRRRRRRRRR EAGLE!!!; 7:46 AM
michael said...: THT, you didn't campfire for too long last night.

bubbs and ebro were no-shows, which was expected. They aren't very committed.; 10:19 AM
bubbs said...: I thought campfires were on Thursdays. When did it move to Wednesday? Some people church MJT. Surprised you didn't know that.; 10:40 AM
THT said...: last night was just pre-campfire testing to make sure we could have a real conflagration tonight at the official Thursday night campfire.; 10:42 AM
bubbs said...: Just threw on a log. Also, MJT is a liar. That place hasn't seen campers in quite some time.; 10:50 AM
THT said...: I beg your pardon! mjt and I were both there last night getting everything ready for the vast hordes of campfirers that will surely be there tonight.

Aug 30, 3:51 PM
MJT (Guest): It's pretty amazing this thing still works here 9 years later.
Aug 30, 4:14 PM
TarHeelTiger: yes, indeed. I'll go gather the wood if you can track down the lighter fluid.
Aug 30, 5:54 PM
MichaelJanTerri: I got the lighter fluid. I need you to go track down a witch now.
Aug 30, 7:33 PM
MichaelJanTerri: Ummmmmm did anyone remember the matches?
Aug 30, 8:47 PM
TarHeelTiger: I found some very small rocks. That should work in place of the witch.
Aug 30, 9:27 PM
MichaelJanTerri: CAAAAAAMPFIYAHHHH!!!
Aug 30, 11:38 PM
MichaelJanTerri: Campfiyah?; 11:04 AM
michael said...: Well THT was there, I was there, then all of a sudden I yelled campfiyah and in my opinion a campfire happened last night, even if it was on the wrong night.; 11:33 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: A two-hour GameDay starts at 5pm CDT to"night". The game starts at 7pm CDT. Since it's MrsTHT's birthday, my campfire arrival time is currently uncertain. Depends on if she'll allow me to take her out for dinner.; 11:52 AM
bubbs said...: This is where you guys went, right?
https://chatroll.com/habotn-camp-fire

Not sure why I can't see that chat history.; 12:17 PM
michael said...: Disappearing ink.; 12:41 PM
THT said...: Too many hyphens

https://chatroll.com/habotn-campfire; 2:41 PM
bubbs said...: Thanks, THT.

No thanks to you, MJT!; 3:59 PM
bubbs said...: MJT must have had important mice to kill last night. Stayed in the barn and didn't show up to the campfire.; 9:43 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: A great time was had by all.

We've made it to SC, stopping in Greenville for lunch. Got a box of donuts and apple fritters; hope they'll still be good tomorrow; 10:08 AM
bubbs said...: Better not chance it. Eat the rest later today.; 10:28 AM
bubbs said...: Time to eat another one, THT!; 12:30 PM
michael said...: I wonder if THT followed your advice? Guess there's really no way to know.; 3:22 PM
bubbs said...: Guess we can add that to all the other stuff you don't know from missing out on most of the campfire.; 4:49 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Donuts are safe... perhaps a little less fresh, but safe.

When traveling in east AL, stop for some fried catfish at Merl's Diner in Lanett. Tell them the THT sent you.; 5:06 PM
Cincytiger said...: Glad y'all made the first leg. And glad the donuts are safe. Jacob will be very pleased. :) And Sophie will need an extra one. She is at the emergency room getting her chin sewn up. :(; 8:57 PM
michael said...: Bubbs - thanks to the archive feature I read the whole chat, so looks like I didn't miss anything at all, and you have some egg on your face.

Cincy- sorry about the stitches! How did it happen?; 9:33 PM
Cincytiger said...: Missed the top step and came down on her chin on the floor. This is one tough cookie. She is four and this is her second trip for stitches. She amazes the medical staff with her stoicism. Jacob would have passed out from the sight of the blood. With him, you can't tell if he has a paper cut or a severed limb.; 12:05 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I think LB can relate to Jacob.; 6:17 AM
Scott M. Brannan said...: War Eagle!; 7:37 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: HOLY COW!!! How are you Scottie B?; 9:32 AM
michael said...: Hey Scottie b!

Cincy- that's funny how some kids are just tough. My 6yo girl is by far our toughest kid. She looks forward to getting blood drawn because it doesn't bother her at all, whereas it freaks out my 8yo boy. She's actually made him much tougher at he doctor out of shame. This last round of shots was the first one he didn't cry during because Eleanor didn't cry before him.; 12:00 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: michael, per your instructions, we hailed Kathy with a HOTTIE HO!!! when she passed by us in the Union bldg. It worked!; 4:36 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: my prediction that GSU would rush to 78 yds was spot on. bubbs's prediction that they'd rush to 77 yds was also uncannily accurate.; 6:22 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: that was a loooooong drive.; 2:59 PM
Cincytiger said...: So glad y'all make the long trip. It was so good to see you and Mrs. THT and LB! It has been a long off-season!; 8:24 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: what a massive choke by aTm. That was putrid.; 10:24 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Cincytiger, y'all are the most awesome family I've ever known. Thank you for letting us be a part of it on Saturday.; 10:26 PM
Cincytiger said...: Hey, THT, you're part of the family! The kids are very disappointed you aren't coming for Mercer. :) They all got to have a donut for breakfast this morning. Those are the only donuts they get, so they think you are awesome!; 10:51 PM
Unknown said...: It put a smile on my face to hear "Hottie Ho" on Saturday. Brought back many good memories. I miss the old HABOTN gang.; 9:10 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: We've been right here the whole time! Maybe not all the old HABOTN gang, but the ones that matter the most :-D

michael still has his goats, but don't ask him 'bout his bidness.

I hope our receivers have no drops next weekend.

What's y'all's take on not playing Malik W at QB this past weekend? With Grit Laser still suspended this week, I'd have thought getting the backup some real game snaps might be helpful in case of emergency. Or is Devan actually ahead of Malik on the depth chart?; 10:07 AM
michael said...: It definitely wasn't a burn-your-redshirt situation against Ga Southern. Against Clemson, if Stidham goes down and the game isn't out of hand and assuming Grit Laser is still suspended, I think Malik would see the field.; 10:51 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I'd rather Malik not see the field for the very first time in Clemson, SC, or any away game. I'm not sure what the RS rules are. If you only play in the first 3 games, do you have to get injured to be granted a redshirt? I'm sure he could stub his toe.; 11:03 AM
E-Bro said...: Sorry I missed the Campfire, THT. Will try and make it this week.; 8:18 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I'll be busy at the Buy More on campfire night this week, so I hope you'll pick up the slack... emphasis on slack.; 8:27 AM
michael said...: Any updated season predictions based on Saturday's game?; 12:29 PM
E-Bro said...: Pain.; 1:15 PM
michael said...: Hey ebro, you should do a countdown to Clemson this week so we have someone to blame if things go bad.; 1:31 PM
E-Bro said...: Seems to me that Jet is taking up the mantle over at that other blog. Will that suffice?; 3:03 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Clemson rushes for less than 100 yds.

If weather.com's data for yesterday is correct, we should be overwhelmingly awesome this year, 12-2 or maybe even 14-1. I'd feel better offering 15-0 if the LSU game was in Auburn.; 4:13 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Of course, weather.com's data may be irrelevant. I think the original research was done at accuweather.com, and their reported high on 9/4 was 1 degree above the threshold. So don't discount bubbs's prediction just yet.; 7:37 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: When watching aTm implode Sunday night, I was wondering why Kevin Sumlin didn't challenge the no call on unsportsmanlike conduct for Josh Rosen removing his helmet on the field. I assumed it could not be challenged, but I don't see any reason why not. If it could be challenged, Sumlin and or somebody on his staff should be ashamed of themselves for the missed opportunity. It was plain as day on the replay. Those 15 yards could have been very beneficial to aTm on the ensuing kickoff/possession. Ok, Sumlin and his entire staff should be ashamed of themselves regardless.; 8:53 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Sumlin couldn't challenge the non-call. However, the replay official could (and should) have made the call:

Limitations on Reviewable Plays
ARTICLE 7. No other plays or officiating decisions are reviewable. However,
the replay official may correct egregious errors, including those involving the
game clock, whether or not a play is reviewable. This excludes fouls that are
not specifically reviewable

If a penalty is 15 yards, that is pretty strong evidence that it is egregious.; 10:10 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: i must be posting on the wrong thread today; 1:13 PM
bubbs said...: I'm back!; 1:44 PM
bubbs said...: Crazy weekend. Topped off by a stomach bug. So it's been 4 days since I've been at work. They were kind enough to hold everything for me till I got here.; 1:44 PM
michael said...: Did the whole family get the bug? What percentage of the throw up made it into the toilet and what percentage got on the carpet and couches and other things?; 1:58 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: what on earth? No game on ESPN on Thursday?!?!

West Alabama at Samford 6:00 pm espn3 Video
Sam Houston State at Prairie View 6:30 pm ESPNU / WatchESPN
Idaho State at Utah State 7:00 pm Facebook Video
Houston Baptist at Texas Southern 7:30 pm ATTSW

Facebook Video? What the heck is that? I guess Harrison and I won't be watching the Bengals & Aggies. Not that it matters to me; I'll be stuck at the Buy More.; 2:28 PM
bubbs said...: @MJT believe it or not, none of the kids got it. It was just me and the Mrs. Strangest thing ever (there's time yet to amend this post in the next few days).

That's a disappointing Thursday night.; 2:59 PM
michael said...: You call your wife "Mrs. Strangest thing ever?" I'm going to become facebook friends with her to see if she is aware of this nickname.

If it was just you and the wife, it was probably food poisoning. I assume you guys are like us and feed the kids frozen chicken nuggest while you eat your steak and whatnot every night. Guess that practice came back to bite you this time.; 3:06 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: whatnots are almost as vile as onions.; 4:14 PM
michael said...: Well they're not scratch, I'll give you that.; 4:49 PM
Cincytiger said...: bubbs, I was thinking the same thing about food poisoning. Did y'all eat anything different from the kids? I hate throwing up! Give me a good old head cold anytime. Well, not anytime, but I'd rather have pretty much anything than a throw up virus. Except a kidney stone, I'd rather have a throw up virus than a kidney stone. Although you usually throw up with a kidney stone. Let's just not get sick at all, okay?; 8:05 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: bubbs, you know what I was thinking?; 8:37 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!
BEASLEY!!!; 8:37 AM
bubbs said...: I don't think it was food poisoning. We didn't eat anything that the kids didn't, and the timing was a little off. I got sick first then the wife. Fortunately, I didn't get sick until a little bit after a race I had on Monday. That could have been real bad...

Personally, I'll take a stomach bug over a week long head cold any day. Get it over with.; 8:48 AM
bubbs said...: And whatnots are top notch in my book.; 8:48 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I guess that's why you eat them every night with your steak. I'll take mashed taters with my steak, please. And maybe some asparagus broiled in buttah.; 9:44 AM
michael said...: And some nice sauteed onions while you're at it.; 9:57 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

2.0 brought a sammich from some unknown location home the other night. It reeked of onions. I got out of the kitchen immediately.; 10:08 AM
bubbs said...: I wonder if THT is part vampire. Works odd hours of the night. Can't be around onions (cousin of the garlic). Really into maps.

Have you searched your family tree, THT?; 10:12 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I'm pretty sure I'm 1/16th Cherokee. I am greatx5 grandson of Jacob Greene, brother of Nathanael (the dude that won the Revolutionary War without winning a single battle). That is the entire extent of my arboreal knowledge. I don't know of any ancestors from Transylvania.; 10:31 AM
E-Bro said...: Well, that makes sense, because Vlad was from Wallachia, not Transylvania.; 1:10 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I used to live in Wachovia, but that's a whole different place.; 1:32 PM
E-Bro said...: Yeah, like that's a real place.; 4:00 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: try here; 4:04 PM
E-Bro said...: These Maps are from the 18th century. When exactly DID you live in Wachovia, THT?

Judging by this time frame, I'm starting to think bubbs is right about you being a vampire.; 4:54 PM
bubbs said...: Like I said ... We're past coincidences.; 5:19 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: 1960s and early 1980s, although most people called it Winston-Salem by then.

The only red stuff I drink is Cheerwine.; 5:37 PM
michael said...: Hey THT is Auburn gonna win this weekend?; 9:33 AM
bubbs said...: The silence is deafening.; 11:10 AM
michael said...: THT clearly thinks this game is in the bag for Clemson.; 12:58 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: well I certainly hope so. I've only known in advance the outcome of 3 AU games in my entire life. As of today, this is not the 4th.; 12:58 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: major league yard work today. Not my favorite cup of tea.

Carry on; 2:31 PM
E-Bro said...: Worse weather than this for yard work at least.; 3:10 PM
bubbs said...: I'll do minor league yard work, but almost never get called up to the big leagues. I'm fine with that.; 4:23 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: i feel like Bo Jackson took batting practice against my back; 7:39 PM
Cincytiger said...: Mr. Cincy and I put together a storage building for Kathryn and Aaron yesterday. It had 80 pages of instructions! Took us 10 hours of nonstop work. My body is rebelling today. Think I will stay in my pjs and watch football all day.; 11:52 AM
THT said...: MrsTHT and I drove over to W-S to have dinner with a bunch of people, most of whom I didn't know, so we didn't get to watch the game. (The fact that I would drive several hours and dine with people, even friends, during an AU football game may provide some level of insight into how I thought things might turn out tonight.) Looks like Accuweather and Accububbs are pretty good at predicting AU football seasons.; 10:54 PM
bubbs said...: Things are not looking good for us. Right now, I can definitely see us going 6-6. The defense is really good, but the offense ... is offensive.

As always, the MSU game will be a litmus test of how the rest of the season will go. So far, things are not trending well. Gus should be very concerned about his job. What makes everything that much more interesting is that JJ should also be concerned about his job. Do you have a dead man walking choose your next coarch, or a brand new one? Perhaps they let Gus stay one more year just to settle the AD situation?

Lot of story lines waiting to play out.; 9:53 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: i.e. you definitely see us winning both MS games at home and winning at MO? We'll need a whole new offense to pull that off.; 10:10 AM
michael said...: Wellp.; 10:34 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: it's in the bag; 10:50 AM
bubbs said...: The in conference games I have us winning: Ole Miss/TAM; 11:00 AM
bubbs said...: In MO. Forgot about MO.; 11:00 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I really had high hopes for Saturday night. Not high confidence, but lots of hope. Now I have neither :(

Why do I have to love Auburn so much? It hurts.; 11:06 AM
bubbs said...: Right there with you, THT.

Told an office mate who was making a bet against AU, "I think you're making the right bet, but as a fan, I hope you lose your money."

Was wrong about the D so far, though. I thought it might be the weaker unit. Right now, there's no part of the O that has me optimistic. None of the personnel groups are playing well on that side of the ball. This song is getting real familiar...; 11:16 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: MrsTHT wants an immediate hire of Les Miles or even Tubs. I have no foundation upon which to argue against that.; 11:21 AM
bubbs said...: Can't say we'd be in worse shape.

I feel like we might be talking a lot about other coaches through out the season. Who do we go for? Who would be a solid hire?

JJ will probably go for Houston Nutt.; 11:24 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: or Hugh Freeze; 11:34 AM
michael said...: This is the exact sort of team Les Miles trotted out for 10 years at LSU. So if we want to keep doing that for a few more years, then we should definitely snag him. Press conferences would be a lot better, that's for sure.; 11:40 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Penn State coach James Franklin after a win over Pitt on Saturday:
"I know last year beating us for them was like the Super Bowl," said Franklin during the post-game press conference, referencing Pitt's 42-39 win over the Nittany Lions in 2016. "This was just like beating Akron for us."

ouch; 11:43 AM
bubbs said...: I don't think we could get Franklin, but I'd like the hire.; 11:46 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I was a fan of Turner Gill in 2008. After he leads Liberty to their best record in forever this year (he's averaged 7-5 in five seasons there), I may be in for some delayed gratification in Dec 2017. Which wouldn't be very gratifying.; 12:29 PM
michael said...: It doesn't matter who the coach is. There are two good coaches in college football, and everyone else is a bunch of schmoes. It's all luck, man. That's the only way to make sense of things.; 12:59 PM
michael said...: How does Bob Stoops go to Oklahoma as a defensive expert and end up putting together about 15 years of great offense/average defense? How does an offensive guy like Les Miles go to LSU and end up putting together 10 years of elite defense and atrocious offense? How does Gene Chizik make his name as a defensive guru and then put together five years of Iowa St/Auburn with just absolutely clueless defenses? How does Gus Malzahn come to Auburn and end up 4 years later with a lights out defense and a conference average offense? Because it's all meaningless, dudes. Errybody getting paid 5 million a year for Jimmy's and Joe's and luck.; 1:03 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Then we should hire outside of college football. I say throw some money at Wally Buono. I bet he'd be great, but even if not, we could have a lot of fun with his name.; 1:05 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Of course, we might see a spike in our illegal motion penalties.; 1:08 PM
michael said...: I'm all in on Wally Buono. Might as well try something different.; 2:28 PM
E-Bro said...: BEAT MERCER!; 2:43 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I'm really disappointed our defense hasn't done more. They've scored 0 points for us thus far. As Tracy Rocker said after the 7-6 loss in BTR in '88, "We (the defense) didn't do our job."; 3:40 PM
bubbs said...: You're not wrong. The winning programs do well in scoring defense.

I blame Norm.; 4:10 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: With the next post, we can blame Norm even more.; 7:14 PM