Auburn fans don’t let facts get in the way of a good blog
by intheknow72

Tis the season…the off season, that is; under 50 days until kick-off of college football 2008, and the mud slinging between Alabama and Auburn is in full swing.  Ahhh.  Breathe it in…it wouldn’t be July without it.  Thanks to The Capstone Report (and other “lesser” blogs like it), we get to talk smack with each another, cranking out one liners like there’s no tomorrow.  Just conjure up a screen name, feverishly hammer out a blog, hit “submit comment,” and our little hearts race as we excitedly await our post making it to the screen.  “That’ll show ‘em,” we think, as we sit back and cross our arms, proud of both our accomplishment and contribution to humanity.

For those of you that don’t know, The Capstone Report is a blog for Alabama fans about Alabama sports–primarily football.  It is unapologetically Alabama, though its creator (my opinion) does a great job of relaying information down the middle.  Amazingly, at least half of the readership are Auburn fans.  Don’t get me wrong; they’re welcome here.  But while they won’t purchase tickets to their own games, they’ll hit this site like fish going after a dough ball.  And I think it is hilarious.  Heck, we all think it’s hilarious.  Why?  I’m glad you asked.  I’ll explain in a minute.

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But first, there was a term birthed on this site a while back that absolutely epitomizes the Auburn fan.  The term was one I had never heard before, but whoever came up with it deserves some sort of recognition.  Just like the men who contributed to the discovery of the atom, the one who coined this term uncovered the very matter that makes up our little brothers across the state.

 
The term?  “Aubsessed.”  Defined, Aubsessed means this: an overwhelming obsession with all things Alabama.  The Auburn fan eats it.  He sleeps it.  He breathes it.  Heck, he lives it.  Like an albatross weighing down the Ancient Mariner, the Auburn fan cannot pull away from his engrained Aubsession to get just one more zinger across ”to them bammers” before prying his fingers from his sticky keyboard for the night.  Correct spelling and grammar are electives in his quest, but the main thing is that he defends all that is holy to him.  And that thing is NOT Auburn football.

There has long been a debate in this state over what is most important: your team winning, or your hated rival losing.  Without question, the Auburn fan’s Aubsession zeroes in on Alabama losing.  Whether on the field or off, Alabama moving in the opposite direction of success is the orange and blue holy grail.  If they have an actual part in that demise, it’s just a bonus.

I’m not a prophet, but as you read this, your comments that will inevitably follow will prove my point for me perfectly.  From the time this site was called “FireShulaNow” till now, nothing invokes a response from the Aubsessed nation like an article that heralds an Alabama accomplishment or sheds light on an Auburn shortcoming.

 
Comments rain down in a downpour as something strikes the Auburn fan at his/her core.  Like a moth to the flame, with your Aubie brothers and sisters you just have to let out a collective “Unh-unh!”  And yes, we that follow Alabama football, again on an Alabama website, think it is hilarious.  Why, again you ask?  Okay, you’ve been patient…here is the answer:

Because, over the last decade, if the fortunes were reversed between our two schools, from where we stand, it would be as if Auburn didn’t even exist. 

A nine game streak–which Alabama still owns and Auburn doesn’t–would wipe Auburn from our every day conversation.  Talk would be of championships, and while this may have become cliché to the Auburn fan, championships still actually matter in Tuscaloosa.  But the most delightful thing to the Alabama fan about Auburn’s “success” is that the Auburn fan can’t enjoy it.  Instead, he is stuck in the quagmire of continually trying to remind everyone of how great he–or in this case, his team–is.  We’ve all known a person like that in life, and we all nod to appease him as we turn to walk away, chuckling under our breath.

If Alabama competed in a two team Western division, which essentially Auburn has done over the last decade, we would be MOST concerned that we had only made it to Atlanta twice and won there once.  We would question how a program like Arkansas, seemingly in a constant state of upheaval, had been there as many times.  And our focus would be on what we could do to make our program even better.  We might even gawk at the fact that LSU, if they get there this year, would merely tie our number of appearances as the West’s representative.

But despite the myriad of problems Alabama has faced–most of them self-inflicted–what baffles the Auburn fan is how optimistic but realistic the Alabama fan is today.  And the reason for this is, Alabama fans embrace the facts, while the Auburn fan just tries to win the blogfest.  Facts like Auburn’s Iron Bowl “streak” being a direct result of an uneven playing field.  Or stars mattering on the plains back when Auburn could still land top talent.  Or Auburn having 19 commitments that no other school of note wants.  Or Auburn going 0 for 15 in head-to-head recruiting with Alabama last year.  Or the latest revelation that at the height of its success and Alabama’s low, Auburn can’t sell out and Bama can.  So much commentary could be added about these and many other facts, but it’s not important.  Like the sun rising in the east, these are facts that can’t be disputed. 

In closing, no one is suggesting the Auburn fan shouldn’t be happy with the present state of the two programs.  All that’s been suggested here is that somewhere along the way, the Auburn fan should take a hard look at himself and pose the question, ”Why am I so Aubsessed with an Alabama blogsite?”  And then possibly take a casual stroll in the direction of fact and truth.  Both endeavors may do him good, and possibly set him free.

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  1. Ballplay Indian July 15, 2008 at 10:31 am #

    I asked the question “Why am I obsessed with an Alabama blog sight?”. After carefull consideration I came up with this answer.

    I just love to argue…thats it …Silly , I know. But I do . I especially love to argue with Bammers. Heck, its fun..I watch the Bammers dance like puppets. Its an easy thing to do.

    Say things like “Eehhh ,,,I just dont know about Saban.” And oh my gosh,,you would have thought I slapped there mommas. And I know that a lot of the Bammers feel the same. its what makes this “THE” CFB rivalry.

    I have come across a few worthy opponents in our debates. TMAC is one ST CLAIR another CHRISTOPHERSON. There are a few others.

    Now go on and give me pure hell for what I posted. LETS GET IT ON !!

  2. Matt July 15, 2008 at 10:54 am #

    I haven’t posted to this site in a while because many of the egocentric Bama fans on here tend to think the freakin’ world revolves around them, and consequently they believe a post must mean we (Auburn Alum and fans) are obsessed with them. It used to be fun to banter back and forth, but the tired old argument that a post on here means we are obsessed with Bama has taken all the fun out of it. You guys have convinced yourself that AU comments on this site mean we are obsessed, and nothing will change your mind… despite our attempts to be candid, open, and logical about our reasons. The fact that Auburn sites are infested with Bama fans is somehow lost on Bama fans in these type of conversations. Regardless, let me be as open and candid as I can possibly be.

    This site is not the only one that I visit. In fact, I have a whole list of sites that I visit, mostly AU, some national, and this one. So why do I visit this one? I visit it for the very same reason that Ballplay Indian outlined: it’s fun to banter back and forth. It’s not much fun to argue and banter with people who agree with you (i.e., other Auburn fans).

    So that’s it. Take it or leave it, that is the only reason I visit and occassionally comment on this site.

  3. leebenp July 15, 2008 at 11:01 am #

    AUbsession is becoming a serious disease. I work in the Auburn/Opelika area and listen to the local sports Talk show (Sports Call & Sports X) after Finebaum. They polled their audience the other day about what they would desire most in 2008 if they had to choose only one: Win the National Championship this year or beat Alabama for the 7th time in a row. The results were not that shocking. Out of the 25 Barners that called 13 wanted an NC & 12 would rather the streak continue using excuses like, “Lets get 10 in a row & then work on a National Championship” insinuating that the National Championship isn’t relevant anyways. There are obviously some intelligent Barners out there but most (yes most) are dangerously AUbsessed with Alabama.

  4. RedneckTider July 15, 2008 at 11:15 am #

    AUbsession NO – easily amused- YES. We come in here because you bammer fans think your sh@t doesn’t smell. You think you are the top of the world in college football and every else is crap. We come in here to pick fights and laugh. I agree with ballplay.. there are several others that blog on here and I have fun talking smack with them.. tmc1 and CHRISTOPHERSON. You talk about AU’s ticket sells like they do not sell out games. You can’t buy season tickets to AU unless you get on a waiting list and get lucky. Just because delusional bammer fans bought out tickets in about 3 seconds does not mean that no one else will sell out. You see that is where reading your post amuse me. You think you are above everyone else. When actually, you are just delusional.

  5. julio July 15, 2008 at 12:04 pm #

    Ahh, where to begin pointing out the blantant inaccuracies posted in this spot? First of all you contend that AU fans are obsessed with Bama simply because they post and read on this site, all the while ignoring that the subject of half the posts on this blog were about Philip Marshal’s reporting about Auburn prior to him leaving the Times. While we’re at it, let’s not forget that half the responses posted to Marshal’s AU blog were from the same Bammers that post on this site.

    Secondly, you once again blame Auburn’s utter and total domination of Bama over the past 6 years on an “uneven playing field” caused by sanctions and incompetent coaches. Wasn’t Bama ranked in the top 10 during 2 of those games? Didn’t bammers flood the airwaves after the Tenn game in late October last year screaming “we’re back, we’re back”? Wasn’t there a Sports Illustrated cover in 2005 proclaiming that Bama was back? (I suppose you would have us believe that all the Bammers called SI and told them they were full of nonsense.) Please explain to me why Bama can defeat both Florida and Tenn by more than 3 td’s each during this same time period, but Bama suddenly becomes “crippled” by sanctions and incompetent coaches when it’s time to play Auburn. You won’t explain it, because the only explanation is that these “excuses” are a bunch of BS. Here’s the true “fact” that Bama is too terrified to “embrace”: Tuberville has owned Bama so much that he is now in Bama’s head the same way that Spurrier got into Georgia’s head and dominated the Dogs back in the 90′s. (At least Ga fans were realistic enough to admit that they hating getting their a$$ beat rather than whining about their overall record in the series). Until Tubs leaves, Bama will never be back. Embrace that fact and enjoy the fingers.

  6. intheknow72 July 15, 2008 at 12:10 pm #

    Keep it coming, Auburn fan. You are proving my point beautifully!

  7. aubiescottie July 15, 2008 at 12:19 pm #

    yeah, yeah we are obsessed w/ Bama…and you guys aren’t??? You guys are so obesses you actually need a spokesman to lead the obession! SHANE! Lets talk about facts, Of the 19 posts he has on here, 8 are directly about AUBURN.

    Who’s obessed w/ who here?

  8. Catphish Tilly July 15, 2008 at 12:20 pm #

    http://theauburner.com/mark_facebookchart.html

    Conclusion: Alabama fans are AUbsessed with Auburn

  9. julio July 15, 2008 at 12:38 pm #

    Snappy comeback, intheknow. Maybe you can spice it up next time with “I know you are, but what am I?”, or perhaps the ever reliable “you wish”. You’re actually allowed to post articles on this blog, and that’s the best comeback you can come up with? Cap, you’ve got to get some better talent in here.

  10. freaking genius July 15, 2008 at 12:56 pm #

    delUAsionUAl. despUArUATE. dysfuntionUAl.

    so your argument, intheknow, is something like this:

    if Alabama was as good as Auburn, Alabama fans would be discussing why bama only has one SEC title in the last 10 years.

    Brilliant. you people are so deluasionual you can’t even see how desperuate your “well-thought-out” posts sound.

    Your football team sucks because your entire program is dysfuntionUAl. Starting at the top (Board) and working down (President, AD, etc). It’s not as if AU planted Shula, Dubose, Price, Fran and the others in your program as a sabotage. YOU IDIOTS PUT THEM IN PLACE!

    Every year the West is a two horse race between LSU and AU. We are happy to have doormats (vandy, bama, ole miss) to count as wins every year.

  11. Ballplay Indian July 15, 2008 at 2:03 pm #

    You guys are kind of proving his point. Lets face it ..We have obsesion on both sides of the ball. And thats O.K.

    I must admit I keep up with Bammer more than I prolly should. But…thats only because I cant stand them.

    I was in a deep discusion with my bammer brother-in-law last year. we both came to the realization that you can never truly be an Auburn or Alabama fan unless you truthfully despise the other team. I mean the kind of gut wrenching feeling that can only come from REEEEAAALLLY wanting the other team to fail. Thats where Im at. I dont harbor any hatred in the acedemic sense, My children may need to go thier someday (lets hope not). But in terms of football. I want Bammer to lose EVERY game. Im I the only one? And does that make me strange? I highly doubt it. No other rivalry can touch ours. Thats why I had to reprimand the Arkansas pig boy when he jumped up the other day. He has not got a clue about THIS RIVALRY.

    FACTS ARE LIKE KRYPTONITE TO A BAMMER.

  12. freaking genius July 15, 2008 at 2:24 pm #

    I’m “obsessed” with bama the same way i’m “obsessed” with car wrecks. when i’m stuck on the interstate for 45 minutes and finally work my way to the cause, i cannot help but look to see what’s happening. Usually i try to assess what caused the wreck and who was at fault.

    i call that curiousity. you can call it AUbsession. whatever makes you bammers feel like your team is still valid.

    a car wreck: THAT is alabama football.

  13. intheknow72 July 15, 2008 at 3:14 pm #

    “Freaking genius” has commented not once but twice to this one article, can’t spell, and has yet to construct a coherent thought.

    “Julio” wrote two as well, the first being a dissertation.

    “Ballplay Indian” was first out of the gate, commented twice, and then admitted my original point, saying: “I must admit I keep up with Bammer more than I prolly should.”

    “Aubiescottie” can’t count.

    And “Matt” can’t make the connection between living on an Alabama blog and being Aubsessed.

    Thanks, students. Again, you have made my point for me! You are hilarious!

  14. Ballplay Indian July 15, 2008 at 3:24 pm #

    IntheKnow …Dam, You got us..You are one intelligent person. Hence the handle “In The Know”..If you think you can shame me into NOT posting,,,sorry. Aint no shame in my game baby. I will now see how many times I can post on this thread. I mean, hey , why stop a good thing. I try to educate you dumbassed Bammers by giving facts and info in the hopes that one day you can be like myself.

    FACTS ARE LIKE KRYPTONITE TO A BAMMER.

  15. Ballplay Indian July 15, 2008 at 3:26 pm #

    INTHEKNOW …Post #4 here .. the AUBsession continues.. Do yall think that Snake would consider coming to Auburn? If yall dont want him any more , why not let us have him. I mean heck. It would be a step up and we could be more like Bammer to boot.

  16. Ballplay Indian July 15, 2008 at 3:29 pm #

    INTHEKNOW..#5 AND COUNTING. I just cant help it man. Do you think Saban really meent it when he “dismissed ” Jimmy Johns from the team? If he did, I say that Tubbs tries to offer him a scholarship. It would be better than the ones hes giving away to these D-2 talent level guys, right?

  17. Ballplay Indian July 15, 2008 at 3:31 pm #

    INTHEKNOW… Is jeremy Elder going to prison? If not , do you think he would come play for us? We could use some good d-lineman. All ours stink.

    Post #6

  18. Ballplay Indian July 15, 2008 at 3:33 pm #

    INTHEKNOW…POST #7 HERE.. You know, I wish Tubbs were more like Saban, He needs to get his priorities straight. Why go visit the troops when you could be crootin? He needs to realize that CFB losses are like Pearl Harbor and 9/11 like Saban does. I am envious.

  19. Ballplay Indian July 15, 2008 at 3:36 pm #

    INTHEKNOW..#9 HERE…I wish the rest of the state, heck , the rest of the country could see that the only reason Alabama has been down is cause of the evil NCAA. Its all a conspiricy. I realize, unlike most barners , that the only reason we are worth a crap is cause of the bad, bad, NCAA. I wish we could suck as bad as Bama does. i mean yall make playin like crap look soooo good.

  20. Ballplay Indian July 15, 2008 at 3:38 pm #

    INTHEKNOW..#10..If we gave out crack AND meth during practice, do you think we could have as many players arrested as yall? Just wanting some input so we can be like Bama.

  21. Ballplay Indian July 15, 2008 at 3:41 pm #

    INTHEKNOW…#11 HERE. I wish our decision makers / hirers would hire 5 coaches in 3 years when Tubbs leaves. Maybe we can hire a perv like Price so we can be just like Bama. Heck we could even fire him after 2 months on the job.

    Yep Im AUbsessed.

  22. Ballplay Indian July 15, 2008 at 3:43 pm #

    INTHEKNOW..PLEASE TELL ME YOUR KEEPING COUNT #12 HERE. We play LAMO in weak #1 please tell me how we can suck enough for them to beat us. I mean , Bama knows how, and we dont, so please tell us , so we can be like yall.

  23. Ballplay Indian July 15, 2008 at 3:46 pm #

    Dangit ..i siped #8 INTHEKNOW. I Gues its cause I am a barner and cant count…sorry.

    Do yall think that Shula would want to be our coach since yall fired him too?

  24. intheknow72 July 15, 2008 at 3:52 pm #

    Ballplay, you continue to make my point for me. I got under your skin, and I love it.

    Your spelling and grammar is horrendous, but if you truly want to be like “Bammer:

    1. Win 11 more National Championships
    2. Win about 20 more SEC Championships
    3. Don’t become Aubsessed with Bama

  25. Ballplay Indian July 15, 2008 at 3:52 pm #

    INTHEKNOW #13 HERE.. Please tell me how we can talk RAYMOND COTTON out of going to the ESPN elite 11 camp. Yall dont have anyone going, and we like to be like yall.

  26. julio July 15, 2008 at 3:57 pm #

    intheknow, you honestly believe that you have made some type of “point” simply because some Auburn fans did nothing more than post a response? That makes about as much sense as thinking it somehow besmirches Auburn when Bama quickly sells a bunch of tickets to the Western Carolina and Tulane games. Btw, if you acknowledge any of my responses in any shape, form, or fashion for the rest of your life, you’re making my point. (P.S., I’d still love for at least one of you bammers to explain why Bama can defeat Florida, Tenn, and LSU by more than 3 td’s each during the streak, but then miraculously became “crippled” by sanctions and incompetent coaches when it was time to play Auburn. I’ve asked that question a number of times on this blog, and not a single bammer has even acknowledged it. Something tells me it will be ignored once again.)

  27. Ballplay Indian July 15, 2008 at 3:57 pm #

    Post 14….whewww .. nevermind A.J. “Matt Ryan” Mccarron IS going to the camp ..YAAAYYYY!!!! We are like Bama!!

  28. intheknow72 July 15, 2008 at 4:14 pm #

    Julio, because on a team starved for depth, by the time you reach the 12th game, injuries take a major toll. One year we entered the Auburn game without a single healthy center on the team. When you lose 18 scholarships, those things happen. Perhaps in my next article I’ll go into detail for you, but then again, it won’t matter. But then again, you don’t really care about the facts, so I won’t bother.

  29. intheknow72 July 15, 2008 at 4:16 pm #

    By the way Julio, I like your name. It has a nice ring to it.

  30. C-Bass July 15, 2008 at 4:32 pm #

    Intheblow,
    do you hang with Jimmy Johns? Julio just asked you a legit question and you followed with nothing but excuses. Look at your statement above. Look at it. Pathetic. Stand on your soapbox and then make excuses. I dont come here to banter. I come here to laugh. Did you say you have a nice ring? Better hide it. Elder needs lunch money. Pathetic .

  31. intheknow72 July 15, 2008 at 5:06 pm #

    C-Ass,

    I answered his question. But you like all barners aren’t interested in the truth.

  32. intheknow72 July 15, 2008 at 5:11 pm #

    …and predictably, I kicked over an ant hill and we all get to watch the Auburn fans scurry around. One liners here, zingers there. But totally ignorant to the truth or facts. Talk about pathetic.

  33. redneckaubie July 15, 2008 at 6:15 pm #

    Auburners aint Aubsessed even iffen we is the only people to comment on this here blog so far. 34 times to say the same shit over and over. that might be a new record!

  34. Bama Fan in NYC July 15, 2008 at 6:55 pm #

    Never fear Opelika Barnies. I love the hostile debating just as much as you guys do.

    Just promise us, when your streak ends in a bloody fashion on November 29, 2008, you all will stick around to hear the thrashings we’ve been saving up for six, long miserable years.

  35. IhateGeorgeW. July 15, 2008 at 7:26 pm #

    ”Why am I so Aubsessed with an Alabama blogsite?”

    Intheknow72, the answer to that undying question can be determined in multiple ways.

    1. Insecurity. Judging by the current state of their program, they feel overly insecure about the direction they’re headed in. Despite the nonsense they talk, they fear Alabama is on the rise and will reclaim their rightful position as the state’s heir to the throne. Hence the reason they talk it up to the point of no return on a daily basis.

    2. Inferiority. Even though it’s obvious they’ve come to realize and understand they’ve won the previous six* meetings, they also realize and understand not even a winning streak over Alabama, while they were at their weakest will remove that dark, literally unbearable shadow that Alabama casts over their program — that and the fact that our obsessive fan base is still more passionate, supportive and loyal toward a team that hardly hasn’t turned any heads any at all this decade.

    3. Hate. They hate Alabama more than they hate terrorists. Why? For the above points listed. They can’t stand us simply because they choose to support the second rate, ugly little redheaded stepchild team of the state of Alabama and strangely enough, they’ll never forgive US for that.

    4. Envy/Jealousy. They’ll forever suffer from a miserable state of jealousy which is the reason they not only hate us, but also envy us as well. They’ll never accomplish half of what we have over the course of our illustrious history, and that will forever eat at them, piece by piece. They’ll make as many futile attempts possible to bring us down, just make themselves feel better about themselves. But even through the dark clouds of delusion, they know they’ll never find the solution to equaling out our two programs.

    5. Escalation. The more attention Alabama receives, the more their hate, envy, and jealousy increases immensely. And the more their hate, envy, and jealousy grows, the more annoying and delusional they get. This is the exact reason they will forever be the proverbial gnat in Alabama’s ass.

    I hope the most of you found these enlightening answers both useful and informing. But then again, it is common sense to those who don’t reside in the pit of hell aka Opelika, Alabama.

  36. I-Man July 15, 2008 at 7:38 pm #

    Hay Folkz I(ncomprehenisble) Man hear…

    Yew dunnow whot yor talkin bout guye. Aubuuaurn has mowre importent thangz to thenk abowt thann Alabammer.

    NUMMER FORTEEN IS A CUMMIN THIES SEESON!

    n bye teh waye, ef yoll evur neeed yor are condishioning younit change, juss geve I-Man Heetin an Are a cawl.

  37. Christopherson July 15, 2008 at 8:34 pm #

    The facts and truth is they can’t accept the fact that they’ve feasted over our weakened state over the past six years. Alabama Polytechnic Institute fans think their success over not only us but the SEC had nothing to do with Alabama’s decline. A lot of people blame it on probation, but it was more than just probation, it was nearly half a dozen coaching changes and the coach we finally settled on ended up being our worst coach to date since JB Ears Whitworth. We ridicule Tubby, and even though he has proven himself to be a mediocre coach, he still was a better coach than Shula, but only defeated him by five points one year, by a touchdown two other years, and his biggest win over Shula came by ten points, and three touchdowns came in the first quarter of the game and this was during the only winning season Shula ever recorded. Shula was a piss poor recruiter, a very below average coach, a boneheaded decision maker, and a loser plain and simple and on top of all of that he was forced to coach this Alabama team during NCAA sanctions and that was a HUGE mistake. A large part of Alabama Polytechnic Institute’s success was due to him. They deny it today like they always have done during the height of their brief success periods, but we will rebound and they will pay for beating us while we were at our weakest and barely defeating us at that.

  38. intheknow72 July 15, 2008 at 10:17 pm #

    Christopherson, well said. Probation was just one element in a bigger overall problem. And now that the root of those problems are beginning to clear, the Aubsession is beginning to come to a boil. But you have to admit; it is kind of fun to watch… :)

  39. Berman July 16, 2008 at 12:18 am #

    watching little brother’s syndrome in the process is always a delight. but like i said in another article:

    they wouldn’t be considered a sincere alabama tech fan if they didn’t live, eat, sleep, breathe, and worship alabama. it’s possible they could be more aubsessed with alabama than alabama fans are!!!

    count this as my signature:

  40. tmc1 July 16, 2008 at 12:49 am #

    guys…
    to me the bigger picture is and will always be the fact that Auburn fans live in a constant state of frustration. After getting to a point where they think they are finally out from under Bama’s shadow they are pulled back to reality by records that they know they will never accomplish. Like the current streak for the Iron Bowl. It is nine in a row…( Not Six.) but instead of waiting around for thier teams to try to equal or better the record…. they chose to by-pass the record like it never existed. That is why they are Auburn. They want the glory but they are not willing to put in the real hard work to achieve it. They want the respect but they sidestep and cut corners left and right. And they dont mind re-inventing the truth or sometimes just downright lying, cheating or chopblocking. And all the time they are doing these things they are wondering why no one likes them or respects them. Doink!
    Auburn is like a A CHESS PLAYER trying to tell Micheal Jordan how to play basketball. (they dont know because they havent ever been there.) And that is the sad story of Auburn. They want everyone else to forget the past and the truth just to make them feel a little better about themselves.
    That is why they show up here daily. Just to prove to THEMSELVES in some small way that they are as good as Bama.

  41. RedneckTider July 16, 2008 at 6:03 am #

    tmc1- you worry so much about being witty and STILL thinking your program is on top of the NCAA world. Delusional and ridiculous. You are sad. I actually enjoy coming in here and reading your pathetic post and getting a hugh laugh out of them. You are a typical bammer fan Here are a few examples of bammer football.
    7 wins, 6 losses, 10 arrests, and 4 million dollars a year. Somewhere on the scale of laughable to pathetic is the state of football at UAT.
    To say that you are not the laughing stock of football is ridiculous. I am travel the world over with the military and in fact will not be aorund for football season this year but I always here about bammer fans. How ridiculous and pathetic they are. Living in the past etc.. etc.. and then you come along and prove it all to be correct.
    This website provides comic relief for many of us in the armed forces.

  42. Frank Drackman July 16, 2008 at 7:34 am #

    I don’t care if he does make $9,000,000 a year, that hat Saban wears is Gay with a Capital Homo.

  43. julio July 16, 2008 at 7:42 am #

    gee intheknow, you’re exactly right in your analogy of how depth problems begin to take their toll on a team by the end of the season. You conveniently forget that Auburn spanked Bama’s a$$ one year with a little midget 4th string tailback that put up 126 yds. (btw, Bama beat LSU 1 week before that game 31-0 in BR. LSU’s coach was some guy named Saban. Despite the fact that Bama was favored by 10 pts in that game, I guess the crippling effect of those sanctions miraculously appeared during practice that week. No, wait, it was another excuse-Fran was going to A&M.) Please astonish us with more “facts”. P.S. You made my point by responding to my last comment.

  44. julio July 16, 2008 at 8:34 am #

    Oh yeah, I forgot to compliment you on the fabrication of yet another excuse to justify Bama’s losses. Now it’s because the Iron Bowl is so late in the season. You know, we could make a bunch of excuses about the 9 game streak, too (i.e. Barfield, probation, Shug at the end of his career.). AU fans don’t, because we acknowledge every one of those factors were our own fault. We just got whipped, and we admit it. At the age of 40 I have almost no memory of any of those games in the 9 game streak, but I won’t make excuses for them.

  45. freaking genius July 16, 2008 at 8:52 am #

    INTHEKNOW SAYS: “Probation was just one element in a bigger overall problem. ”

    YOU DON’T SAY!!??!!

    that’s the point. your probation was huge, but it was still ONLY A SMALL PART of your dysfunctional program.

    When will you hillbilly bama fans understand the football team is just PART of a bigger program??? are you aware that there is an entire school attached to your football team?

    that is what makes college sports so special to the rest of the nation. we understand our ties to the PROGRAM (not just the football team).

    delusionUAL.

  46. KennyBanya July 16, 2008 at 9:35 am #

    Hey intheknow,

    B-I-N-G-O!!!!

    Reading this has been absolutely side-splitting…and they STILL don’t get it!!

    A-brasive
    U-neducated
    O-bsessed

  47. A-K-A APIman July 16, 2008 at 9:51 am #

    None of us know Squat and are not gonna know until 11-29-08 ( I cant wait cause as my pappy lets shut up and kick the dust up ) ….OH yea intheknow72(right)
    IM obessessed I wanna be a BAMMA so bad that i have started the following

    Lying
    Cheating
    Stealing
    Selling COke
    Doing Coke
    Drinking/Driving
    Telling my Girlfriend how good its gonna be while knowing im lying

  48. A-K-A APIman July 16, 2008 at 10:19 am #

    OH YEA

    WAR PLOYTECH BABY!!

  49. A-K-A APIman July 16, 2008 at 10:20 am #

    heheheh AND

    SPELLING CLASSSES

    WAR POLYTECH BITCHES!!!

  50. RedneckTider July 16, 2008 at 11:20 am #

    just curious… is bama back yet?

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