With the first college football weekend of 2010 now in the books, what do we know?
2009 was just the beginning. This notion was offered by Saban at a BCS championship party last January, but it really was true. There’s a lot of football to play, and yes, a football can take some funny bounces, but this is what our football team will look like for the foreseeable future. And when Dareus comes back, it just won’t be fair.
Watch other games and it will make you thankful for what we have. From technique, to tenacity, to talent, to see a better coached, deeper, thicker team you’d have to watch the NFL. Saban continues to build the teams he promised us he would in his first presser. We are a team you hate to play.
Cam Newton lives up to his hype. I can admit it when I am wrong. This QB is for real and can dominate a football game, so long as the opponent is from the Sun Belt Conference. If Auburn can sub a few existing foes in favor of Middle Tennessee State, South Alabama or Louisiana-Lafayette, the Tigers can easily run the table this season.
Folks, we have kickers. There are bound to be some bumps in the road, but Foster, Mandell and even Shelley left us all breathing a little easier heading into the weeks ahead.
Folks, we have running backs. We need Ingram back, period. But dang it’s ridiculous what we have in our backfield. Ingram, Richardson, Lacy. All fast, all punishing, and all get bigger as you go down the depth chart.
Folks, we have a quarterback. McCarron will make you forget every QB before him one day, but is there a more cerebral quarterback in college football today than Greg McElroy? There are some as good, but none more so. He is a surgeon that can and will pick you apart.
Boise State belongs. Say what you want, but this is a team that deserves a spot in the BCS picture. Do they play a soft schedule? Yes. Do they seem to have an inordinate amount of time to prepare for their “big games”? Yes. But their performance Monday night on that stage puts them on the map for 2010. How good is Va.Tech? Can an average team get up for one game (see UT/AU 2009)? Doesn’t matter. I’d love to meet them in Glendale this January.
Les Miles is done. Say goodbye to Les this season. His goose is cooked, or geographically more appropriate, deep fried. After nearly blowing it against a team with more than a dozen difference makers suspended, bid the hat farewell when he comes to your town.
Tubby still looks goofy. New colors, same goofy stiff-necked, wingnut-eared look. Texas Tech head coach Tommy Tuberville almost let a team led by the most inept college QB I’ve seen in years come back and beat him on his debut. Give him four years there, tops.
Auburn’s defense is atrocious. Ted Roof looks and sounds like Tony Franklin, post-game. He doesn’t know why it’s not working, but it’s not working. I didn’t think they could look worse than last season, but they do. Heard a friend mutter to a fellow Aubie over the weekend “They’ll get it fixed.” No they won’t. You can’t get a mule to run the Kentucky Derby, and Auburn’s mule doesn’t even have four legs. They better hope Cam’s shoulder holds up to score five TD’s every game.
Mississippi State looks for real. I’ll say now, the Bulldogs will finish 2nd in the West. They have the 3rd best coaching staff in the conference and look to be putting together something special in Starkville.
Bryant-Denny is amazing. I obviously haven’t seen them all, but I can’t imagine a better venue for college football in America. It is absolutely stunning.
Jesse Williams is headed to Tuscaloosa. The #1 JUCO player in the land committed to Bama over the weekend. The beat just keeps rolling in recruiting as Nick Saban is set to shelve his third #1 recruiting class. Williams, an Australian who will play nose guard, is a beast. A freak. Think Terrence Cody, but with more lean body mass. It’s not fair what we’re putting on the field at Alabama. Williams will start from day one.
We’ve got to kill the circus elephants. The lone embarrassment from the weekend continues to be the circus looking elephants used in the pregame video. With “Thunderstruck” blaring, it’s game time, and everybody’s blood is pumping. Then here they come…the white and red circus elephants on the big screens. Stop the madness, people. Kill the elephants. Find or create better footage please…
Ole Miss. What else is there to say? Dan Mullen is about to do to Houston Nutt what Nick Saban is in the process of doing to Frank Chiznik.
South Carolina is a contender, and the Gators aren’t. Florida can get better, but it appears Steve Spurrier finally has the tools in place to make a run for Atlanta. Looking forward to October 9th in Columbia.
Don’t let Mario Fannin hold your baby. Unless you want the child dropped with possible brain damage. Fumblin’ Fannin is back for another year, fumbling (again) in the 3rd quarter; he didn’t carry it again.
Finally, defense (again) will win championships. Keep your ECU-Tulsa shootouts (though the hail marry to win it was amazing). You can have your 49-48 double overtime game. Give me a D that hits you in the mouth from opening kick-off until the final play of your final possession, punishing you, breaking your will one play at a time. Few have that. Alabama does, and that’s the reason we will contend again this season.
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Merely laughing at you for sport. Yes it’s cruel, but so easy to do.
I never claimed that I don’t pay attention to what happens with my team’s rival. Unlike you who denies it all the while spending countless hours writing articles and drawing fun little cartoons about AU, I freely admit that I pay attention to what happens at Bama. Were you under the mistaken impression that you made some type of point there?
It’s the “why”, Julio. Why do you come here? Why do you pay so close attention? Why are you an expert on our personnel and history?
Those are the questions I’ve been challenging you to come to grips with for years now.
And BP, you act like a close loss in the Iron Bowl was and is reason for continued celebration.
Do you know how pathetic you sound?
Nah….the 6 straight was a cause for celebration. The loss was a loss. But that “sive” of a defense did pretty good against you guys, just not quite good enough.
Good. All you moronic Auburn fans are foaming at the mouth, and coming out swinging. But don’t worry the fight will leave these guys once the season starts rolling. Georgia will spank that ass again, Bama will have 3 in a row, and Auburn will be questioning the coach at the end of the season. So Julia, and you too BP, ya’ll save this post so you know I told ya so.
Cam Newton is going to have to perform a successful open heart surgery on the grass of Jordan-Hare Stadium before any of you people will say one good thing about him. And if that surgery were on Pat Dye you’d still be b****ing. Auburn didn’t have to leave Cam Newton in the game to win. If you paid attention Dyer you would know that the running game could have kept us going. And Trotter and Caudle know how to play also. He stayed in because it was his first start and game experience is good if you don’t have any.
Julia and BPI, you can’t be for real. What the hell has ’07 and ’08 got to do with ASU in 2010? SJS has had some decent teams in the past too. La Tech damn near whipped LSU’s arse last year. Nevada had the nations #1 offense and 3 1000 yard RB’s in the same backfield. Look what Fresno St, Utah St and Boise St have already done this week. Don’t even try to compare the freaking Sunbelt to the WAC moron. Maybe ASU could beat SJS by 3 td’s though I seriously doubt it.. But Bama could have named their score against SJS and they could against ASU too. Hell, we played 70 men and the 22 starters played together as a group only 10 or 12 minutes. Over the years I’ve thought of killing my Barner brother because of his stupidity. But hell, you idiots make him seem rational. RTR!
man – a good sec defense would have broken his legs prothro style
Hammah…………never ming.
Crimsonite (though I prefer egg), Whatever you would like to imagine, then fine. I believe that ASU would have scored at least 14 on Bama. but, that is my opinion.
Brandi. What you fail to realize is that I am not sitting here defending Chizik as if he is the next Bahr. You know that I have several posts that say this year is his litmus test. I am taliking about how the Bammers try to discecst the entire Auburn season form a 52-26 win.
BamaBrando…
I think Alabama has a great team and Saban has done a great job turning that team around. I have no problem acknowledging Alabama’s success. I think it is awesome for the UA and their fans. Saban has won the right way, with hard work.
However, I also realized that Auburn could win the next three national championships in a row and most Bama fans would say Auburn is still a second tier program…Even though Auburn has won 6 of the last 8 games.
I think it’s pretty childish to not give credit where credit is due. This site in particular does it’s very best to downplay any Auburn success. Some people need to ridicule others in order to build their own self worth.
No, you are wrong. If Auburn wins the next three championships, I would acknowledge it as an awesome achievement. But if you want to brag on that streak, realize that your team was not the only one with streaks on Bama. LSU, TN, GA alot of SEC schools were beating us during that period, so just make sure you keep it in perspective. Was it really that great of an accomplishment? Get there first and win a championship. Don’t expect that kind of respect until you have actually been there. Florida earned it the right way, and so has Bama. But a majority of Auburn fans will not give Bama due respect. You have to give it to get it.
And since a lot of you Auburn people like comparing, when Bama played Arky St, they shut them out 38-0 and held them to 158 total yards. Go State!
If Auburn could win ONE national championship they’d earn our respect. Or have more than just ONE good season (’04) win the SEC then slip down back into obscurity, where they have always been.
That’s the thing Auburn folks don’t get. We’ll offer the same admiration we do Florida, Oklahoma, even Penn State…and others…traditional powers who have been to the apex and contributed to college football.
But Auburn’s only tradition has been to be a flash-in-the-pan opportunist that does cheesy things to try and gain attention for themselves without ever really accomplishing anything.
And no, that is not deserving of any kind of respect.
I agree ITK. Alabama wins the National Championship and Auburn fans think since they beat Bama 6 years in a row that they somehow can feel like that they won part of it too. Even though that is the greatest accomplishment in Auburn history, it still does not equal a National Championship. But that 6 in row ended a few years ago, right? How long are Auburn fans going to live off of that? And we live in the past? It’s 2010, Bama is ranked number 1, right now. Where is Auburn? It is a long way to the top from where they are at right now. But yet we are to accept that Auburn is equal. Yeah right.
And as for Cam Newton, let him play in a few more games before you desperate Auburn fans hail him as the next Tebow. Hell, I hope he is like Tebow. It will be fun to watch him cry too.
If you will check you will see that I rarely if ever degrade Auburns accomplishments on the gridiron. I only promote and defend Alabama against all comers. That being said, I freely admit that I take great pleasure in degrading all of you brain dead. inbread, pig humping, bast–ds who root for Auburn. Bwaa Haww Haww. RTR!
If Auburn had a lot of accomplishments, I would acknowledge them. They haven’t done 1 tenth of what Bama has done, and they still think that they have somehow narrowed the gap with a 6 game win streak. Now that the streak is done and they are in danger of getting one put on them, all they want to brag about is 6 in a row. And Bama has moved on and won the SEC Championship and the National Championship, and is looking to repeat. If Auburn was so awesome, how come they haven’t won any championships? Are they really content just knocking off a top team here and there, being the perennial underdog, while standing around watching Bama get all the glory? It must suck to be an Auburn fan, but I would never know.
BamaBrando, allow me to answer your question:
“Are they (Auburn)really content just knocking off a top team here and there, being the perennial underdog, while standing around watching Bama get all the glory?”
Yes and no. They are perfectly content winning a big game here and there, because it’s all they can do.
But they don’t like watching Bama get any glory. That’s why they convince themselves that their achievements match Bama’s. It’s called compensating for their shortcomings. To them, a win streak over us when we were at our lowest point in our 117 year history equals anything we have accomplished.
It’s sad, but like someone convincing himself “he’d rather” sleep in a tent on the beach instead of enjoying the sprawling penthouse in the nearby condo overlooking the water…he knows he can’t afford it and will never have it, so he trains his mind to lower his expectations and settle for lesser rewards.
In some ways I envy them. Not shooting for excellence means hitting your target more often, and they seem to hit theirs almost every year.
I think you two just do not get it. I am an Auburn fan because that is who I loved to watch on Saturdays when I was a kid. Joe Cribbs, Bo Jackson, Lionel James. Who knows why one picks the team they love ? I picked Auburn because , well, I just did ! My father was not a big college football fan, though I seem to remember him being a Bama fan….He was old school and worked about 100 hours a week , so he did not have the influence on me like I have on my kids. Guys, I am about to tell you something that will blow you away…..My wife is a Bammer….Yes…….A Bammer. But my kids are Tigers ( no its not child abuse) . And I can say that I didnt influence there decision all that much. All I had to do was take them to Jordan Hare and it sealed the deal. I am sure a trip to Bryant Denny has sealed many a deal as well. They clearly see I am more passionate about football than my wife (she is actually level headed) and it rubs off.
I guess what I am saying is this . When your 8 years old, you dont think about shooting for excellence , and winning championships. You like your team because you just do. And you always will. If your a true fan, nothing will ever change your mind. You stick with your team through good and bad (like you all did throughout the Shula years). No, Auburn does not have the tradition of championships that Alabama does, but we have held our own throughout the years. And honostly , that did not have one single thing to do with me being an Auburn fan. I give the credit to Joe Cribbs, and Bo Jackson, and Lionel “little train” James….
Wipe that tear out of your eye, BP. That does not explain the pure hatred that comes from Auburn fans toward Bama. It does not explain why it is so important to Auburn fans to revel in Bama’s misfortunes. To some Auburn people, it is more important for Bama to fail, than for Auburn to be successful. Some Auburn people take Bama’s failures as a win for Auburn. To be a great Auburn fan, you have to show your utmost hatred for Bama.
On the other hand, Auburn does not have a thing to do with why I am a Bama fan. I am proud of where I am from, and Alabama is the state school. I grew up watching Bear, on the tail end of his long career at Bama. I have watched them as the underdog, I have watched them as the frontrunner. I have seen them win championships, and that feeling you get, that pride you have when you see your team succeed at the highest level, is indescribable. Auburn fans would not know that feeling, and they resent Bama fans for it. That is why you are here BP. So to all of you Auburn fans that are here to ‘set us straight’, F-YOU and ROLL TIDE, and I really hope Mississippi State tears ya’ll up tonight because it couldn’t happen to a more deserving fanbase, whose desperation is reaching to pathetic new levels.
Brandi…..sheeesh dude….The very thing you accuse me of is what your post wreaks of the the power of 10…..I dont live to hate Alabama…I loathe their fanbase because of people like yourself. What you fail to understand is this , you have not contributed on single point , in any game, that Alabama has ever played. You seem to act like you have some sort of ownership with the team, when truthfully if you kicked the bucket today, it really would not make one iota of difference. You are, as I am , only a fan. Nothing more.
A dooshbag like you does not , nor ever will, understand the heart of my previous post. The majority of Auburn fans are loyal, and love their team no matter what. The majority of Bama fans are toothless inbred smartasses just like you. ITK has an obseesion, but keeps it civil.
I , unlike you , do not define my lifes succes from the win/lose record of a college football team. If Auburnn goes 1-11, I will still sleep at night. You , on the other hand would probably commit suicide. I define my lifes succes by things that actually matter, and believe it or not, I come here for fun. I , unlike you, do not hate anyone.
And you SERIOUSLY are a stalker. No kidding. Its like it is your mission in life to post immediately afer me with some sort of smartass counterpunsh, that frankly has no game whatsoever.
Get a life dude.
Nope, you are so wrong. I have been a Bama fan through thick and thin. I enjoy the game and the spoils that come with being a Bama fan. I am very successful and enjoy my life completely. And right now it is great to be a Bama fan, after the years of being down.
But you, on the other hand, coming to a Bama board, to straighten us out, no less, speaks a lot about you. I give you grief, bait you into an argument, and generally give you hell, because I think that you personify the nature of most Auburn fans. And you do hate Bama. You can lie about that if you want, but you do. Why? Because it is the nature of being a ‘good’ Auburn fan. I come from a family full of ‘em. You wouldn’t be here ‘having fun’ if you didn’t like coming to a Bama board beating your chest over Auburn. I am not stalking you, since that seems to be your defense here. But you haven’t ‘straightened me out’ yet. I am still waiting on that day. It’s Auburn fans like you that make it easy to root against Auburn. And you spend more time here than I do, so you need to get a life yourself. And quit whining so much.
Dude, scroll up to the top of the page. That is why I am here. As far as straightening you out. That is a lost cause.
Yep, I see. The first to post as usual. And you think I need to get a life. Why should you even care what is being said on a Bama site? Do you think that I go to Auburn sites looking to debate? That is really a stupid idea. I could care less what Auburn people say. I expect them to talk up Auburn and take jabs at Bama. But you are here. That sums you up.
And another thing, when I first started visiting here, I just read the commentary and articles, but I didn’t post. Then I seen you slamming and hating on the Bama fans that were here, and I threw it back at you. I debated the facts with you and Julia, and proved you both wrong. You know you won’t win any argument with me on this subject. The facts speak for themselves. But if you say that you haven’t engaged in trash talking here, you are full of crap. If you can’t take it, then don’t dish it out, cuz.
The very top of the page. The story ITK wrote, along with the cartoon. Your zeal and hate for me has reached new levels man. Re-read your posts….. You were lurking and following what I had been posting, until you could not take it any more. That is a classic definition of a stalker. As far as you EVER winning an arguement, dream on. All you have ever been able to do is hurl insults not facts. And I can always count on you to bring up the “Auburn is a worthless” arguement. But here is the thing dude. I dont give a sh-t what you think. 9 times out of ten , I post replies to ITK’s articles that are anti-Auburn. I actually like comminicating with him, because he does most of his articles out of pure fun, and to keep traffic up on this board, ala Finebaum. I like that part of the debate. But, then you ALWAYS come in with your pure hatred for anything that I or julio have to say. In short, your a dick.
I on the other hand have often times told you and others that I thought I really angered that I am just messin’ around and having fun. Then you always bring your spite to an unhealthy level. I can most definately take ANYTHING you can dish out young man. But you , on the other hand can not. And anyone on this board (including your own) can clearly see that. Do I need to get a restraining order on you ? For real. Do I?
And the “FACTS” that were originally brought up , were about Auburns defense (of which I have often times said need improvement) and Cam Newton. I stayed on topic in post #1 and #4….I avoided your posts until post #61….In wich I still remained civil. and again in #71….Then you do your thing in #72…..You can not “debate” anyone. Your a joke. A semi-civil discusion is not possible with you . And from now on , I am not even going to try it . It is an excersize in futility.
Goodbye dickhead.
You are such a cry baby. No you can’t take it. No you haven’t been civil. Can you get a restraining order on the internet? Go get one. I’m just messing with you, seeing how mad I can make you. And obviously I am getting good at making you cry. The more angry you get the more I am laughing at you. If you want I can bring up some of your hateful posts. But you saying I can’t take anything from you? I do believe I have held my own against you and your gal Julia. You have fun picking on Bama fans, I have fun picking on you. What’s the difference? You are mad and I am laughing at you.
You two need to get a fu-kin’ room for christs sake. I’m so damn boored I think I’ll slit my wrists in a hot bath!