Auburn
by KoolBell777 on Sep 3, 2010 4:00 AM CDT
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Auburn Football 2010 Trailer (via RC123au)
Remember the students- singing in the rain, staying for you!
Remember the tradition- Auburn is great, and will continue to be great, because of you and those like you.
Remember the legacy- Many a warrior has entered these battlefields, Only a chosen few, have worn Orange and Blue.
Remember the spirit- Each and every place you go.
Remember the dignity- That entails the Auburn Creed.
Remember the combatants before you- Who gave of themselves for the glory of the team.
Remember the cause- Championships are the for those that want it most.
Remember the ones who battle with you- They will bleed, they will thirst, but they will not give up.
Remember the love of the game- Enjoyment and victory come from preparation and planning.
Remember sportsmanship- Victory without regret.
Remember the battle cry "WAR EAGLE!"- For they are the most compelling words.
And remember that we love you, no matter what. For you are us. You are AUBURN!
WAR EAGLE!
This Weekend's College Football Television Schedule (Central Time)
by Jay Coulter on Sep 2, 2010 9:08 PM CDT
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Thursday, September 2nd
Marshall at Ohio State - 6:30 pm (Big Ten Network)
Southern Miss at South Carolina - 6:30 pm (ESPN)
Pittsburgh at Utah - 7:30 pm (Versus)
USC at Hawaii - 10:00 pm (ESPN)
Opening Game Week!
by Acid Reign on Sep 2, 2010 2:00 AM CDT
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The SEC's biggest threat comes from the Big Ten.
War Eagle, everybody! After an interminable wait, college football kicks off tonight! It is finally time. The SEC begins with a variety of mostly cupcake opponents in the season opener, but there are a few games of interest on the slate, including a couple that the SEC might actually lose. We'll take a look at the SEC schedule this week.
The season starts tonight when Southern Mississippi visits South Carolina. There's been a bit of drama building for this one, as Southern Miss head coach Larry Fedora has all but guaranteed a victory. For the South Carolina Gamecocks, a loss in the opener to a C-USA team would be a crushing blow to their dark-horse divisional hopes. Fedora's words are bold, but history suggests that there will likely be a different outcome. Southern Miss is often described as a team that can give SEC teams fits, but the reality is that the Golden Eagles have not beaten an SEC team in almost ten years. The last Southern Miss victory over the SEC was in 2000, when they shocked Alabama 21-0 in Legion Field. Last year, Southern Miss posted a mediocre 7-6 record, including a double digit loss to UAB. The Gamecocks should handle this game fairly easily.
Florida starts out the Saturday SEC slate with an 11:00 (central) contest against Miami of Ohio on ESPN. The Redhawks finished 1-11 in coach Michael Haywood's first season last year, and gave up 410 points. Florida should be able to name the score in this one.
The other early game on the SEC Network starts at 11:21 AM when Louisiana Lafayette visits Georgia. It will be a good game to tune up Georgia's freshmen quarterbacks, as the Ragin Cajuns have never beaten an SEC team, going 0-51 over the years. Georgia should win handily.
At 2:30 on ABC, Kentucy visits Louisville. The Cardinals should have success under new head coach Charlie Strong, if they can jump-start a dormant offense. The Cardinals had a middling defense last season, and Kentucky loses important players on both sides of the ball. I think Kentucky finds a way to win a squeaker, but this may well be the best game of the day in the SEC.
Also at 2:30 Jacksonville State visits Oxford, Mississippi to take on the Ole Miss Rebels. This game is to be televised on CSS. Jax State is expected to contend for the Ohio Valley Conference crown this season, but there's no way this FCS team matches up with Ole Miss. The offensive line averages about 288 pounds, and they've got to block Gerald Powe? Jack Crowe's Gamecocks will have a tough day.
At 5:00 PM on pay per view, Tennessee hosts FCS foe Tennessee Martin. This is only the second time the Skyhawks have played an SEC team, the previous game being a 2008 loss to Auburn. The Skyhawks had a good year in 2008, but slid back to 5-6 in 2009. While the Tennessee Vols are in full rebuilding mode, Tennessee Martin should not be much of a threat.
Alabama hosts San Jose State on pay per view at 6:00 PM. Alabama is the defending national champion, and San Jose State went 2-10 last season. This one should be over in minutes. The Spartans won't be much competition for the Tide.
Arkansas will host Tennessee Tech at 6:00 PM on Pay per view. Tech Coach Watson Brown had his first winning season with the Golden Eagles last year, posting a 6-5 record. Tech has never beaten an SEC team, and will have great difficulty slowing the potent Razorback offense.
At 6:00 PM on ESPNU, Mississippi State will host the Memphis Tigers. First year coach Larry Porter will try to turn things around from a terrible 2-10 season in 2009. Memphis actually won an SEC opener back in 2004, beating Ole Miss 20-13. The Tigers have fallen a long way since then. The Memphis defense was porous last season, and they'll be trying to stop Chris Relf and a potent Bulldog attack. The MSU Bulldogs should handle this game.
Auburn hosts Arkansas State at 6:00 PM on Fox Sports South television. The Red Wolves have recently given teams like Iowa and Nebraska fits, but their lone win against the SEC happened WAY back in 1910, when they beat Ole Miss 10-0. With many new starters, ASU should not have much luck against a veteran Auburn squad.
At 6:30 on CSS, the SEC faces it's most dangerous test of the week when the Northwestern Wildcats visit Vanderbilt. Northwestern begins life without star quarterback Mike Kafka, but the new guy is senior Dan Persa, who has plenty of experience. The Wildcats should be deeper and stronger at most positions this year, and will spell real trouble for the Commodores. Vanderbilt is coming off a dismal 2-10 season, and has easily the toughest opener in the SEC. It's likely that the Commodores will lose by double digits at home.
The final game on Saturday is at 7:00 PM on ABC. It's the kickoff classic in the Georgia Dome, and featured in the game are the LSU Tigers and the North Carolina Tarheels. This was expected to be a tough matchup for LSU, but everyone is waiting for word from the NCAA on an ongoing investigation. North Carolina could have as many as nine starters declared ineligible. LSU is looking to kick-start their fortunes with a big win in this one. Even if no players are excluded from the game, look for the Tarheels to be a distracted football team. If the Tigers struggle, it could be a long season on the Bayou.
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It's The Most Wonderful Time Of the Year !
by aubtigerman on Sep 1, 2010 12:00 AM CDT
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Heeeeeeeere Come The Tigers !
This Saturday on the Loveliest Village of the Plains, the best time of the year begins. Thousands of Auburn fans will gather around radios, TV sets, and at sports bars to watch the debut of the 2010 football season and cheer on their Tigers. Another 87,000 will have a family reunion at Jordan-Hare Stadium. I can hardly wait to renew old friendships, tailgate with family, and see my Tigers hit the field as the Auburn Band plays "War Eagle Fly Down the Field." The following lyrics are dedicated to all those Auburn Football fanatics, who like me, believe that college football season is truly the most wonderful time of the year.
College football is the most wonderful time of the year
College football is the most wonderful time of the year
With the kids throwing the football
And everyone telling you "Be of good cheer"
It's the most wonderful time of the year
It's the hap-happiest season of all
With those War Eagle greetings and tailgate meetings
When friends come to call
It's the hap- happiest season of all
There'll be parties for hosting
Wieners for roasting
And listening to 'experts' in the know
There'll be great football stories
And tales of the glories of
Great players long, long ago
It's the most wonderful time of the year
There'll be much tailgating
And hearts will be glowing
When our Auburn family is near
It's the most wonderful time of the year
It's the most wonderful time of the year
There'll be much celebrating
And fans will be cheering
When our team wins the game of the year
It's the most wonderful time
It's the most wonderful time
It's the most wonderful time of the year...
For college football is finally here!
Ahh ... there is nothing like college football, for me and millions of others; it's the most wonderful time of the year. All the hype, the discussions, the prognosticating, the predictions, and the debate are all about to be settled, and where it should be settled - on the field. The long dark off season is almost over and the only real question left is ...
Are You Ready For Some Football?
Auburn Releases Depth-Chart
by Jay Coulter on Aug 31, 2010 9:11 PM CDT
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Today Auburn released its depth-chart for Saturday's game with Arkansas State. This is how things will look when they line up Saturday night...
QB
2 Cameron Newton (6-6/250/Jr./College Park, Ga.)
14 Barrett Trotter (6-2/211/So./Birmingham, Ala.)
RB
27 Mario Fannin (5-11/228/Sr./Hampton, Ga.)
23 Onterio McCalebb (5-10/171/So./Fort Meade, Ga.)
5 Michael Dyer (5-9/215/Fr./Little Rock, Ark.)
HB
32 Eric Smith (5-10/240/Jr./Seffner, Fla.)
4 Shaun Kitchens (6-3/217/Fr./College Park, Ga.)
1 Trovon Reed (6-0/181/Fr./Thibodaux, La.)
TE/WR
43 Phillip Lutzenkirchen (6-4/258/So./Marietta, Ga.) -- OR--
18 Kodi Burns (6-2/207/Sr./Fort Smith, Ark.)
80 Emory Blake (6-1/192/So./Austin, Texas)
WR
81 Terrell Zachery (6-1/210/Sr./Wadley, Ala.)
9 Quindarius Carr (6-1/186/Jr./Huntsville, Ala.)
3 DeAngelo Benton (6-2/201/So./Bastrop, La.)
WR
89 Darvin Adams (6-3/185/Jr./Kennesaw, Ga.)
82 Jay Wisner (6-2/190/Sr./Bozeman, Mont.)
87 Derek Winter (6-0/208/Jr./Tampa, Fla.)
LT
73 Lee Ziemba (6-8/319/Sr./Rogers, Ark.)
75 Brandon Mosley (6-6/299/Jr./Jefferson, Ga.)
LG
66 Mike Berry (6-3/316/Sr./Antioch, Tenn.)
53 Bart Eddins (6-4/304/Sr./Montgomery, Ala.)
C
50 Ryan Pugh (6-4/297/Sr./Hoover, Ala.)
63 Blake Burgess (6-2/278/RFr./Vestavia Hills, Ala.)
RG
57 Byron Isom (6-3/291/Jr./Jonesboro, Ga.)
76 Jorrell Bostrom (6-3/322/Sr./Nampa, Idaho) --OR--
79 Jared Cooper (6-4/300/Jr./Brewton, Ala.)
RT
77 A.J. Greene (6-5/291/Jr./Madison, Tenn.)
71 John Sullen (6-6/312/So./Auburn, Ala.)
Masoli Out At Ole Miss
Houston Nutt and his Ole Miss Rebels have already suffered their first loss of the 2010 season. A few hours ago, the NCAA denied the request of former Oregon quarterback Jeremiah Masoli to transfer and play at Mississippi. The Rebels will now likely turn to sophomore Nathan Stanley.
1st and Five: Top Openers the Past 30 Years
by War Eagle Atlanta on Aug 31, 2010 12:24 AM CDT
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If you're an Auburn fan, you know that we play it conservative to start the season. Always have, probably always will. With a full SEC slate ahead, there's little since in throttling it at the starting gun, or so it seems. Besides, more fans will show up for a cupcake opener more than any other game save for homecoming. At the same time that we kick off at JHS, LSU will be getting ready to tee it up against North Carolina in the Georgia Dome. It could have been us instead--taking on UCLA in a match that we turned down last year. Yea, I'm still sore about it. I hate that we squandered the opportunity to be the feature attraction in CFB for opening week. Rarely do we garnish so much attention and fall in the limelight for the first game of the season.
But it has happened on a few occasions the past thirty years--Auburn opens the season against a BCS out-of-conference opponent--even in the days before there was such a thing as the BCS. The OOC games seem to attract the most attention, probably because it's even rarer for us to open with a conference opponent. Only five times has that happened in the last 30 years--four times against Ole Miss in the 90s and once against Kentucky. None of those games decided any conference or division race, but there have been a few openers over the last three decades that have stood out. Even rarer still? A road opener. See if you remember any.
1) Miami, 1984, L 18-20. Kickoff Classic, East Rutherford NJ. The second Kickoff Classic game and the second one to match the numbers one and two teams from the previous season. The Hurricanes had leaped over Auburn in the final 1983 poll after beating #2 Nebraska in the Orange Bowl while Auburn outlasted Michigan in the Sugar. The stage was set for a spectacular opening game for college football, which had crept into August for only the second time ever, but things had changed for the Canes, who were under first year coach Jimmy Johnson. Miami would go on to a disappointing 8-5 season, including three straight losses. Auburn would finish the season 9-4, and with a healthy Bo Jackson coming back off injury, would be positioned the following season to be ranked close to the top in the pre-season polls.
Many don't remember these kickoff games, which started out in Giants Stadium, and spun off to the west coast as the Pigskin Classic. What actually ended these games after 2002 wasn't a lack of interest, but a change in the NCAA rules covering 'extra' games being played at the beginning of the season. Beginning in 2008, the Chick Fil-A kickoff game was born from the addition of the added 12th game and a further change in the rules. Call me biased, but maybe Atlanta is a better venue than the Jersey Shore.
2) Southern California, 2003, L 0-23. A crazy turn of events in this opener, as Auburn, the pre-season AP #1 ranked team, got blown out at home with nary a wimper to the team that would end the season with the #1 AP ranking, which would be the first, and actually, onlynational championship won by the Trojans last decade. Auburn not only showed that it couldn't handle the hype, but revealed cracks in it's foundation that would eventually lead to Jetgate. Still loaded with talent the following year, the Tigers missed by a few hundreds of a BCS point a rematch with USC in for the national championship.
3) Southern California, 2002, L 17-24. Everyone remembers this game as the Tigers dared to go on the road to open the home and home series with the Trojans, who were just in their second year following Pete Carroll's 6-6 inaugural effort. Thousands of Tiger fans made the trek out to LA, where USC was just coming out of a two-decade old slumber under the three coaches that followed John Robinson, and went on to post an 11-2 mark that year. That everyone remembers, but no one knew that USC was that good at that time. This game was entirely winnable. It was 14-all at the half, and USC finally pulled ahead for good at the top of the 4th quarter. Auburn went on to a 9-4 season, including a Capital One Bowl win over Penn State, which set the stage for the lofty pre-season ranking the next year.
4) Texas, 1987, W 31-3. The second part of two home-and-homes with the Longhorns played in the 80s and early 90s. Auburn laid an egg in the first go-around, getting blown out by Texas at home for their only loss in the 1983 season. As a matter of fact, Texas would have won the national championship that year had they not lost their last game in the Sugar Bowl to Georgia by one point. Auburn then came up short again in 1984 in Austin. This second home-and-home commenced three years later, this time starting in Auburn. The Tigers were ready, in the middle of a massive run led by Pat Dye. Texas had waned under Fred Akers, who left after the 1986 season. Texas finished the year 7-5, but Auburn had their second victory over the Horns in a blowout in Jordan-Hare, the first one coming in the Gator Bowl in the 1974 season. Auburn would then complete the sweep in 1991 in Austin--the last time these teams played.
5) Kansas State, 2007, W 23-13. A made-for-TV event arranged by ESPN, this one turned out to be a wild one, pun-intended. Actually, this was leg one of a home-and-home, with Auburn to make the return game in 2014. The Tigers came out of the gate slow, with K-State actually going ahead by a point to start the 4th quarter . A late TD throw by Brandon Cox with two minutes remaining put us ahead before Wildcat QB Josh Freeman fumbled and Antonio Coleman ran it back 34 yards to seal it. As wobbly as Auburn looked, the worst was yet to come, with consecutive losses to South Florida and Mississippi State before the Tigers finally straightened things out to finish the year 9-4. Before the end of the season, Al Borges was gone as OC and the Tony Franklin system was being implemented.
Runners-Up: 2006 Washington State, 2005 Georgia Tech, 1997 Virginia, 1982 Wake Forest, 1980 TCU
Arkansas State Prediction Thread
by jd is legend on Aug 30, 2010 6:01 PM CDT
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War Eagle!
We are currently five days away from the first game of the 2010 season, and it can't get here soon enough. It's hard to believe that we're almost here, but the eight-month college football hiatus is finally coming to a close. I thought I'd continue a tradition from last season and set up a prediction thread for this week's game. I'll keep tabs of the "closest to the actual" winners for each week's game. Good luck to all predictors!
Arkansas State is a Sun Belt team, but a decent Sun Belt team. In recent years they've beaten Texas A&M and put a scare into eventual Orange Bowl champs Iowa. They're not a team to be taken lightly, and I don't think Coach Chizik and company are doing so. The Vegas line (as of right now) is 31 points. Seems a little high to me, but those folks usually know what they're doing. As for my prediction...
Arkansas State 10
Auburn 39
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