Finebaum Playing A New Song
by Jay Coulter
on Sep 19, 2007 5:50 AM CDT
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By Jay Coulter
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For the better part of 25 years he’s played sports fans in this state like a fiddle. When you stop and watch from afar, it’s really a work of art. The guy knows how to draw viewers to his radio show and readers to his newspaper column.
Like a big city symphony, he plays Auburn up one year, while bringing Alabama down in the same note. When that song has played out, he writes a new one - targeting the other school. It amazes me how so many Alabamians hang on to his every word.
How can they not see it? He’s laughing all the way to the bank.
After being an accomplice in the murder of Mike Shula – he held the gun, while Shula pulled the trigger; Finebaum has now moved on to new material. This time it’s Tommy Tuberville.
I fell out laughing this morning when I read his weekly column in the Mobile Press-Register. With Nick Saban apparently safe in his job this week, he decided to question Tommy Tuberville’s job security.
Do what?
I don’t know an Auburn fan who is satisfied with this football season. In fact, I know a lot who are down right pissed. But I’ve heard very few question Tuberville’s job security.
But hey, why let reality get in the way of a good soap opera? Finebaum just throws it out there. When your primary audience is Alabama fans, this kind of journalism is money in the bank.
I would remind Paul that heading into this season Auburn is the third winningest program in the country over the past three years. They won 11 games last year, including their fifth in a row over that school in West Alabama. A Bama victory over Arkansas on Saturday night doesn’t erase that and it certainly doesn’t affect Tuberville’s status on the Plains.
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As several Auburn beat writers pointed out this week, Burns seemed laid back after meeting with coaches on Sunday; while Cox appeared uptight and uncertain about his role this weekend. You can bet that Burns will see significant playing time now that it appears his redshirt has been lifted. Tuberville refused yesterday to name a starter for Saturday.
If you haven’t visited the Auburn blog, Joe Cribbs Car Wash, I encourage you to stop in. First off, it’s without question the coolest name for a blog I’ve ever seen. It’s run by Jerry Hinnen, who’s an excellent writer and a good Auburn man. I visit daily. Jerry has some good insights as well as some pretty funny stuff. Add it to your bookmarks.
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I just don't understand the little troll
The guy's a Tennessee grad, but he's an unabashed Alabama fan? Huh? His biggest problem is that football in the state of Alabama is to him always a zero-sum game. Both teams can't have good years. One has to suck and the other has to be great. Of course, one team will win the Iron Bowl, and to Finebaum, that's the team equaling the 'zero' in that phrase.
I can't read his columns any more. Last year, I thought he was way too vicious to Shula, and this year, he's trying so very hard to sow the seeds of dissent to supplant Tuberville. Alabama fans hate Tuberville like liberals hate Bush, and they'll do anything to undermine him. No rational Auburn fans are even thinking about calling for Tuberville's ouster, but you'd think it was imminent with Chicken Little Finebaum doing the play by play.
by War Eagle Atlanta on Sep 19, 2007 11:19 AM CDT 0 recs
Comments about the Auburn FanHouse on AOL
Jay, I don't know how many of the current fans here still go to the Auburn blog at the FanHouse on AOL, your former stomping grounds, but it has gone downhill fast. With no Auburn person doing the blogging, it's become a dumping ground for our Tigers, with 8, count them, EIGHT negative threads in the last 5 days. Here's what I posted there this morning after yet another Brandon Bashing post:
"Okay, enough with all the negative Auburn threads on here, especially the ones on Brandon Cox. Leave the kid alone. There's been eight anti-Auburn rants in the last 5 days. Do you not have anything else you can write? Anything interesting or relevant? This is what happens when you remove an Auburn guy from blogging the Tiger section and leave it open to partisans like you guys.
I know who Holiday backs, but have no idea about the rest of you. Tell you what. Why don't you grant me access to the Alabama section once the Tide loses and give me a chance to spew a little venom your way. Tell me who Ferguson and Grummell's teams are. See how you like some partisan hack dictating the discourse on your team's section. Hell, I'll give little updates every quarter. "Alabama really getting their ass kicked by Georgia here in the first quarter. The crowd is really letting Wilson have it for throwing that 92 yard interception return..."
Don't give me any crap about 'not being able to take it either'. You control this site and therefore the agenda. Using your power to pile it on your rival is so very transparent. This used to be a decent blog. Now it's a propaganda tool. Your own little Goebbels' fiefdom! Enjoy!"
It's obvious that the fox is running the henhouse over there. Although I'm not entirely sure that all Auburn fans should bail from that site, defending our honor over there is a fool's errand--there's no way to win against that onslaught. They've had next to zero Auburn posts through the summer, and now that we've lost two games, they're overloading it with all this anti-Auburn bile.
Anyone else noticed that? Acid Reign, what's Holiday up to?
by War Eagle Atlanta on Sep 19, 2007 11:34 AM CDT 0 recs
Auburn Fan House on AOL
I followed the Fan House blog this past summer and to put it bluntly, it SUCKED. I even made a comment on one of the blogs about how boring it was.
There is no doubt who Pete Holiday pulls for. He is a bammer through and through, and a nasty one at that. I made some comments on a blog he wrote about the A-day game in which the small amount of money was collected for the tornado victims. Instead of keeping comments on the blog, Pete decided to send me emails and attack me about my Christian religous beliefs. He also kept demanding to know how much I gave to the relief effort but he refused to aknowledge if he even gave anything. All of this was through emails to my personal email account that he obtained by having access to the blog. I sure don't claim to be a perfect Christian, but that was kinda low. But hey,,,,,that is typical of bammers.
Paul Fienbaum is about as two-faced as they come. In one breath, he is complenting Coach Tubs, if he is talking to an Auburn fan, and critiziing him when talking to a bammer.
By the way, I will be at the game this Saturday. Win or lose, I will be a fan of the Auburn Tigers.
WAR EAGLE
by James on
Sep 19, 2007 1:19 PM CDT
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Finebaum = Bleeds Crimson
Jay,
I have been watching the blog here since the beginning of the new site and have been really impressed so far so I figured it was my time to chime in and share my feelings for the first time.
As an Auburn student, let me first chime on your earlier post about booing Brandon Cox. Although I do feel it is wrong to boo ANY of our own players, I also at the same time do feel the crowd was not booing Brandon as a person or even so much as a team leader, but we more or less just felt we needed to show Tuberville our displeasure with his current choice of quarterback. Also, I can personally attest that while in theory many Auburn students wouldn't normally boo their own team, there are many factors beyond the game being played that are involved (especially in the student section.. read: alcohol) and so many of the students (myself included) more or less ended up getting caught up in the moment and vocalizing our displeasure in what was not the most productive way. But whats done is done and I personally feel like after all that has gone on about this incident this week (both on campus, professors, dean, and the media) that it is an event that will not reoccur.
On to the current post, I did just want to point out that while the post is saying how ridiculous Finebaum is (which I 100% agree with), the key point you disagree with (Tuberville being in jeopardy of losing his job) is echoed by none other than Jerry Hinnen in the blog you linked to. While I personally love Tuberville to death and believe he has been one of Auburn's most incredible coaches in history, I have little to no doubt that if we have no more than 2-5 wins this season, by mid next year many people will be screaming for his head, justified or not. I hope it doesn't come to this because, as a life-long Auburn fan, I personally will stick with Tubby until the end, but I know there are many who will choose to use Alabama's strategy and attempt to BUY some wins with a new coach. Just my thoughts. Like I said, keep up the blog, and WAR DAMN EAGLE!!
by Bodagetta on Sep 19, 2007 2:59 PM CDT 0 recs
I agree
With everything that you have posted. I wanted to have an Auburn students point of view on the whole booing situation and I am pleased that you posted what you did. It now answers so many questions. In any stadium I feel that the student section is the most important...they are the loudest by far and that helps get the rest of the fans involved in the game.
I hope that CTT is with us for a very long time. He is by far the best coach we have had and he will do so much more for us. I am afraid though that if another opportunity comes for him to leave he MIGHT just take it. He has been burned by the Auburn trustees and administration so if something else opened up, I feel he might be tempted to leave, especially if we have a losing season this year. I by no means want him to leave. I will be happy with six to seven wins and I think we can achieve that.
Things will get turned around...I have faith in our coaches and players. Hopefully we'll see great things this weekend and the following weekend. I am still confident that we will UPSET Florida in their home stadium. Everyone thinks they can write us off just like MSU. Well, I got news for them...Auburn prevails when we are the underdog...watch and see!!!
War Eagle!!!
by kerr024 on
Sep 19, 2007 4:34 PM CDT
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Excellent Points
Bodagetta,
You make some excellent points. I have to say I agree with you. I do believe that a lot of people were probably booing the situation and not the person. Unfortunately, I'm sure Brandon thought it was all directed at him. And it made Auburn people look really bad.
Don't get me wrong, Brandon has been horrible and there is no question a change has to be made - and was.
As for Tuberville, I think he's safe for a while. Obviously, if the wheels fall completely off and Auburn only wins a few more this season, that changes everything. But we are a long way from that happening.
Auburn people just need to stick together and not let the Alabama media sway peoples opinion of Tuberville. We all have to remain rationale.
by Jay Coulter on
Sep 19, 2007 5:05 PM CDT
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He is a little man
He talks like he hates Auburn and Auburn people. His show is mean spirited and nasty. I will not listed to his pie hole discharge again. I will not support such a hateful sounding person.
by Greythunder on Sep 19, 2007 7:40 PM CDT 0 recs
Underdog
I agree with kerr024 auburn does a lot better being the underdog. I think if auburn pushes its self to do their very best,we might have a chance in two weeks.
by augirl on Sep 19, 2007 7:45 PM CDT 0 recs
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