Enthusiasm Is Not A Problem On The Plains

by Jay Coulter on Aug 13, 2008 4:00 AM CDT in Football Comment 8 comments

Honk if you've had your ass kicked by Lee Ziemba. If you haven't heard, there was another throw down at practice on Tuesday. This time it involved offensive lineman Ryan Pugh and defensive end Antonio Coleman with an assist by Ziemba. Those at practice said it was a good one. It started during one-on-one blocking drills. Pugh and Coleman began mouthing off at each other and it escalated from there.

According to Evan Woodbery of The Mobile Register, "the fight spilled over into the area where the offensive line was gathered. Then the scrum was really going. An ice and water cooler was overturned and Coleman and Pugh tumbled to the ground. With coaches yelling to break it up, a helmet-less Lee Ziemba dashed in to join the fray. He was eventually pushed back by an angry manager. Defensive ends coach Terry Price was livid. Tommy Tuberville had arrived by this time, and he yelled at both sides to quit beating up on teammates."

You'll remember that Ziemba and Coleman tied up during a spring scrimmage that resulted in Coleman being carried off in an ambulance and suffering a cervical sprain. Apparently, there's still some bad blood there. This is the second fight this week that Ziemba has been a part of. A few days ago he tied up with defensive end Antoine Carter.

Say what you will; this is good stuff. This offensive line is plain nasty. I love the enthusiasm. It's hot, humid and miserable on the practice field. Tempers are flaring and believe it or not this will bring all the players closer - if they don't kill each other first.

Even Tuberville seemed to enjoy it. When asked about it he said, "I hope they are foul everyday. I hope they're in a foul mood. That's what football's about. They're not going to hurt anybody."

Now you know what comes today. All of the rednecks across Alabama who couldn't find Tuscaloosa with a GPS and two road maps will be calling Finebaum and the other shows talking about the problems at Auburn. Please.

It's funny to me that they're more concerned about the fights at Auburn than the fact their former linebacker was selling crack cocaine out of the back of his car at the Bama athletic complex.

As expected, Auburn's opener with Louisiana-Monroe will be available on pay-per-view. Here are the details from Auburn Sports Information...

The 2008 Auburn football season opener on Aug. 30 against Louisiana-Monroe will be offered on pay-per-view. Kickoff is slated for 6 p.m. (CT) at Jordan-Hare Stadium.

Pay-per-view will be available in the states of Alabama and Louisiana to cable subscribers and small dish owners who subscribe to DirecTV or Dish Network.

Fans should contact their local cable provider or small dish provider to order the game.

Other home dish owners should contact 1-800-TV-STARS to order the game. Commercial establishments should contact their local cable company or dial 1-800-TV-STARS for feed information.

Finally, if you haven't had a chance to download the Auburn Podcast hosted by Tiger play-by-play man Rod Bramblett then you need to click here. It's a really good show. It's recorded each Monday and Friday and includes interviews with Coach Tuberville, the coordinators and the players. You can listen to the broadcast on your computer, Ipod or mp3 player.

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Let's just say this...

You can spin this either way.

Say what you will; this is good stuff.

Now you know what comes today. All of the rednecks across Alabama who couldn’t find Tuscaloosa with a GPS and two road maps will be calling Finebaum and the other shows talking about the problems at Auburn. Please.

Let’s be honest, if this was happening in Tuscaloser, the AU fans would be laughing it up and preaching holier than thou quoates like, “Tubby’s boys are waaay to classy and have waaay more morals than this…” As would the rest of the SEC.

I don’t think anyone can really say if this is a bad or good thing.

Do you like to see the intensity? Sure. Are teams around the country wishing that they would have more fights in camp? Nope. It’s already cost AU two players this year. Dirty or not, you don’t want to lose players, especially from an already thin DB corps.

by LSU Jonno on Aug 13, 2008 8:10 AM CDT reply actions

I have to agree on losing players.

.....Not good. There’s fights every camp, even at Alabama, or LSU, too. You hope that the coaches get it out of ‘em by the end of two-a-days. Those rabbit punches and stuff will get a 15-yard flag thrown, come game-time.

by Acid Reign on Aug 13, 2008 8:43 AM CDT up reply actions

RE: Let's just say this...

Yeah, you’re probably right, I’m sure we would be laughing if this were happening at s.p.u.a.t., but if we had players getting arrested left and right, and selling crack, then we’d have no room to laugh.

by AUshorecm on Aug 13, 2008 11:01 AM CDT up reply actions

Given my choice of...

12 players arrested in the off-season (or whatever the Bammer # is these days) or fights in camp, I think it’s a no brainer, I’ll take fights in camp.

Bama’s “Got 12” shirts are starting to take on a whole new meaning.

You gotta admit though, the fight club comments on the radio have been funny.

by LSU Jonno on Aug 13, 2008 10:04 PM CDT up reply actions

Hmmmm

Dude are you from Alabama? And, do you know who Paul Finebaum is? Because that little highlighted quote was dead on. Bammers havent stopped griping about the fights at Auburn. The fighting is healthy. It means that O-line is ready to punch somebody in the mouth. I like their intensity. I’d be worried about my less talented team coming into Auburn and your moron of a coach not having Saban’s recruits to save his dumb*ss this time…..

War Eagle

by ArieGold on Aug 13, 2008 10:06 PM CDT up reply actions

LOL

We’ve still got plenty of Saban recruits to “save us” this year, it’s NEXT year that we’re REALLY screwed!

I think it’s funny that AU fans are chalking up LSU’s current success to “Saban and his recruits that he never actually coached”, yet will not admit that Saban will be doing the same thing at Tuscaloser pretty soon.

So which is it ArieGold? What is LSU’s success due to? Will Saban’s recruits at Tuscaloser be whooping you regularly in a few years? Or will the retard in Baton Rouge continue to whoop you?

by LSU Jonno on Aug 14, 2008 8:12 AM CDT up reply actions

Especially considering that

Both Green and Eddins had to fill Pugh’s positions at center and tackle during the scrimmage the other day. Pugh should be worried about staying healthy and not about mixing it up for props from teammates/fans/ anyone. A little fire is good, but everything in moderation.

by GumptownTiger on Aug 13, 2008 8:52 AM CDT reply actions