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Nassau Coliseum Referendum: Nothing changes, if nothing changes
One of my all-time favorite quotes is from an everyday regular guy I grew up with. It's simplistic in its Yogism and complex in its philosophical underpinnings: "Nothing changes if nothing changes." I'm not going to tell you how to vote Aug. 1. I don't know what's best for you...most of the time...
Newton’s Laws: Haden in Wonderland
"But I don't want to go among mad people," Alice remarked. "Oh, you can't help that," said the Cat: "we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad." "How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice. "You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn't have come here." Pat Haden fell down the rabbit hole and is trying...
A Big Gamble at Auburn
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Who Could Have Dreamed Of This Moment?
Watching Saturday's post game celebration at the Georgia Dome, you couldn't help but think about the history of Auburn football - its struggles, its triumphs and how it all ended up here.Auburn has stood at the cusp of a national title more times than it cares to count, only to see the door slammed...
A Week We'll Not Soon Forget
I don't believe it's a stretch to say that today has been unlike any other in Auburn football history. Cam Newton is THE story in all of sports this November 10th. What to make of all the allegations are difficult. There's no question today's ESPN story takes this situation to an entirely different...
Jacobs Responds to Newton Allegations
Auburn Athletic Director Jay Jacobs released a statement a little while ago in response to the allegations made against Cam Newton in a Fox Sports.com story released today. Fox Sports writer Thayer Evans reports that Newton, "had three different instances of academic cheating while attending the...
Sprints Thinks North Carolina and South Carolina Might Be the Beginning // 07.19.10
CAROLINAGATE South Carolina gets its offseason controversy: An NCAA investigationLooking at the Media Days schedule for Wednesday, I noticed that South Carolina was on the same day as Vanderbilt, Georgia and SEC West darkhorse Arkansas. When was the last time, I wondered, that Steve Spurrier has...
Jacobs Answers The Big Questions
With football season only weeks away now, a lot of Auburn people are again playing the "what if?" game. What if Auburn had agreed to play UCLA in the Georgia Dome to kickoff the 2010 college football season? The sense of urgency and excitement would certainly be ratcheted up a notch. Months after...
Auburn Must Compete In Arms Race
In recent days, news around Auburn has centered on its new $16 million indoor practice facility set to open next year. Former Auburn Athletic Director David Housel once famously said that college football is an arms race. Everybody wants to be bigger and better when it comes to facilities and...
The Comeback Kid
Sitting in Plainsman Park Saturday watching Auburn take on South Carolina, I glanced to my right and noticed sitting directly behind home plate the most maligned man in Auburn Athletics, Bobby Lowder. No more than 20 feet away sat former Athletic Director David Housel. Neither man acknowledged the...
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