Warhawk doing some wartalk (sorta)

By J.M. Comer
I bring this up in a desperate attempt to generate pre-game controversy.
From yesterday’s edition of the The News Star:
ULM football players might be underdogs to Auburn this weekend, but they aren’t awestruck.
“We’ve all got scholarships,” free safety Greg James said during ULM’s game-week news conference today. “I could have been there, but I’m [...]

Season Preview Game One: Roadtripping the possible impossibility of losing to La-Monroe

Monroe, LA - It was an impromptu reconnaissance mission. It turned into a thought experiment.
It was too dark to stop in Monroe on my way out to Lubbock (I went to find a place to live). Left at 2:30 in the afternoon and drove the 16 hours straight, pulled in at dawn. While there I [...]

Spring Practice Report - 3.25.08

By J. Henderson
It’s spring. The mornings are freezing. We’re breathing.
Feels like football.
I had the pleasure of attending about half of yesterday morning’s practice, the first since returning from Spring Break. It looked like a practice with guys just returning from Spring Break. I can still hear the bark of Paul Rhoads. Mario Fannin walked by [...]

Demonic, Demonic, Put Your Hands All Over Cullen Harper’s Body

By J. Henderson
It has not, no it has not, been the season we wanted for Quentin Groves. Though I myself do not include his admitted distractedness in pursuit of the Auburn sack record, which I think some have misinterpreted, in the discrepancy between our lusty pre-season thoughts of quarterback carnage and the real time gridiron [...]

War Eagle, Mr. Franklin?

By J. Henderson
There is some buzz going around that Tony Franklin, Troy’s offensive coordinator, is the leading contender to replace Al Borges at Auburn. It should by now be apparent how I feel about buzz. But unlike the ridiculous rumors of lateral-at-best Tuberville moves, this line of thinking has common sense on its side, especially [...]

Missing You Already

 By J. Henderson

I just liked the guy, I really did. The two big reasons why are 2004 and, even more impotently - which I think people forget - 2005. But he would talk to you and he was funny. Great name, too.
Deep down, I thought that our offensive anemia, when it presented, was more [...]

Basketball Exists

By J.M. Comer
The regular football season is over. LSU won the SEC championship yesterday. I saw Les Miles without a cap. And so begins The War Eagle Reader’s basketball coverage.
Today Auburn will play George Washington University in the BB&T Classic at 2:30 EST at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C.
It will be a nice [...]

Bring them on, Bring them on…

Two days away from an extra notch, an extra arrow in the heart of the crimson monster. Investigations into the implications of our eventual reascension of the win column will likely mark much of TWER’s December downtime.
Stay tuned.
In the meantime - and soak this in, brothers - please to enjoy the lyrics to the song [...]

An Honest Assessment of Nick Saban, Part 2

By J.M. Comer

Nick Saban in blissful times. The cat that ate the canary.
Much has been made of Nick Saban’s loss to UAB his first year at LSU in 2000. It followed a road loss to #24 Auburn, 34-17, on Sept. 16. But the loss to UAB on Sept. 23 was his ONLY loss to an [...]

And It Is Called Bamah Unto This Day: The Art of Crimson Context

By J. Henderson
The wine that will cleanse the wounds of this spastic season of football is just over a week away, and the bottle will be poured at night. However, to drink again from the vein of our crimson enemy will be more than religious anesthetic – it remains our Christian duty, our duty and [...]