“I truly appreciate the opportunity that Coach Tuberville and Auburn have given me and can’t wait to get started. I look forward to the challenge of competing in the Southeastern Conference, which is the best conference in the country, and helping Auburn compete for a national title.”
– Auburn Defensive Coordinator Paul Rhoads
Entries Tagged as ‘Quote Of The Day’
January 18, 2008
Quote Of The Day - 1.18.08: A little to the left… now down…. over… OK, scratch…. oh yeah, oh that’s nice…
January 17, 2008
Quote(s) Of The Day - 1.16.08: A Victory For College Football
“Coach Saban’s philosophy — and it kind of was in line with mine — was that any time you were a first or second round pick, coach Saban would support that player to make a move to better his situation. As a third-round pick, I don’t know how substantial the amount of money would be. [...]
January 15, 2008
Quote Of The Day - 1.15.08: You Don’t Win No Championships at Texas
“Oh, wow. A little (upsetting). I would’ve loved to have Applewhite. If he wants to win championships, and I know Applewhite does, then he’ll stay. You don’t win no championships at UT, man. You win championships at UA. But he’s got to do what he’s got to do.”
– Alabama commit Damion Square on news of [...]
January 15, 2008
Quote Of The Day - 1.13.08: Four Cases Of Perrier, 25 Andes Chocolate Dinner Mints (Unwrapped)…
“Most coaches walk right in off the street, sign in and sit down, but he practically has an advance team of assistant coaches who call to make sure everything is done a certain way for his visit. He has to come in this entrance and leave at this exit. It was like we were dealing [...]
January 9, 2008
Quote Of The Day - 1.8.08: That Weak Big 10 Stuff
“And he should know not to bring that weak Big Ten stuff back to the BCS National Championship Game again next year.”
– ESPN Columnist Pat Forde speaking to OSU coach Jim Tressel in his latest column, which you might say sets the Big 10 back 100 years, maybe more.
January 9, 2008
Quote Of The Day - 1.8.08: “Muschamp Fallout,” Myth So Far
“I really wasn’t concerned because I really wanted to go to the school and didn’t want to go there just for Coach Muschamp. I feel like they’re going to bring in the best person they can find to get the job done.”
– Auburn’s latest commitment, defensive back D’Antoine Hood, who yesterday committed to play for [...]
January 3, 2008
Quote Of The Day: 1/2/08 - Picking The Scab with Herbstreit and Georgia
By J. Henderson
“The AP should take the USC win into consideration.”
– Kirk Herbstreit on two-loss-couldn’t-beat-Stanford USC deserving to be post-season #1 in the Associated Press Poll. (I’m not positive that this quote is verbatim, but I am fairly certain that it accurately reflects the sentiment in Herbstreit’s Rose Bowl post-game comments.)
This, of course, is the [...]
January 2, 2008
Quote Of The Day: 12/30/07 - David vs. Goliath?
“Isn’t it more like David vs. Samson after he had a haircut?”
– Denver Post sportswriter Woody Paige reacting to a question put to Colorado coach Dan Hawkins by “an Alabama sportswriter, who had apparently been sniffing glue,” in a press-conference prior to the Petro-Sun Independence Bowl.
(The metrosexual Samson, in this case, is Alabama.)
December 28, 2007
Quote Of The Day: 12/28/07 - Pat Dye, Slam Poet
By J. Henderson
“Your damn right it was, there’s no question.”
– Pat Dye’s response to Gene Stallings, when asked by Stallings if he thought his schedule at Auburn was tougher than Stallings at Alabama, particularly at the end of the season, which Dye famously dubbed “Amen Corner.”
Auburn typically meets its oldest rival Georgia before heading into [...]
December 24, 2007
Quote Of The Day: 12.23.07 - Greg McElroy’s Myopic Idolatry
“(Alabama football)’s going to be however long Coach Saban is going to be around.”
- Alabama backup quarterback Greg McElroy, speaking on the longevity of Alabama football and its tradition.
