A little more distraction from the ticklish, picklish rumor cyphering and peculiar logic of the coaching search, which Auburn fans, unlike those of most other SEC schools, have never had to endure under the full, blogtastic weight of the internet.
This is what it was supposed to be like. AUTiger96 was going to weave it into [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Alabama Football’
December 11, 2008
“No, no … this is important….”
November 28, 2008
The Duty
The duty of this eleven was
To put Tuscaloosa in tears.
There was Smith and Shafer and Johnny Glenn
And Brown and Williams too.
Many others with us came,
And wore the Orange and Blue
For eleven little tiger boys, lad,
For eleven little tiger boys.
Everyone’s mothers and their brothers
Just knew what they could do.
And eleven little tiger boys, lad,
Will break Tuscaloosa’s [...]
November 24, 2008
2004
I watched it with a pizza in my lap, a song in my heart, and a mic in my hand. Such a given, such an understood formality, it doesn’t even have it’s own, individual YouTubementation.
Well there are these two, but they seem kinda art house (still fun, though).
Toomer’s was wet and [...]
August 29, 2008
Dreams on the eve
Last year before the Iron Bowl, Chris Shelling Jr. told me he had a dream (he has Iron Bowl dreams every November).
In this dream, he stalked J.P. Wilson on Tuscaloosa’s campus. He followed him to the bathroom after class. He handed him a pillow and told him he should take it with him to Jordan-Hare, [...]
August 16, 2008
Actor’s new memoir zooms in on deleted scenes of southern football integration
By J. Henderson
[You'll pick up pretty quickly that I mostly wrote this for an audience mostly unfamiliar with Auburn football. So forgive the explanation of the Iron Bowl, Punt, Bama, Punt, etc... and full disclosure, as they say - I helped Thom with some of the research for the book. Fuller disclosure: this is long, [...]
August 13, 2008
Secrets to Success! NFL Money! Motivation! Reach Your Full Potential! We’re Gonna Teach the Hell Out of You! In Your Mind!
By J.M. Comer
An uplifting summer seminar organized by Alabama Head Coach Nick Saban
Reach for that crystal trophy!
Do you want to reach your FULL POTENTIAL on the football field? Well, you’ve gotta get that first touchdown … in your MIND! Aiight? There is no depth chart. You are all FIRST TEAM players to me. But at [...]
July 27, 2008
That ain’t right.
Lots of hoopla, as it were, over Nike’s new ad campaign…
… which made me think of this recent tribute to Knowshon Moreno sent from Japan’s Chris Shelling Jr…
… which made me think of this already well-documented, possibly Canadian, and just ???? Bammer slam-campaign… [h/t/y/h/g/h/y/The Auburner]
(…. says Shelling Jr. “gosh bama fans are lame… i would [...]
July 14, 2008
Toomer’s Rumors and Boomers – 7.14.2008
The War Eagle Reader offers a roundup of interesting stories, questionable opinions and great comments from other team’s fans about the Auburn Tigers across the blogosphere. Also included is a roundup of news stories of interest for your afternoon reading and dissection.
News and Recruiting Roundup
Tide, Tigers battle for Georgia LB (Atlanta Journal-Constitution, July 14)
Mobile Press-Register [...]
July 11, 2008
Embarrassing Bama Loss Creates Jobs
But Auburn is going to force massive layoffs, massive… sorry
When ULM football upset Alabama last year, ULM’s bookstore was inundated by calls from Auburn fans, drunk with schadenfreude, looking to purchase merchandise commemorating the win. Now, fans across the country will be able to skip the middleman and go to a new Web site the [...]
