Comments on: Reminiscin’ in high Cotton

By: The Gameday post, Ole Miss | The War Eagle Reader

The Gameday post, Ole Miss | The War Eagle Reader — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:11:27 +0000

[...] content here at TWER: on the occasion of Ray Cotton’s team returning to the Plains, J.M. looks back at the Friday night he caught both Tubby and the one-time potential QB savior in action; Jeremy has an awesome gallery of shots from the [...]

By: The Daily Believer: 10.28.09 | The War Eagle Reader

The Daily Believer: 10.28.09 | The War Eagle Reader — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:00:58 +0000

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By: AuburnAlum05

AuburnAlum05 — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:51:37 +0000

The night I saw him he was under constant pressure (his line was not the best) and he threw a few interceptions trying to make plays and not get sacked. He threw his share of touchdowns too and there was no doubt that the physical tools were there. But the interceptions gave me concern because I knew he would need a good QB coach and I did not think we had that with Ensminger. But I held out hope that some post season assistant house cleaning would take care of that. We’ll see what the Rebels staff can do.

By: J.M.

J.M. — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:30:15 +0000

AuburnAlumo5,
I experienced the same thing! Meade High School folks were thinking we were scouts since we were near Tubs and Co. I assure you, I do not look the part.
Cotton Sr. was by himself at the top of the bleachers that night. He was the proud dad. It was cool to see.
I did a horrible job and didn’t finish my thought when I said “Cotton could very well be a bust.” He could also very well be a football superstar. We just don’t know how things will turn out. And I’m with you about wishing for the best for him at Ole Miss. But I think we landed the better QB in the end.

By: AuburnAlum05

AuburnAlum05 — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:30:27 +0000

I went up a few weeks later for Cotton’s last high school game. I went with some coworkers and we dressed in our Auburn gear and cheered when Cotton made big plays. Some of the parents thought we were scouts and yelled at us, “Hey, my boy can play. Check out number _ _.” You would have thought our Auburn shakers would have tipped them off to who we really were. His dad came down and introduced himself and he was a really nice man. And he introduced us to Ray, who was likewise polite. I hate he didn’t come to The Plains in the end, but I don’t blame him either. He stuck through a lot and in the end it was just too much turmoil. I wish him well and hope he does good, just not against the Orange and Blue. WAR EAGLE!