Theodore Roethke once said that bad poets imitate, and good poets steal. While the same doesn’t necessarily hold true for bloggers, since this post is mostly a series of short poems I feel like this makes it OK to steal a tradition from my friends at MGoBlog, where each senior is commemorated on Senior Day [...]
The rivalry runs so deep because it has somehow become existential.
Since I started this bloggin’ thing way back in early 2006, yours truly and leading ‘Bama blog RollBamaRoll have not always seen perfectly eye-to-eye. Them being Tide fans and me being an Auburn fan, specifically one that believes Nick Saban slits the throat of cheetah kittens for fun, that’s the sort of thing that happens. [...]
It’s Wednesday, and in this strangest of all Iron Bowl weeks that means we’ve already reached de facto Gameday Eve. And on Gameday Eve, it’s been WBE’s habit to preview Auburn’s upcoming opponent in statistical detail, probing the numbers for weaknesses, insights, advantages, etc. I’m not doing that this week. Because the stats show what [...]
Remembering the spiritual Flubber gas of an Auburn miracle.
Despite the fact that it makes it only more likely that Alabama will claim their first-ever Heisman Trophy, yes, I’m happy about this: Why? Because I am a believer in the SI cover jinx. Not because of some mystical evil huju-juju voodoo the cover exerts, of course. That’s stupid. But what’s not stupid is pointing [...]
From the Nov. 23, 1989 edition of The Auburn Plainsman:
THIRD QUARTER – If you missed “half the first,” we’re watching this on ESPN Classic, and because the WWL has more poker reruns to squeeze into the schedule they skip past the Auburn drive that led to a short Al Del Greco field goal, cutting the Tide’s four-point halftime lead to 14-13. We pick back [...]
1. Alabama. So I heard this rumor, Nick Saban oversees a human trafficking ring out of Haiti, don’t know if it’s true but the source is reliable just saying that’s what I heard. 2. Florida. LSU is the best team this team has beaten. Think about that. 3. Ole Miss. Miles’ cranial collapse shouldn’t obscure [...]
