Archive for ‘December, 2009’

Notes from the Beat: Hawthorne leaves, Cam Newton, etc.

Notes from the Beat: Hawthorne leaves, Cam Newton, etc.

Goodbye, Tim. Best of luck. The above screenshot is from Tim Hawthorne’s Twitter feed, after the news broke yesterday that Hawthorne has graduated and has left Auburn’s football team, effective immediately. Whatever else you want to read into Hawthorne’s tweets, this much is clear: he’s ready to move on. And honestly, who can blame him? [...]

The Iron Bowl recap, half the first

The Iron Bowl recap, half the first

It’s the Iron Bowl! On CBS! Spencer Tillman declares that Auburn doesn’t have enough depth to contain Mark Ingram.
Forget the SI cover: when Spencer Tillman speaks well of your chances, then you’re screwed.

Google surveys the recruits: Craig Sanders

Google surveys the recruits: Craig Sanders

In which a recruit’s name is plugged into Google and the bits of information that trickled out–guru ratings, newspaper profiles, YouTube highlights, all that stuff–are synthesized in the hopes of getting a clearer picture of the player we’ll see at Auburn next fall. Previously: Jessel Curry. No point in beating around the bush here: Sanders [...]

Lee Carpenter’s wonderful life

Lee Carpenter’s wonderful life

Former Auburn player Lee Carpenter reflects on life with ALS and his greatest game ever.

Krootin’: Roszell Gayden and Brandon Mosley committed, Sanders and Curry signed, etc.

Krootin’: Roszell Gayden and Brandon Mosley committed, Sanders and Curry signed, etc.

First, the big news. We think. There’s no story up yet right this second, but the folks at AuburnSports have moved OL Roszell Gayden into Auburn’s list of commitments and have his commitment status listed as a “solid verbal” to Auburn. Gayden is Rivals’s No. 11 JUCO and has offers from Oklahoma, Cal, Tennessee, and [...]

Plainslinks kills time

Plainslinks kills time

Big day. Beaver has your run-down on today’s expected recruiting developments. The real drama is with Ken Adams and especially Roszell Gayden; the latter would give Auburn four offensive line commitments, three four-star prospects, and a hell of a foundation to start building the 2011 line around. Fingers crossed. Until there’s some movement on this [...]

The Daily Believer: 12.16.09

<i>The Daily Believer</i>: 12.16.09

Deck the freakin’ halls, Fannin’s Diddy voice, S. College sex shop, Finebaum.com for $ale, Pat Dye’s ballin’ lodge, more to come.

Wager on Pascal

Wager on Pascal

It’s Pronounced Jordan

It’s Pronounced Jordan

“It’s pronounced Jordan,” Shug said. “Like the river.”

Notes from the Beat, 9/15

Notes from the Beat, 9/15

Auburn’s finally gone back to practice, and as a result we’ve got actual, you know, news to respond to. Which is cool. – First and foremost, it sounds to me like we’re on track to have Eltoro Freeman back for the bowl. He’s already practicing and this is what Chizik has to say about him: [...]

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