… and some other angles from the Bama beat writer for the Decatur Daily.

This is gonna be fast, because it’s Friday afternoon. But there’s too much that needs passin’ on to wait until Monday, so:
Take that, you stupid Achilles. As expected, Aairon Savage has been granted his sixth year of eligibility by the NCAA after his back-to-back season-ending injuries. It very much remains to be seen if Savage [...]

Let’s start right here: I don’t feel good about Auburn keeping Shon Coleman. Obviously anything can happen between now and Wednesday, and there still seems to be plenty of (reasonably well-founded) optimism from certain Auburn corners … but ‘Bama optimism is rampant right now, and not just from their fans: when the guys on their [...]

Ole Miss 84, Auburn men 74
I thought Auburn might draw a decent crowd at Beard-Eaves last night. Crazy-sounding, I know, but the Rebels came in ranked 18th in the country, for a nationally-televised (such as “nationally televised” is when it means ESPNU) pivotal game, on a Thursday night when I can’t imagine that there’s that [...]

Renée Zellweger, over-the-top Minnesota accents, and a ruggedly-handsome Auburn-grad.

Figuring out the “best” football game out of a selection of football games is nearly impossible. Is it the one with the highest quality of play? The most unbelievable ending? The greatest impact on the programs? The most memorable because it was freezing or the parachutist missed the field or (totally hypothetical example) the old gymnastics barn next-door burned to the ground mid-game? The one with the greatest emotional catharsis?

Amid the ads for Old Spice and Elvis movies is an extraordinary-for-the-times review.

Come watch Auburn hoops with Jerry, J.M., Ben, and a bunch of your best TWER friends. Blogging now!

So I’m like two-plus weeks late on this, I know, but I’d still like to take the time to thank Sports Illustrated for this:

Yes, that’s right, thank them. I love this cover. I know that puts me in the kind of minority amongst Auburn fans usually reserved for African-Americans in the NHL, and not without [...]

All of a sudden, Auburn was the center of the South’s musical map.