In Flanders Fields In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved, and were loved, and now [...]
Gabe made one hell of a catch yesterday…
Aubie graduated. And will not leave McAlister’s.
UPDATE 4:15: Apologies to all those who had planned their Friday evenings around this liveblog, but with first pitch now set for 5 p.m., I’m afraid I have to cancel. It would be fun, but plowing well into the dinner hour isn’t going to work for me. Sorry again, and big thanks to all those [...]
Perhaps the best testament to how fully Auburn fans have committed to the baseball team’s bandwagon (and how appealing the baseball team has made that bandwagon to begin with) is that the second edition of Big Cat Weekend, kicking off today*, still might be only the second-biggest story of the Memorial Day weekend. (And hey, [...]
Ah, the offseason. That magical time in the college football calendar when questions like “If USC is on the blunt end of the NCAA hammer and if as part of that hammering Reggie Bush is retroactively declared ineligible and USC is forced to vacate their 2004 wins and if that vacation triggers that new BCS [...]
It’s a bird…it’s a plane…it’s a baseball player…it’s a football player.
It took 12 innings, but it’s finished: Auburn has defeated South Carolina 3-1 to remain alive in the SEC Tournament. Small picture, Auburn advances to face the loser of today’s Ole Miss-Alabama matchup at 3 p.m. central tomorrow. Big picture, this more-or-less eliminates any chance that Auburn won’t be awarded their own home regional; you [...]
So last week, at their request, I penned a special guest entry for RollBamaRoll‘s “RBR Reading Room” series. I reviewed the book Braggin’ Rights: Alabama vs. Auburn by Bill Cromartie, and my post went live over there yesterday. I’d suggest clicking over, but if you want the short version: Braggin’ Rights is terrific as a [...]
Technically a Bama grad, but still…Dale Peterson! Full disclosure (or really, I guess, just talking about myself): my grandfather is a former Assistant Commissioner of Agriculture and Industry for Alabama. He gave a rip about Alabama.