In which a recruit’s name is plugged into Google and the bits of information that trickle 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, Craig Sanders, Roszell Gayden, Brandon Mosley, Demetruce McNeal, Jake [...]
This week’s Offseason Topic Du Jour around the Auburn-Alabama beat:
Stadiums.
More specifically, the size of those stadiums. Even more specifically, the size of one stadium, viz. Tuscaloosa’s Bryant-Denny, as compared to the size of the second, viz. Auburn’s Jordan-Hare.
By popular demand?!? The only way the Bob Bradley era could end, really. Expectations met, but opportunities missed. Acceptable-to-excellent results (they did win the group, after all), but the nagging feeling they had little to do with the coach in charge. Solid in-game adjustments, but only to repair inexcusable starting lineup decisions. Excepting only the [...]
Just a quick handful of links for you: It might be so good we’re going to call it the “Primary.” The offensive line and wide receiver are so 2010. What’s really “in” for Auburn recruiting these days is the secondary. They’ve already got a high-upside safety prospect committed in Anthony Swain, lead solidly for two [...]
Question answered. Ever since Courtney Denson signed to give Auburn 14 basketball players and 13 basketball scholarships, your humble Auburn blogger has been wondering how Tony Barbee was going to make–or (hopefully) more accurately, had already made–13+1 = 13. Over the weekend, we found out: Power forward Heath Houston, a former Auburn signee, was released [...]
That’s right, folks, your favorite air-injected, chemically-enhanced, unnaturally-orange Auburn football opponent preview series is back for another year, one that I swear is going to make it past Week 8 this time. For newish readers: this is a week-by-week preview of Auburn’s 2010 opponents. But since you can find straightforward overviews in a half-dozen magazines [...]
“Yeah, I played tight end and defensive end.”
So I’m looking over Andy Bitter’s rundown of SEC nonconference schedules and shaking my head, the way I always do when SEC nonconference schedules are discussed. Bitter’s points-and-tiers approach is thought-provoking, but the bottom line is that only four SEC teams–Georgia, Florida, LSU, and brave Vandy–adopted something other than the “one real opponent, three victories” [...]
“Nothing more satisfying than seeing a shirt you made at the bar.”
