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 [...]
I don’t know what this is, where it came from, or whether whoever made it intended a saintly aesthetic. But I dig it.
Careful, SEC fans. I know it will be sorely, sorely tempting to bring the scourge of vuvuzelas into our hallowed stadiums now that they’ve got the official OK–they’re fun, they’re loud, they’ve got a certain cheap-yet-exotic cachet thanks to the World Cup, like Japanese candy, yes I wish I had an burnt-orange-and-navy-blue one to blow [...]
Terrell Zachery captures the victim of a Kevin Yoxall Summer Workout on his cellphone.
When told that Jimmy Buffett was famous, the manager replied “Uh-uh. This guy was a bum.”
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 [...]
Relatively speaking, a completed hail mary in football is an uncomplicated thing. Yeah, there’s lots of guys running around hither and thither, but only two of them ever touch the ball: the quarterback, the receiver. The ball is in the air, and then it either hits the ground or nestles in the receiver’s hands. Simple. [...]
Dr. Gustav goes viral. There’s a good chance you may have seen this already. If not, prepare for nine-plus minutes of pure tactical football pornography: So thrilling is that video–even for people who aren’t Auburn fans–that it’s popped up at Smart Football and again at the Sporting Blog, where Brian Cook calls Auburn “one of [...]
Picking up where we left off yesterday … Week 7: vs. Arkansas. We’ve talked about the Hogs at length already. Are they going to be better? Yes, yes they will. Mallett will be Mallett. Those receivers are damn good. The defense can’t possibly be so bad again. Four starters are back on the offensive line. [...]
So I heard this rumor, I don’t know if it’s true, but I have reliable sources, that it’s already late June and there’s fewer than 75 days until the start of college football season. It sounds too crazy to be accurate, but I thought I’d pass it along. I also thought, just in case, it [...]