Hey, remember this series? No. 5 was Deangelo Benton, No. 4 the safety contingent. As a playwright wrote once: attention must be paid. Must be. The first picture is of senior center Ryan Pugh. The second, senior left tackle Lee Ziemba. Between them, they have started 59 straight games. They have won All-Freshman honors, All-SEC […]
Archives for August 2010
“I’ll Be Your Peyton Manning”: David Irons threatens legal action against alligators
Depth chart released, try to remain calm
Andrew Gribble just posted Auburn’s depth chart under the heading “Auburn releases depth chart, doesn’t surprise anyone with anything,” and while that’s a slight exaggeration, it ain’t that far off, either. If you and I had sat down and drawn out what we expected Auburn’s two-deep to look like, we wouldn’t have been more than […]
2010 A-U Pre-view: the DL
Seventh in WBE’s season preview series. Previously, the offense: the QBs, the RBs, the OL, and the WRs. Also: expectations, and the SEC. THE CAST The Starters: DEs Antoine Carter (6’4″, 256, Sr.) at “quick” and Michael Goggans (6’3″, 261, Sr.) at “power”; DTs Mike Blanc (6’4″, 297, Sr.), Zach Clayton (6’3″, 296, Sr.) and/or […]
Bo Had Better Commercials: an interview with Michael Weinreb
Auburn fans think of Bo Jackson as the embodiment of everything great about the 1980s.
Thanks to Michael Weinreb, we know we’re not alone.
In his latest great book Bigger Than The Game, Weinreb traces the birth of the modern athlete to the Year Of Our Bo, 1986, when Reagan was referee, the Bears were rappers, and cocaine as innocuous as Big League Chew.