Tenth in WBE’s season preview series. Previously, the offense: QBs, RBs, the OL, and WRs. The defense: the DL, LBs. The special teams. Also: expectations, and the SEC. THE CAST The Starters: CBs Neiko Thorpe (6’2″, 186, Jr.), Demond Washington (5’9″, 182, Sr.); S’s Zac Etheridge (6’0″, 213, Sr.), Aairon Savage (5’11″, 200, Sr.) The [...]
By the time a recruiting cycle ends, and certain recruits that were locks have gone places they weren’t supposed to and certain studs have wound up looking far less studly and Recruit X’s signing has made former must-get Recruit Y superfluous, there’s always going to be an avalanche of ironies. Fans get so excited about whatever shiny four-star gets dangled in front of them that there almost have to be.
One of the biggest of the 2010 cycle for Auburn: Michael Dyer was a bonus.
Ninth in WBE’s season preview series. Previously, the offense: QBs, RBs, the OL, and WRs. The defense: the DL, LBs. Also: expectations, and the SEC. THE CAST The Starters: PK/KS Wes Byrum (6’2″, 216, Sr.); P Ryan Shoemaker (6’0″, 177, Sr.); KR Demond Washington (5’9″, 182, Sr.), Onterio McCalebb (5’10″, 171, So.); PR Quindarius Carr [...]
A week-by-week preview of Auburn’s 2010 opponents. But since you can find straightforward overviews in a half-dozen magazines and a ton of places across the web, these are a little more … disposable. Light. Cheese-puffy. Previously: Arkansas St., Mississippi St., Clemson, South Carolina, UL-Monroe, Kentucky, Arkansas, LSU, Ole Miss. Presenting: Georgia! (I was going to [...]
I’ve tried to keep the content churning here at the blog the last week or so, but if you’ve read it all (twice!) and are desperate for even more from your humble Auburn Blogger … really? I’m flattered! But seriously, I’ve answered the Q&A call at a couple of other places this week, and if [...]
Eighth in WBE’s season preview series. Previously, the offense: the QBs, the RBs, the OL, and the WRs. Defense: the DL. Also: expectations, and the SEC. THE CAST The Starters: LLB Craig Stevens (6’4″, 229, Sr.), MLB Josh Bynes (6’2″, 235, Sr.), RLB Daren Bates (5’11″, 203, So.) The Backups: Jonathan Evans (5’11″, 230, So.), [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
I realized a little bit into my “Notes from the Beat” post that I had way, way too many links to lump any significant portion of them into that post and still it keep it at a manageable length. (Not that that’s ever been a substantial concern of mine, of course, but I do try [...]
