Recent content by trample-em

Some other posts have talked about challenges that Saban had in his first year with players not buying into his system, and I think he even talked about that publicly. I know we are talking two different sports here, and perhaps bad apples on a football team can be overcome by larger numbers of...

Heading to T-town shortly for the Arkansas game. Hoping to come home with a smile, and a hoarse voice. RTR.

Eyeshade, you were worried about AJ before this game. He was making progress, you said, but in his first full season - and it has been as pressure packed a rookie season as any QB could have - he still had things to learn, things upon which to improve, etc. I also wonder if this game showed how...

Hey surfer, I like what you just said. I also have always the Coach Bryant quote. Here's another quote from a great Alabamian who was never known for her skill in sports, but for her successful struggle to lead an inspiring, productive meaningful life. Serves as a reminder of the way tough times...

I think the NIT final showed areas where we need to improve, and the previous posts have pointed those out, but the success of this season has me hoping we're at the start of a long run where we are dominant or nearly so in football, and competitive and sometimes dominant in hoops. We've been...

I know we still have a way to go, but isn't it great to be excited about our basketball team? Just watching folks get to their feet in the video gave me goose bumps.

I'm as excited as I have been in years about the talent, toughness and the winning ways that Coach Grant has brought to Tuscaloosa. You can pick up on the excitement during the radio broadcasts!

Well put, my man. I would like to think that Coach Saban has put us in a position to compete and win most every game. That does not mean he and his staff won't get outcoached or tricked from time to time. (That fourth down call that Les Miles made in Baton Rouge is a prime example.) And, of...

That says it. And as Buzzard said about Saban, "He's human. He's not Jesus."

We may be able to hold our own with LSU - and I know we should never look beyond the next game - but that young man at QB for Auburn has yet to run up against anybody who can stop him. I thought LSU might have a shot, with their defensive speed, but then I saw Newton outrun Patrick Peterson in...

I would agree with Capnfrog. So many things have gone wrong for the Vols (not that I feel sorry for them, mind you) that you wonder if the football gods are about to give them a moment of redemption. Not that any of this has anything to do with it, but Derek Dooley's dad won the second time he...

I said this in a stand-alone post which might be hard to understand, but now I can say it in the proper context - You rock, brother. Got a question for you: Have you washed the shirt yet? If you haven't, you might as well wait until Mark graduates. Gotta keep that mojo working.

Keep rockin,' CM. One question: Have you washed the shirt yet? If you haven't, perhaps you shouldn't, or wait until Mark graduates.

Folks, I have to mention a critical element that helped produce some of those cracks in Ryan Mallet's glass jaw, and I have yet to see it mentioned in any analysis of the game. I was in Seattle a few weeks back, seeing two longtime friends who moved there years ago from Anniston. Husband is a...

I would agree with you, eyeshade. It's early yet, but Auburn seems to be internalizing that ability to surge in the second half. I thought that last year, Jordan Jefferson appeared to be the fastest QB we saw during the SEC regular session, but he is Wylie Coyote compared to that roadrunner...