Plain Trouble on "Da Plains" (all AU posts here)

AUDub · Apr 25, 2018

So back to football. We just got a big time GT from UMass. 6'5 300 pound Jack Driscoll. Graded as the 2nd best returning Go5 tackle going into next season. Has 2 to play 2. Can play anywhere on the line. Suddenly feel a lot better about our OL depth.

AUDub · Apr 25, 2018

4Q Basket Case said:
The 2017 Iron Bowl has to be the most hollow drubbing Auburn has ever administered to Alabama.

It was a whipping, no doubt. But they followed it up with a performance in the SECCG at least as bad as the Alabama game was good.

Then followed that up with a lackluster game and loss to Central Florida, ending the season with 4 losses.

And followed that up by watching Alabama beat the team they lost to in the SECCG, winning the national championship in the process.

They invest so much emotion and effort into beating Alabama that it costs them winning championships. So long as that continues, we know what their true aspirations are, and aren't.

The end of last season was college football hell, baw.

RTR91 · Apr 25, 2018

CrimsonForce said:
I don't really have a problem with the rings existing but I wouldn't be parading around SEC West championship rings if my team then lost the SEC championship game and then lost to a lower division team in a bowl game and ended up with 4 losses. It's just bad optics considering how the season ended for AU. If Bama were in the same situation I'd be embarrassed if anyone officially associated with the university were showing these off like they were some big accomplishment. I'm sure some AU fans feel the same way..

This. This. This.

Granted, social media was not nearly as popular in 2008 as it is today, but I don't recall any publicizing on UA's behalf of the 2008 West rings.

4Q Basket Case said:
The 2017 Iron Bowl has to be the most hollow drubbing Auburn has ever administered to Alabama.

It was a whipping, no doubt. But they followed it up with a performance in the SECCG at least as bad as the Alabama game was good.

Then followed that up with a lackluster game and loss to Central Florida, ending the season with 4 losses.

And followed that up by watching Alabama beat the team they lost to in the SECCG, winning the national championship in the process.

They invest so much emotion and effort into beating Alabama that it costs them winning championships. So long as that continues, we know what their true aspirations are, and aren't.

Something about that game that continues to go unmentioned by UCF fans and media members is the injuries Auburn had. Best DB on the team was absent. Kerryon wasn't 100%. OL was a wreck.

Should they have lost to UCF? No way.

But some across the nation act like UCF beat the same Auburn team that beat Georgia by 20+.

Elefantman · Apr 25, 2018

RTR91 said:
This. This. This.

Granted, social media was not nearly as popular in 2008 as it is today, but I don't recall any publicizing on UA's behalf of the 2008 West rings.

Something about that game that continues to go unmentioned by UCF fans and media members is the injuries Auburn had. Best DB on the team was absent. Kerryon wasn't 100%. OL was a wreck.

Should they have lost to UCF? No way.

But some across the nation act like UCF beat the same Auburn team that beat Georgia by 20+.

If Awbarn had known that they were playing UCF for the NC I'm sure they would have performed much better than they did. Great job by UCF keeping the NC implications to what appeared to be a meaningless bowl game secret for so long.

CrimsonForce · Apr 30, 2018

Gus gonna ride this for all it’s worth [emoji58]

BamaHoHo · Apr 30, 2018

CrimsonForce said:
Gus gonna ride this for all it’s worth [emoji58]

I hope he and Auburn ride that bus for a long time.

MobileCrimson · Apr 30, 2018

Re: Plain Trouble on "Da Plains" (all AU posts here)

CrimsonForce said:
Gus gonna ride this for all it’s worth [emoji58]

It's strange that an SEC head coach has such a loser mentality. Does he also have a shirt for the 2013 runner up national championship?

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bamacpa · May 1, 2018

In 2008, Saban and Bama were climbing, climbing up from a fairly low spot. The preceding year had been promising until a losing streak left us with a mediocre record. We had no recent success to speak of at that time so we looked to mark progress. 2017 Auburn still has the memory of 2013 somewhat fresh as the recent highwater mark and is the 5th year for Gus, a point in time where expectations are much higher generally than year 2. And I do like to point out that 2017 included a come from ahead loss to Ed Orgeron, a fairly rare accomplishment in itself. I think it's more odd to celebrate a stepping stone in year 5 than in year 2.The golf shirt is nice touch, good to see Gus aul in like that.

AUDub said:
So it's different because... reasons?

Isaiah 63:1 · May 1, 2018

RTR91 said:
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I can’t help thinking of a Zach Galafianakis line from The Hangover: “It’s not illegal; it’s frowned upon...”

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B1GTide · May 1, 2018

Just seems to me like they needed to award themselves for something and this is all they had left after losing their last 2 games. It is a participation trophy for playing in the SECCG and losing.

crimsonaudio · May 1, 2018

CrimsonForce said:
Gus gonna ride this for all it’s worth [emoji58]

He's got 49 million reasons to milk it.

Tideflyer · May 1, 2018

If memory serves, Gus just got an extension/raise (?). Even so, with the way last season ended in such a thud, Is he on any semblance of a hot seat? Even warm ? Oh wait, as I type this, I realized the answer to my question. They beat Georgia ( at least did so once, anyway ) and us in the same year. Never mind.

RTR91 · May 1, 2018

Tideflyer said:
If memory serves, Gus just got an extension/raise (?). Even so, with the way last season ended in such a thud, Is he on any semblance of a hot seat? Even warm ? Oh wait, as I type this, I realized the answer to my question. They beat Georgia ( at least did so once, anyway ) and us in the same year. Never mind.

He signed a $49 million contract for the next 7 years (75% guaranteed). He's not anywhere near a hot seat.

TomFromBama · May 1, 2018

Tideflyer said:
If memory serves, Gus just got an extension/raise (?). Even so, with the way last season ended in such a thud, Is he on any semblance of a hot seat? Even warm ? Oh wait, as I type this, I realized the answer to my question. They beat Georgia ( at least did so once, anyway ) and us in the same year. Never mind.

Just my opinion, but I think Gus is probably in the top 4 or 5 among SEC HC’s in terms of “Job Security” as things stand now.

And even though we crapped the bed against them in November, I hope Gus is the boog coach FOREVER. He’s good enough to keep the boogs happy most of the time (which keeps the booster checkbooks in their pockets) But NOT good enough to dominate. Even in the next era of Alabama football (which I hope is still years away) he won’t “own” the State.

Funny thing is, had the roles been reversed, and Gus lost to UA but somehow won the NC, Gus would be LESS secure in his job than he is now. That’s how nutty that bunch is!

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edwd58 · Jun 4, 2018

A very good article on the mess that became Auburn softball under the Myers clan.

http://www.espn.com/espnw/voices/ar...all-joy-surface-obscured-darker-truths-within

pastorbt · Jun 5, 2018

edwd58 said:
A very good article on the mess that became Auburn softball under the Myers clan.

http://www.espn.com/espnw/voices/ar...all-joy-surface-obscured-darker-truths-within

Wow! Not a good wow...but a sad wow...not for the Myers clan or the auburn clan....but for the girls.

Padreruf · Jun 5, 2018

Just saw that the new AD fired 6 administrators...after extending the contract of Bruce Pearl who refused to talk to his own leadership.

Some things are just incomprehensible...

bamamc1 · Jun 5, 2018

pastorbt said:
Wow! Not a good wow...but a sad wow...not for the Myers clan or the auburn clan....but for the girls.

If it's even possible, this will turn out to be the worst hire of Jay Jacobs career and that's saying a mouth full right there. They better get ready for the lawsuits to rain down from above.

TomFromBama · Jun 5, 2018

Padreruf said:
Just saw that the new AD fired 6 administrators...after extending the contract of Bruce Pearl who refused to talk to his own leadership.

Some things are just incomprehensible...

The sad truth over there with that SICK bunch, is that they'd hire Harvey Weinstein to coach there, AND they'd extend his contract IF he could beat "You Know Who".

The culture there is THAT warped.

bamamc1 said:
If it's even possible, this will turn out to be the worst hire of Jay Jacobs career and that's saying a mouth full right there. They better get ready for the lawsuits to rain down from above.

Couldn't happen to a More DESERVING bunch.

bamamc1 · Jun 5, 2018

TomFromBama said:
The sad truth over there with that SICK bunch, is that they'd hire Harvey Weinstein to coach there, AND they'd extend his contract IF he could beat "You Know Who".

The culture there is THAT warped.

Couldn't happen to a More DESERVING bunch.

Now UF has hired Jacobs. The #metoo movement must have not made it down there yet.

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