Archive for the ‘The Peanut Gallery’ Category
by: Chizad
A month ago, Jeff Lebo’s position as head Auburn basketball coach appeared to be in jeopardy. Many Auburn fans had set the ultimatum that if he didn’t make it to the NCAA tournament this year, he needed to pack it up.
Little did we know, the selection committee would take this whole “The SEC is weak this year” concept and run with it to the extreme. So much so that apparently this year a team ranked second in their division of a major NCAA conference with 20 wins (and counting) is not only not being talked about as one of the 65 teams making it into the tournament, it’s considered ridiculous to discuss them as one of approximately 30 bubble teams.
Ranked by The Prowler with hot linked visual aids.
6 Grillz and a Pimp Cup (Top Prospect at their position HS, JUCO, or Prep):
Onterrio McCalebb, RB
Eltoro Freeman, LB
Demond Washington, CB
6 Grillz (Top Five Prospect at their Position):
Tyrik Rollison, QB
DeAngelo Benton, WR
Phillip Lutzenkirchen, TE
Taikwon Paige, DB
5 Grillz:
Clint Moseley, QB
Dontae Aycock, RB
Brandon Jacobs, RB/LB
Emory Blake, WR
LaVoyd James, WR
Travante Stallworth, WR
Donald Ford, DE/LB
Nosa Eguae, DE
Nick Fairley, DT
Jamar Travis, DT
Reggie Taylor, CB
I always thought I should be treated like a star.
By: Tiger Wench
The buzz of the audience quieted and then was silenced as he took a seat at the table. The only sounds were the clicking of cameras and the rustle of cameramen jockeying for a better angle. As he adjusted the microphone, and cleared his throat, grown men shifted nervously in their chairs, fingers poised over their laptop keyboards. As he began to speak, the tension in the room was palpable. Had a decision finally been reached? What would it be? Lives, careers, fates hung in the balance. Stomachs clenched, foreheads beaded with sweat, nerves taut, the audience strained to hear the words they came for. Just say it already, dammit…!!!
Chizik and his newly assembled staff
By: AuburnChopper1
This weekend marks the fourth weekend, and possibly the most important of Gene Chizik’s young tenure as Auburn University’s Head Football Coach. It’s his first official visit weekend for recruits on campus. Listening to the talking heads on radio, television and in print, you just had to know that Coach Chizik would be a one year, or two year anomaly, and then Auburn would once again be moving on to supposedly newer, greener pastures. I mean, come on now, a Head Coach that had only managed a meager 5 and 19 record at Big Twelve juggernaut, Iowa State? Auburn’s fan base was split, and passionately debated the hire from a much maligned and scrutinized Athletic Director, Jay Jacobs, and his hiring process that had taken seemingly months, and not the few weeks that actually passed.
By: Chizad
When I heard the news on Saturday morning that Auburn had chosen Gene Chizik as its next head coach, I was devastated. How could we have let a future legend like Tuberville go due to a 5 win season, and then replace him with a guy who has a 5 win career as head coach?
This was bad. This was as devastating and catastrophic as September 11th or Pearl Harbor.
I mean…scratch that. A little over the top? Of course it is. What kind of insensitive prick would compare college football to those horrific events in American history? A comment like that could only come from a soulless heartless bastard of epic proportions.
By: wesfau2
Gene Chizik? Really?
What happened to Turner Gill? Gary Patterson? Bueller? Bueller?
Auburn fans were hoping for a “splash” hire. We needed to wow some people after firing a coach who had given an undefeated season and more wins than 90% of his peers in the last half of his decade of service to Auburn. If you’re tossing aside (or allowing to resign, you pick the version of the story that fits your own prejudices) a coach of Tuberville’s caliber, then you should have lined up your replacement and prepared for a smooth transition.
