5.27.2008
5.23.2008
Bammer of the Week (Part II)
Ian Fitzsimmons of WJOX's The Roundtable had a warrant issued for his arrest because of bad checks written in the nineties. Guess we'll be hearing twice as many Cafe Lazio commercials for a while until this Bammer can pay off his fine.
Bammer(s) of the Week
Thanks, gr82bAnAUTiger. This is a bunch of Bammers, apparently in some kind of concrete bunker, watching a game, cussin', holding babies and smoking at the same time.
5.22.2008
ESPN Ranks Top Teams, Players and Moments of BCS Era
So much for the ESPN bias against Auburn as they tab the 2004 Tigers as the best SEC team of the BCS era.http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3406757
5.21.2008
5.20.2008
Ivan Maisel Article About Coach Tommy Tuberville
Ivan Maisel will accompany Auburn's Tommy Tuberville, Georgia's Mark Richt, Miami's Randy Shannon, Notre Dame's Charlie Weis and Yale's Jack Siedlecki on the coaches' tour of the Middle East. He will update this trip diary regularly starting on Tuesday and will take a deeper look at the journey beginning May 27.http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/columns/story?id=3405133
Photograph by Todd Van Emst
5.19.2008
5.15.2008
Bammer of the Week
My little brother graduated from SPUAT this past weekend (I am proud of him) and this was an interesting experience to say the least. And know that I represented Auburn well with a navy suit and an orange tie.
Here are some of the highlights...
1) Three Bear Bryant references during the ceremony. Can they go one day without talking about him? He's been dead for over 25 years;
2) Alumni Association president listed last year's A-Day game sellout as one of the accomplishments of this graduating class. I don't even have a smart-assed comment here, they don't need any help;
3) He also mentioned that enrollment at SPUAT is higher than ever. My girlfriend, who works at another university's undergraduate admission's office, said it was because they have lowered their admissions standards. Guess he forgot to mention that during his speech;
4) I heard at least four "Roll Tahds" bleated during the ceremony;
5) The guy stating people's names as they crossed the stage had to stop at least twice because of how rude people were, they were yelling "Skee-wee" or "Roll Tahd" or whatever else as the poor person's name afterwards was drowned out. He started by asking people to please refrain from yelling, though Bammers aren't smart enough to listen. I actually felt bad for some of the poor kids;
6) Amidst all of this, one person stood out, this poor sap who fell asleep during the ceremony. Of course he had on a ratty ol' SPUAT cap, crimson polo and boogie chain. The girl sitting next to him had to nudge him awake when she needed to leave her seat. It took him a while but he finally budged (from dreaming about Sa6an I'm sure). He was asleep for at least thirty minutes.
Here are some of the highlights...
1) Three Bear Bryant references during the ceremony. Can they go one day without talking about him? He's been dead for over 25 years;
2) Alumni Association president listed last year's A-Day game sellout as one of the accomplishments of this graduating class. I don't even have a smart-assed comment here, they don't need any help;
3) He also mentioned that enrollment at SPUAT is higher than ever. My girlfriend, who works at another university's undergraduate admission's office, said it was because they have lowered their admissions standards. Guess he forgot to mention that during his speech;
4) I heard at least four "Roll Tahds" bleated during the ceremony;
5) The guy stating people's names as they crossed the stage had to stop at least twice because of how rude people were, they were yelling "Skee-wee" or "Roll Tahd" or whatever else as the poor person's name afterwards was drowned out. He started by asking people to please refrain from yelling, though Bammers aren't smart enough to listen. I actually felt bad for some of the poor kids;
6) Amidst all of this, one person stood out, this poor sap who fell asleep during the ceremony. Of course he had on a ratty ol' SPUAT cap, crimson polo and boogie chain. The girl sitting next to him had to nudge him awake when she needed to leave her seat. It took him a while but he finally budged (from dreaming about Sa6an I'm sure). He was asleep for at least thirty minutes.
5.13.2008
Make Up Your Mind!
http://www.al.com/sports/press-register/pfinebaum.ssf?/base/sports/1210670129176610.xml&coll=3This guy kills me. It's one week, Auburn sucks, the next, they're great. He's leaning towards the latter in this article but he still manages to take some veiled shots at Tuberville and Auburn. Some things never change.
5.12.2008
USC In Deep Again (If The NCAA Wants Them To Be)
If you didn't see ESPN Outside the Lines this past weekend, it has been alleged that USC basketball player, O.J. Mayo, has been accepting extra benefits for years in exchange for a verbal agreement to sign with BDA Sports Management upon declaring professional. Which Mayo did after foregoing his eligibility after this past basketball season.
Here's an article by Pat Forde about the lack of institutional control at USC along with links to the OTL show, etc.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&id=3390757&sportCat=ncb
TNT's Inside the NBA Highlights From the Past Week
Ernie Johnson tricks Chuck into saying he's a dumbass on TV...
Also, last night the TNT crew went barefoot to raise awareness and shoes for this charity that donates new shoes to impoverished youth overseas. Though we could have done without seeing Barkley's toes painted red from his pedicure.
http://www.samaritansfeet.org/
Also, last night the TNT crew went barefoot to raise awareness and shoes for this charity that donates new shoes to impoverished youth overseas. Though we could have done without seeing Barkley's toes painted red from his pedicure.
http://www.samaritansfeet.org/
5.02.2008
5.01.2008
Start Making Plans, Bammers
The NCAA approved today the SEC's affiliation with the Papajohns.com Bowl, creating an SEC-Big East postseason football game next season in Birmingham and ending Conference USA's two-year relationship with the game. The NCAA certified two new bowls: the ESPN-owned St. Petersburg Bowl in St. Petersburg, Fla., and the Congressional Bowl in Washington D.C. Conference USA goes to the St. Petersburg Bowl to play a Big East team. The Papajohns.com Bowl's addition of the SEC was contingent on the St. Petersburg Bowl being approved. The Southeastern Conference will now have nine automatic bowl slots for its 12 teams. The Big East will have seven for its eight teams, and Conference USA will have six for its 12 teams.
4.30.2008
'Bama Is Not Back
As you well know, SPUAT was not included among the 252 selections in this year's NFL draft. It was the first time Alabama has been shut out since 1970, the year the American Football League officially joined the NFL.Some of the schools that had players drafted include, Bentley, Wheaton, Army, Division III Mount Union, Washburn, Gardner Webb, and Montana. Not SPUAT.
Some delusional Bammer quotes from the weekend...
"We're just really confused," offensive lineman Justin Britt said. "I mean, this doesn't make any sense."
No, Justin, it does. If you're good enough the NFL knows it and will draft you. If you're not, they won't.
"I was very surprised," defensive lineman Wallace Gilberry said, "just for the simple fact that me, DJ and Simeon were by far better than half the guys that were chosen in front of us, if not all of them."
Hopefully in a couple of months when Gilberry's NFL career is over no team hires him as a scout because if it were up to him, he, DJ Hall and Simeon Castille would have been the first three picks of the draft.
Pre-draft analysis of DJ Hall that appeared on NFL.com: "Even if there is a $100 bill in the middle of the field with his name on it, he will not be found in that area. He looks like Tarzan but plays like Jane."
Maybe he won't go after a $100 bill but I bet he would if it was $100 worth of the stickiest of the icky.
"I guess the NFL people didn't see what 92,000 Alabama fans saw every week," Hall's agent Ed Rowan said. "I can't explain it."
So he thinks Bammers can critically evaluate their players? Puh-leaze. Were these Bammers at the Louisiana-Monroe game?
"I've never seen anything like this," receiver Matt Caddell said. "I was just looking for the first Bama guy. I was most surprised about DJ and Gilberry. I was kind of shocked they didn't get drafted."
Sorry, Matt, going 6-6 every year, playing in the Independence Bowl, and not working hard after your last season isn't what the NFL is looking for. Hate to break it to ya.
"A lot of people were blowing a lot of smoke, crying wolf, so I was kind of glad I didn't get drafted once it got past the sixth round," Gilberry said.
Complete bullbammer, every player wants to get drafted.
"I almost got drafted," Britt said, "but I couldn't believe Wallace and DJ and Simeon didn't get drafted. It doesn't make any sense at all. A lot of these guys going in their same position, and I just don't think they can match up with these guys I've been playing with for four years."
Yeah, almost, and SPUAT almost won the 2005 Iron Bowl.
"Just because a guy isn't taken in the first round or those early rounds," Simeon Castille said last week, "it doesn't mean that he can't have an awesome impact in the NFL."
If anyone can fine the percentages of undrafted free agents that make it, we'd like to know but I'm sure it's not good.
Melick's Cold Sore & Scarbinsky Talk About SPUAT In The NFL Draft (or lack therof)
| Tide blanked in the NFL draft |
4.29.2008
2008 Spring Game Attendance Numbers
Congratulations to the Nebraska Cornhuskers on winning the spring game attendance national championship over last year's winner SPUAT. Since SPUAT didn't win their 2nd in a row, what are they going to do with all of the "Got 2?" shirts they printed up to sell at the outdoor flea market that is Bryant-Denny Stadium this fall?
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