Yes, Aggy, You Can Post Legitimately In The 2012-2013 SEC Thread

[dirk4mvp]

Ole Miss doesn't suck, or at least we're not the worst team in the west anymore (thanks auburn and arkansas). It was a good win against a young team and terrible quarterbacks.

[symple19]

Ole Miss doesn't suck, or at least we're not the worst team in the west anymore (thanks auburn and arkansas). It was a good win against a young team and terrible quarterbacks.

This is going to be a first for me, but I really want you guys to murder AU on saturday to speed along the inevitable firing of cheezit

kthanx

[Sisk]

This is going to be a first for me, but I really want you guys to murder AU on saturday to speed along the inevitable firing of cheezit

kthanx

Who would be your #1 realistic option?

[symple19]

Who would be your #1 realistic option?

There are all kinds of names floating around...

Honestly, I want Petrino(former AU OC). Probably not realistic, though. Other unrealistic names that are around are Cowher and Gruden, even seen Jack Del Rio's out there. Auburn can pay Saban type money, so it's not ridiculous in that respect, I just don't think any of those guys would want to live in Alabama for the long haul

Dana Holgerson, Gus Malzahn(former OC), Charlie Strong, Gary Patterson (been passed over before), Art Briles, Chris Peterson, Mike Gundy (he's a man, he's 40), Butch Jones, Pat Fitzgerald..even coordinators like Smart and Chavis

Really, I like any of those names above. Strong, Holgerson, Peterson at the top. Auburn can pay significantly more than any of those schools are paying now and it wouldn't be a situation coming in where the cupboard is bare. Not to mention the recruits that are committed (if they stick around, an iffy proposition)

Whatever Auburn does, they need to do a couple things...Find a proven HC with experience in either the NFL or FBS and dangle 4M+

But, the reality is they'll probably hire some nobody from the Sun Belt or the Ohio Valley conference and cross their goddamn fingers.

[Clipper Nation]

Petersen turned down Florida, Stanford, UCLA, Penn State, and Oregon.... I find it hard to believe he'd go to Auburn tbh... I think he probably sees himself as the new Osborne, Bowden or Snyder, staying at the program he built....

Also, I think Patterson and his manboobs will stay at that drug ring in Ft. Worth....

[symple19]

Yeah, I realize Peterson is unrealistic, but I can dream :lol

Auburn's AD is borderline short bus material, so I don't expect much assuming this scenario comes to pass....Which, even with a winless SEC campaign, is anything but a sure thing

[symple19]

SEC matchups today...my straight-up picks in parentheses

Tenn @ (MSU)
Auburn @ (Ole Miss)
(Bama) @ Mizzou
(Florida) @ Vandy
UK @ (Arky)
USCe @ (LSU)
(TA&M) @ LA Tech

Still think the Cocks are too inconsistent to go into Baton Rouge and win a night game.

Aggy better hold it down against a scrappy non-conference foe. Shouldn't be too difficult, though

Gators may be looking at a trap game on the road against Vandy.

lol Auburn. Gonna lose by at least 10, imo

edit: forgot about the second best game on the SEC schedule. I'll take the other Dawgs at home

[symple19]

c'mon Old Mrs... You're letting Auburn stay in this

[symple19]

Auburn with 17 points at halftime... Rebs are not doing their job to help end cheezit's career so far

Goddammit. Loeffler is even running the ball behind Prosch. What is going on?!?!?!

[dirk4mvp]

The Rebels are so frustrating to watch.

[symple19]

The Rebels are so frustrating to watch.

At least they're entertaining

You at the game?

[dirk4mvp]

yeah and i'm not even drunk watching this since the game was so early.

[symple19]

yeah and i'm not even drunk watching this since the game was so early.

:lol

Well, a nice start to the second half for your rebs. Hopefully you can have some victory shots after the game... Really need the margin of victory to be 2 or more scores. Send a message down to Hugh for me

[symple19]

And in the future, do what I did for early games back in the day and just stay up all night drinking

[symple19]

Auburn has no identity on offense...Loeffler running all kinds of different shit. Jesus. Goddamn awful

[symple19]

Tre Mason should have 20+ carries a game and has been completely under-utilized.

[symple19]

Well,that Scott run sums up Auburn's dismal year.

lol Auburn

[dirk4mvp]

this place just exploded

[symple19]

this place just exploded


somewhere, somebody's deddeh is telling his kid, "that right there, son, is why you play till you hear the whistle"

smh

[symple19]

come on Vandy

[romad_20]

Man, what down year for Auburn. I cannot believe what I am seeing on the field from them.

I assume you're past the point of frustration, Symple and just numb to college football right now?


BTW, thanks a lot SC for losing but did you have to look so goddamn bad. I mean where were those stupid mistakes when UGAg played you?

I predict another giant game next week that UGA totally looks out coached and out motivated in, despite equal talent on the field.

[symple19]

Man, what down year for Auburn. I cannot believe what I am seeing on the field from them.

I assume you're past the point of frustration, Symple and just numb to college football right now?


BTW, thanks a lot SC for losing but did you have to look so goddamn bad. I mean where were those stupid mistakes when UGAg played you?

I predict another giant game next week that UGA totally looks out coached and out motivated in, despite equal talent on the field.

Its so bad that I am cheering for everyone to beat Auburn (although I've still watched every game) to hurry the inevitable firing of Cheezit. Still have a few friends back down there (who both have season tickets) and they're so pissed they both said they're not going to another game. It makes me sick to see them play this way. Look for an increasing number of empty seats as the season drags on, as well as some of these top ranked recruits to decommit. If Auburn was smart they would fire Chizik now and get the search underway, but they won't. I just read a couple posts on an Auburn board which states quite reasonably the reason shit is so fucked up on the plains. Here they are:
A 1-6 start will definitely open the door for staff changes for 2013 but how bad does it have to get to make a complete change? For those making that decision, the question should not be whether or not Gene Chizik should be retained but whether or not they believe Chizik can turn the program around. I believe it's imperative that Chizik produce a short-term yet detailed plan on how he would correct Auburn's issues before considering his future as Auburn's head coach. The concern is not the current state of the program but how it arrived here. Before anything can be repaired a sound diagnosis must be completed to determine the correct solution.

This is my fear of retaining Coach Chizik at this point. Though I believe his intent to build the program into a contender was present, all of Auburn's shortcomings fall upon his feet. If he was too short sighted in the first place to recognize he was losing control of the program, how can we now expect him to find his way? If you were the victim of a botched surgery, would you allow the same doctor to correct his mistakes or seek the assistance and guidance of another surgeon? This is not about whether or not Gene Chizik is a good man but whether or not he is the right fit to lead Auburn's football program. He brought Auburn a national championship and he was rewarded handsomely for his efforts. He was also paid to maintain a high level of consistency, something he has failed to accomplish.

If the decision is made to retain Coach Chizik but with major changes to his current staff, what are the odds of him making home run hires with 4-5 new coaches? What assistant coach would be willing to step into a situation, where it could be a one and done situation if the team struggles again in 2013? Money can be a huge motivator but established or proven assistants also want job security and the comfort of knowing that they will be given time to make all the needed repairs and changes. This could be an obstacle difficult to overcome with a lame duck in place at head coach. Again, taking this option would require the assurance that Gene Chizik truly recognizes the team's primary issues and how to address them. Is there anything in his work history that would indicate he can do this?

At this point, the team can only play for pride the remainder of the season but it's obvious certain folks will need to come to an important decision regarding Auburn's future. I'm grateful I don't have to make that decision because there are no guarantees on any decision made. I've seen enough Auburn football in my lifetime to know that Auburn can and will overcome this season with or without Gene Chizik calling the shots. This thought alone brings some comfort but until changes are made, it will be difficult to be excited about Auburn football in its current state. You don't have to be an expert or coach to know this isn't close to Auburn football and the players are deserving of better leadership. As fans all we can do right now is support the players as they continue to battle through this nightmare of a season. http://www.aufamily.com/forums/topic/126777-vanderbilt-postgame/


I really wish I could believe or have hope that we would go get a guy like Gruden or Cower or Dungee. That would be great. That would be a total grand slam and would immediately strike fear in the hearts of LSU, AL and the rest of college football. Sadly, that's not how we do things at Auburn. To get a guy like that you have to get out of the way and turn the program over to them. A guy like that will not come to Auburn or any other school without having complete control of his program. That's the problem at Auburn. We have too many people who want to have their hand in the say so of the program...and it's not Pat Dye though many like Finebaum try and convince you of that. Pat Dye doesn't have near as much power as people act or think. Instead of going out and getting a grand slam hire, we want to go get a guy like Bobby Petrino and tell him he has to keep Van Gorder and maybe one or two others and tell him who his support staff is and who his G.A.'s are and who his strength coach is etc. etc. etc. The powers that be do not want to allow someone to come in and run the program. They want to run it and have these little puppet coaches run the day to day operations.


All of this is fact...not rumor. And it's worse than this....And I don't want to go off on this a lot but I have been screaming to whoever would listen (nobody) that Tim Jackson needed to go since Cam was here. Tim Jackson's basic role is to watch over the coaching staff's shoulders during the game and report back to Double J, who by the way is just a puppet himself. Double J doesn't make a decision without calling 9 or 10 people and asking them what they "think". At any rate, Tim Jackson also takes the role of babysitter for any players like Cam that you may want to get autographs from. Now, some people probably think this is a good idea, but I ask you to look at how this effects the rest of the team. What happens is, you end up having the Auburn team and then a couple of rock stars who are treated differently, complete with entourages while the rest of the team is separate and have separate rules 90% of the time. It's not healthy for the team and it's not an effective way of uniting or creating a team atmosphere. If Auburn has a Gustapo, its name is Tim Jackson. Imagine going to work next week and your boss standing over your shoulder everywhere you went except the bathroom. Yeah...that's what Chizik is dealing with.

This is also the reason why I am not in favor of Auburn hiring Bobby Petrino and trying to keep Van Gorder or other coaches they like. If Auburn wants to take its football program to the place LSU and Alabama are in currently, they have to get a coach who will kick Tim Jackson off of the sidelines and run his program the way he sees fit. Auburn has had 3 coaches in its history that did this and they are our most successful coaches. Shug, Dye and Tuberville all told the powers that be where they could go. Tuberville, of course eventually couldn't fight it anymore and wore himself thin (remember Jimmy Raines) ....Enter Gene Chizik and the Gustapo. Now we're seeing Gene Chizik run out of steam and what it looks like we're going to get is another puppet of the powers that be running our beloved program. It's not going to work and it will never work until we get a coach that kicks these folks off the sidelines and takes control of the program.

This is why I believe we will not go out and get a big time hire and why we didn't go get one when we hired Chizik. In my opinion and I will state that this is just my opinion so as to not try and start rumors or whatever, this is why we will hire Bobby Petrino and announce it after the AL game. I hate it. I think it stinks. It frustrates the heck out of me, but I believe Petrino will be our next coach. Here's to hoping I'm wrong. Cheers.http://www.aufamily.com/forums/topic/126465-new-coaches-merged-all-new-coach-topics/page__st__855

As for being numb to CFB, nah, I love the sport too much and will watch regardless of how awful my alma mater is. This weekend was filled primarily with boring blowouts, as I watched Auburn and then the USCe/UF and UA/UT games.

[symple19]

That second quote up there gets about as close to an insider take as you will see anywhere. It's also why I think Auburn will make another bad hire when they fire Chizik instead of loading a truck up with money and driving it to a big time, big name coaches house.

[symple19]

Hey Aggy! You're going down!!!!!! :lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao :lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao

[symple19]

I expect no less than a 2 touchdown victory to further solidify the demise of Chizzer

Do your duty!

[romad_20]

Lattimore may be done after that injury. Looked super nasty

[Sisk]

Feel terrible for the kid. Hope it doesn't end his career.

[DesignatedT]

Yeah that looked bad. Sucks.

[romad_20]

Woohoo! Win totally took me by surprise. Do not care how sloppy it was, Jarvis Jones is the f-ing man

[ColinB]

After watching this Lattimore injury again, it looks like he is still lucky to have that leg. It really looks like the skin is keeping it together.

"broke his femur and patella and tore four ligaments in his right knee -- his ACL, MCL, PCL and LCL"

My McGahee comparison was way off. Wish him the best of luck.

[ThePop]

Feel terrible for the kid. Hope it doesn't end his career.

Forget his career, I hope he can walk again.

[symple19]

war eagle

[DesignatedT]

:lol

[symple19]

:lol

:tu

[symple19]

http://i1141.photobucket.com/albums/n588/Jkm4au/Ammo/3bestfriendsclip.gif

[Sisk]

http://i1141.photobucket.com/albums/n588/Jkm4au/Ammo/3bestfriendsclip.gif

:lol

Who do you want to hire?

[symple19]

:lol

Who do you want to hire?

eh, I've already addressed it before. I have zero faith in the Auburn administration to make a good hire. Honestly, I'm trying to think as little about AU football as I possibly can. Just ready for the nightmare to be over

Oh, and you Ags would be interested to read this. Similar to what I heard from friends after the game http://trackemtigers.com/?p=1689

[Sisk]

eh, I've already addressed it before. I have zero faith in the Auburn administration to make a good hire. Honestly, I'm trying to think as little about AU football as I possibly can. Just ready for the nightmare to be over

Oh, and you Ags would be interested to read this. Similar to what I heard from friends after the game http://trackemtigers.com/?p=1689

A few people I know went and said they could definitely see the parallels people talk about between Auburn and A&M. Talked about how generous and courteous your fans were and most have said the trip was much better than Oxford. I definitely want to go there next time we play.

My roommate went and he said that every fan he talked to had to talk shit about Alabama even though he never brought them up :lol

Said yall hate them more than we have ever hated Texas, not that I didn't know that already. Biggest rivalry in America IMO

Also saw a picture of Toomer's Corner... sad stuff.

[Pelicans78]

Big win for Georgia. Murray was awful, but the defense stepped thru. They're heavy favorites the rest of the way.

[symple19]

Yeah, the Uggas should get some run for doing what they did to UF. Bulldog defense finally played up to its talent level, although I think to some degree the Gator offense finally got exposed. Driskell appears to be incapable of winning a football game on his own or even leading them back with his arm. Call it "Alex Smith" syndrome. Dude has to rely on his defense to win games and then simply hand it off and not throw picks

[symple19]

Well, the rumors are Petrino, Malzahn, or Jimbo Fisher. Another rumor is that Chizz rag was told he wouldn't be coming back after the Vandy game. Would explain the apathetic performance against Aggy

Last rumor is that Jacobs, the Auburn AD, may also be gone after the season.

[romad_20]

Well, the rumors are Petrino, Malzahn, or Jimbo Fisher. Another rumor is that Chizz rag was told he wouldn't be coming back after the Vandy game. Would explain the apathetic performance against Aggy

Last rumor is that Jacobs, the Auburn AD, may also be gone after the season.

Malzahn or Fisher? Really? I could see Petrino, but you get what you ask for with that guy.

I hope the football program isn't set back 5 years by what they are doing over there.

[symple19]

Malzahn or Fisher? Really? I could see Petrino, but you get what you ask for with that guy.

I hope the football program isn't set back 5 years by what they are doing over there.
Fishers wife went to Auburn and he was also a finalist in 08. He has some association with auburn boosters as well. He's also one of the best recruiters in the country. More rumors, but apparently a lot of fsu people are unhappy with him, including the administration. Makes sense, except i don't think he's very good coach.I like Malzahn better. Petrino can flat out coach and has run clean programs, despite the character flaws which i don't give a fuck about.

[symple19]

Still wish they would chase some bigger names

In terms of talent, i don't see how AU could be set back that many years unless they hire a nobody who can't recruit

[Pelicans78]

I think Malzahn would be a soft hire. Great offensive mind, but not experienced as a head coach.

Petrino would succeed, but comes with some baggage. Alot of people would be turned off by him in the community. Still, he would win. Probably bail for some reason.

Jimbo can recruit, was a coordinator for a long time in the SEC. Not a bad option either, especially if FSU ends up winning out and going to the BCS. That would increase his stock. No one else impresses me in the ACC outside of Beamer.

Pac-12 doesn't impress me outside of Kelly who would only leave Oregon for the NFL or an elite place like a Texas.

[romad_20]

In terms of talent, i don't see how AU could be set back that many years unless they hire a nobody who can't recruit

I guess continue to suck while Bammer in constantly in the national spotlight, but I don't see the boosters putting up with that shit. They need an instant impact hire and someone who can go head to head with Saban in that state. What about a Gundy or Charlie Strong?

PS if Auburn is to get another SEC win, can it be against Bama and UGA? Thanks :lol

[symple19]

I guess continue to suck while Bammer in constantly in the national spotlight, but I don't see the boosters putting up with that shit. They need an instant impact hire and someone who can go head to head with Saban in that state. What about a Gundy or Charlie Strong?

PS if Auburn is to get another SEC win, can it be against Bama and UGA? Thanks :lol

Not sure what you mean here. Auburn is the pinnacle of suck, nowhere to go but up, imho. The question is how high? Or will it be one of those dreaded runs of mediocrity? Alabama Football is the unquestioned gold standard of college athletics right now which makes it amazing that Auburn has held its own in recruiting for the last 3 years. There is a ton of talent and another amazing class coming in (if it can be salvaged). No reason they can't win 8 or more games next year with the right guidance from a new HC

There are also new rumors out there that AU is under investigation again, so that may factor in if true.

It's a nightmare :depressed

[symple19]

I think Malzahn would be a soft hire. Great offensive mind, but not experienced as a head coach.

Petrino would succeed, but comes with some baggage. Alot of people would be turned off by him in the community. Still, he would win. Probably bail for some reason.

Jimbo can recruit, was a coordinator for a long time in the SEC. Not a bad option either, especially if FSU ends up winning out and going to the BCS. That would increase his stock. No one else impresses me in the ACC outside of Beamer.

Pac-12 doesn't impress me outside of Kelly who would only leave Oregon for the NFL or an elite place like a Texas.

I disagree about Malzahn. He left and you see what the result is. He should, frankly, be credited with coaching the team while on the plains. Cheezit has apparently been nothing but a figurehead administrator since he's been here. Also, Arky St is 5-3 with 2 of those losses against big time FBS teams. His team dropped 30 on Oregon, more than anybody else has scored on them all year. Plus, dude is cerebral and always evolving while being an incredibly strong recruiter

But, as I've said repeatedly, I just don't expect this Auburn administration to make a smart hire unless they prove they're serious by firing the AD.

Strong is a legit possibility but I doubt Gundy would leave, especially considering T Boone would make sure he gets paid.

[symple19]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=11bI2aQjN0o

:lol

[Fpoonsie]

Jerseys for the game against MissSt.

https://instagr.am/p/RkevYpo3Fc/media/?size=l

[Sisk]

JFF

[SpursNextRomanEmpire]

Got damn that was a big block

[dirk4mvp]

The Nkemdiche bros are gonna look good playing defense for Ole Miss, tbqh.


http://espn.go.com/college-sports/recruiting/football/story/_/id/8606729/top-prospect-robert-nkemdiche-decommits-clemson-tigers-says-coach

[DesignatedT]

ESPN SEC Bowl Projections Week 11:


Discover BCS National Championship Game, Jan. 7: Alabama
Allstate Sugar Bowl, Jan. 2: LSU
Capital One Bowl, Jan. 1: Florida
AT&T Cotton Bowl, Jan. 4: Texas A&M
Outback Bowl, Jan. 1: Georgia
Chick-fil-A Bowl, Dec. 31: South Carolina
Taxslayer.com Gator Bowl, Jan. 1: Mississippi State
Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl, Dec. 31: Ole Miss
AutoZone Liberty Bowl, Dec. 31: Tennessee
BBVA Compass Bowl, Jan. 5: Vanderbilt
Advocare Independence Bowl, Dec. 28: Missouri

[symple19]

Where is Auburn on that list? :lol

[DesignatedT]

Is Chizik out or what? You guys need to get on the phone with Charlie Strong yesterday.

[Pelicans78]

If Florida wins out, they're going to a BCS Bowl game. They won't get passed by a two loss SEC team, especially since they beat LSU this season.

[symple19]

Is Chizik out or what? You guys need to get on the phone with Charlie Strong yesterday.

By all accounts, Chiz is gone, but the AD is thought to have saved his job by sucking cock and begging in backrooms --- Expect Auburn to hire a bum

[symple19]

And Jimbo Fischer is still the leading candidate, based off all the rumors I've heard. Not quite a bum, but he is a guy who is known as a top-notch recruiter but a suspect coach.

Sounds Familiar.......................................... .FML

[symple19]

of course, they're just rumors. I still expect Auburn to hire a nobody coordinator from the Ohio Valley Conference

[symple19]

http://i.imgur.com/V3VDh.jpg

[symple19]

Yep, it's come to that ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

[Sisk]

Yep, it's come to that ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Can't decide which is the best job


Tennessee <> Auburn job > Arkansas

[symple19]

Can't decide which is the best job


Tennessee <> Auburn job > Arkansas

Arkansas isn't even in a conversation between the three

Tennessee may be slightly better, but only because they don't have a major competitor in their state (LOL Vandy)

But Auburn has more $ and far more fertile recruiting grounds.

Facilities are a wash (Auburn has much better practice/weight/Locker room facilities while Tenn has a bigger stadium)

[symple19]

Auburn is also more broken and has a less forgiving fanbase. So I suppose overall its Tennessee. (Although, believe it or not, AU probably has more talent on their team, despite the record...At least according to the last 3 recruiting classes)

Loved seeing Auburn people leave the stadium at halftime again. They're smart and realize what kind of message it sends.

[Sisk]

Arkansas isn't even in a conversation between the three

Tennessee may be slightly better, but only because they don't have a major competitor in their state (LOL Vandy)

But Auburn has more $ and far more fertile recruiting grounds.

Facilities are a wash (Auburn has much better practice/weight/Locker room facilities while Tenn has a bigger stadium)

Agree on the arkansas part. Would NOT want that job. I said on the rant that Auburn was the best available job. Only downside is Saban's dynasty in the state.

[Sisk]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=tn0RhyjR5Ks

[Blake]

7-5(3-5)

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[DesignatedT]

:tu

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[Fpoonsie]

Rofl. FUCK, Auburn hates Bama.

[Blake]

That's your predicition for Arkansas???

Bro... we are more complete on both sides of the ball than oir 11-2 and hi 10-3 squads. Please just be hating cause no way we lose less than 10 games. :p

Not being a homer but with our qb,hb,fb,wrs and te gragg.... knike davis led the sec in rushing yr before last and is back from injury with a veteran o line... our offense will be crazy good.

Bama 11-1
Hogs 11-1
LSU 9-3
Auburn 7-5

Georgia will be good. The rest of the conf will be average to shitty including that fake ass always overrated carolina team.

Brutalis

[Blake]

:tu :tu

http://www.40acressports.com/images/aggies-squeeze-small.jpg

:tu :tu :tu

[DesignatedT]

Killer burn bro. You got me!!!!

[Blake]

Killer burn bro. You got me!!!!

http://www.40acressports.com/images/aggies-squeeze-small.jpg

[symple19]

Will Collier just destroyed Auburn in this article, and rightfully so. The meat of it lies below, but the whole thing is at the link. Somebody Finally had the cojones to say these things in print.


http://auburn.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1435124


Auburn is suffering from a failure of leadership at every level. President Jay Gogue continues to dither, offering only an anodyne press release and acting as if he'd rather just muddle through until his own retirement with as little actual effort as possible. Gogue's well-known dislike for firing subordinates and unwillingness to make difficult decisions (http://www.theplainsman.com/view/full_story/17622449/article-President-Gogue-rejects-proposed-provost-applicants-?instance=home_news_lead_story) is harming both the athletic department and the university as a whole.Gogue and his predecessors failed to reform the athletic department when they had the opportunity. Too many people in power at Auburn still wish the department could be what it was in the 1970's: A sleepy office that prints tickets, books travel and provides cushy sinecures for old buddies and former teammates.
A prime example is Jay Jacobs, who never had any business being athletic director. Jacobs was chosen over the vastly more qualified Dan Radakovich (who was later hired by Georgia Tech and more recently Clemson) and Greg McGarity (now athletic director at Georgia) and Scott Etheridge, who had a business background that puts Jacobs' time in Auburn's ticket and fundraising operations to shame. There's a big difference between doing business in a competitive marketplace and just cashing priority "donation" checks.
In any sane organization, Jacobs would have finished a distant fourth out of that group. In Auburn's case, Jacobs parlayed personal relationships and fear of change within the department (and myriad would-be Jerry Joneses among Auburn's power brokers) into a job that he proceeded to run into the ground.
A perhaps even more perfect example is Jacobs' longtime co-worker and BFF Tim Jackson, who ran the AU ticket office for many years in which that office earned a reputation for incompetence and poor customer relations. By all accounts, the attitude of that office was a reflection of its leadership.For reasons few can justify, Jacobs elevated Jackson from a position where he was already doing a poor job into one where he could do actual damage. Jackson, who deems himself Auburn's "general manager" for football, participates in interviews for coaching positions (notably including the one when Chizik was hired) and exerts authority over player discipline and other matters that are the proper purview of the head coach. Jackson is also widely believed to be responsible for the abrupt departures of both current Florida head coach Will Muschamp and David Marsh, the most successful college coach in the history of the state of Alabama.
For all the ire directed at Jacobs and Jackson, though, they're just the most public examples of the overall long-simmering dysfunction in the Auburn athletic department. Until and unless the university's leadership starts treating that department like what it is -- a $100 million business and the public face of the university for most of the country -- we'll see fiascoes like this continuing to happen in every sport.

[symple19]

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[symple19]

AUesome

[ColinB]

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/tyler-bray-says-gets-paid-win-football-games-235906378--ncaaf.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

:lol

[Sisk]

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/tyler-bray-says-gets-paid-win-football-games-235906378--ncaaf.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

:lol

"Of course, this was a slip of the tongue (we hope) and Bray isn't really getting paid. And if he is… Well, Tennessee should think about trying to get its money back."

That sums it up :lol

[symple19]

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/tyler-bray-says-gets-paid-win-football-games-235906378--ncaaf.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

:lol

:lmao

[Sisk]

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w118/vangyjo/nelsonbama.gif

[leemajors]

http://deadspin.com/5960109/here-is-a-drunk-and-racist-texas-am-fan-starting-a-fight-in-an-airport

[DesignatedT]

Guy has already been crucified by Aggies :lol

[leemajors]

:lol

[leemajors]

Guy has already been crucified by Aggies :lol

yeah i thought it was pretty tame compared to twitter after the election

[symple19]

Sharrif Floyd was suspended for two games last year after receiving benefits from a businessman who had mentored him, so Kevin Lahn adopted the Florida defensive tackle. Is it a loophole or love or both?
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2012/11/13/florida-gators-sharrif-floyd-adoption-ncaa-kevin-lahn/1702147/

[symple19]

http://cdn3.sbnation.com/imported_assets/1296475/WyattDERP.gif

[The Reckoning]

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/texas-m-player-missing-sumlin-us-obviously-very-003646850--ncaaf.html

[The Reckoning]

a couple of my friends who go to UTennessee are convinced Jon Gruden will be their next head coach (i dont know if theyre being serious, desperate or sarcastic).

[symple19]

a couple of my friends who go to UTennessee are convinced Jon Gruden will be their next head coach (i dont know if theyre being serious, desperate or sarcastic).

He has ties to the school, but I think it's delusional. Fans from Arky, Tenn, Kentucky, and especially Auburn, are all a little crazy right now. All 4 jobs should come open at seasons end.

Some of the names Auburn people are throwing around are loltastic (Harbaugh, Cowher, Dungy, Carroll, even Sweater Vest)

[DesignatedT]

Charlie Strong or bust

[symple19]

Well, Auburn is being investigated. Not tied to Newton, looks like it's for something more recent. Apparently tied to AU's two best recruiters, Curtis Luper and Trooper Taylor. Fml. On the bright side, if true, it would void jizzik's buyout

[leemajors]

symple and other SEC fans, how to you expect SEC defenses to adjust to Manziel and Sumlin's attack next season? considerably more film to study for next season.

[Pelicans78]

symple and other SEC fans, how to you expect SEC defenses to adjust to Manziel and Sumlin's attack next season? considerably more film to study for next season.

I think Florida and LSU adjusted well in the 2nd. Basically they let the d-lines dominate and played tighter coverages. Bama's defense in the secondary isn't quite as good as Florida, LSU, and even Georgia.

[dirk4mvp]

Coldest night in Oxford so far this year and there was a Freeze warning I said.

[Pelicans78]

Coldest night in Oxford so far this year and there was a Freeze warning I said.

Nice win. What bowl are they going to? Liberty? Freeze is going to do some big things there.

[Pelicans78]

Props to Vandy. 8-4, with a 5-3 conference record. They deserve the Chick Fila Bowl over Miss State.

[symple19]

symple and other SEC fans, how to you expect SEC defenses to adjust to Manziel and Sumlin's attack next season? considerably more film to study for next season.

There are certain things a defense must have/do well to stop/slow down the spread.

Manage your depth - Make sure you have an efficient substitution system so that you can rotate guys without getting tired or being caught with your pants down.(penalties/missed assignments etc)

Conditioning - Conditioning, conditioning, conditioning :lol

Athletic linebackers - ..Who can cover in space. If you don't have em' you better recruit a couple

Outside pressure - Gotta bring some heat and keep ol' Johnny inside the hash marks and under pressure. Rather have him scampering around in the middle than on the outside where he can tear off big chunks with his feet when the play breaks down

Physical corners - ..Who can play bump and run, knocking receivers off their lines and allowing the pressure to get to the QB. Timing is important in Spread schemes where short passes are often utilized

DL - At least one good one who can get in the backfield with some regularity

Aggy OL is underrated and they run it well, so if you only focus on Manziel then they'll tear you up on the ground. I don't envy SEC DC's :lol

UF and LSU figured it out, I imagine others can too. It will have to be a perfect storm, per par, for Aggy to get through unscathed to Atlanta next year.

[Sisk]

Our schedule is very favorable for a run next year. If we can get Joeckel, Matthews, and Moore all back we have a great shot at Atlanta.

[DesignatedT]

It will have to be a perfect storm, per par, for Aggy to get through unscathed to Atlanta next year.

As it will for everyone. Alabama and UGA certainly didn't get their unscathed this season.

A&M will have some question marks next year and a lot rides on who leaves for the NFL but every team will go through this.

The question of "how to stop johnny manziel?" has been asked since high school and nobody has come up with an answer. Florida didn't come up with an answer. That was a freshman taking his first snap in the biggest game of A&M's history against arguably the best defense in the nation. If that game is played next week, it would be a totally different ball game. LSU played Johnny the best this season in the 2nd half but Johnny was two missed field goals away from winning that game as well. Point is, even though he played bad against LSU, he still put us in position to win the game. There is no gameplan you can come up with to stop Manziel, but if he starts turning the ball over and making reckless plays then he can certainly stop himself and that is something he hasn't perfected yet.

[Homeland Security]

The 2012 Texas A&M team does not represent the SEC's first go-round trying to stop a spread offense. The SEC struggled against Urban Meyer at Florida for several years. If you have the players, you can run the scheme and be effective. It's not as though A&M went from having some plodding offense to putting up these numbers. Last year I think A&M was #7 in the country in total offense; they just sucked in translating yards into points and turned the ball over like crazy, sort of like Arky this year.

I think the key to slowing down Manziel will be to force him to make quick decisions. With the present O-Line, that has been tough to do, because of so many plays where he can stand in the pocket for seven seconds, and then run around for another seven or eight trying to make something happen. If, as expected, a couple of those guys go to the NFL, then Manziel's massive margin for error gets reduced to something more typical for an SEC QB. He's a great athlete and improviser, and has made strides in decision-making, but it remains to be seen as he develops whether he'll make quick, good decisions that the elite defenses will force him to make to be effective. Michael Vick's best year at VT was his freshman year.

I caution aggy against extrapolating the 2012 season into some kind of impending SEC dominance. LSU and Florida will be better on offense next year. Alabama isn't going anywhere.

[Homeland Security]

The fact that Arky doesn't already have a new coach announced after eight months to look for one portends bad things for getting anybody high up on their list.

[leemajors]

The 2012 Texas A&M team does not represent the SEC's first go-round trying to stop a spread offense. The SEC struggled against Urban Meyer at Florida for several years. If you have the players, you can run the scheme and be effective. It's not as though A&M went from having some plodding offense to putting up these numbers. Last year I think A&M was #7 in the country in total offense; they just sucked in translating yards into points and turned the ball over like crazy, sort of like Arky this year.

I think the key to slowing down Manziel will be to force him to make quick decisions. With the present O-Line, that has been tough to do, because of so many plays where he can stand in the pocket for seven seconds, and then run around for another seven or eight trying to make something happen. If, as expected, a couple of those guys go to the NFL, then Manziel's massive margin for error gets reduced to something more typical for an SEC QB. He's a great athlete and improviser, and has made strides in decision-making, but it remains to be seen as he develops whether he'll make quick, good decisions that the elite defenses will force him to make to be effective. Michael Vick's best year at VT was his freshman year.

I caution aggy against extrapolating the 2012 season into some kind of impending SEC dominance. LSU and Florida will be better on offense next year. Alabama isn't going anywhere.

Didn't Spurrier essentially run the spread too?

[Pelicans78]

As it will for everyone. Alabama and UGA certainly didn't get their unscathed this season.

A&M will have some question marks next year and a lot rides on who leaves for the NFL but every team will go through this.

The question of "how to stop johnny manziel?" has been asked since high school and nobody has come up with an answer. Florida didn't come up with an answer. That was a freshman taking his first snap in the biggest game of A&M's history against arguably the best defense in the nation. If that game is played next week, it would be a totally different ball game. LSU played Johnny the best this season in the 2nd half but Johnny was two missed field goals away from winning that game as well. Point is, even though he played bad against LSU, he still put us in position to win the game. There is no gameplan you can come up with to stop Manziel, but if he starts turning the ball over and making reckless plays then he can certainly stop himself and that is something he hasn't perfected yet.

Wouldn't have made a difference. Florida took away his strengths by keeping him in the pocket and playing tighter coverages. Plus, their d-line was stout as well. A&M's offense played well in the first half and got shut down in the second half just like the LSU game and even similar to the Bama game so the whole extra week argument goes out the window. I don't think the extra week would have made a difference. Plus, Florida was playing a young QB as well.

[DesignatedT]

Manziel is a completely different player then he was against UF. A&M had open receivers all over the field against Florida but had a freshman reluctant to pass the ball and take chances. That isn't the case anymore. I said "It would be a totally different ball-game" if we played them next week. That doesn't mean we'd beat them but they wouldn't hold Manziel and our offense to 17 pts again either. That I know.

People went back to that Florida game all season long for some special recipe to stop Johnny and it hasn't worked all season. Why? Because he's a totally different player who has improved week by week. If you go look at him scrambling against Florida he wasn't even looking upfield for open recdeivers, he was dead-set on running the ball. Now, he is creating time and finding receivers off the scramble drill first, and running if nothing is there second.

[Homeland Security]

People went back to that Florida game all season long for some special recipe to stop Johnny and it hasn't worked all season. Why? Because he's a totally different player who has improved week by week. If you go look at him scrambling against Florida he wasn't even looking upfield for open recdeivers, he was dead-set on running the ball. Now, he is creating time and finding receivers off the scramble drill first, and running if nothing is there second.
I think the second half against Alabama represents what the A&M offense playing at its present level would accomplish against an elite SEC defense that has seen it before. That would be more or less the "average" of A&M's output in the first vs. second halves against Florida.

[DesignatedT]

Well that was an even half. A TD and FG for both teams and that game was in Tuscaloosa.

[Homeland Security]

Well that was an even half. A TD and FG for both teams and that game was in Tuscaloosa.
So A&M's 17-point performance against UF would instead be somwhere in the range 20 +/- 4, and Florida might try to do something with the ball in the fourth rather than milking the clock knowing that A&M was stymied. Doesn't sound like a "totally different ballgame" but rather a "remarkably similar ballgame."

[DesignatedT]

I didn't say that, that's what you said. but for somebody who is so confident that we wouldn't beat them if we played them again, you just said it would be an even half.

I think we would score 24+ pts if we played them again. We just put up 29 on Alabama and FSU just put up 26 on UF. So I don't see how we wouldn't put up a similar number considering our offense has grown immensely from game 1 to now.

[Homeland Security]

I didn't say that, that's what you said. but for somebody who is so confident that we wouldn't beat them if we played them again, you just said it would be an even half.

I think we would score 24+ pts if we played them again. We just put up 29 on Alabama and FSU just put up 26 on UF. So I don't see how we wouldn't put up a similar number considering our offense has grown immensely from game 1 to now.
We're probably just parsing semantics on the "different ballgame" at this point. A&M might beat Florida if they played again, but the game would look like a typical grind-it-out SEC game rather than the Tecmo Bowl performances the A&M offense puts up against also-rans. The 29 against Alabama includes 20 in the first quarter, i.e. the fast start I'm asserting won't happen when elite defenses see A&M for a second time. The 26 FSU scored includes a meaningless touchdown on the last play when UF was playing prevent to run the clock out.

I think you'd see another close game where the winner scores 20-24 points.

[DesignatedT]

When you said "It wouldn't have made a difference" I was assuming you meant the final outcome.

When I say it would be a different game, I didn't necessarily mean we would put up video game numbers on that defense because it's the best in the nation IMO. What I'm talking about is the fact that we had 0 first downs in the third quarter of that game and 3 first downs in the whole 2nd half. What this did was tire out our defense resulting in Florida winning the game. I do believe we would be able to move the ball and gain yards if we played them again (not week 1) making it a different game. Who knows if that would result in a bunch of points but it would definitely keep our defense from tiring out. It would be more of a fast paced game because Florida wouldn't be able to establish such a dominant run game and time of possession. I still think it would be a close game but we were total shit that 2nd half and a lot of that had to do with their defense but also the fact that we had a freshman QB playing his first ever game. The adjustments they made in the 2nd half of that game wouldn't have the same result tomorrow then it did then is my whole point.

[symple19]

No, LeeMajors, Spurrier did not run the spread. At least not the Spread we see around CFB today. He did have a lot of 4 and 5 receiver sets, but not as much of a shotgun reliant, hurry-up tempo type scheme like Oregon/A&M use. His passing game was much more of a downfield attack.

Ol' Ball Coach had some crazy good RB's in his day like Fred Jackson and Errict Rhett. Very underrated and a big reason his teams always passed the ball so well.

[DesignatedT]

According to Vegas 5 SEC teams would be favored against ND:


Notre Dame vs.:

Alabama: -9.5

Georgia: -3

Florida: -1.5

LSU: -3

Texas A&M: -3.5

South Carolina: +3.5

http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2012/11/26/3694546/notre-dame-alabama-georgia-odds-2012

[Sisk]

http://dcbl.org/captions/1353992949.gif

[leemajors]

No, LeeMajors, Spurrier did not run the spread. At least not the Spread we see around CFB today. He did have a lot of 4 and 5 receiver sets, but not as much of a shotgun reliant, hurry-up tempo type scheme like Oregon/A&M use. His passing game was much more of a downfield attack.

Ol' Ball Coach had some crazy good RB's in his day like Fred Jackson and Errict Rhett. Very underrated and a big reason his teams always passed the ball so well.

Yeah, I meant a spreadlike precursor, up tempo at least. Spurrier always had top notch athletes all over the field. Emmit was no slouch either

[symple19]

Yeah, I meant a spreadlike precursor, up tempo at least. Spurrier always had top notch athletes all over the field. Emmit was no slouch either

Can't remember if he ran no-huddle much or not, tbh. Maybe some, but I don't think it was every down like an Oregon or an Aggy. He also had guys under a center a fair amount. It was almost more like the run n shoot than a spread, iirc.

And wasn't Emmitt pre-Spurrier?


Edit: yep, he played for Galen Hall

[leemajors]

Can't remember if he ran no-huddle much or not, tbh. Maybe some, but I don't think it was every down like an Oregon or an Aggy. He also had guys under a center a fair amount. It was almost more like the run n shoot than a spread, iirc.

And wasn't Emmitt pre-Spurrier?


Edit: yep, he played for Galen Hall

I blame my inaccuracies on the hash haze fromn last night, but yeah a lot like June Jones as Falcons OC as far as I remember

[symple19]

I blame my inaccuracies on the hash haze fromn last night, but yeah a lot like June Jones as Falcons OC as far as I remember

:lol :tu

no worries

[romad_20]

mmmmm....hash, June Jones and the run and shoot. Makes me miss the 90's and those shitty Falcons teams.


I think Spurrier's offense was called the fun and gun, very similar to the run and shoot. They just threw the ball to a spot in that offense.


I'm actually feeling pretty even on this game this weekend. If J. Jones, Olgetree and Rambo show up with that defense in the right state of mind, they can win. I hope a new Aron Murray shows up, too.

[dirk4mvp]

I think maybe even the good lord Jesus Christ is pulling for Georgia this weekend. Hopefully he pulls a few strings imho.

[symple19]

mmmmm....hash, June Jones and the run and shoot. Makes me miss the 90's and those shitty Falcons teams.


I think Spurrier's offense was called the fun and gun, very similar to the run and shoot. They just threw the ball to a spot in that offense.


I'm actually feeling pretty even on this game this weekend. If J. Jones, Olgetree and Rambo show up with that defense in the right state of mind, they can win. I hope a new Aron Murray shows up, too.

Holy fucking buhjeezus but I hope you Dawgs win

And then fucking obliterate the Domers in the Natty.

Romad, I DO NOT want to be a ND fan in the BCSNC game... you hear me? My fucking head might explode. I'm holding you responsible :lol

[Sisk]

http://i.imgur.com/6xfQs.png

[DesignatedT]

Sucks for Florida who's beaten 3 of those teams.

[symple19]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7TxIMAwc1k&amp;feature=youtu.be&amp;t=36s

[romad_20]

God that game last night was a kick directly to the dick. Why not spike the ball? I must have said it out loud 30 times after the game ended.

Oh well, that was one of the best SEC championship games ever, maybe the best. Congrats to Bama, they earned it. Their O-line is a monster and they should win it all again.

I'm having a hard time coming to the realization that whatever God there is, he is a Yankees, Bama and Lakers fan. :smchode:

[DesignatedT]

:lmao at that video

[DesignatedT]

God that game last night was a kick directly to the dick. Why not spike the ball? I must have said it out loud 30 times after the game ended.

Oh well, that was one of the best SEC championship games ever, maybe the best. Congrats to Bama, they earned it. Their O-line is a monster and they should win it all again.


Tough loss but a great game. It's easy to say now why not spike the ball but honestly I have no problem taking a shot at the end zone first. Just ended up getting batted at the line. You can't really exploit a teams secondary in the red-zone so I understand the view of not spiking and not letting the defense get set and hopefully catching somebody off guard or missing an assignment. Definitely a tough break though.

[Pelicans78]

God that game last night was a kick directly to the dick. Why not spike the ball? I must have said it out loud 30 times after the game ended.

Oh well, that was one of the best SEC championship games ever, maybe the best. Congrats to Bama, they earned it. Their O-line is a monster and they should win it all again.

I'm having a hard time coming to the realization that whatever God there is, he is a Yankees, Bama and Lakers fan. :smchode:

It was a great game. Wish he would have spiked that ball. That would have allowed them to use two TEs to score. Murray didn't go to his TEs enough.

Still strong effort overall. Hopefully they bounce back next season.

[symple19]

God that game last night was a kick directly to the dick. Why not spike the ball? I must have said it out loud 30 times after the game ended.

Oh well, that was one of the best SEC championship games ever, maybe the best. Congrats to Bama, they earned it. Their O-line is a monster and they should win it all again.

I'm having a hard time coming to the realization that whatever God there is, he is a Yankees, Bama and Lakers fan. :smchode:

I was physically sick when Bammer pulled it out. Sorry man

[Pelicans78]

I was physically sick when Bammer pulled it out. Sorry man

Me too. I wanted to crawl in a hole. Felt bad for Richt and the GA fans.

[symple19]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/football/ncaa/wires/12/02/2060.ap.fbc.kentucky.stoops.2nd.ld.writethru.1118/index.html

Stoops says Kentucky capable of winning the SEC :lmao

[Sisk]

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/6985_10151108188231846_607737609_n.jpg

[DesignatedT]

:lmao

[coyotes_geek]

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/6985_10151108188231846_607737609_n.jpg

:lol

That's fucking creepy.

[leemajors]

Auburn commit decommits even though he got an Auburn tat this summer:

http://deadspin.com/5966595/five+star-recruit-decommits-from-university-of-auburn-even-though-he-got-an-auburn-tattoo-this-summer

[DesignatedT]

Guy is a beast. Likely Georgia bound now but I wish we had a shot at him.

[symple19]

Yeah, Auburn is losing out on a good one. He'll go to UGA or LSU

Just glad that Malzahn is putting in his own people. I'm willing to lose out on guys so that he can own this team and get his own kids. Will be interesting to see how he and the new DC can rebound on the recruiting trail

[symple19]

crofl

that cross-eyed bammer neck looks like he wants to pull out a gun and avenge his boys' only loss

[symple19]

http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2012/12/auburn_screen_printing_company.html

Auburn company printing Tiger friendly ND t-shirts :lol

http://media.al.com/sports_impact/photo/11973315-large.jpg

[leemajors]

lol Florida

[DMX7]

Alabama has some really ugly people. Surprisingly, Mississippi has some good looking ladies though.

[symple19]

lol Florida indeed

romad_20, what do you think of Garner coming back to the plains? Malzahn is putting together a great staff, IMO. Garner is probably a top 5 recruiter nationally and has 10 Ugga's in the NFL. Dude is quality. Who will Richt replace him with?

Congrats on the bowl win

[Blake]

Lmao at #75 staring down Manziel

[Pelicans78]

lol Florida indeed

romad_20, what do you think of Garner coming back to the plains? Malzahn is putting together a great staff, IMO. Garner is probably a top 5 recruiter nationally and has 10 Ugga's in the NFL. Dude is quality. Who will Richt replace him with?

Congrats on the bowl win

Had no idea Garner left for Auburn. That's huge. Really huge.

[romad_20]

lol Florida indeed

romad_20, what do you think of Garner coming back to the plains? Malzahn is putting together a great staff, IMO. Garner is probably a top 5 recruiter nationally and has 10 Ugga's in the NFL. Dude is quality. Who will Richt replace him with?

Congrats on the bowl win

Probably hurts our DL the most. I hope Grantham is able to get someone in there to get NFL talent to commit like him. UGA may never win another NC but they are a Nfl factory and I'd like to see that continue.

cap one bowl was so unfufilling after that sec champ game. I hope murray comes back. Offense will be nearly unstoppable

[Blake]

cap one bowl was so unfufilling after that sec champ game.

Aside from the NC game, bowl wins are only really satisfying for underdogs

[leemajors]

and frat boys

[romad_20]

Aside from the NC game, bowl wins are only really satisfying for underdogs

Well I actually used to really enjoy the bowls before the BCS. unique match ups and a day to plan around for football. Now its afucking mess and spaced out too far. I'm ready for an eight team playoff.



Oh, I forgot, :lol florida!

[Fpoonsie]

Losing season, most likely.

This is the "Bend Over and Take It" season. Next season, prolly the "Consensual, More or Less" season. 3rd year, the "Numbers Game: Maybe We'll Get Lucky" season.

Nailed it. [bows graciously]

[DesignatedT]

:lol

[DesignatedT]

Well a 6-3 bowl record and another 'ship making it 7 straight national championships. Too bad the SEC was "down" this year.

[DesignatedT]

“Texas A&M is the model. If anybody is scared of Texas A&M, it’s Alabama,” Tillman said.

“Nick Saban is scared to death. Because now Kevin Sumlin not only has a system that has been proven to work as a counterpunch at lesser programs like the University of Houston, where you can win 12 (with) the scheme (and) the pace of the game. Now he’s got the Jimmys and the Joes that look just like Alabama’s guys getting off the bus.

“I spoke with (Sumlin) in the preseason, I said, ‘Coach, if you don’t screw this up, you’re gonna have something special.’ (A&M’s success in 2012) was not a surprise to me. A proven system with the type of caliber athletes that can make a difference, and the guy who’s concerned about it more than anybody else is Nick Saban. You’ve got a new player on the block in the West, and it’s A&M.”

http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/sportspost.aspx?Tillman_Despite_dynasty_Alabamas_S aban_scared_to_death_of_AM/54-18729

[symple19]

With Auburn securing 5* De Carl Lawson, 5* Montravius Adams (a former commit) seems to have gravitated back toward the Plains with mods on Climpsun, Georgia, and Auburn rivals sites all reporting that Auburn has emerged as the leader. Throw in Reuben Foster who is still probably a 50/50 shot as well as Mackensie Alexander (who didn't take his remaining OV after visiting the Plains) and the Tigers may end up with 4 of the best defensive players in the nation

Even if none of those guys sign, Malzahn and staff have been incredible. A full year of recruiting should do wonders.

I'm just hoping they can develop these kids as well as they're recruiting them.

Pretty stoked about the future

[symple19]

And holy shit is Old Mrs. doing a great job recruiting. Same for MSU and, of course, Aggy. Throw in the perennial top teams in LSU/Bama and SEC West teams (except the pigs) should all be in the top 25 recruiting rankings. Amazing

[DesignatedT]

Yeah Ole Miss has been tearing it up. Foster committed to Bama last night. The rich get richer.

[dirk4mvp]

so stacked :huddle:

[DesignatedT]

so stacked :huddle:

:lol very fishy but impressive.

[symple19]

so stacked :huddle:

Congrats on a silly class

lots of people are :cry and saying you guys are cheating.

I think its a bunch of bitches who are just jealous.

SEC west gonna be staaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaacked

[symple19]

Although I don't know much about the Freeze staff, I do know they run an exciting offense and made a lot of headway last year. Considering the class MSU had, as well as the rest of the west (even Arky finished strong), it doesn't strike me as being too strange. Lots of kids just wanna play in the SEC. UK/Mizzou/Arky will be the only teams likely outside the top25 in the final Rivals rankings. (with Arky at 26 and UK at 31...lol Mizzou at 48)


I need hard evidence before I even think about accusing OM of cheating.

[DesignatedT]

SEC recruiting rankings from each site:


Source: Scout
2013 SEC Class Rankings:
t1) Texas A&M
t1) LSU
3) Alabama
4) Florida
5) OleMiss
6) Georgia
7) Auburn
8) MissSt
9) Vanderbilt
10) South Carolina
11) Tennessee
12) Arkansas
13) Missouri
14) Kentucky

Source: 24/7 Sports
2013 SEC Class Rankings:
1) Alabama
2) Florida
3) OleMiss
4) LSU
5) Texas A&M
6) Auburn
7) Georgia
8) South Carolina
9) Arkansas
10) MissSt
11) Tennessee
12) Vanderbilt
13) Missouri
14) Kentucky

Source: Rivals
2013 SEC Class Rankings:
1) Alabama
2) Florida
3) LSU
4) OleMiss
5) Texas A&M
6) Auburn
7) Georgia
8) South Carolina
9) Vanderbilt
10) Tennessee
11) MissSt
12) Arkansas
13) Kentucky
14) Missouri

Source: ESPN
2013 SEC Class Rankings:
1) Florida
2) Alabama
3) OleMiss
4) LSU
5) Texas A&M
6) Georgia
7) Auburn
8) South Carolina
9) Vanderbilt
10) MissSt
11) Tennessee
12) Arkanasa
13) Missouri
14) Kentucky

[DesignatedT]

SWAG
http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/480883_10152534602590333_764038898_n.jpg

[Sisk]

When's that from?

[Pelicans78]

Vandy had a top 20 class as well.

[LoneStarState'sPride]

That is a LOT of Ag swag

[Sisk]

Good to see you over here LoneStar. Been over at the rant too much lately :lol

[LoneStarState'sPride]

Good to see you over here LoneStar. Been over at the rant too much lately :lol

Yeah, that's my new playground, I guess :lol. You post over there too, Sisk?

[Sisk]

Yessir but I post under a different username like you do. Didn't take me long to make the connection to you over here haha

[LoneStarState'sPride]

Yessir but I post under a different username like you do. Didn't take me long to make the connection to you over here haha

Yeah, I'm not hard to figure out :lol Already had my account over here long before I switched my TexAgs username or made an account at the Rant, so I let it ride. Miss it over here--liking the new look, too! So I'll gradually work ST back into the rotation I guess.

Glad to see you still reppin' the Vonny Football avatar!

[Sisk]

Avatar is not changing until whichever site hosts that picture goes away :lol

I pretty much only post on this section of the forum now and look at news on the Spurs forum.

[LoneStarState'sPride]

Avatar is not changing until whichever site hosts that picture goes away :lol

I pretty much only post on this section of the forum now and look at news on the Spurs forum.

Yeah I pretty much stick to PtR for game threads and in-depth news now. Mostly lurk the Spurs forum. Less crazy that way :lol

[DesignatedT]

Top 10 recruiting classes:
SEC - 5.75
Big 12 - 0
ACC - .75
Big 10 - 2
PAC 12 - .5

Top 20 recruiting classes:
SEC - 8.25
Big 12 - 1.5
ACC - 3.25
Big 10 - 2.5
PAC 12 - 3.25

Top 30 recruiting classes:
SEC - 11.25
Big 12 - 4.25
ACC - 5
Big 10 - 3.5
PAC 12 - 4.75

Top 40 recruiting classes:
SEC - 14
Big 12 - 5.5
ACC - 6.25
Big 10 - 4.75
PAC 12 - 7

Top 50 recruiting classes:
SEC - 14
Big 12 - 7
ACC - 7.25
Big 10 - 7.5
PAC 12 - 9.25

Average team rank by conference:
SEC - 17
Big 12 - 39
ACC - 43
Big 10 - 39
PAC 12 - 36

[DesignatedT]

Kevin Sumlin WWE honorary champion

http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/625521_10151494939955395_1531139086_n.jpg

[LoneStarState'sPride]

:lol :toast

[DesignatedT]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1SXwx3c-vk


:lmao

[manufan10]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1SXwx3c-vk


:lmao

Awesome. I love what Sumlin has brought to this team.

[symple19]

smh - are you guys really proud of your coach taking part in a "sports entertainment" event? Scripted faggotry/soap opera involving sweaty, steroid addled men wearing mankinis????

I think he's a good coach but that type of shit is embarrassing.

[DesignatedT]

:lol it's hilarious. The event was in College Station so it was mainly just students there. It wasn't a nationally televised event or something.

[Twisted_Dawg]

smh - are you guys really proud of your coach taking part in a "sports entertainment" event? Scripted faggotry/soap opera involving sweaty, steroid addled men wearing mankinis????

I think he's a good coach but that type of shit is embarrassing.

You might think it is scripted faggotry, and maybe it is, but to some 16-year-old high school football stud, he probbaly thinks Sumlin is one cool mother fucker that he would like to play for.

[symple19]

You might think it is scripted faggotry, and maybe it is, but to some 16-year-old high school football stud, he probbaly thinks Sumlin is one cool mother fucker that he would like to play for.

:lol

If you need to rely on your coach prancing around in a ring next to half naked men to win recruits (which you don't), then your program is in trouble (which it isn't).

A little dignity and class (and a stellar season behind a heisman trophy winner) is an easy starting point to sell recruits, not to mention the academic reputation of Aggieland.

That shit above is devoid of dignity or class, and stoops down to a level far below where a leader of a big-time program should be, imo.

Justify it however you want, but I guarantee you not one kid will commit because of that jackassery

[LoneStarState'sPride]

:lol

If you need to rely on your coach prancing around in a ring next to half naked men to win recruits (which you don't), then your program is in trouble (which it isn't).

A little dignity and class (and a stellar season behind a heisman trophy winner) is an easy starting point to sell recruits, not to mention the academic reputation of Aggieland.

That shit above is devoid of dignity or class, and stoops down to a level far below where a leader of a big-time program should be, imo.

Justify it however you want, but I guarantee you not one kid will commit because of that jackassery

It's just fun and games, ain't nobody really taking this shit seriously :lol However, stunts like this only add to Sumlin's general likeability factor. No, him being an honorary WWE champion won't directly land us commits, but it's a fun talking point that recruits will remember.

[manufan10]

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[Sisk]

http://cdn3.sbnation.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/9323513/nealy2.0_standard_730.0.gif

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/2289881/nealy_tackle.gif

Nealy at A&M's pro day :lol