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| Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 9:47 pm Post subject: Its FOOTBALL TIME |
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| Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 10:07 pm Post subject: |
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Auburn football tickets: $90
Wife buying them with an airline ticket for my 40th birthday so I can go to an Auburn game with my college roommate: PRICELESS!
W'egl, w'egl, WAR DAMN EAGLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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| Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 10:22 pm Post subject: |
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Plus all the beer and BBQ you can handle....
I have a Handi (aka limp a lot) sticker - so we can park REAL close.... 
This bad back is finally good for something (other than a $1000 ergo chair - thank you mr. gov-a-ment)
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Clarence
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Only 10 more hours to go!
Sat., Sept. 1 Kansas State at Auburn 7:45 p.m. ESPN
Kansas St.-Auburn Preview
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/preview?gameId=272440002&confId=8 | ESPN wrote: | With a curious mix of returning talent and promising yet unproven players, Auburn has not been mentioned among the elite teams of the rugged Southeastern Conference.
And that suits the 18th-ranked Tigers just fine as they open their season Saturday at Jordan-Hare Stadium against Kansas State.
Tommy Tuberville's team went 11-2 last season, capped by a 17-14 victory over Nebraska in the Cotton Bowl, and handed BCS champion Florida its only loss. But Auburn has some huge holes to fill, particularly along its offensive line and at tailback.
Four of the five starters from the line are gone, including NFL first-round pick Ben Grubbs, and tailback Kenny Irons was selected in the second round, leaving 24-year-old quarterback Brandon Cox the focal point of the offense.
Tuberville, though, doesn't seem to be too concerned with the lack of experience.
"The one thing I think our football team has done over the years is we've learned how to win," he said. "If you learn how to win, then sometimes it filters down to your younger guys. Sometimes even though you might not be the best team on the field, you find a way to win the game. We're going to have to do some of that this year."
With No. 2 LSU and the return of Nick Saban to the SEC at Alabama dominating the conference headlines, the Tigers are content to lurk in the background.
"I like them getting all that attention," All-SEC defensive end Quentin Groves said. "Everybody's eyes are on Alabama; whose eyes are on Auburn? While your eyes are on Alabama, we're over here doing what we have to do to get bigger, faster and stronger."
Groves, who passed up being a mid-round selection in the NFL draft, had 9 1/2 sacks last season and is four shy of breaking the school record of 26 established by Gerald Robinson. Groves, along with linebackers Merrill Johnson and Tray Blackmon, anchor a unit that allowed only 13.9 points per game in 2006.
Cox, who is 79 passing yards shy of moving ahead of Patrick Nix into fifth place on the school's all-time list, will also have to find a new favorite target following the graduation of wide receiver Courtney Taylor, who had 54 catches for 704 yards.
In the backfield, Brad Lester is expected to start at running back. He rushed for 510 yards and a team-high nine touchdowns last year, and has competed with sophomore Ben Tate and redshirt freshman Mario Fannin for the starter's role. Tuberville hasn't named a starter, which has spurred Lester throughout camp.
"(Running backs coach Eddie) Gran told me I was (first team), but I haven't heard that from Coach Tubs yet," Lester said. "That's a good thing. I'm glad he's doing that. That's going to push me to run harder and work harder. I want that No. 1 spot. Come that first game, I'm going to show I can handle that spot."
Kansas State has won 17 straight season openers since a 31-0 defeat at Arizona State in 1989, but this will be just the third time in that span it will begin on the road and the first time it will play a ranked opponent away from home in its opener since 1973.
Ron Prince guided the Wildcats to a 7-6 record and an appearance in the Texas Bowl in his first year succeeding Bill Snyder, and has almost all of his key players returning on offense.
"That's one of the things that excited me about playing this opponent, having a chance to go on the road and take some of the things that we've been trying to teach and things that we're studying and put them into place," Prince said. "You have to do that if you're going to contend for a championship and play for anything significant."
Josh Freeman, who set a freshman record with 1,780 passing yards, returns at quarterback, as do running backs James Johnson and Leon Patton. The pair combined for 1,012 yards and eight touchdowns, and Freeman's top target -- Jordy Neilson -- returns after posting team highs of 39 catches and 547 yards.
One player who will not be available is tight end Rashaad Norwood, who was suspended Aug. 20 following his arrest on a charge of domestic battery. He was second on the team with 36 receptions.
Defensively, Ian Campbell ranked second in the Big 12 and 10th in the nation with 11 1/2 sacks, setting a single-season school record. Safety Marcus Watts was a preseason all-Big 12 selection after intercepting three passes, forcing two fumbles and returning a blocked punt for a touchdown.
Auburn has won the only two meetings between these schools, sweeping a home-and-home series in 1978-79. |
Auburn RB Lester suspended for unresolved academic issues
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3000339
| ESPN wrote: | Brad Lester's bid to become Auburn's top running back this season will have to wait.
The junior was suspended Friday due to unresolved academic issues and will not return until those issues have been resolved, according to a school press release.
Lester rushed for 510 yards and nine touchdowns on 104 carries last season, but was then suspended for Auburn's Cotton Bowl showdown against Nebraska in January.
The Tigers open their season against Kansas State on Saturday. |
And only one more week until our roadtrip!
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WanMan
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| Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 2:11 pm Post subject: Re: Its FOOTBALL TIME |
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What was that?
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So Clarence / Pete, you think K-State will even score?
We'll let the SEC have that win, but my Pokes are gonna have to give the Dawgs a big fat 'L' for a Labor Day present.
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Clarence
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| Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 2:45 pm Post subject: Re: Its FOOTBALL TIME |
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| Ridebreck wrote: | | you think K-State will even score? |
Sure... "Kansas State has won 17 straight season openers"
Plus, Auburn has had a few embarassing season openers...  (Lost 23-0 to USC in 2003. Lost 23-14 to Ga Tech in 2005.)
And take the Seminoles with you! 
| ESPN wrote: | | Tommy Tuberville's team went 11-2 last season, capped by a 17-14 victory over Nebraska in the Cotton Bowl, and handed BCS champion Florida its only loss. |
My favorite part of last season! 
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| Ridebreck wrote: | So Clarence / Pete, you think K-State will even score?
We'll let the SEC have that win, but my Pokes are gonna have to give the Dawgs a big fat 'L' for a Labor Day present. |
I'd be very happy with that result, combined with my Yellow jackets totally thrashing Notre Dame.
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Well,
Now I understand your handle. lol
my old man and bro are fellow cowardly bugs... but hopefully they will stomp those silly leprechans
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Go Hilltoppers
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damn - that did not work. lol
what is the mascot of APS?
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GO BEARS!!!!!!!!!
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Clarence
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| Z-Photo wrote: | | what is the mascot of APS? |
Appalachian State Mountaineers (Boone, NC)
http://www.appstate.edu
http://www.goasu.com/football/
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http://auburntigers.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/082907aaa.html
| Quote: | During practice, the team had the opportunity to see the new $2.9 million Daktronics high definition scoreboard that was installed in the offseason.
"They hooked up the video board because we wanted the players to see that for the first time," Tuberville said. "It's a real nice scoreboard and I think it's really going to add something to Jordan-Hare Stadium. The fans are going to enjoy it. It's going to be very beneficial to all of us as we use that thing several different ways."
The video display is the first true high definition (HD) video display in the Southeastern Conference [second in a college football stadium following Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium at the University of Texas] and measures approximately 30 feet high by 74 feet wide and will take advantage of Daktronics latest HD-12 light emitting diode (LED) technology. Auburn is the first Southeastern Conference school to install large screen HD video at one of its facilities, and only the second NCAA member institution to invest in true high definition LED video capabilities. Auburn opens the 2007 season in six days when the Tigers face Kansas State in Jordan-Hare Stadium on Sept. 1 at 6:45 p.m. CT. The game will be televised nationally by ESPN. |
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Yep -
We will get a close look at the screen next Sat.... WOOT
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My ESPN has been locked up for 2 hours... in the HT and upstairs. 
It better work in a couple of hours. |
That's funny, so has mine. I thought it was some kind of blackout.
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I was hoping that it was the current game being blacked out, but then I checked ESPN standard def and that is still working.
I'm on the phone with comcast. She says their programming computer isn't accepting the HD program code in our area. She's crediting me for the outage, whatever that means.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed that HD kicks back on after this Wash St vs Wisconsin game, in time for Auburn. Otherwise I'll have to watch it in SD... shudders at the thought.
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Dude - that suxs
Radio is better than SD................
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Right before game time, ESPN HD was still locked up, so I switched my entire video processor and receiver setup to upscale standard def (I NEVER watch SD in the HT).
But then, right at kick-off, HD came back, so I spend 5 minutes scrambling to switch my receiver back to HD... I could get sound or I could get audio, but for some reason, I couldn't get both at the same time. Of course, it didn't help that I was trying to watch the game. But my receiver, you have to switch off the video in order to go to the OSD setup menu. Anyways, I finally got it.
Auburn offense better grow up before Pete and I get there next week! 
I'm also concerned about them getting banged up. Cox is taking a beating and Blackmon was limping bad after he ran that interception halfway back on that very last play.
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