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Halftime thoughts ...

Man, I am glad we are playing a twitchy, guard-oriented team. We need this practice. Lane for UNA is the real deal. Even Denver can't stick with him. They're fearless and move the ball incredibly well. They've scored in the paint a lot more than I expected, and I feel like our team is a bit surprised at their quickness.

That said, we have another gear, and a go-to deuce with Johni.

I don't know how you defend us.

UNA had a 1-point lead with like 6 min left, shooting with confidence and better than anyone else we've played this year, and then we just took over and just took it up a notch...and I have a feeling that there is at least one more gear above that, maybe more.

This team is special.

What a rough 48 hours.

I’ve lost another great life long friend. I know I carry on about my sexual orientation but I truly love the Lord and each of you. I use to date Kim’s sister in high school. An amazing family. She received a great bill of health the first week of October but had a medical emergency on 10/31 and never recovered.

I also have a brother from church who lost his wife of 55 years two months that is in HH with a brain aneurysm and they aren’t giving him but a couple of days.

That’s three sweet families that I have known my entire life to lose a precious love one. I’ve shed many tears.

So grab those you love and tell them tonight. We never know when it’s our time to go. We all need to be ready.

If I’ve ever offended anyone on this site, I’m asking that you forgive me and know that I love you like an Auburn brother or sister would. God bless all.

Did Dan Lanning have to start from scratch at Oregon 3 seasons ago?

People keep saying that due to the transfer portal, there is no reason to wait and let Freeze rebuild this roster. The premise being everyone will just transfer out. First of all, not literally every talented player just gets up and leaves every coaching change. But some certainly would. And how many likely depends on both who is leaving and who is coming.

Cristobal (who is a coach many of us wanted in 2020) stacked Oregon's roster with talent. It's pretty clear as day he setup Dan Lanning, who took over in 2022, for success. I don't know how many players transfer out of Oregon between the head coaching swap, and I honestly don't really even care. But all that elite recruiting Cristobal did mattered. And all the recruiting Freeze is doing right now will matter too. Bo Nix took good advantage of all that talent too.


People keep bringing up the bammer example, because they lost a ton of players. That was one of the greatest coaches ever leaving, and then getting replaced by a husky Harsin. Not exactly the same situation as Freeze getting fired for another losing season (assuming of course next season is another failure). I think players are going to be a little more understanding if that were to happen. Some would still leave. How many exactly would likely depend on who Auburn hired to replace Freeze.



So yes, recruiting still matters. A lot. And this roster really desperately needs it. Don't need another senior class like the team has right now. These seniors let the team down pretty much every week. Only a few are actually good, Hunter and KLS.

Andy Says - 24-25 MBB Edition

Since the certified national treasure, our beloved Coach Sonny, is no longer on the mic, the radio call is a pretty poor listening experience. Randall is knowledgeable, but lifeless. And I also can't overcome the stain of tony barbie's program tainting him by association forever.

Andy is, well, Andy. In an attempt to bring a little levity to the situation, I thought I'd catalog some of things Andy says. I'll try to limit it to major infractions. It would be impossible to watch any of the game if I tried to document every misidentification of a player or team.

The inaugural entry comes courtesy of an ad read he's done only dozens of times before.

"It's the best coast - Is it the best coke ever?"
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A more relevant late November in college football than in decades!

(TL/DR)

And it’s all a direct result of the 12-team playoff keeping 6-7 SEC teams hopeful late November. It’s also a direct result of NIL and the portal “diluting” quality depth on formerly dominant teams like UGA, bammer, and Texas.

Why? Because NIL warchests get deployed to steal 2nd and 3rd string quality players. And Bama and UGA can’t pay enough NIL to retain the depth athletes because what they’re BUYING is PLAYING TIME.

As the great Lou Holtz said, in November, you’re either trying to WIN something, or RUIN something (an archrival’s dreams).

So here we are, and I will 100% take this new football model over our archrivals being allowed to have a $2 million higher salary cap every year and whip our a$$ 8 of 10 seasons. AU can recruit and damn sure has no excuse not to coach at a high level to make the playoff maybe 3 of any 5 years.

Check the Nov 23 and 30 games and how RELEVANT SEC football still is. I think I’d rather have only 2 losses and NOT play in the SEC title game if I’m Bama, Ole Miss or aTm. Texas may need the game to become an automatic bid with its weak schedule strength.

UGA is done with its conference games, and can’t be worse than 6-2, coming off an impressive win over Tenn as well as the road Texas win to offset the bad Ole Miss loss. But the Yellow Jackets could “wreck” the Dawgs’ playoff hopes barring an SEC championship game win.

Nov 23

aTm has to play in J-H - at NIGHT. The 1-loss Aggies can ill afford a “bad loss” to Auburn with the Nov 30 home game v Texas up next. Can Auburn ride its rabid home crowd to make it a 4-quarter game? We won’t have to wait long to find out. My take is AU will compete well, on the strength of our stout defense, and leaning heavy on the ground game to set up timely play action to a WR corps that is arriving in Cam, KLS, Simmons, and Rivaldo. Hard to call it a looking ahead (to Texas) game for the Aggies, but that’s a slight X factor as poor as AU has been.

Bama goes TO Norman, Oklahoma, with the Sooners having had an open date to get well and put a plan in. Can Venables deliver a defensive gem? Doubtful, but a treacherous year for SEC teams when they go on the road. The thin margin of winning makes home field quadruply valuable.

Texas hosts Kentucky. Should be a blowout. Should. Texas has a horrific strength of schedule and needs a blowout W.

Hot 2-loss Ole Miss has to go TO Gainesville, and I like the surging Gators to shock Hotty Toddy. Stunning that Billy Napier has survived. Coming off the open date hearing how they’re the best team in the SEC, can Lane Kiffin deliver a performance that helps Ole Miss transcend the weight of their mediocre program DNA, with a gimme Egg Bowl to follow?

Vandy goes TO LSU and no one cares, which is why I like the Fighting Diego’s in this game. Brian Kelly is a fraud for now, and an EXPENSIVE one at that, leaving LSU in buyout purgatory.

Nov 30 - what a HUGE weekend for any 1 or 2-loss SEC contenders.

Iron Bowl brings the pressure of being a a MUST WIN for first year coach Kalen DeBoer (unless they lose to Oklahoma) in his first ever Iron Bowl. AU will make it a game if we can run the ball, and avoid costly giveaways, which we’ve been doing for 5 games. Likely a 2:30 kick with aTm v Texas the prime night game.

Texas AT aTm. Like the Horns a little, but this will be a very emotional game and tough environment for Texas. Loser leaves town for playoff?

Tenn AT Vandy !! Huge game for the VOLS

Friday, Nov 29th, 2:30 pm Black Friday - Egg Bowl. Miss State AT Ole Mrs !!! Must win for OM.

South Carolina AT Clemson.

Georgia Tech AT Georgia - dangerous game for the Dawgs. A loss would knock them out, unless they then win the SEC Championship game.
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