Monday Morning Required Reading

by kleph on Sep 7, 2009 9:10 AM CDT Comment 23 comments

Blogging is my day job.

Alright kids. Party's over. The inaugural weekend of the college football has come to a close. Sure, there's a couple of games on tonight to make you feel like the festivities are continuing but it's back to the salt mines for you. Oh wait! It's Labor Day! So why don't you go get that free Chick-fil-A and waste the rest of the day like you would have done at the office anyway? And RBR is here to help by providing the best of the nonsense out there on the interwebs for your enjoyment.

College football is more popular than Law & Order. Good to know: The Alabama vs. Virginia Tech game was the most popular thing on television Saturday night, garnering no less than 6.6 million viewers.

ESPN plan for world domination continues: No matter what you think about all this big opening weekend matchups, one thing is for sure - you can blame this man for them.

Let's be careful out there: A UA band bus hit a car at an Atlanta intersection (the driver of the car was injured) on the way to the game and a blogger for The Birmingham News got way too close to a wreck on the way back.

Our nation's ongoing tragedy: Phil Fulmer and Tommy Tubberville had lots of time on their hands this weekend.

Bama bangs make it to the big time: Former Alabama QB John Parker Wilson made the Atlanta Falcons final roster.

And people really think there's a "Corso Curse": Former Alabama coach Gene Stallings once ripped Lee Corso a new one for saying his team "couldn’t beat a high school team."

The groundskeeper had to do 100 wind sprints: Fifty years ago this week, even the grass was pissing off Coach Bryant after the team's first scrimmage.

Spellcheck doesn't work but the edit button is just fine: Auburn finally fixes the misspelling of their coach's name on their post proclaiming the greatness of their WAC victory this weekend.

Alabama vs Florida International: Not a lot here folks. The Crimson Tide has only played FIU once, a 38-3 win in Tuscaloosa on Oct. 28, 2006. During that contest Bama corner Ramzee Robinson's snagged a pass by the Golden Panther's Josh Padrick in the fourth quarter and scampered 34 yards for the touchdown. According to the clearly outdated Record Book, the game is the last time Alabama's has gotten a pick six (at least four players achieved this last year).

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Good stuff!

Although, Rashad might take exception to the Record Book with regards to the last pick six. Guess they haven’t updated it with last year’s stats yet.

by TiderInTN on Sep 7, 2009 9:28 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

i was thinking that myself...

…but i’d have to go through the last year or two of game reports by hand to double check if i had forgotten any others.

by kleph on Sep 7, 2009 9:34 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Rashad had several....

….and Arenas had one against Arkansas (as did someone else, Woodall I think?).

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by Todd on Sep 7, 2009 10:31 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Also...

… that’s not even right from 2006. If you remember, Jeffrey Dukes had an interception returned for a touchdown the following week against Mississippi State.

by outsidethesidelines on Sep 7, 2009 12:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

hey man...

…i’m just repeating what the good book says.

by kleph on Sep 7, 2009 12:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

There were several pick-sixes last year.

Two against Arkansas (Javier and Lionel), One against Arkansas State (Rashad), and one against LSU (Rashad). There may be more that I can’t remember.

by BamaDixi on Sep 7, 2009 9:53 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

i can't remember either...

but the season statistics from last year show that under interception statistics rashad jonhson had two td’s, justin woodall had one and javier arenas had one. it doesn’t have the specific games though.

by kleph on Sep 7, 2009 10:06 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

i've edited the post to qualify the statment...

…and i’ll try and dig up the actual information later today.

by kleph on Sep 7, 2009 10:09 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh, my God

At Kleph’s insistence (sort of), I went to TET to read their take on Auburn’s victory. Several members of RBR had mentioned how badly Ole Miss fans have jumped on the hype bandwagon. But look at this from TET:

War Eagle, everybody! Time now for the Acid Reign report, on Auburn’s 2009 season opener against the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs. Few folks knew what to expect in the opening game of the Gene Chizik era at Auburn. Las Vegas had the Tigers as a 13.5 point favorite. Many people were not sure Auburn would cover that. Some, such as the Birmingham News’ Charles Hollis, predicted that Auburn would lose. How sweet it is, in the end, for Auburn to win in a blowout! Auburn’s 37-13 win certainly beat most expectations!

Against the Auburn defense, the Bulldog offensive schemers HAD to be grinning, when they tallied up the Auburn starting lineup. A reserve defensive tackle was lined up over the B-gap. A sophomore linebacker who’d participated in all of five practices was lined up on the weak side. A true freshman was in at free safety. Auburn lined up with an enormous cushion on the receivers. Things didn’t work out so well, for Tech.

From the sound of that, you’d think they just beat Florida.

MATRIX: Bennett, I thought you were--

BENNETT: Dead? You thought wrong. Ever since you had me thrown out of the unit, I've been waiting to pay you back. Do you know what today is, Matrix? Payday.

by Bamagrad on Sep 7, 2009 10:07 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

God Damn It!

This was supposed to be in a block:

War Eagle, everybody! Time now for the Acid Reign report, on Auburn’s 2009 season opener against the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs. Few folks knew what to expect in the opening game of the Gene Chizik era at Auburn. Las Vegas had the Tigers as a 13.5 point favorite. Many people were not sure Auburn would cover that. Some, such as the Birmingham News’ Charles Hollis, predicted that Auburn would lose. How sweet it is, in the end, for Auburn to win in a blowout! Auburn’s 37-13 win certainly beat most expectations!

Against the Auburn defense, the Bulldog offensive schemers HAD to be grinning, when they tallied up the Auburn starting lineup. A reserve defensive tackle was lined up over the B-gap. A sophomore linebacker who’d participated in all of five practices was lined up on the weak side. A true freshman was in at free safety. Auburn lined up with an enormous cushion on the receivers. Things didn’t work out so well, for Tech.

MATRIX: Bennett, I thought you were--

BENNETT: Dead? You thought wrong. Ever since you had me thrown out of the unit, I've been waiting to pay you back. Do you know what today is, Matrix? Payday.

by Bamagrad on Sep 7, 2009 10:08 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

block or not...

it doesn’t make it less stupid.

by kleph on Sep 7, 2009 10:09 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

and just because TET sucks on a galactic scale...

…doesn’t mean all auburn bloggers do. jerry from joe cribb’s car wash is keeping up his excellent work at his website’s new incarnation, the war blog eagle. make a stop there if you’d like a realistic (but understandably biased) assessment of what is going on with the football program at the former east alabama male college.

by kleph on Sep 7, 2009 12:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

That Ole Miss writer

needs to write his next story about the Acid Reign Report, since Auburn’s 37-13 win beat most expectations.

MATRIX: Bennett, I thought you were--

BENNETT: Dead? You thought wrong. Ever since you had me thrown out of the unit, I've been waiting to pay you back. Do you know what today is, Matrix? Payday.

by Bamagrad on Sep 7, 2009 10:09 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

whoa -

step away from the caffeine dude, that’s a pretty stong expletive, even for THIS blog..

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Alabama 36 - Auburn 0

by LittleSis on Sep 7, 2009 10:46 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh, yes

I’ve been away from the South for too long. It’s been almost a decade so I forgot how sensitive most southerners are to “GD”.

MATRIX: Bennett, I thought you were--

BENNETT: Dead? You thought wrong. Ever since you had me thrown out of the unit, I've been waiting to pay you back. Do you know what today is, Matrix? Payday.

by Bamagrad on Sep 7, 2009 1:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Breaking news...

‘Bama and other ten SEC members to give up football. Watching Auburn’s dominance of a WAC team was just too much to take.

by outsidethesidelines on Sep 7, 2009 12:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Anybody else notice that the Big Ten and the SEC were the only two conferences with only one loss?

Also, did anyone else notice that the BCS polls had Oklahoma at #1 before opening weekend? When does the new poll come out?

"The first person I would like to thank is the good Lord, for giving me the ability to play the game of football. Because without the ability to play the game I would have been at Auburn." - Marty Lyons

by crimsonpride19 on Sep 7, 2009 11:32 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Week 6 or so...

by CrimsonWraith on Sep 7, 2009 11:41 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

here is the Alabama Athletics department press release...

…previewing the FIU matchup.

Alabama defeated Florida International 38-3 in the only meeting between the two schools. The Crimson Tide’s win came on Oct. 28, 2006, at Bryant-Denny Stadium. The Tide scored in all three phases of that game with Le’Ron McClain catching a touchdown pass from John Parker Wilson, Javier Arenas returning a punt 68-yards for a touchdown and Ramzee Robinson picking off a pass and returning it 34 yards for a score.

by kleph on Sep 7, 2009 1:00 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs