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Newton’s Laws: Haden in Wonderland
"But I don't want to go among mad people," Alice remarked. "Oh, you can't help that," said the Cat: "we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad." "How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice. "You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn't have come here." Pat Haden fell down the rabbit hole and is trying...
A Big Gamble at Auburn
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Who Could Have Dreamed Of This Moment?
Watching Saturday's post game celebration at the Georgia Dome, you couldn't help but think about the history of Auburn football - its struggles, its triumphs and how it all ended up here.Auburn has stood at the cusp of a national title more times than it cares to count, only to see the door slammed...
A Week We'll Not Soon Forget
I don't believe it's a stretch to say that today has been unlike any other in Auburn football history. Cam Newton is THE story in all of sports this November 10th. What to make of all the allegations are difficult. There's no question today's ESPN story takes this situation to an entirely different...
Jacobs Responds to Newton Allegations
Auburn Athletic Director Jay Jacobs released a statement a little while ago in response to the allegations made against Cam Newton in a Fox Sports.com story released today. Fox Sports writer Thayer Evans reports that Newton, "had three different instances of academic cheating while attending the...
Sprints Thinks North Carolina and South Carolina Might Be the Beginning // 07.19.10
CAROLINAGATE South Carolina gets its offseason controversy: An NCAA investigationLooking at the Media Days schedule for Wednesday, I noticed that South Carolina was on the same day as Vanderbilt, Georgia and SEC West darkhorse Arkansas. When was the last time, I wondered, that Steve Spurrier has...
Jacobs Answers The Big Questions
With football season only weeks away now, a lot of Auburn people are again playing the "what if?" game. What if Auburn had agreed to play UCLA in the Georgia Dome to kickoff the 2010 college football season? The sense of urgency and excitement would certainly be ratcheted up a notch. Months after...
Auburn Must Compete In Arms Race
In recent days, news around Auburn has centered on its new $16 million indoor practice facility set to open next year. Former Auburn Athletic Director David Housel once famously said that college football is an arms race. Everybody wants to be bigger and better when it comes to facilities and...
The Auburn Family Has A Choice To Make
Auburn coach Gene Chizik knows how defensive coordinator Ted Roof feels this morning. He's been there before - literally. Six years ago, as the man running the defensive show for Auburn, Chizik limped off the Tiger Stadium turf after being blistered 31-7 by LSU. That was 2003. Better days were just...
A September To Remember
On a night that started with Creedence Clearwater Revival repeatedly asking the Jordan-Hare Stadium crowd whether it had ever seen the rain as more than two inches fell in what seemed like two minutes, Auburn won what might prove to be its most pivotal game of the season. When the game clock hit...
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