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Well it’s About (War Damn) Time

By Posted on: November 2nd, 2012 in Featured Article, Football 16 Comments »
Auburn QB Dating Game

Hero to goat – somehow, someway the transformation is complete. Gene Chizik has burned through his National Championship equity faster than any other head coach ever and the debt is now mounting quickly. $7.5 million worth to be exact. Earlier this week Chizik announced that freshman Jonathan Wallace would be the the starting quarterback for Continue Story…

2012 Auburn Football Fright-Fest

By Posted on: October 26th, 2012 in Football 23 Comments »
The 2012 season has provided a lifetime of scary stories.

Watching Auburn football has been nothing short of a nightmare this year. Sloppy offense, questionable team chemistry, and costly missed opportunities are just a few of the many issues the program now finds itself tangled in. Auburn is likely to not have a single conference victory this season, and stands a reasonable chance at not Continue Story…

Here We Go Again

By Posted on: October 19th, 2012 in Football 6 Comments »

No you aren’t having a recurring nightmare. Unfortunately this is actually happening. Again. Just as they did in 2008, Auburn will limp into their 2012 matchup with the Vanderbilt Commodores in Nashville, Tennessee looking for answers. I would have never guessed 4 years ago that we would make our very next trip to Nashville under Continue Story…

All In. Not Alright.

By Posted on: October 12th, 2012 in Football 12 Comments »

Nails on a chalk-board. That sums up the 2012 season for the Auburn Tigers pretty well at this point. If you didn’t know any better, you would never guess that just twenty-one months ago this team walked off the field as victors in the BCS National Championship game in Phoenix, Arizona. To say things have Continue Story…

From Hog Heaven to Hog Hell

By Posted on: October 5th, 2012 in Football 8 Comments »
"What? No I didn't say use the force, John L. I said I couldn't believe YOU were FORTY million in debt."

Shake off that bye-week rust and buckle up; Auburn football is back and that means it is time to welcome the Arkansas Razorbacks to Jordan-Hare. October has arrived with a curious and reserved sense of optimism surrounding the Auburn Tigers. After showing very little signs of life in the first 3 games of the season, Continue Story…

Neaux Way, Neaux How

By Posted on: September 21st, 2012 in Football Comments Off
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                                         Les Miles awarding a walk-on a full scholarship.  Auburn has sparred with Clemson, been ambushed by Mississippi State, and gone the distance to overcome Louisiana-Monroe to open the 2012 season, but none of those teams challenged them like the LSU Tigers will tomorrow night. Baby tigers, meet the Bayou Bengals of Baton Rouge and Continue Story…

When the Going Gets Tough

By Posted on: September 14th, 2012 in Football 7 Comments »

By Derrick Roberts - roberts.allen.derrick@gmail.com on September 14, 2012 Week 3 has arrived and the Tigers are finally home sweet home on the plains! Auburn limps into Saturday’s matchup at its lowest point since Tommy Tubberville’s departure in 2008. Those words alone are cringe-worthy, but add to that the fact that Louisiana-Monroe enters this contest on Continue Story…

SEC Football Welcomes Texas A&M and Missouri

By Posted on: September 11th, 2012 in Football 5 Comments »

By Derrrick Roberts on September 11, 2012 Lost in the shuffle from the fallout of Saturday’s loss to MSU was the debut of Texas A&M and Missouri in the SEC. Both teams came up short in their maiden attempts at scoring an SEC victory, but they offered an exciting glimpse into the future of the Continue Story…