September, 2012
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Sep 12
LSU at Auburn
Second-ranked LSU visited Auburn. The good Tigers were three touchdown underdogs. We always win the pregame:
Auburn played LSU extremely tough. The defense moved faster and forced a few key turnovers. Our Tigers were leading at the half, despite a still-struggling offense:
Some odd play calling and an offense that can’t move the ball means LSU wins, every time, despite an Auburn defense that refused to give in. LSU won 12-10, but it felt a lot like Auburn should be able to take the victory, so the gratification of not watching them get beaten up was replaced by the frustration of what should have been.
At least we got to enjoy the Golden Band from Tigerland.
Up next for Auburn is a bye week, and then Arkansas, who lost at home to Rutgers tonight. Elsewhere, Alabama defeated the mighty Florida Atlantic 40-7. UAB almost ruined Ohio State’s season. Looking at the stats, it is hard to see how the Buckeyes managed to win, but they held off UAB 29-15. Samford, meanwhile, came from behind on the road to beat Western Carolina 25-21, giving them a 4-0 start for the first time since 1995.
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Sep 12
College town atmosphere
Last week we saw a tiger. Some weeks we go see the raptors fly. There’s not much to beat a college town during the fall, and precious few are as great as Auburn. The town is full of great atmosphere, and the night before a game you can feel the buzz work its way under your skin. Every small town has their wonderful and unique personalities. We get that plus lots of visitors and lots of athletics. The fall is a special time.
These are the football gameday buttons from last week:
This week’s say Sad Hatter, in honor of LSU’s Les Miles, who has been dubbed a mad hatter. See? Wordplay.
There’s also the joke about LSU fans and corn dogs. Four years ago I saw this as we walked into the stadium:
Tonight, though, while dining out with a friend who’s returned to town for the weekend we saw this creation from Dr. Magical Balloons at Niffer’s:
Jeremy wrote about this tonight. Already it is the third return on Google when searching “Balloon guy Auburn, AL.”
A few more examples of his work can be found here and here and here. Someday I’ll shoot a video interview with him. “Recreate your most unusual request. Fastest trick in your bag. Can we play stump the balloonist?”
What would stump a balloon bender?
