Fan shots from Jordan-Hare Stadium.
Cats, food, people and many more photos here.
Auburn
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Oct 11
Florida at Auburn
Suddenly Auburn’s defense is looking worthy, mostly on the strength of a young and angry defensive line, led tonight by Corey Lemonier. This was Florida’s first pass of the game, where they thought they’d challenge a defender deep. The pass was intercepted, and that was the biggest threat of the night from the Gators.
Auburn’s offense is still struggling, but the defense, the special teams and a few odd calls from officials kept an inept Florida team at bay. In the end, the Tigers won 17-6. It should have been at least 23-6, or perhaps 27-6.
It wasn’t the best game to see — a common theme in college football today, based on what I was able to see — but it was a win. Auburn used all three of their quarterbacks and generated less than 300 yards, but held the misfiring Gators to less than 200.
Auburn wasn’t expect to win any games during this stretch of October, but they’ve won two. They are now 5-2 on the year and headed next weekend into Baton Rouge for a big clash with LSU.
More here tomorrow.
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Oct 11
Auburn exonerated; terms Bammerfreude, Urbanfreude, Mullenfreude coined
On a dark Thursday last November I remember finding myself in a tough spot, thinking: Either an institution I love or members of the journalism profession will be embarrassed.
Sorry national sportswriters, couldn’t happen to a better class of folks. From al.com:
The NCAA did not find any major rules violations in Auburn’s signing of quarterback Cam Newton and has concluded its investigation.
The NCAA enforcement staff also concluded its investigation into charges by four former players on HBO who accused the school of providing extra benefits. Again, it found no wrongdoing.
The NCAA issued a statement Wednesday saying it interviewed more than 50 people to see if Auburn provided Newton or his family improper benefits. The NCAA said it could not find any reason to keep the investigation open because its findings did not meet a “burden of proof” that Auburn did anything wrong in signing the quarterback who led the Tigers to the national title last season.
And, also:
The NCAA took some of the constant scrutiny to task, saying charges must “meet a burden of proof, which is a higher standard than rampant public speculation online and in the media.”
“The allegations must be based on credible and persuasive information,” the NCAA said.
As I would tell any journalism student, or anyone else: your assertion does not mean evidence.
(Apparently true to my word, I did not write much about this here over the last year. In the archives I find two mentions. One, here, just after this “story” broke and something else the night Newton declared for the NFL draft.)
Just because why not:
War Eagle.
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Oct 11
Two plus too equals …
Health status: Still here. Still sickly, but there are moments of improvement. Then I make the mistake of thinking I can stop taking pills.
Twenty-two minutes later I can’t breathe again. So back to the pills. Four minutes later the chest-quaking, throat-burning, head-aching coughs return. And so there’s the Nyquil. To keep the bugs guessing, I sometimes change it up for Robitussin.
I’ve taken enough of this stuff that I’m beginning to acquire the taste. This should be a gustational impossibility, so you do what anyone would after drinking the stuff for several days: check the expiration date. Still valid, so it must be me.
I can’t taste much else just now, but the Robitussin, well, that’s just got a hint of a cherry and an undertone of oak.
Breakfast with The Yankee this morning at the local breakfast place. This is a rare treat that we’ve come to enjoy. Fresh biscuits, tasty bacon and a leisurely time to sit and chat about nothing of consequence. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, especially if there is a BLT involved.
Spent about five hours working on a math for journalists lecture. That’s always one the students love. “Math? I’m in a writing major!”
I can sympathize. Felt the same way, but then you find yourself writing a story, or a press release and there’s percent changes and per capita and then you have to mix that with things like strong verbs and now you’ve found yourself writing with numbers. It has happened before.
So that was a lot of today. The numbers have to be just so.
Returning to an old feature that hasn’t yet been completed. Here’s the resurrection of the Glomerata covers:
These are annual volumes of the Auburn University yearbook, which I collect. Here are three new additions to the Glomerata section as we begin the sometimes tumultuous 1960s.
Since this hasn’t been here in a long time, you might need a refresher. Start at the beginning, here. For a more detailed look at some select Gloms try here.
The plan is to return this to a regular weekly feature until we work our way through the full list of covers. This will take some time.
Also, the September photo gallery has been completed. And, for good measure, the October photo gallery is up and running.
And now to write a math exercise …
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Oct 11
Game day: South Carolina
Auburn is on the road. That means it is watch party Saturday!
The Tigers won something of a stunner, downing 10-ranked South Carolina in Columbia, 16-13. Frustrating, sloppy game. Auburn should have won by something like a score of 26-13. They should have also lost. A young team was growing up, right there on television.
They sure are fun to watch.
Alabama also mauled Florida. They look like a complete team. Scary stuff.
Watch parties are awesome, though. Brian came down for the weekend. Our old friend and my former boss was in town for a soccer game and he stopped by.
