More pictures from this past week which, sadly, haven’t appeared here yet.

First, two more of the caterpillar we found Friday:

I managed to get four shots of him before he realized he was camera shy and threw himself into the grass below. (He was OK.)

James Owens was the second African-American athlete at Auburn and the first football player. The university has this year created the James Owens Courage Award and presented the first such honor to its namesake. Before the ULM game yesterday he met with many of his old teammates on the sideline.

They remembered the obstacles he overcame, and the way he’s always loved to laugh. (The comments on that story are great.) His nephew, by the way, plays for Auburn today.

“Someone with my blood went through that and was strong enough to stand and come out on top” Ladarius Owens said in an interview this week. Pretty inspiring idea.

And now, a few shots of the crowd:

Nova made the pre-game flight to midfield:

The roving sideline TV lift comes right by our seats:

Everybody cheer:

Kiehl Frazier hands off to Onterio McCalebb:

Spirit on the sideline:

Quan Bray handled the punt returns:

Frazier was 10-for-18 for 130 yards with one TD pass, one TD catch and an interception.

Aubie has his own eagle these days.

Halftime featured the marching band and the high school honor band. So, with a packed field, less marching, more standing in place and playing. The flag corps did twirl, however:

Tre Mason, the almost forgotten tailback, gained 90 yards on 22 carries.

Kiehl Frazier rocks and fires. See how wide his feet are here? He’s already got a big arm, but the footwork hurts him here. He overthrew his receiver because of that big stride. If only I had less depth of field in this shot …

Cheer! All of you cheer!

Onterio McCalebb, who had 128 yards and a score on 11 carries, demands you cheer:

Why isn’t she cheering?

Aubie’s eight ball says the ULM quarterback is about to get drilled:

Dee Ford, making Aubie look like a prophet.

Kolton Browning was 28-of-46, for 237 yards and three TDs, two of which came in the game’s closing moments. He also ran 14 times for 58 yards, but the Warhawks couldn’t steal another win.

Elsewhere, at Samford, Reid Chapel on a beautiful late summer afternoon:

Hodges Chapel, as evening falls onto the Samford campus:

I wonder where he’s riding. Home, I’d hope. And I hope it makes it there soon:

I don’t have an empirical basis for this, but it would seem that any time your punter has more yards than your offense, you’ve had a miserable day and no one wants to ever see it again.

That was Auburn’s 10-28 day, the worst loss they’ve had to Mississippi State in 15 years. Five turnovers will do that for you.

Samford, happily, beat UWA 34-6.