{"id":573884080,"date":"2012-10-27T12:10:04","date_gmt":"2012-10-27T17:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/?p=573884080"},"modified":"2012-10-28T18:25:46","modified_gmt":"2012-10-28T23:25:46","slug":"texas-am-at-auburn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/blog\/2012\/10\/27\/texas-am-at-auburn\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas A&#038;M at Auburn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, that was historic. On a sunny day that turned into a cloudy afternoon you could feel the cold front move in, acutely aware each time the mercury fell on every third breeze. Auburn welcomed Texas A&#038;M in their first meeting as conference rivals. It was the Aggies first trip to Jordan-Hare Stadium. <\/p>\n<p>Auburn allowed more points than they have since 1917. (1917! The Kaiser was running things in Germany. Woodrow Wilson was still in his first administration in the White House. <a TARGET=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/kennysmith.org\/blog\/img\/1918.jpg\">This historic campus photograph<\/a> was still six months in the future.) They also allowed 671 yards, the most by Auburn since records began being kept in 1967. <a TARGET=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aggiesports.com\/football\/article_1ff16a1b-e198-521c-b18f-fe2fb1ad185e.html\">The previous mark was Florida&#8217;s 625<\/a> in 1996. That stat could have been worse. The Aggies rolled up 464 yards by the half. <\/p>\n<p>The final score was <a TARGET=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.auburntigers.com\/sports\/m-footbl\/recaps\/102712aaa.html\">63-21<\/a>, and take it from someone who stayed until the bitted end, it wasn&#8217;t even that close. <\/p>\n<p>The players were doing their best,  but the coaching has become more than questionable in a short period of time.<\/p>\n<p>People were heading for the exits before the first quarter was over. The student body found better things to do by halftime and was a ghost town to start the fourth quarter. Even the media relations crew gave up. The official release is just six paragraphs.<\/p>\n<p>Really, for anyone that cared, it felt like this:<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/oct12\/oct86.jpg\" alt=\"Auburnjail\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Also, Texas A&#038;M is pretty good. Glad they&#8217;re in the SEC. Nice people, good athletics program, great university, and a terrific and enthusiastic fanbase. They fit in immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the pregame flyover of four F-16 jets. One was piloted by Auburn graduate Drew \u201cSnapper\u201d Lehman and Texas A&#038;M graduate Mike \u201cMidnight\u201d Rose. The pilots and their ground crew are based at McEntire Joint National Guard Base in South Carolina in the 15th Fighter Squadron.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/telly.com\/embed.php?guid=Q0L7W&#038;autoplay=0\" title=\"Telly video player \" class=\"twitvid-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And the U.S. Special Operations Command Parachute Demonstration Team, the Para-Commandos, jumping from 12,500 feet:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/telly.com\/embed.php?guid=M0DPX&#038;autoplay=0\" title=\"Telly video player \" class=\"twitvid-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, that was historic. On a sunny day that turned into a cloudy afternoon you could feel the cold front move in, acutely aware each time the mercury fell on every third breeze. 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