War Eagle and laissez les bons temps roulez! Auburn dispatched their homecoming foe with expected ease, 62-24. No one was seriously hurt, it seemed. We all shivered because the thermometers which said 40-degrees were surely lying. And LSU beat Bama. Perfect, perfect day of football.
Here are my Twitter memories, because I don’t want them to disappear one day, as recounted from the south end zone where we spent a great deal of time in an over-worked scoreboard. Wendy’s parents loaned us their seats so we could be down in the lower bowl with the in-laws. Wendy’s parents, like Wendy, are awesome. So here’s the stream of frozen consciousness. Parenthetical additions from after the fact are in bold. Enjoy and War Eagle!
At Tiger Walk. Cam Newton looks unphased.
Hanging out in Jordan-Hare with my in-laws who are taking in their first college football game (in the South). They’ve been to Rutgers games, but that doesn’t really count, now does it?
No Daren Bates, no DeAngelo Benton today. They are in jersey, but no pads during warmups.
Eltoro Freeman and Corey Lemonier are announced as defensive starters. Interesting even at homecoming.
Touchdown Auburn. Two plays, 30 seconds and it was Newton to Adams for the 30 yard score. 7-0.
Chattanooga punts against the most vanilla defense you’ve seen since A-Day. Carr muffed the return. Tigers are on the march again. Here’s Quindarius Carr scrambling to recover the ball
Touchdown Auburn. Newton to Adams for the 20 yard score. 14-0. This is getting ugly in a hurry.
The Alumni Band, sounding crisp, has already struck up Hey Baby. Seems a bit early for that, with 9:33 to go in the first quarter.
Cam Newton just jogged for a first down. Chattanooga’s defense is not LSU. See that bit with him playing ball with the local elementary school kids on television? It looked almost like that.
Newton slips and falls for a first down. Kenny Rogers on the tackle. It’s funny because that story is the only thing that can slow this guy down.
I know it is Chattanooga, but that 18 second (yes) scramble by Cam Newton was absurd.
Newton to Burns to the goalline and then Newton keeps for the score. 21-0.
Touchdown Auburn. Newton to Adams (I need macros…) for the score. @wesbyrum’s PAT was no good. 27-0. Byrum, now Auburn’s all-time leading scorer, is having another great year. Before this miss he’d hit something like 104 in a row.
Chattanooga crosses midfield for the first time, aided by a pass interference penalty.
After one quarter Chattanooga has 48 total yards. Auburn has 56 yards rushing, 193 yards passing, 249 total. 27-0.
Also, it is cold and windy and the hot chocolate smells delicious.
Touchdown Auburn. Newton to Zachery for the 80-yard score. 34-0.
Chattanooga returns a kickoff 99 yards for the score. And then the guy got a celebration penalty. Hey Moc, it is 34-7.
Touchdown Auburn. McCalebb goes around the end and down the sideline 49 or so yards. 41-7.
So after the most backyardtastic-we-forgot-Dyer-can-play series we shank a punt and get a formation penalty. Georgia much?
My mother-in-law: If they come around selling blankies I’m buying one. The thermometer lies, it is cold on the Plain.
The Auburn Band is now soliciting your donations for a band complex.
Chattanooga scores on a 4th and 6. 41-14.
Touchdown Auburn. Mike Dyer carries 37 yards on the draw. 48-14.
Chattanooga may be on the verge of a record, having now mishandled three kickoffs and returning a fourth for a 99-yard score.
At the half, Chattanooga has 133 total yards. Auburn has 167 yards rushing and 317 yards passing, totaling 484 yards. Chattanooga is in the Southern Conference, with Samford, whom Auburn plays next year. Not looking forward to that.
Just saw a guy wearing a Grandpa To Be button. Too cool.
It is four dollars for a packet of cocoa powder. That’s an awesome profit margin on a cold day at Jordan-Hare.
They lowered the price to $3, but still. At kickoff it was $4.
Remember two weeks ago when we were out here sweating? Sigh. Did I mention it is cold?
Chattanooga marches down on the Program defense. 48-21. Because you need a program to identify some of the Auburn men now playing, but good for them to get on the field. They deserve a nice reward and an afternoon in the sun. Meanwhile, where I’m sitting in the shade …
They announced this as a sellout. To Ric Smith’s credit he said it with a straight face.
Touchdown Auburn. Mario Fannin carries in for the score. 55-21. Fannin is wrapping up the ball nicely. I hope he gets a chance to run over Georgia next week.
Clearly there is still some work that needs to be done in preparing next year’s secondary.
Saw a four-year-old boy wearing an “I’m taller than Saban” shirt. Heh.
Chattanooga kicks a figgie. 55-24. Anthony Morgan, who’s battled injuries all season, has a nice kickoff return. Mario Fannin scores. 62-24. It isn’t that close, by the way. Auburn’s first team defense came off the field in the first quarter. There are assistant coaches scouring the student body for intramural players at this point.
These are 10-and-oh Tigers!
And be honest: no one would have suggested that in December 2008.
Neil Caudle scrambles inside the 10 … And then takes a knee. Wish he could have scored, he’s a deserving kid.
Hunker down you hairy dogs, you’re next and these Tigers are due!
Rolling Toomer’s with The Yankee and the in laws.
