weekend


22
Nov 14

Samford at Auburn

Slept in. Rode my bike around campus, which was very quiet. I watched the Minnesota at Nebraska game, which was the only early game that sounded promising. It was a good one, too.

If only I’d known about that Wake Forest-Virginia Tech game, though, right?

Got out to the tailgate in time for a late lunch. Visited with friends and then we all made our way in to see the game. It got off to a slow start, but briefly gave us an amazing stat:

stat

As the second half began I realized that one of our Samford students was sitting behind me:

stat

I’ve had him in class and he worked for me for two years and now there is right behind me in a stadium. What are the odds? 1:87,450.

Auburn won, of course, but Samford looked good and fought hard throughout. This is the second time I’ve been fortunate enough to see them play one another in football. It doesn’t happen all of the time, of course, but it is a special treat to see.


16
Nov 14

Catching up

The post with extra pictures, things that didn’t fit elsewhere or are just looking for a good home. You know the type, and you know the post. On with it, then.

We took a little hike, and I saw this young oak tree:

leaf

Sometimes the little things jump out at you. Sometimes you don’t even realize it until you get back home. That was the case with this one, I was shooting color, but now I see the edges:

leaf

Should I really be walking on something made by a company called Biltolast?

bridge

Only kidding. A small, local company. They’ve got about 80 employees and pedestrian bridges in Alabama, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Oregon, California, Connecticut, all over.

We went to see a play today:

program

And here’s the cool part, we discussed the show with the editor this evening. How often do you get to do that? I asked questions about the lighting and the sound, the deliberate anachronisms and the symbolism. He may never again tell us when he is directing.


15
Nov 14

South! Alabama

You can’t get tired of these stories, I won’t let you get tired of these kinds of stories. This one has a cute addition to it. South Alabama’s football team signed a kid, Colby Sawyer, and name dropped Alabama and Auburn.

When you’re out-recruiting the Tide and Tigers, good things happen. As you’ll see in this video, the Jaguars are bowl eligible:

South Alabama is bowl eligible for the first time in just their second year in Division I. Some bowl better pick up this program.

Update: How awesome is this? They named Sawyer player of the week.

Pardon me, I have to go put on my Jags shirt.


9
Nov 14

Catching up

The weekly post of extra photos that haven’t yet landed on the site. We have tons of them, so check ’em out.

Spirit in flight before the Texas A&M game:

And then the flyover from the Aviation Education and Enhancement Program of East Alabama. I believe this is a Yak-9 and two P-47 Thunderbolts:

And the ever-popular fan shots:

My lovely bride, sporting new hair barrettes that her mother made. We’re trying to talk her into a boutique shop business of artisanally made cranium decorations:

The falling leaves, from our afternoon run:


8
Nov 14

Texas A&M at Auburn

The slideshow experiment continues. Plenty of things not to like, plenty of things to enjoy.

And look at that sunset!