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Just awful. Can't imagine how this family feels right now.

I like most of your thoughts on here but you are off on this one. You are nothing like Sammie Coates. Not that you are better than him or he's better than you. But it comes down to money, like everything does. Millions of people watched him play. He had very special skills that made a lot of us happy AND made a ton of money for the university. So he deserved a scholarship much more than you. And some money on top of that. Tons of money was made off his back and he got none of it.

We all know NIL is a mess. It was implemented with no plan. But let’s remember what it was like before NIL. This certainly isn’t right.

Agree it is a pattern and great point about the new post season. I keep forgetting about that. The 12 team playoff gives us a much better shot. It's perfect for programs like ours that our traditionally in the top 10-15 range.

Agree he will get at least 3 years no matter what. I'm fine with that considering the mess he inherited. But I predict his seat gets warm year 3. And if he has another NMSU type game in year 3, look out.

I feel the same way. Still surprised we didn't bring in a transfer QB. Thorne will improve with the new surrounding cast, but he needs to be MUCH better than last season. And I don't see it happening. If he's struggling mid season, you have to try someone else.

Catching up and this is an interesting, thoughtful conversation. This country is filled with people that are on edge and carrying guns. We will only see more of this. I do not think it is smart to open the door for a cop with a gun in your hand. I think it is a call for reform IF the majority believe a cop is justified in killing a man that did not violate a single law. The police have tremendous power. Even Spiderman knows "with great power comes great responsibility." It should be more difficult to become a cop. Higher standards for weapons proficiency, problem solving skills, personality tests, physical tests, background checks, etc. Then give them better resources and training when they are on the job, including mental health therapy. If this means there are less cops, that's fine.

What a beautiful thing to say.

He should be able to recruit another #10 class AND coach at a high level. Chizik and Gus had top 10 classes half the time and they never claimed they were too busy recruiting to coach. Plus, Saban's gone. If Freeze isn't coaching as hard as he can in Year 2, we have hired the wrong guy. Either a non-competitive loser or someone in way over his head.

Thanks 50. Some would disagree.

That's exactly it.

Fair to expect 8 wins at this point. I think we get 7.

First of all, you said that no one even mentions the hostages anymore and that Biden fully supports Hamas. Neither of which are true. I posted a video of Biden mentioning the hostages, which should have made you feel better if you were genuinely concerned. Second, I don't like Biden. It's not all Republican vs. Democrat for me. Third, aid to Israel should be conditional. Both sides have committed atrocious acts. One difference is that we are all paying for Israel's weapons, not Palestine's. And Israel has bombed hospitals, killed rescue aid workers (including an American citizen), and killed thousands of civilians.

6 hours ago:

I heard we are wearing a green and yellow #10 patch this season, as an apology to Nix and to honor his excellent work at Oregon.

We should only accept 10000% commitments.

I wouldn't touch any of these without seeing how Thorne and the DL play this season. I like the Missouri line the best. The truth is Vegas is very good at setting lines. Never bet on your favorite team! It's hard to fight your inherent bias.

It's difficult to watch Fox or msnbc. No news, just party line reactions to news. Can someone please just give me the information? The smartest thing Trump ever did was tap into this with a pithy phrase. Media bias is real, so he can use "fake news" to combat any verified truth he doesn't like and a segment of the population will eat it up.

Auburn is historically a top 15 football team. I'm willing to bet the NIL money for the football program is at least in the top 20. We are not some poverty program and we need to quit acting like one. The problem is we hire coaches no one else wants. And then we act surprised when they suck. Get the right coach in here and AU is easily a top 10-20 football program. With a chance to win at all if we go on a run at the right time in the 12 team playoff.

Same old argument by the same poster who got the last identical thread locked.

Fair enough man. Thanks for the response.

I wish it wasn't political. I'd much rather the politicians stay out of bedrooms, stop inciting voters with morality issues (on both sides), and do their damn jobs. You remain insightful and level-headed. I haven't visited the political side of this forum in a while, mostly because I fail to maintain the latter. But I've read a bit today, and your posts, with which I often fundamentally disagree, are always worthwhile.

That's not what I meant. I enjoy your posts on the football forum so we probably shouldn't get into it. But I don't believe there is a close to significant number of children being coerced into being transgender and going through life altering procedures. Honestly, this thread is wild to me as a whole. As usual, @aubiefiftyposted something well meaning and harmless. Then you have one guy calling LGBTQ a social contagion that will lead to the demise of civilization, a random insertion about anti-semites, gay panic about half of high school kids being LGBTQ, and someone that thinks gays should stay in the closet until after high school. Little too much for me. Hence my facetious response to @I_M4_AU

In a response to a post about about a gay kid, you said earlier that it is best to wait until after teenage years to "choose" the lifestyle that suits you. Then you said there are people in their 60s that still haven't come to grips with their decision. So I was wondering what age you think it is appropriate for gays to choose to live a gay "lifestyle."

What age do you think people should be allowed to be gay?