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I would bet my house that whomever owns that pickup truck never spent one day in the classroom at UA. Typical bama fan. SMH!! WDE!!!

Good to see you back Coach 👍. Semper Fi and WDE!!!

Glad you're back Coach but I know why you left. Great analysis of the Iron Bowl! I pretty much saw the same things in the game , especially the same old holding by bama. You and your family have a great Christmas and last but not least Semper Fi Marine!! Slammer

Semper Fi coach!!!

I bet you did. It sure beats Swamp LeJuene 👍

Semper Fi back atcha Coach. Marine medevac pilot in Nam 1967-1968. Got A-4s after returning to stateside as you can see by my avi. I love your input like most people on here so please stay with us. WDE!!!

Good catch Golf!! I am looking forward to seeing how FL makes out in Baton Rouge. I think they will get a big dose of their own medicine or at least I hope they do. The incident with Worm just shows what kind of coach mullen is to allow that to happen. He is a total dirt bag and I hope LSU beats the crap out of them. WDE!!

Thanks Stat for all you do.Loved watching the Pat Nix video. I think his son will do great things for our team.also. WDE!!!

From what I've seen of Bo Nix's high school videos he is his dad reincarnated and he can run too. Really looking forward to him taking the field for AU. I know a lot of folks on here are Joey Gatewood fans but his passing does not compare to Bo's IMO. May the best man win. I think it would be neat if Gus can incorporate a scheme that both are on the field at the same time. That should give opposing defenses something to think about! Can't wait for the season to start.!! WDE

Well his offenses have taken us to two national championship games, winning one and coming within 13 seconds of winning the second one, so yes, I think he can. SMH..

I saw the same thing 72, Stidham was yucking it up like WE were ahead 27-10. That told me he did not have his head in the game. I saw absolutely nothing to smile about. It was like he didn't care about being behind 17 points. His attitude sort of shocked me to be honest. I think all NFL and Heisman talk along with the praise he got from his first year went to his head. He is definitely not the same QB now that he was his first year at AU. I recall my watching our 1957 team practice. We had coaches that would not put up with anything less than total effort. Coaches Shot Senn and Gene Lorendo come to mind. If they caught him laughing and cutting up with what the situation was, Stidham would still be running the stadium steps. with maybe a bull in the ring session for good measure. Times have changed. JMO WDE

I agree and at the risk of repeating myself Gus has had no where near the head coaching experience that lil nicky has nor has had his "assets" available to him and has a lot more to show for his short career as a head coach. than saban does.. Gus is still learning how to be a head coach. Yes, he has his flaws but experience is the best teacher. Kirby Smart is the exception but I am sure he " learned" a lot from his former boss on how to make things go his way. Everyone here knows what I am talking about. WDE!!

Great idea. I am probably close to the oldest on here at 79 ( I have golf beat but probably not by much, but you younger guys throw a lot of acronyms around which I try to figure out. Sometimes I do but I don't get a lot of them. Just age difference I guess . WDE!!!

We had a great win over the Dawgs but I don't want us to fall into the same attitude I think GA had. I think they fell in love with their press clippings and would run all over us. Well, as everyone knows, that didn't happen. I am sure saban will have bama more than prepared for us, however I do think we have the talent to beat him. I just don't want us to get over confident with the GA win. It's been my experience that when you play with a little fear of your opponent you tend to perform at a higher level. It will be interesting to see how all this plays out. JMO WDE

I could not understand why in the world they kept running KJ so many times ,especially late it the game when we pretty much had command of the situation, especially when we have our two biggest games coming up. Kam Martin was doing a great job. Senseless to me, I am afraid KJ will be out of gas completely by the bama game. SMH!!! WDE

I have noticed a difference in tackling technique between the Pros and College. It seems like in college they want to make the "big" hit as opposed to getting the runner on the ground and in a lot of cases it winds up being a "targeting" penalty which is really counter productive. The object is to get runner on the ground period! Not to ruin his life. Below is a video of Pete Carroll's , Seattle Seahawk's tackling techniques which makes a lot of sense to me. Take out the legs and the runner goes down. FWIW

Very clever bird lol.My wife and I used to play that game for hours.

Totally agree 3rd, great post. CCL hasn't even called a game yet, makes me wonder about some of our so called "fans".WDE!!!

After watching the Atlanta Falcons/Green Bay playoff game I think that CCL should take a long look at the Falcons offensive schemes. Instead of going to a designated receiver on every play, Ryan went to whomever was open. Ryan set a NFL record throwing to different receivers. I know Julio is a great receiver but you can't rely on him every time and I think throwing to whomever was open was the key to the Falcon's success this year. Can't wait to see the Super Bowl, it should be a battle royale between two very competent QBs. JMO

AU64, I have never "hated" bama, I would just like to beat the crap out of them every year. I think you and I are old enough to remember when this was a great rivalry. The internet has changed things because it has given the 85%ers a platform to spew their hate of anything Auburn by being anonymous. Most of them are a waste of good oxygen but that will never change. Before the internet you would never even know who they are. Most of the people on here are younger than we are and were not even here when this rivalry was fairly civil. To me this is sad but it is what it is. I think a start will be when their god, saban leaves and maybe Gus can make that happen. Let's hope so. Well Slam...me neither if the truth be told. They are not worth burning up brain cells to even think about much less to "hate" though I guess it's likely that I do despise the dozen or so bammers that have pretty much destroyed al.com as a reasonable site for AU news and commentary. I used to enjoy the AU beat writers and the comments...and the Auburn Forum but the bad management of that site has pretty much ceded the commentary section to the rabble I guess. And I expect you are also correct that most of those people are relatively young they can't even remember when Tub's team won "one for the thumb" and still think that any AU win is just a fluke. And of course its pretty easy to sit behind a keyboard with half dozen "names" and spew garbage without having any accountability like they do every day. And as my dad said, don't encourage idiots by arguing with them 'cause you can't win. Years ago l liked to read the beat writers on al.com but these days any Auburn article quickly turns into a bammer chat room. I always enjoyed when AuburnTiger34 and this guy Jethro would really go at it. Jethro was a grad of uat and made sense most of the time but I guarantee you none of the crew you mention has a degree from bama or even spent one hour in the classromm there. No wonder the rest of the country thinks we are all a bunch of red necks. The sad part is that that view will never change. One thing I have never done is post on al.com. It's just a 3rd grade playgound urinating contest and for that reason I agree with your father.

AU64, I have never "hated" bama, I would just like to beat the crap out of them every year. I think you and I are old enough to remember when this was a great rivalry. The internet has changed things because it has given the 85%ers a platform to spew their hate of anything Auburn by being anonymous. Most of them are a waste of good oxygen but that will never change. Before the internet you would never even know who they are. Most of the people on here are younger than we are and were not even here when this rivalry was fairly civil. To me this is sad but it is what it is. I think a start will be when their god, saban leaves and maybe Gus can make that happen. Let's hope so.

Not so fast AU64, how about Billy " Ace" Atkins of our '57 NC team .He also played fullback and linebacker. Back when men were men and played both ways. WDE!!!

Thanks Tiger, this is what being an Auburn Man is all about.

Aubiefifty, the place where everybody danced is what is known as the War Eagle Supper Club today. Back then we just called it the "War Eagle". I was amazed that it is still there. They have a different agenda now than what is was like in the late 50s, live bands etc. We just had a juke box. They served the best pizza ever and it cost $ 1.00. That won't even get you a topping today. Used to go every Wednesday, what memories!! Also, Archie's was out the Opelika highway on the right hand side of the road before you got to Stoker's, if you remember that restaurant. Stokers was probably the best place to eat back then for a full meal. Stoker's is long gone now as is Archie's Oyster Bar. Now Archie's was a different deal. Archie tipped the scales at about 500 lbs give or take a few. His "restaurant" was a old wooden shack that really should have been condemned. Although Arch sold BBQs, his specialty was raw oysters from the gulf and he did a land office business with that. Unfortunately for me on my first experience with oysters was an absolute disaster! I found out that I was allergic to shellfish. I got violently ill and broke out in hives all over my body. Dying would have been a pleasure. Even though things were more Spartan in the old days, the one thing that remains the same is the Auburn Spirit!!! That will never change!!

Golf, I googled him and all I came up with is some attorney out in Los Angeles. I think you are right about him playing prior to 1957.