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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0Y9wt3XkHo Hopefully we get a sequel to this. With Pickens playing the role of Reggie Brown.

Could he be let go after today?

Now, our schedule might just be rough enough this year to keep that scenario from playing out. But looking back at previous years in which I thought our schedule was going to keep us from even reaching a bowl, there seems to be 1-2 teams that disappoint epically (how I felt with 2016, and we should have and would have won AT LEAST nine games if Gus runs the option the whole game at Georgia--or, you know, went after Evans instead of JF3; LSU and Ole Miss were marked as automatic losses that year). And having all those players come back...it just has the classic feel of a surprise Auburn season. But I think the Grimes re-hire will ultimately seal his fate in 2020. BTW, leap years seem to have a habit of killing Auburn coaches' careers. Barfield, Dye, Tubs, Chizk...their last years were all leap years, and Gus could be next. But hey, we would shave an extra year off of the buyout!

My official prediction at this point is that Gus gets fired after 2020. I think he coaches his heart out this year and somehow wins 9-10 games with the help of the veteran lines. And then all but one of our starting linemen leave, and pop goes the weasel thanks in large, large part to the incredibly stupid re-hire of JB Grimes. 2019 = 1997 2020 = 1998

It was February before I got that damn tune out of my head.

Can I just say how much I love KC's stadium soundtrack? SO. MUCH. OLD METALLICA.

Sudden death is a really dumb idea.

Of course Dee Ford makes the crucial mistake. 😑 EDIT: So apparently (six months later) the LT was also offsides. Refs helping Patriots like usual.

WOW. What a break for KC. (Of course, NE's got several breaks already. So it was due.)

I'm pulling for Kansas City, but god, that tomahawk cheer still gives me some very painful flashbacks to THAT game.

Uuuuuuuhhhhhhhhh huh. Like I said, we'll be saying the same exact things about Bo. November 2019: "Bo was always going to be a project!" So if you're correct, is Gustav capable of signing a damn HS QB who ISN'T a project?

I hope so. Hopefully we won't be calling him a "project" this time next year. Gatewood was supposed to be the whole package as well.

What can I say, I commit.

Fat chance we have of actually getting him. Program is falling the hell apart and we're likely stuck with him for two more years. Be shocked if either Pappoe or Pickens sticks with us. Unbelievable. Now we get to experience what Tennessee has gone through the last decade.

Bad sign for Pappoe? With all this lack of player development, do you know how bad we would have to be next year for a change?

I mean, glad to have him, but the fact that he was a 2*, as Morris and Pappoe potentially look elsewhere, plus the fact that we're ranked 32 on 247 makes me really, really concerned.

I hope this helps with Pappoe.

As usual at this point, it's way too early to tell. I can only hope the lackluster finish to this year's class and having only two commits this year doesn't mean we're slipping into the same territory as the 2008-9 classes.

http://www.al.com/auburnfootball/index.ssf/2018/02/auburn_relying_on_fewest_juco.html Silver lining for today (not that it was "bad," but still).

So on Rivals we have a higher ranked class than UAT. Wut

Can we please hire another Virgil Starks figure? Pleeeeeaaasssee?

Why I wanted Kiffin after the LSU game and still want him if we need a new coach. Hoping LSU doesnt get their hands on him.

I fear Dabo is “planting” him, if you get what I’m saying. Really hate it when recruits do this. You still feeling good E?

Is this visitor a long shot? Or someone we have a legit chance of getting? It doesn't look like we're getting anyone else at this point.

So...does it look like we survived his visit to Clemson?