ertrader

I’m curious for someone who knows given the format of the regional is there any advantage to being a one seed

6 hours ago, aubiefifty said:

Two natty coach of the year awards in seven years sounds impressive to me.

Assistant coach of the year. Gotta be a pretty young guy if he just graduated in 2015. I would guess a sport like tennis recruiting is 90% of the job

As far as bad leader or bad teammate, anyone who thought that way probably got the idea from pay site "insiders", like say BMatt (not specifically him but folks like him)

10 hours ago, AUwent said:

Hate to say, but at this point who can win at those three?

Vandy has won in Athens twice since the last time Auburn won there! But seriously your point is well taken, since 2017 UGA has only lost one home game (South Carolina).

The perfect summary of AU futility in Athens  - in 2016 (Kirby first year) UGA lost to Vanderbilt and Georgia Tech at home. Both were unranked. But Auburn comes into Athens ranked #8 and loses 13-7.  I think that was the game where Sean White's arm fell off and Gus didn't notice.

2005 for last win at GA I think. Like 4 coaches ago 

Feel bad for Butler, never gets to finish his matchup

2 hours ago, passthebiscuits said:

Boooom! 
now to sell my left kidney…

So if his NIL deal is really in the 1.2 million range like has been speculated (no idea if accurate) it will take 5,288 subscribers to OTV to pay for it!

54 minutes ago, steve99 said:

this was a good interview.  That being said he got some facts wrong, he said it was around the South Carolina game the story broke.  It was before the Georgia game.  He said he had to play the LSU game etc. with this hanging over him.  Unless Maybe Chizik heard it was coming and it was kept quiet for 4-5 weeks?   Also he indicated he was ineligible for a game and missed a game, I know we declared him ineligible before the Georgia game and I think the NCAA made him eligible immediately due to the fact it was his dad that took the money.    I don't think he missed a game though.

More curious if I am remembering the events correctly or not?

It's all a blur but I do remember when the story broke right before the Georgia game it was reported that the sec had already been investigating or at least aware of it for a "couple months". I assume the SEC office would have told Chizik right away. 

I also thought Cam said he was suspended for one day not one game but I skipped around a little and might have missed parts.

So crazy that Calipari arrives at Arkansas and has only one returning player on the roster - a walk-on. Every single other player has either graduated, is out of eligibility, declared for the draft, or entered the transfer portal. Every. Single. One.

Also apparently Scott Drew has said no to UK.

Are there any former (or current I suppose) Auburn golfers playing in the Masters?

Just to attach some numbers to mediocrity and nuthin

Last year Auburn finished 36th in the Directors Cup (a more or less overall ranking of a school's athletic teams performances)

That was 10th in the SEC (Texas and Oklahoma finished higher than us too if you are looking to the future)

2 Texas

5 Florida

6 Tennessee

7 Georgia

9 LSU

12 Alabama

13 Arkansas

18 Kentucky

23 Oklahoma

24 Texas A&M

33 South Carolina

36 Auburn

39 Ole Miss

50 Missouri

56 Vanderbilt

57 Mississippi State

11 hours ago, AURex said:

How long has it been since we have pretty much zero info from scrimmages and practices. Yes, I know our insiders are doing the best to keep us informed. But fact is, I feel like I have never had LESS info regarding Spring Practice for years. Am I missing something?

 

Complete speculation on my part and possibly (probably?) way off base, but I wonder if this is the start of a transition to a model where access and info moves behind an OTV membership paywall.

On 3/20/2024 at 2:12 PM, passthebiscuits said:

Bruce’s first season he was 5-13 in conference and 11-20 overall.

good to get his expertise. Relax on CHF’s first (or even second) season. 

Actually wasn't that his SECOND year? Also he didn't get above .500 in SEC play until year four.

7 hours ago, arktiger1975 said:

One of the toughest regions in recent memory. If we were all in different regions, a Final Four of UConn, Iowa State, Illinois, and Auburn wouldn't raise an eyebrow. You could even throw SDSU in the mix- they made it from a similar position last year. And don't sleep on teams like UAB either, they could beat anybody on a given day. All of the top 5 teams are well-coached talented, tough, physical teams that play outstanding defense. Much respect to all the teams in our region. I will be pulling for whoever comes out of it (hopefully us, of course 😊).

Conference tournament champions from Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, and SEC all in same region. That's 4 of the top 5 conferences in the country according to most every metric

At least according to ESPN, all SEC schools (including UGA) spring games will be on SEC+ except for Alabama which is on ESPN 

https://espnpressroom.com/us/press-releases/2024/03/full-slate-of-college-football-spring-games-and-pro-days-featured-across-espn-platforms/

1 hour ago, e808 said:

Not sure u would say he played well. If we scanned multiple SEC game threads most comments wouldn’t say he didn’t played very well. The point guard position is probably the most glaring issue on the team if we being honest 

I sometimes read the game thread from beginning to end when I couldn't watch live and have yet to see the score, just to kinda get a feel for how the game unfolded. Inevitably based on the game thread I assume we lost by 20 only to eventually see the final score and find out we won by 20. 

23 minutes ago, AURex said:

This is why I was hoping UT would beat UK. If UT won, Auburn is in the top 4. With UK win, Auburn is pushed out despite our win over UGA tonight.

 

Pretty sure auburn will be 4 seed in sec tourney

At least according to the box she played 29 minutes which was second most on team. It seems to me like CJH was trying to manage everyone's minutes knowing Arky was shorthanded and we had a game the next day.

4 hours ago, auburnatl1 said:

When the reality of Trump and Biden finally sets in  I think most sane people will wake up and demand a plan b.  If there ever were a 3rd party scenario , it’s coming soon.

18 hours ago, bigbird said:

The simple answer is typically there are some holdovers as opposed to starting completely over. JMO

This. Add to this we've hired a lot of ex-HCs, guys that are used to doing things their way and now they are asked to do things someone else's way. It can work but a lot can also go wrong.

23 minutes ago, TuscaloosaTiger said:

When was the last time we had a 5* OLman? Was Greg Robinson a 5*? If not then who and when?

Calvin Ashley in 2017?

On 11/14/2023 at 1:24 PM, cole256 said:

I would suggest people do what I'm doing a watch a few games before coming up with analysis of a players game. Things like feeling like a guy isn't a good shooter or is an awesome shooter......I mean it's just not any conclusions you can really come to. I could point out numerous guys we have done that for in the past but I don't want to start any arguments. 

Also once again new guys so yes you should expect that guys who have been in the system may move faster or seem more fluid as opposed to a guy that's just playing here. You should more look at the decisions they are making as opposed to the actual execution.

Things like a guy wanting the ball or a guy not backing down is more what you should be watching now. 

Last thought from me so far is last year when I saw we signed Chaney and CBM I wrote and said to everyone how good these guy's are will be the most important thing to our identity defensively. I still feel that way now, actually I feel even stronger about that prediction. Those 2 guys and Holloway, so those 3 guys development will tell most of the story as far as how good this team can be.

Hey cole curious if you have some more updated thoughts on the team at this point. If you've posted them elsewhere let me know.

As bad as it felt (and feels), I still imagine that the 2013 Iron Bowl was much much worse for Bama fans. That helps a little.

10 minutes ago, ellitor said:

@ertrader I'll cross reference the players when I got off work to see if they are HS or transfer rankings.

oh gosh I definitely was not asking you to do more work than you guys already do! It was as much a general question about how much effort the recruiting sites put into reevaluating all these transfers, as well as how accurate they can be given that 1000+ players hit the portal in the last few days. 

Thanks @Paladin for all your work on the list - question are those star ratings just carried over from what they were coming out of high school, or has someone reevaluated them as transfers?