WarEagle1982

2 hours ago, Eagle-2 said:

How about the SEC allowing Bear Bryant to schedule an extra SEC game back in the late sixties-early seventies?

In 1972 Auburn, and Alabama both lost only one SEC game, and Auburn beat Alabama on the field, yet the Turds wind up as SEC champions because they finished 7-1 while Auburn finished 6-1. 

Another of their mythical titles. 

Much akin to Saban getting rules changed related to HUNH offenses.  “Is this what we want the game to look like?”  Give me a break!

35 minutes ago, TexasTiger said:

There were 3 undefeated teams that year— think that was worse than being leapfrogged?

No.  I was simply putting that out there because 83 had already been covered.  After seeing the product that Oklahoma put on the field in the Orange Bowl 2004 was definitely an injustice.

I’m surprised this hasn’t been mentioned.  I saw where Mike “Captain Crunch” Kolen passed away at the age of 76.  He was an AU great and also a starter on the “No Name” Miami Dolphins defense when they went 17-0.

I coached Stutts when he was in high school.  I’m so stinking proud of that guy!

This was the beautiful sky as we hit the practice field in Killen this morning!  62 degrees was the temperature!

1 hour ago, TeamZero77 said:

Riggins was a beast. He played a big role in us winning those 3 straight SEC Titles from 1987 - 1989. 

No doubt.  He was a major part of the heartbeat of the team 

Has anyone mentioned Quentin Riggins?  I believe there was a stat mentioned on him once that he made a tackle every 3 1/2 plays 

On 7/11/2023 at 5:07 PM, alabastertiger said:

I don't remember what game it was, but Terry said he had concussion so bad that he didn't know what stadium he was in or who they were playing.   He said that Shug walked over to him and said "we need you son", and he said he put his helmet on went back into the game.

I am pretty confident in saying that was the 1970 Iron Bowl where they were down 17-0 and came back to beat Bama

Two other guys I wanna mention.  
 

Tony Richardson:  classic Fullback, huge part of the 93 team, great NFL career!

Anthony Harris:  quietly one of the most consistent and toughest AU Linebackers ever.  3 year starter.  I think it was him that made the 4th down stop at Vandy that preserved the 14-10 win in 1993.  He also had a huge game in the Iron Bowl that year.

On 7/7/2023 at 8:24 PM, JuscAUse! said:

Danley against OSU in the bowl game. Coach Dye told him if he didn't get up we lose the game. He got up and we won. 

He also got knocked out by Spencer Hammond in the 88 Iron Bowl.  He came back in and ripped off a 25 yard run on Auburn’s only TD drive of the game.

On 7/7/2023 at 8:20 PM, WVR said:

Lawyer Tillman - First Big time receiver, that I can remember, after running the ball for so long. Plus, the Reverse to Victory. Still the only AU jersey I ever bought.

Stacy Danley- Bama killer. Ran harder as the game went on. Played some of his best games against them. Took one of the hardest hits I have ever saw,!then got up, ran off the field.

You beat me to Stacy Danley.  Bama killer and the dude got knocked cold in two different games then came back in and played meaningful roles in both games.  They don’t make ‘em tough like that anymore!

On 6/13/2023 at 3:38 PM, AUwent said:

In a four team playoff that year, Oregon would have faced TCU and we would've faced Wisconsin or Stanford (Oklahoma may have had an argument based on SoS).

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I go back and forth on how much credit the OL deserves for that year. NFL experience is the #1 factor to most people (and it's hard to argue with that), but I don't think we win the NC without them.

I say the OL that year deserves a TON of credit.  That is one of the best O lines in AU history.

12 hours ago, tigerman1153 said:

3 plays in that game changed the outcome.....

1. Missed FG 2. Fake punt before half 3. The holding penalty in the 3rd quarter when we were going in to score a TD.....(The KO return didn't help either)

I’ll add a play to that.  Ricardo Louis dropped a potential TD on the first possession of the game.  It at least would have put them in FG range.

You’ll never again see a Senior class that came in as Freshmen and bonded into a “family” and led the program to unprecedented heights.  (i.e. 1983, 1988, 1993, 1997, 2004, 2010, etc.)

I vividly remember sitting in the stands before the game my wife, knowing we had Cam, asked me “Does Georgia have any good players?”  I pointed at A.J. Greene and said #8 right there is a great WR.  Little did I know he was going to go off and have us down 21-7.  Thankfully Cam got us going and Chizik had the guts to call the onside kick.

13 hours ago, Shadow Tiger said:

Too bad the offenses were not as good as the defenses during that era. The 87 and 89 teams would've definitely had better records, and the 88 team would've won a national championship, or at least a share with Notre Dame. That LSU game was so frustrating in 88.

Think about the 86 team.  They lost 2 games.  A one point loss at Florida and a 4 point loss at home to UGA in a game where Brent Fullwood was whistled dead on what should have been a TD run.  
 

I believe if the 88 team had won the LSU game they probably would have matched them and ND up in the Sugar Bowl for the title.

 The offensive woes during that time are still a head scratcher.  They had some great weapons to work with, and just were stagnant a lot of times in the big games.

1 minute ago, NWALA Tiger said:

I just can't wrap my head around only hitting 4 FG in a half. U almost have to miss on purpose to be that bad

Amen

Let’s be real.  Free throw shooting has been an issue for a while.  The 2019 team probably wins the whole thing if they shoot better at the free throw line.  The Virginia game should have never came down to the end if they made FTs down the stretch 

1 minute ago, GreenTiger said:

Team doesn’t suck it’s just not better than the really good teams we’ve played. We have streaks of looking great but don’t have the talent, IQ and length to be consistently great. Lack of consistency is why many of us are so frustrated

For real.  IQ tells you to stop challenging their big guy down low when he is throwing everything you put up out of there.

11 minutes ago, NWALA Tiger said:

Nobody practice it anymore. Just 3s

My son is an 8th grader and I am always harping on him about practicing free throws and layups 

On 2/27/2023 at 4:50 PM, DyeCampAlum said:

I played with Colis (how he spelled it). He was one year ahead of me. We went 8-2 and missed the playoffs, but something like 11 guys on that team played college ball somewhere. Colis was a monster, and our QB Rodney Jarmon signed with Bama but got into bad stuff and wound up coming home.

Collis actually started out at the school I graduated from before moving to Coffee.  He was a couple of years behind my father there.

8 hours ago, augolf1716 said:

Wow........ Coffee Yellow Jackets if I remember correctly

Yes.  Yellow Jackets.  Collis Campbell came out of there.

On 2/24/2023 at 7:32 AM, DyeCampAlum said:

Kids from Russellville threw rocks at our bus after the game. That'd be 1981, we (Coffee) won, but they had a good team. Think they went to the semi-finals.

I didn't know all this about Gargis, but I went to every game in 1972 when Colbert County won the championship. I was just 7, so I don't remember all the road trips. That team, though, had Ozzie Newsome and Thad Flannigan. (My Mom taught there.)

Played against Crain. Rough night for us. I snapped a punt over our punter's head for a TD, and I was pissed. Next time we punted, he was returning, and I had a clean shot at him as the ball was coming down. I mean, his soul was about to leave his body. He panicked and dropped the ball. I got it on one bounce at about their 33, nothing but green grass in front of me. (Some of you know the problem already.) I only made it 12 yards: he tracked me down and absolutely destroyed me. Could barely breathe. And of course, the ref started walking the ball back to where I picked it up.

But seriously, in high school, he was no Wes Neighbors. Sheesh.

My wife and her whole family are Coffee grads.  Goes all the way back to the 1940s.

5 hours ago, toddc said:

I’m in limestone county and we went to the Stateline Store and Lounge drive thru. 😝 

😂😂.  We bought it when we were 19 (shhhhhh) from G.W.’s on the right just after you cross the state line.