A Look Back At Our Preseason Predictions

[LegalEagle 22]

#72153

Auburn will win all of its games including the national championship. At the Alabama game in Tuskaloser, Bama will be held scoreless even though a safety is called back due to an off sides penalty.

Some people on this board will declare Auburn's season a total farce, complaining that we trailed in three games before winning on a lucky break in the fourth quarter. Many will assail CTT as an okay manager but not a real football coach. Borges, they will argue is responsible for Auburn's success, forgetting how they assailed him upon his hiring. The call will go out to fire CTT and replace him with Borges, or even give Petrino another chance at a plane ride.

Bobby Lowder will give his full support to CTT and give $2M to build a women's quilting facility on campus. His support of CTT will put CTT on shaky ground with the alumni, fans and faculty. CTT will be offered the atheletic director's job as a face saving measure. CTT refuses to step down as head coach and forces Richardson to make the decision. CTT's entire family seeks psychological care.

Richardson then calls Mengelt to see who's available. Mengelt gives Richardson a list of seven possible candidates, including Sylvester Croom. Richardson gives Mengelt $1M and thanks him for his efforts.

Richardson asks the advice of his wife, who says she thinks CTT is "cute" and a "nice guy." She says she sees no reason why he should go other than his support from Lowder.

Richardson takes his wife's advice and informs CTT that he will not be replaced. CTT reminds Richardson of all the turmoil he's been put through at Auburn, and advises that while his job was in the air, he paid an ex-Auburn basketball player $1M to search for possible coaching jobs for him if he was fired. He was provided a list of seven schools that might be interested in hiring a head football coach. That list included Mississippi State.

Fearing that CTT might actually resign this time, Richardson offers a three year extension to CTT's cotract and raises his annual salary to $1 less than Nick Saban makes. In addition, he told him he would give him a $2 bill each year that AU beats LSU. CTT accepts the offer and continues coaching as if nothing happened. He does buy a duck hunting lodge in Arkansas and a fishing yatch which he moors in Destin.

Mengelt buys a marina outside Chicago and a yatch which he moors at his marina.

Richardson has marital relations with his wife and thanks her for that and her help in the coaching decision.

Auburn gets screwed in the press for another bizare fiasco, but don't forget, WE WON THE NATIONAL CHAMIONSHIP!!

WAR DAMN EAGLE!!!!

*grin*