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DEL.ICIO.USLes Miles will have a Merry Christmas
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Things we learned, and things we still don’t know after the weekend:
1. Les Miles is going to have a Merry Christmas: Nobody wanted Michigan to hire a new coach more than the current coach at LSU. Because if the Wolverines, who wanted Miles, had not gotten a coach in place by Christmas, the Michigan rumors would have dogged Miles throughout the preparations for the national championship game. THAT would have been the story in New Orleans, not the fact that LSU was playing for the national title.
2. What if West Virginia had beaten Pittsburgh? One of the reasons West Virginia coach Rich Rodriguez turned down Alabama last year, I strongly believe, was that he knew his 2007 Mountaineer team was good enough to play for the national championship. If West Virginia beats Pittsburgh on Dec. 1, the Mountaineers would be in the big game right now. Would Coach Rod have been willing to turn down Michigan if that had happened? Michigan fans should be thrilled. Rodriguez will recruit speed and force the rest of the Big Ten to do so as well. This is a great hire for Michigan.
3. Can Cutcliffe be successful at Duke? David Cutcliffe, the offensive coordinator at Tennessee really wanted the job at Georgia Tech but could not get an interview. He is convinced that he has learned a lot since his tenure at Ole Miss ended and will be able to apply those lessons at Duke. The Duke administration has promised to give him some help in terms of facilities and with the admissions process. If Duke wants to be competitive in football, they need to help this guy more than they helped Ted Roof. Speaking of Roof, if somebody needs a good defensive coordinator then call this guy. He wants to coach next season.
4. Phillip Fulmer is in a tough spot: Trooper Taylor has been a loyal soldier and has done incredible work for Fulmer coaching the wide receivers and helping with player development. Taylor is one of those guys that every staff needs to be successful. But what if Fulmer determines that Taylor is simply not ready to become offensive coordinator after the departure of Cutcliffe? Taylor will have opportunities to leave and, after getting passed over twice, probably will in order to become a coordinator. That is the next stepping stone to being a head coach. That’s just part of the business.
5. I’ve got two words for Phillip Fulmer: Like most college head coaches, Fulmer likes the familiar. He likes the comfortable. That’s why he brought back Cutcliffe, a known commodity, to run his offense and that turned out well. But if Fulmer wants to really shake things up and get the Volunteer Nation excited about the future of the program, I have two words for him:
Norm Chow.
He’s the best quarterback coach this side of Cutcliffe and Steve Spurrier and he’s just down the interstate in Nashville. Maybe you can’t lure him from the comfort zone of the NFL. But it’s worth a call.
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By baloney
December 17, 2007 8:58 AM | Link to this
Tony, I’ll talk to Fulmer later today and I’ll tell him what you said about hiring Norm Chow. I’ll also let him know that he can find him in Nashville. One question though, is Nashville in Tennessee?
By Eric
December 17, 2007 9:03 AM | Link to this
Is Auburn still in the league?
By MURPHY
December 17, 2007 9:05 AM | Link to this
TECH WILL REGRET NOT HIRING CUTCLIFF. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN DUKE BEATS TECH? WILL THE TECH ADMINISTRATION FINALLY WAKE UP ? I DONT THINK SO. THIS IS SAD.
By baloney
December 17, 2007 9:11 AM | Link to this
Tony, I just got off the phone with Fulmer. He told me to tell you that he would promise not to try to be a sports writer on the condition you would not try to be personell director for UT football.
By me
December 17, 2007 9:24 AM | Link to this
Norm Chow is not going to leave the Titans to go to the ‘Vols. If he does leave it will be for the UCLA job.
By Atlanta Gator
December 17, 2007 9:30 AM | Link to this
Okay, who among the AJC sports writers, several of whom accused Les Miles of being a liar, is going to be the first to apologize for their previous comments? Looks like CLM meant it when he said he was not going to take the Michigan job, huh? Time to “man up,” as it seems to be popular to say among the AJC staff.
By gdawginkalamazoo
December 17, 2007 9:36 AM | Link to this
Looks like Booby Petrino jumped a week too soon. He could have stayed in the Big East conference and gotten hired by WVU. The SEC stays tough with Miles staying at LSU. Rodriguez is having his press conference right now. The guy sounds genuine, honest and down to earth. Funny. Not like Carr who seems like he O.D’s on Ambien.
By gdawginkalamazoo
December 17, 2007 9:41 AM | Link to this
BTW Tony, If WVU beats Pitt and plays for the NC I don’t think Rodriguez is even looked at by Michigan. WVU would have had a good shot to beat anybody in the NC game. Rodriguez wouldn’t have considered UM I don’ think. Being the WVU guy. Michigan being the winningest program of all time and probably the top job in the country it is a step up for any coach.
By bamadon
December 17, 2007 9:41 AM | Link to this
I will pull for Ohio st when they play Michigan every year for want Rodriguez did to Bama!! Fulmer will name somebody from his staff or bring back somebody with TN connections!! Trooper Taylor is the second best recruiter on the TN staff behind Fulmer!! I can’t wait to see Bama and Arkansas play in football, because the game could be called the SOB’S BOWL GAME!! MERRY X-MAS!!
By Fan Belts
December 17, 2007 9:44 AM | Link to this
Great comment Aligator fan. Lets commend Les Miles for being honest. Wow. What character for a coach.
By jabster
December 17, 2007 9:44 AM | Link to this
If Ted Roof is such a good DC, why did so many Tech opponents hang so many points on Tech when he was here? His defenses couldn’t stop a thing. I always called his defenses the “Leaky Roof” defense. If Roof wants a coaching job, he needs to go down to DII or DI-AA and learn the ropes.
Murphy: BOTH Tech and Duke wanted PJ first. ‘Nuff said.
By Ramblin Wrecker
December 17, 2007 10:08 AM | Link to this
Murphy,
I have to call you out as a fool. David Cutcliffe is Chan Gailey’s long lost twin brother. Here are Cutcliffe’s records at Ole Miss: 8-4, 7-5, 7-4, 7-6, 10-3, 4-7. Here are Chan Gailey’s records at GT: 7-6, 7-6, 7-5, 7-5, 9-5, 7-5. Cutcliffe’s 10-3 season coincided with Eli Manning’s last season in Oxford. Gailey’s 9-5 season coincided with Calvin Johnson’s last season in Atlanta. Both of those players were chosen 1 or 2 in the NFL draft. These guys are the same coach. Mediocre except when they recruit an school record setting player. Paul Johnson has won it all at the Div II level and won against all odds at a service academy. He’s a COACH. That means players come in and learn and are better football players. Are the Manning brothers good because they were coached by Cutcliffe, or is Cutcliffe considered a QB guru because he was working with players predisposed to be good?
By DWG
December 17, 2007 10:10 AM | Link to this
If WVU were playing for the NC Rodriguez would not have been a candidate at Mich. because Miles would have taken the job. I truly believe the only reason he stuck with LSU is the possiblity of winning a NC this year. If WVU wins they play OSU while LSU plays in the Sugar against Hawai’i and Miles bolts.
By reservoirDawg(formerly noyellowinthisblood)
December 17, 2007 10:20 AM | Link to this
Ramlinwrecker please do not bring logic and research onto these boards. It makes to much sense.
By Get the Picture
December 17, 2007 10:26 AM | Link to this
Why would Chow, who left USC for the NFL, decide to re-enter the college game at UT? Taking the OC position at UT would negate the reason for his going to the NFL in the first place. He would have essentially spent several years in the NFL only to trade himself down in college programs.
By GT
December 17, 2007 10:33 AM | Link to this
Why would a man want to go to Duke to coach football? Maybe Davis going to Carolina stirred something in Durham. Back when I was a boy in the 60’s and 50’s these two schools could hold their own with anybody. My father played in the stadium in 1933 beating the Rose Bowl National Champions, while at Tech. Wade hasn’t changed one iota since my Dad walked off that field. They must have told David Cutcliffe something.
By gdawginkalamazoo
December 17, 2007 10:42 AM | Link to this
ATL Gator, I’ll be the first to admit I have even more respect for Miles now. True to his word. Got to respect that. I guess that feud with Carr is deeper than we think? I think Miles didn’t want the job because it had Carr’s fingerprints on it, i.e., his recruited classes for the next 3-4 years. If he came in and won right away he would be riding Carr’s recruits? Or maybe Miles wants to look at the next level? Weird that you would put a Michigan clause in your contract, have the job open up and then turn it down. Unless Rodriguez meets up with Gary Moeller at the local pub he may be there a long time. Recruiting buzz is already up and sounding pretty good for Rich. Michigan will now have a very good recruiting class. Notre Dame will definitely suffer.
By gdawginkalamazoo
December 17, 2007 11:25 AM | Link to this
How about Terry Bowden to WVU? LMAO! They won’t be that desparate will they? Didn’t Bwoden get bounced for proabtion at Auburn? Maybe War Eagle can help with that one. I can’t recall exactly.
By MURPHY
December 17, 2007 11:37 AM | Link to this
Ramblin Wrecker,
How do you consider me a fool by suggesting TECH made a mistake not taking Cutcliff? Cutcliff wont at OLE MISS-THAT,S A DECENT COACHING JOB HE DID THERE. Are you tellig me TECH is a harder place to win than OLE MISS? I BELIEVE YOU ARE THE FOOL !! Cutcliff didnt even get offered and interview wit TECH. You remember we talked about this,I promise you within 2 years he will beat TECH. YOU CAN BANK ON THAT !!
By Michael
December 17, 2007 11:43 AM | Link to this
As a UGA fan I’d love it Fulmer hired Trooper Taylor as OC. I could be wrong but he seems like he’d be a good HC (much like Rodney Garner) but is not good enough X & O wise to be an OC. Another factor that might play into the decision is how it didn’t work out the last time he promoted a coach to OC. I can’t think of anyone with UT connections that would be qualified for this job so I’ll be ecstatic if he wants to go that route. I doubt Norm Chow would come back to college to be an OC when part of the reason he went to the NFL was to make him more attractive as college HC candidate. However he’s never been an OC in the SEC so that might interest him. I also agree if I’m Fulmer I at least call & make him say no. Al Bourges might be a logical candidate for this job if Fulmer wants to stick to a traditional attack. If Chan Gailey would take the job he’s be a good candidate as well but I’m guessing he’ll end up in the NFL.
It’ll be interesting to see how Rich Rodriguez offense looks next year with a big NFL prototype passing QB (Ryan Mallet) & how long it takes him to fully implement his spread option attack at Michigan. If I recall right his system started off more as a fast break no huddle passing O then evolved more into a running option based system after coaching good running QB’s. Also I think the QB that Pat White beat out for job was more of a passing QB so we might see them be a spread passing team until he gets a good running QB.
If Duke gives him the resources Cutcliffe will bring them to respectability then if he’s smart & has the opportunity he’ll leave for a better job.
By Michael
December 17, 2007 11:51 AM | Link to this
Forgot something…
If you’re GT how can you not at least interview Cutcliffe? Bad move if you ask me & now he’s in the same conference so he’ll be extra motivated when they play Duke.
By Atlanta Gator
December 17, 2007 12:00 PM | Link to this
gdawg~zoo——I’ve never heard the official version, but several friends of mine who are Auburn alumni have reason to believe that Terry got bounced because he slept with one of the athletic department secretaries and/or the daughter of one of the school’s directors. To look at the guy, who would have believed that he was a ladies’ man?
Regarding Michigan, Carr and Miles, it was never apparent to me that UM had actually offered the job to CLM. Given CLM’s success at LSU and the national prominence of the LSU football program and the SEC, the only reason to leave for Ann Arbor would be his desire to coach at his alma mater. Nothing dishonorable about that. The sportswriters need to lay off these coaches. More often than not, they are in an impossible situation at the end of the regular season and before the bowl season is over. If the coach’s team is in a conference championship game, a big-time bowl or the BCS championship game, they would not be doing their current team any favors by announcing the departure before the end of the season.
The media can be insatiable at times, and very often the reporters are responsible for putting these guys in the impossible situation. All it takes is one repeatedly asking the question, and then they all begin to question the denial or try to interpret the “no comment” in the least flattering way. Sort of like asking when you quit beating your wife … you can’t win.
By gdawginkalamazoo
December 17, 2007 12:01 PM | Link to this
Michael, there is some kid out of Pennsylvania that is supposed to be the next Vince Young. Didn’t get his name but I heard that he just put his name on U of M list. Mallet might not play next year. You know that Rodirguez will play the freshmen if needed. He learned that at WVU with White and Slaton (remember he didn’t start those guys until 6 games in their freshman year). Michigan football just got exicting.
By B. Thenet
December 17, 2007 12:39 PM | Link to this
That recruit’s name is Pryor, and he was down to WV and Ohio St. before Rodriguez made the move to Ann Arbor, he has added Michigan to his wish list as of last night.
I love the pick up by Michigan, funny how they courted Schiano and got Rodriguez when WV has destroyed Rutgers since both were coaching there.
I would not dismiss Mallet at UM yet. He ran the spread in HS, and he may have the best arm of anyone Rodriguez has coached. Plus, Mallet may be slowish, but he is not afraid to tuck and run when needed. He is a big boy, hard to take down.
By shane #1
December 17, 2007 12:46 PM | Link to this
1-let’s see,playing in the ncg,big fat contract,big fat stadium,boosters with big fat wallets,head honcho of the only game in town,or state,leaving the espn know it alls with egg all over their faces.yep,ole santa was kind to les.merry hell,he should be laughing out loud!2-what if uga had beaten usc{the other one},what if chan had beaten uga,what if usc{the real one} had beaten stanford?moot question!ole rich has the chance to be the les miles of the frozen north. 3-cutliff will be successful at duke,if the powers that be really back his program.he doesn’t have to go to the orange bowl,just win seven games!win eight and the big boys come calling,bearing big contracts! 4-fulmer is always in a tough spot,but he is shrewd enough to wiggle out of it.this cat has more than nine lives. 5-don’t worry,fulmer has someone in mind.ut has slipped a little,anyone want to be the next ut scapegoat,i mean oc?this would be a perfect spot for chan.oh the fun those two could have at the china buffet!just remember to put a buyout clause in your contract coach.quail hunting in south ga will be a lot more fun with two checks!
By yellowblood
December 17, 2007 12:46 PM | Link to this
Cutcliff is a Dawg Killer. Other than The Old Ball Coach he’s the best. He would have been much better than Paul Johnson. I wonder why DRAD would not give him an interview.
I also believe Cutcliff would have allowed us to continue the Tech Tickle Pile tradition. Don’t know about PJ.
By Big Ed
December 17, 2007 12:49 PM | Link to this
Thank you Les Miles for not falling for all the ESPN and media driven Bulls@@t. Kirk Herbstreet can now go back to being an average analyst. I found it interesting that one week after Les talked to Michigan’s AD about who he thought would be a good fit for the job they immediately go to R-Rod.
By shane #1
December 17, 2007 1:39 PM | Link to this
just a thought on petrino,he was under blank’s thumb,now he is free!oh really?life with jerry jones looking over your shoulder and fans that publish your cell phone records.i have a feeling that after he loses a few games petrino will think of his days as a falcon as the”good old days”!
By gdawginkalamazoo
December 17, 2007 1:55 PM | Link to this
Thenet, I agree. The Mallet kid is protype QB. I wasn’t aware that he had run the option in high school. If so he might do well. Pretty imposing kid and if he was recruited to play Carr’s system and played the option in HS then he might do well next year with Rodriguez.
By gdawginkalamazoo
December 17, 2007 1:58 PM | Link to this
shane#1, LMAO! Yeah I bet Booby didn’t think of that. He will be at Walmart picking up TracPhones that they can’t trace.
By Mikey
December 17, 2007 2:29 PM | Link to this
Methinks that Petrino has now burned too many bridges. When he leaves Arkansas( before the season is over ) it will be down to Division II for him…
By shane #1
December 17, 2007 2:30 PM | Link to this
zoo,how about this take off on a credit card commercial-boo a coaches public service announcement,low class-open a fire coach{insert name here}web site,low class-publish a coach’s cell phone records and try to screw up his marriage,totally classless!we live in a world that wants it all and wants it now.people don’t understand that football is the ultimate team sport,if your team loses a game,it’s the quarter back’s fault,lose two in a row and it’s coaching,have a losing season,well,we need to fire the coach.most fans have no patience,know nothing about football,and to top it all off,are stupid!
By To Ramblin' Wrecker
December 17, 2007 2:44 PM | Link to this
Paul Johnson did not win it all at the Division II level. He won it all at the Division 1-AA level. We Georgia Southerners get irritated when we are through ignorance lumped in with the West Georgias of the world.
By Hoopie1
December 17, 2007 2:45 PM | Link to this
Hey Petrino haters, check out the article in the B’ham News by Kevin Scarbinski. He interviewed Petrino’s agent. If the agent told the truth, then A. Blank is the real snake in this situation. The corporate armtwisting that Blank is accused of by the agent is exactly the stuff I saw when I worked for large corporations. If Blank keeps running the Falcons as if it is the “Depot”, then that sports team will be even more devalued.
By azcat225
December 17, 2007 3:15 PM | Link to this
If you believe half of what an agent says, I’ve got some land in Florida I would love to sell to you. Great view at low tide…
By KR
December 17, 2007 3:16 PM | Link to this
Terry Bowden believed he was going to be canned at the end of the season (he probably was), so he abandoned the team in the middle of the season, leaving Coach Oliver (the DC) to lead for the rest of the games.
Bowden wasn’t AU’s coach when the acts that earned the probation occurred. That coach was Pat Dye.
WAR EAGLE!
By Hoopie2
December 17, 2007 3:20 PM | Link to this
The agent is the snake mouthpiece for the snake coach. Me-trino is the bad guy here. Make no mistake.
By Dawgcrzy
December 17, 2007 3:21 PM | Link to this
It is great to read this blog about all the drama these other schools, coaches and fans are dealing with,knowing UGA is set for at least one more year!!
By FLA DAWG
December 17, 2007 3:24 PM | Link to this
With all those LSU Tigers healthy and the rumormill quiet about Miles I believe Ohio State will lose by two TDs.
I agree with you about the Michigan / Rodriguez match - it’s a good one and will put those Wolverines back in top 10 football again.
UT is going to be in for some hurt next year. Cut. gone and possibly Taylor!? Wow.
By War Eagle
December 17, 2007 3:39 PM | Link to this
zoo, KR explain the problem with CTB very good. I would mention he made a statement on ESPN at the time of his down fall “recruiting was not important in college coaching”, This aroused War Eagles quick because he had 10-0, 9-1. consecutive seasons on Pat Dye`s recruits.There other issues too. Coach Bowden was the best ON FIELD coach in Auburn history, but other things fuel the fire and he was gone into the night.
By uga
December 17, 2007 3:43 PM | Link to this
I’ve heard that UT may offer Garner their OC. Kippy Brown from the NFL may come in also. I htink he coached there before.
By Halberstram
December 17, 2007 3:52 PM | Link to this
Why would Norm Chow go from being an OC in the NFL to Tennessee? He’s not going to be fired in the nfl. The only way he’s coming back to college is to be a head coach, which I don’t understand why he can’t get a job.
By FLA DAWG
December 17, 2007 3:53 PM | Link to this
War Eagle, I’m surprised you think Bowden was a better gameday coach than Tubberville. I think Tubs is one of the best in the country on gameday.
By gdawginkalamazoo
December 17, 2007 4:12 PM | Link to this
KR & War Eagle, thanks. I couldn’t quite remember other than he quit. Strong statement War Eagle on the game day coach take but I think you ought to know. So no hard feelings from you about Bowden ditching I take it? And how do you think if he came back to coaching (WVU)? He has stated he wants back in.
By uga
December 17, 2007 4:22 PM | Link to this
I was talking about Kippy Brown, not Norm Chow. Brown has had 2 different stints at UT.Plus Garner feels he should have been OC instead of Bobo. He and Fulmer are friends.
By gdawginkalamazoo
December 17, 2007 4:32 PM | Link to this
War Eagle, I would have thought that Pat Dye would have been the best game day coach. After all he pretty much played every game not to lose. Maybe not to win either. Ties were okay though.
By baloney
December 17, 2007 4:48 PM | Link to this
Pat Dye may very well have been the worst game day coach ib the SEC. Talk about puckering up in a big game.For sure not a good game day coach.Plus he cheated while at Auburn, thus the reason Terry Bowden didn’t win the NC in his first year (Dye put AU on probation)
By DearingStDawg
December 17, 2007 4:54 PM | Link to this
ATL Gator, I heard a rumor somewhere that Bowden got ran out of Auburn by Bobby Lowder (spelling?), the same guy who lent the plane to the Auburn AD to secretly interview Booby Petrino. From what I’ve heard, that guy has a ton of power down there. May or may not be true though, the first part at least. Maybe some of y’all Auburn fans know better than I.
As for Cutcliffe, he was (and is) twice the coach Chan Gailey was. It don’t think even hardened Tech fans would admit that Ole Miss is an easier job than Georgia Tech. Just look who Ole Miss has to play every year. Duke takes the cake of difficulty though. It’ll be interesting to see how he does up there.
On a final note, I can’t tell you how glad I am that Cutcliffe has left Knoxville. We couldn’t beat Tennessee when he was there. Ole Miss made a gigantic mistake in firing him. Hopefully they next guy Tennessee hires proves to be the next Randy Sanders. I don’t think it’ll be Norm Chow- he has head coach written all over him. Its amazing to me that he is a HC somewhere. UCLA(someone else said this) should hire him.
Oh, and GO DAWGS!!
By Ol Ball Coach
December 17, 2007 4:59 PM | Link to this
Does anybody want to hire my boy, Junior? Aw now, you can’t spell Fun N Gun without a few good ball plays and he can sure draw up some good ball plays….like I show’d em.
By shane #1
December 17, 2007 6:35 PM | Link to this
five reasons to leave wvu for um. 1-you turned down miami and bama because you had a real shot at the nc game and they had malor problems.this year you lose 6 senior starters off the d alone. 2-white and slaton are jrs and possible first rounders in the nfl draft. 3-michigan is number 12 in recruiting,wvu is number 31. 4-osu is your only real competition in the big ten.beat the teams you should beat and ohio state and you have a great shot at a nc. 5-michigan gets lots of love from the media,has a stadium that seats 100’000+,has great facilities,and,this is most important,has tons of money!
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December 17, 2007 7:17 PM | Link to this
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December 17, 2007 7:18 PM | Link to this
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By War Eagle
December 17, 2007 9:07 PM | Link to this
FlaDawg, Coach Tuberville is skilled with defense, not offense. OC calls plays, CTB called plays during his tenure.We have a new OC, Tony Franklin from Troy (dawg fans remember his spread offense). Bobby Lowder(Colonial Bank) donates millions to Auburn, Pat Dye is his side kick(Board of Director etc), which makes Mr Lowder visible in the Auburn community.
By RODAWG
December 17, 2007 11:51 PM | Link to this
KIRK SMOKE HERBSTREET BLEW THE MICHIGAN COACHING HIRE SO BAD THAT HE HAD TO MAKE IT UP BY GIVING MILES A HEAD JOB AND LOBBYING LSU TO THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. THEY FIRED DAN BLOW IT RATHER FOR THE SAME THING. HOW DOES HERBPOLESMOKER GET A FREE RIDE ON THIS DEBACLE. TB,YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE MR.C.F. HOW ABOUT CALLING ERB AND ESPN OUT FOR THEIR STUPIDITY. MILES IN A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IS ONLY OUTDONE BY THEIR INCOMPETENT OPPONENT OSU.
By RODAWG
December 18, 2007 12:02 AM | Link to this
WAR EAGLE, SONNY LOUDER IS THE HEAD OF SEC OFFICIATING. HE OWNS HEAD OFFICIAL PENN WAGERS WHO TRIED TO SINGLE HANDEDLY STEAL VICTORIES BY THE DAWGS OVER FLORIDA AND AUBURN. COACH TURDEVILLE SHOWED HIS IGNORANCE BY VOTING THE DAWGS # 5 IN THE COACHES POLL. THE AGGREGATE SCORES FROM THE LAST TWO GA. VS. AU. GAMES HAS BEEN AROUND 100 TO NOTHING AND IT REALLY WASN’T THAT CLOSE. FACTOR IN LOUDER BRINGING IN HIS BOYS TO OFFICIATE AND IT SHOULD’VE BEEN 200 TO NOTHING. TURD, LOUDER AND WAGERS [DOES HE REALLY WAGER OR JUST BLOW] SUCKS!
By Scoop
December 18, 2007 2:58 AM | Link to this
West Virginia officials have asked to talk with Bobby Petrino. Petrino’s agent says he’s willing to listen, and he’s asked that his Ark. contract have no buyout penalty….
By azcat225
December 18, 2007 8:36 AM | Link to this
lmao…Lowder is “visible” in the Auburn community?!?
By Comin' Down Tha Tracks
December 18, 2007 9:23 AM | Link to this
I can honestly say that most of us Dawgs were holding our collective breath every time Cutcliffe’s name was bandied about in connection with the Ga. Tech opening. I think I can also represent a significant portion of us when I let out this sigh. Whew.
By War Eagle
December 18, 2007 9:46 AM | Link to this
RODAWG, WHAT ARE TALKING ABOUT? Auburn supporter is Bobby Lowder, not Louder. I never heard of Sonny Louder or anything you said except CTT voted UGA #5 and really that is about where they belonged.Good luck against Hawaii and Merry Christmas
By RODAWG
December 18, 2007 8:27 PM | Link to this
WAR EAGLE, I WAS INSULTING LOUDER AS IN SONNY BOY. AND I’M MISPELLING HIS NAME TO IMPLY THAT HE SHOULD BE INSIGNIFICANT IN THE SEC WHICH HE IS NOT. AUBURN AND TENN. HAVE THEIR OWN OFFICIALS. THE PLAYING FIELD IN THE SEC SHOULD BE LEVEL AND IT ISN’T. IN FACT AFTER WATCHING THE GA/FLA DEBACLE AND THE CHEATING BY OFFICIALS IN THE WEST VA/PITT GAME, THE WHOLE COLLEGE GAME HAS BEEN SULLIED. TURD VOTING THE DAWGS 5TH AFTER THE STOMP DOWN WE PUT ON THEM AND THEIR OFFICIATING CREW WAS INCREDIBLE. IF WE ARE FIFTH, THEN WHERE IS AUBURN, MAYBE AROUND 40TH. GOOD LUCK AGAINST KLEMPSON [THE WAY AN OLD BUDDY USED TO SPELL IT] OR WHOEVER YOU BOYS ARE PLAYING.