Cam on Jim Rome

[War Eagle!!!]

http://tvider.com/view/40584

Cam is a damn impressive man. I swear to god he is fucking awesome. I still can't believe that this dude is this good yet this mature...and plays at Auburn. Damn...

[djsimp]

http://tvider.com/view/40584

Cam is a damn impressive man. I swear to god he is fucking awesome. I still can't believe that this dude is this good yet this mature...and plays at Auburn. Damn...

Nice find WE! That was a great interview. You know, you just can't get enough of this guy; watching him play, listening to him speak. This is guy is outstanding all the way around.

[The Prowler]

I'm definitely not alone in saying this, Cameron Newton is making his way up the board of being my favorite player...ever.  There are some HUGE names on that board too.

[djsimp]

I'm definitely not alone in saying this, Cameron Newton is making his way up the board of being my favorite player...ever.  There are some HUGE names on that board too.

I think there alot of people that feel that way. You know in the era just removed from the Tebow era, this has to be a hard task to accomplish.

[JR4AU]

Bo came along at a time when Auburn was badly in need of something like, well, BO!.  It's a different situation at Auburn now, but Cam is doing the same types of things for Auburn that Bo did.  Auburn isn't in need like they were then, so it's not as historically important overall, but Cam is Bo-like in more ways than simply being a freak of an athlete.  I wish I could put it in to words  more better.  Cam has actually turned "the laptop incident" in to a positive for himself in a way.  He admits he made a mistake, admits it was stupid and that he should have known, and probably even did know in the back of his mind.  No excuses, not "I was a victim".  It was a simple mistake, and when he tells it as it is, folks accept it for what it is, and move on to what Cam is all about. 

[Ranger12]

Am I doing to be able to listen to this without my normal urge to reach through the radio and kick Jim Rome in the mouth for trying to be so "cool" with his sports slang?

[djsimp]

Am I doing to be able to listen to this without my normal urge to reach through the radio and kick Jim Rome in the mouth for trying to be so "cool" with his sports slang?

Yes, you should give it a listen.

[War Eagle!!!]

Am I doing to be able to listen to this without my normal urge to reach through the radio and kick Jim Rome in the mouth for trying to be so "cool" with his sports slang?

He gives Cam major props.

[AUChizad]

Bo came along at a time when Auburn was badly in need of something like, well, BO!.  It's a different situation at Auburn now, but Cam is doing the same types of things for Auburn that Bo did.  Auburn isn't in need like they were then, so it's not as historically important overall, but Cam is Bo-like in more ways than simply being a freak of an athlete.  I wish I could put it in to words  more better.  Cam has actually turned "the laptop incident" in to a positive for himself in a way.  He admits he made a mistake, admits it was stupid and that he should have known, and probably even did know in the back of his mind.  No excuses, not "I was a victim".  It was a simple mistake, and when he tells it as it is, folks accept it for what it is, and move on to what Cam is all about.

Gotta disagree with you to a degree.

I think Auburn IS in a similar position that they were at the beginning of the 80's. The coach across the state was getting statues built in his name and declared a living God. The national perception of Auburn was...not much. But when they were thought about it was that they were in Bama's shadow and would be for a long time. In comes the hands-down best player in the country playing for the good guys to change all of that. Granted, we weren't down for nearly as long this time around, but the fact remains, to this point, one single player took the spotlight straight off of Bama and straight onto himself.

[Saniflush]

Gotta disagree with you to a degree.

I think Auburn IS in a similar position that they were at the beginning of the 80's. The coach across the state was getting statues built in his name and declared a living God. The national perception of Auburn was...not much. But when they were thought about it was that they were in Bama's shadow and would be for a long time. In comes the hands-down best player in the country playing for the good guys to change all of that. Granted, we weren't down for nearly as long this time around, but the fact remains, to this point, one single player took the spotlight straight off of Bama and straight onto himself.

We are nowhere in the shambles we were at the beginning of the 80's.  I challenge you to find anyone who lived through it to agree you. 

You have no cattle on this subject.

[Ranger12]

It was a very good interview despite Jim Rome. Good find.

I see the point Chad is trying to make, but I have to agree with Sani, we are not near as in a crappy situation as we were back in the early '80s when Bo arrived. Then we were getting our buts handed to us quite frequently by Redneck University and it had been several years since the team was highly ranked.

This time we are just two years removed from a six game win streak against Redneck U, just a few years from a previous undefeated season, and have been highly ranked in more recent years.

Chad has a good point about comparing the fact that everybody was talking about UAT, then somebody came along to take the spotlight off them with both Bo and Cam. Also don't forget that when we went undefeated in 1993, the previous year UAT had just went undefeated and won their MNC. History repeating itself again?

[AUChizad]

We are nowhere in the shamble we were at the beginning of the 80's.  I challenge you to find anyone who lived through it to agree you. 

You have no cattle on this subject.

Kaos seemed to think we were in shambles a year and a couple of months ago.

Like I said, the darkness was not nearly as long, but we did not appear to be heading in the right direction after Saban's first year (recruiting) and Tuberville's last (on the field)...

[Saniflush]

Kaos seemed to think we were in shambles a year and a couple of months ago.

Like I said, the darkness was not nearly as long, but we did not appear to be heading in the right direction after Saban's first year (recruiting) and Tuberville's last (on the field)...

We were not heading the right direction after his first.

Imagine that times 10 because that's what it was a the beginning of the 80's. 

Time for a smaller hat.

[djsimp]

Time for a smaller hat.

Now why did you have to go and bring Lester into this conversation?

[War Eagle!!!]

We were not heading the right direction after his first.

Imagine that times 10 because that's what it was a the beginning of the 80's. 

Time for a smaller hat.

100% agree.

You are talking about a time where Alabama dominated everything. Hell, they wouldn't even come in to Auburn and play. Dye and Bo Jackson changed Auburn.

[AUChizad]

Maybe "to a degree" wasn't strong enough to offset "Gotta disagree with you" in my earlier statement.

I wasn't trying to set where we were going into this season equal to where we were pre-Bo.

Just sayin, there are parallels.

[Snaggletiger]

I started at AU when Barfield was at his worst and actually slept through one half of a game (Hungover) in an absolutely empty endzone.  I graduated from Teh Planes the year we went to the Shugah Bowl and should have been crowned Nayshunal Champeens.  It was the worst of times, it was the best of times.  If you consider how vile some Bama fans got during the 6 in a row streak, consider how we felt going through an entire decade of losses to "Big Brother".  I went to every one of them in Lesion Field.  Quite sickening. 

Talent wise, we certainly weren't scraping the bottom of the barrel by any means when Dye took over.  It wasn't great but we weren't Vandy either.  What we lacked was attitude, toughness and learning how to win again.  Dye brought us all three..especially the tough part. Then you add Bo to the mix and in a couple of short years, this program was relevant again on the national scene.     

[JR4AU]

We are nowhere in the shambles we were at the beginning of the 80's.  I challenge you to find anyone who lived through it to agree you. 

You have no cattle on this subject.

^^^This!

[JR4AU]

Maybe "to a degree" wasn't strong enough to offset "Gotta disagree with you" in my earlier statement.

I wasn't trying to set where we were going into this season equal to where we were pre-Bo.

Just sayin, there are parallels.

Well, I guess you could argue parallels.  Still might be a stretch.  We're just 6 seasons off an SECC and a whisper away from a NC in 2004.  Since Bo, we've been in the NC mix 3 times, numerous SECCs...in 1981, we were over 20 years removed from an SECC, or a hint of NC. 

[Tiger Six]

Gotta disagree with you to a degree.

I think Auburn IS in a similar position that they were at the beginning of the 80's. The coach across the state was getting statues built in his name and declared a living God. The national perception of Auburn was...not much. But when they were thought about it was that they were in Bama's shadow and would be for a long time. In comes the hands-down best player in the country playing for the good guys to change all of that. Granted, we weren't down for nearly as long this time around, but the fact remains, to this point, one single player took the spotlight straight off of Bama and straight onto himself.

I think you had to actually have been alive at the beginning of the 80's to make such a statement.