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Pat Dye Field => War Damn Eagle => Topic started by: Townhallsavoy on November 02, 2013, 09:57:20 PM
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- Fuck ESPN, fuck Matt Millen, and fuck Joe Tessitore, and fuck Bret Bielema and fuck anyone else including Auburn fans who are saying anything about Anthony McSwain's injury. Do you know it was fake? Do you? Do you fucking know?
No you don't know. You don't know shit. He was walking after making a tackle back to the line of scrimmage. Then he fell down. That's all you fucking know. You really think a faked injury to one of our starters when the opposition is on the two fucking yard line with the chance to get back in the game is going to sit out multiple plays? You really think that? Then you're a fucking moron.
Maybe we faked the injury. Maybe we pulled a bitch move. But I don't know. The kid could have walked over and stood thinking, "I'm alright." Then it started hurting real bad and he realized that he was going to be a hindrance to making the stop. So he fell down.
My thought process has as much validity as the fucksticks at ESPN trying to create a controversy over it.
And then the fucktards in the booth decide to go full blown ape retards by throwing out the Pat "Tie" Dye comment. Those goddamn monkeys in the booth saw their opportunity to pile on Auburn and take some shots. I'm sure they'll tie in the horse collar "controversy" with this one. As the Plains Burn. As Auburn Cheats.
Fuck them all.
- I'm proud of Auburn tonight. We won 35-17 playing as if we had better things to do afterwards. We won 35-17 running maybe three or four plays on offense. I guess we threw a few passes to Louis. Threw a few deep balls to Coates. The rest of it? Very, very vanilla playcalling. We knew we could pound the ball for hundreds of yards and score touchdowns. There was no stopping the Auburn running game. Not in Fayetteville.
Defensively, those boys better...well...just keep on keeping on. That wasn't much different than what we've seen all year. Washington State gashed us up the middle and threw the ball well. LSU gashed us up the middle and then controlled the scoreboard until it hit 0:00. Texas A&M hit big play after big play and scored 41 points on us. Ole Miss hit some big plays and came back into it. We went to the wire with Miss State.
Our defense isn't very good. Some glaring holes. Our only hope is to put the opposing offense into a situation where the quarterback has to take a second in the backfield. We can get to him. We can rush the passer.
Stopping the run? The screen pass? The slant? The deep ball? The post route? The sweep? The tight end out and up? The dump to the flat?
Not going to happen.
- Bret Bielema is a moron. Arkansas, I believe, has set themselves back about four or five years depending on when they fire this guy. I think they could fire him after next year honestly. He's terrible. What the hell kind of calls were those? An onside kick? Multiple halfback passes? Reverses?
It's not that those calls are terrible in themselves. You can call those. They can be big time game changers. It was just when and how often he called them. It was bonehead game managing.
Arkansas could have not only competed, they could have won. Their offense was having their way with us. It was going perfectly. That's exactly what you do to Auburn. You keep the ball away from Auburn's offense. You run the ball up the middle. And you keep on running the ball.
Arkansas has two stud running backs. They could have been fresh all game. Sure,the quarterbacks sucked and made some bad turnovers, but they could have been in it. Arkansas could have made some noise.
And it was the head coach who set them back. That's not good going forward.
- We can't beat Georgia if Gurley is healthy. He's a beast. An all-timer. He'll make Collins/Williams look pedestrian. He'll gash us worst than Jeremy Hill.
Can we keep up with them? I think maybe for a while. Sooner or later, Nick Marshall's tiny hands will hurt us. Sooner of later, those DBs will get burned. Let's hope the home crowd gives us a huge advantage.
- 8-1. WOW. 8-1. Really can't be upset about anything that happens from here on out. We really should beat Tennessee. 9-1? I mean, 9-1? I'm not sure how recruiting is going, but if it's going well, we could be staring at a really great run of Auburn football.
- Back to the "fake injury," I'm not saying it's wrong to question it. It's fine if you want to believe it was a fake injury. I'm just pissed at ESPN and their incessant nagging of Auburn football. We beat A&M? Let's put the horse collar no call on every show and insinuate that the dirty play is what prevented Manziel from having his Heisman moment. And you know, the long list of bullshit ESPN has thrown at Auburn over the past few years. Like Cam Newton, the HBO four, the spice story, the bitch I-can't-remember-her-name-Selena-something reporting.
- Is it me, or should Auburn be one of the stories of the year? We're a major powerhouse football program. The most undefeated seasons of any SEC team since the addition of the SECCG. Three Heisman winners in our history including the legendary Bo Jackson. Two national titles including a recent BCS crystal. A pretty much even overall record against Alabama since the Bear died.
We've been down. Since 2008, outside of 2010, Auburn has been very out of character. Suddenly after one year, we have a coach bringing Auburn back to the top ten and the national spotlight. Just seems like we're an afterthought. Seems like everyone is saying, "Yeah Auburn's having a nice turnaround season, but that November 30th beatdown is looming."
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Yeah, Swain isn't a starter and yes he faked the injury...that's about all I care about it. If anything maybe SEC &/or the NCAA will step up and finally tell the refs to throw delay of game penalties on faked injuries. Oh btw, Beliema was purposely trying to hurt Auburn's defenders because he went with a HUNH with over 9 minutes left in the game. Since he believes that HUNH hurts defenders, he was doing it to hurt ours...same thing can be said about his bitch buddy sabbin.
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On the injury, I noticed the kid did not return to the game, doesn't sound fake to me.
Was concerned with some of the play calling, seemed like we were semi interested in this game. Also seemed like we were running plays just to run the clock. Rather go for blood.
Yes Bile-ema is a total moron dickhead assclown.
Still happy with 8-1, much much better than last years team, really no comparison.
Totally agree with your assessment of the two dipshits calling the game, if I could I would have turned the damned tv volume off and listened to radio, I would have..........however we don't get AU games on radio over here.
Well War Damn Eagle folks, one fucking game at a time
Later
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Yeah, Swain isn't a starter and yes he faked the injury...that's about all I care about it. If anything maybe SEC &/or the NCAA will step up and finally tell the refs to throw delay of game penalties on faked injuries. Oh btw, Beliema was purposely trying to hurt Auburn's defenders because he went with a HUNH with over 9 minutes left in the game. Since he believes that HUNH hurts defenders, he was doing it to hurt ours...same thing can be said about his bitch buddy sabbin.
Sounds like a bunch of unsubstantiated bullshit.
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Yeah, Swain isn't a starter and yes he faked the injury...that's about all I care about it. If anything maybe SEC &/or the NCAA will step up and finally tell the refs to throw delay of game penalties on faked injuries. Oh btw, Beliema was purposely trying to hurt Auburn's defenders because he went with a HUNH with over 9 minutes left in the game. Since he believes that HUNH hurts defenders, he was doing it to hurt ours...same thing can be said about his bitch buddy sabbin.
I'm not happy about the flop because it makes us look like hypocrites. We are better than that. Not to mention that it was the end of the third quarter. The game was going to stop anyway. Stupid fucking time tell him to drop. They couldn't put him back in the game - he was supposed to be hurt, right?
Stupid.
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From the tweets:
@bmarcello: Did Anthony Swain fake injury? Gus Malzahn: "No. We don't tell our kids to fake."
So, there's that.
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Didn't read all of original post but I also think it was a fake injury and yes FUCK espn. I also think Gus did it as a jab to dumb fuck Arkansas coach. There was 2 seconds on game clock.
We are 8-1 light years ahead if what anybody thought even though record is better than what the product is. To me that's a good thing. Everybody was skeptical about CGM, but what he has achieved thus far is remarkable. He took a team that quit on coaches, itself, and fan base and pulled a 180. They are playing over their heads and I am proud of them for that.
I honestly believe there is not a game left that we can't win and also could not lose. Our defense tonight showed its flaws. The offense was able to overcome those holes on defense by truely running the ball the entire night. It was a great feeling and also depressing at the same time.
Whatever the outcome for the remainder of the season, I am confident in the team and coaching staff for the first time in years. I hope we recruit needs this year on defense and get back to AU defense to compliment the CGM offense. If we do get that D back AU will be a team that competes year in and year out with Gus's offense.
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Wtf does it even matter? It wasnt like Arky was lined up trying to run another play. They were in the huddle when Swain went down. The tards from S-pen were just trying to create some drama in game that was over when the ball kicked off at 5:00 CST. Nothing less, nothing more. Hell I don't think we ran more than 5 plays the entire game, beat their ass on at their house, and those shrimp dicks tried everything under the sun to make it a ballgame. However, to the announces and lard ass' dismay, it never was.
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From the tweets:
@bmarcello: Did Anthony Swain fake injury? Gus Malzahn: "No. We don't tell our kids to fake."
So, there's that.
This is the only reason why I wished that Swain had tried to get off the field before going to the ground, because the flop will be all anyone in the media will talk about.
Auburn's 8-1 and they beat Arkansas 35-17 while sleep walking through most of the game, Coach Malzahn is on the seat for Head Coach of The Year...Hey, what about the flop in the Arkansas game?
"Well, we have a injury timeout, two Auburn players, #5 Holland & #19 White, looks to have collided together and both players have a bone sticking out of their legs."
"They're probably flopping like that player did against Arkansas...Auburn cheats."
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I stopped counting how many times the goat cum announcers said "Arkansas is this close" bullshit. Like Kaos said, they aren't close.
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It's a bamturd meltdown talking about "the flop"!
This tells me they are starting to worry.
We go into iron bowl 10-1, there will be conniptions!
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That was their Super Bowl. Old Butthead decided at some point that Auburn was his main rival.
Maybe it was because there are still some who wanted Gus. Maybe it was because he figured we were the one team they could definitely beat because we are a 3-9 type team. Maybe because Gus' high schoom brand of football threatens the cave man mentality he brings to the game.
Whatever the reason we were the game that whiny sow marked as the make or break moment of the season.
He pulled out every clumsy trick he knew. He tried to be imaginative and do the things he thinks Gus does.
Despite that. Despite them putting all their eggs in that one basket. Despite auburn paring the play book down to five plays and playing like we needed to take a nap, despite jake holland getting multiple snaps we still stomped their skull. They were no threat to us at all. Their best wasn't half enough.
That says a lot.
Three things:
1. whoever is in the pictures jake holland owns please just come forward and admit being with a goat. That way he can't use them as blackmail for playing time any more. It would be less of an embarrassment to AU to confess to the goat than continue to allow that diptard to keep playing.
2. Bullemia will run Arkansas into the ground. He is an idiot. Immature and stupid.
3. I'm in the minority but I don't mind Gus being petty enough to score bitch points if the injury was fake. Tells me he keeps score. He didn't unload the play book or try to score 80. Didn't have to. But not above pointing to the pile of crap and rubbing their face in it. Doesn't bother me.
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Beluuma is an idiot for leaving Whiskey :haha:
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Gamesmanship is the word. Some take it to the level of trash talk. One guy tries to get in another's head to gain an advantage, however slight. Generally it's the one that's insecure, lacking or reaching that takes the first shot.
Before this game started I new we could spot them two touchdowns. Would have loved to have been out there when the two coaches met pre-game and afterwards. But as for what took place on the field, I could care less. We won.
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Just my opinion here, but if we only throw the ball 10 times or less in an entire game, how many top notch qb's and wr's are going to be wantingg to come play at AU? We will be kinda like GT. Don't get me wrong, I am happy with the win, and we did what we needed to, however, we need to have some sort of passing game to go along with our run game.
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How bout the PI hypocrisy on the TD drive they had that made it 28-17? The defensive PI on us? Questionable. The offensive PI no call on them a few mins later? Unreal
I don't care if he faked it. Billemia is a little bitch. Screw him.
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Just my opinion here, but if we only throw the ball 10 times or less in an entire game, how many top notch qb's and wr's are going to be wantingg to come play at AU? We will be kinda like GT. Don't get me wrong, I am happy with the win, and we did what we needed to, however, we need to have some sort of passing game to go along with our run game.
We'll throw it more than 10 times per game once Marshall becomes more consistent or Johnson becomes the starter.
Gus can point back to all of his previous years of coaching to prove that he gets the ball to his receivers.
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We'll throw it more than 10 times per game once Marshall becomes more consistent or Johnson becomes the starter.
Gus can point back to all of his previous years of coaching to prove that he gets the ball to his receivers.
He'll throw it when he needs to - and he didn't against Warren Jensen's piggies
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Our defense isn't very good. Some glaring holes. Our only hope is to put the opposing offense into a situation where the quarterback has to take a second in the backfield. We can get to him. We can rush the passer.
Stopping the run? The screen pass? The slant? The deep ball? The post route? The sweep? The tight end out and up? The dump to the flat?
Not going to happen.
I disagree. Is our defense up to par vs the Tubs years...no. But I wouldn't go so far as to saying the defense isn't very good. We are giving up 20.1 points per game. This defense can give up chunks of yardage but as long as they keep the other team out of the end zone to me that's what matters.
Obviously we do have some holes. LB I think being the worst. I think we get a decent MLB an attacking aggressive MLB and you would see this defense vastly improve.
As far as the injury goes, y'all need to learn to not give a fuck. Fuck what they think we won the game....deal with it.
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Did anyone else notice that Jake would only be in to spike himself when the hogs were outside the 30? As soon as thry would get there Frost would come in and make it Jump Jump.
I don't givea shit if Jake knows how to call the defense lineups. I don't care if he know how to achieve cold fusion. We are a different team when Frost is in and he is not.
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http://vimeo.com/78447718 (http://vimeo.com/78447718)
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I really don't see much made about this "fake" injury on ESPN.
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Defensively, those boys better...well...just keep on keeping on. That wasn't much different than what we've seen all year. Washington State gashed us up the middle and threw the ball well. LSU gashed us up the middle and then controlled the scoreboard until it hit 0:00. Texas A&M hit big play after big play and scored 41 points on us. Ole Miss hit some big plays and came back into it. We went to the wire with Miss State.
Our defense isn't very good. Some glaring holes. Our only hope is to put the opposing offense into a situation where the quarterback has to take a second in the backfield. We can get to him. We can rush the passer.
Stopping the run? The screen pass? The slant? The deep ball? The post route? The sweep? The tight end out and up? The dump to the flat?
Not going to happen.
2nd in red zone defense in the SEC. 3rd in scoring defense. Don't know where we rank in turnovers, but it's gotta be up there.
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2nd in red zone defense in the SEC. 3rd in scoring defense. Don't know where we rank in turnovers, but it's gotta be up there.
turnover margin is about even for Auburn at +1, so they're middle-of-the-pack in the SEC
Missouri is +15 and has 17 INTs
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Ol' Bret was giving Gus the middle finger with that swinging gate play -- no doubt about it. Only thing I would have liked more about the fake injury would have been if ESPN panned to Gus on the sidelines and he was staring down BB and giving him the double middle finger.
Don't start no shit, won't be no shit
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Don't start no shit, won't be no shit
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http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2013/11/3/5060678/auburn-arkansas-game-2013-bret-bielema (http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2013/11/3/5060678/auburn-arkansas-game-2013-bret-bielema)
Auburn beats Arkansas, and the Bielema-Malzahn rivalry has just begun
By Steven Godfrey @38Godfrey on Nov 3 2013, 8:49a 14
Todd Van Emst, Auburn University
A native Arkansas son beat the state's current most visible employee in the home of the Hogs on Saturday. How it happened shows this feud isn't over yet.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - That play wasn't a swinging gate, Bret Bielema swore. The fact it was the play the first-year Arkansas head coach alleged was somehow missing from Auburn's official game tape, sparking a week's worth of headlines in the process, was coincidental.
"Nah. You guys read too much into that," a noticeably sheepish Bielema said after the Tigers' 35-17 win on Saturday.
Auburn's similar formation is code-named Batman and is definitely not a swinging gate. Bielema said Arkansas' version, which is closer to a traditional swinging gate, is named Field Goal Buehner. It's named after Razorbacks wide receiver Brian Buehner, who threw the pass to tight end Austin Tate to convert a crucial fourth-and-three on the Auburn nine-yard-line, down 28-10 at the end of the third quarter.
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Center Travis Swanson said after the game that the offense first started practicing Field Goal Buehner for the first time on Tuesday, which was a day after Bielema's public comments.
"We practiced it, but just in case the situation arose, I guess. Not because of anything in the news," Swanson said.
Some of his teammates didn't shrug off the coincidence.
"I didn't see it coming, so I know they didn't see it coming," laughed Hogs linebacker Braylon Mitchell.
Mitchell was asked if the team enjoyed seeing that particular play, what with it just happening to be a coincidence and all, of course.
"Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, Coach Bielema and Coach Malzahn being two strong-headed coaches and all, I did get a little laugh out of it, but uh, I try not to look at it that way," Mitchell said with a smile.
"It was pretty good," Malzahn admitted. "I mean, I almost called time out. I was kind of kicking myself that I didn't call time out before. It was a well-executed play."
As sure as Arkansas didn't run the exact play it accused the Tigers of hiding on film, Auburn's Anthony Swain absolutely didn't fake a sudden injury on the very next play, because that kind of bizarre gamesmanship isn't the kind Malzahn would stoop to.
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"We don't tell our kids to fake," Malzahn pled after the game, reinforcing his big, bold statement from July against such chicanery.
Never mind that Swain, in 40-degree weather, seemed to suffer the world's quickest onset leg cramp in a manner that suggested sudden sniper fire rather than a muscle pull. He wasn't made available for comment afterwards.
"Yeah, I didn't see it. We didn't [fake injuries], though. We weren't doing that," Bielema said. "But you'd have to ask them."
Here's what Bielema saw (via SI):
http://youtu.be/pSaWPGOi1Oo (http://youtu.be/pSaWPGOi1Oo)
There's never been a shortage of overnight rivalries in the SEC West. Competition naturally breeds acrimony, but this region's nasty habit of swapping scorned bedfellows exacerbates it. Ole Miss hated Auburn for taking Tommy Tuberville. Arkansas hated Ole Miss for harboring Houston Nutt. LSU will seemingly forever hate Alabama for poaching Nick Saban.
But even without having actually shared a bed, Bielema has time and again heaved a divorcee's disgust at Malzahn and Auburn since he arrived in the SEC. First it was his displeasure with the alleged unsafe conditions created by up-tempo offenses like Malzhan's, and it's evolved from there, each time with Bielema taking the initiative to jab publicly.
"There's a theory about this. At least, I've got a theory about all that," a young Arkansas booster explained before the game.
Malzahn, the Northwest Arkansas native, was twice turned down for the same Razorbacks job that was offered to Bielema without much lobbying. Both became SEC head coaches for the first time on Dec. 5 last year, and now Malzahn's Auburn is a flashy no-huddle is a BCS contender at 8-1 while Bielema is struggling to graft a run-heavy, huddle-friendly, pro-style offense onto the 3-6 remnants of Bobby Petrino's failed empire.
Entering Saturday night, the Razorbacks had scored 17 points in their last 12 quarters, including a span of nine consecutive quarters of SEC play without a touchdown. Up to that point, Auburn had scored 83 points in their previous nine quarters of conference play.
The narrative to date is of a native son shining in spite of his home state, which is still fractured when debating his real worth. Meanwhile, that bawdy Yankee the Razorbacks hired is trying to drop a 351 engine into a totaled Ford Escort, with no success as of yet.
"It's not really about all that," the booster said. "Well, shit, it might be, but I don't think that's how Bielema operates. I think he's smarter than that, until the few times when he himself thinks he's smarter than he actually is, and you get him saying all this stuff in public."
"If you come to Arkansas from the Big Ten after Petrino and you want to overhaul everything, you want to show your value as soon as possible, so you try and knock off Auburn."
But if not some kind of weird jealousy of Malzahn, the former prodigal son, why all this hate on Auburn?
"Because you probably won't knock off LSU, and you're not going to touch Alabama. You can wait out Manziel leaving Texas A&M, and in a few years you'll look good there solely on attrition. You're supposed to already be better than everyone else (Mississippi State and Ole Miss), so then there's just Auburn. You beat them bad and often, you can take that momentum and start sealing off Texas recruits from everyone else in the division except A&M and maybe LSU."
"You start beating Auburn," he concluded, "and you're already No. 3 in the West."
Whether it's envy or tact is irrelevant for now, as Arkansas seems confined to No. 7 after Saturday's loss to Auburn. Worse than just a loss, it was a game that seemed tailor-made to expose Bielema's tempo pearl-clutching as hypocrisy. Maybe, by Gus's design, it was:
Arkansas ran 74 offensive plays compared to the Auburn hurry-up's mere 55. Wing-T offenses run more than 55 plays.
The Hogs had three times as many pass attempts (27) as Auburn, yet finished with fewer passing yards (thanks largely in part to an 88-yard touchdown throw from Nick Marshall to Sammie Coates).
Using Malzahn's bread-and-butter of the power-option running game, Auburn rushed for 233 yards, capped by Tre Mason's four scores, and almost always stayed in bounds and in the middle of the field, chewing clock despite losing the total time of possession by almost nine minutes.
"With as many damn receivers as Petrino tried to bring in, we should be catching the ball."
If any offense could've been accused of trying to fatigue a defense, it wasn't the Tigers -- with almost the exact same amount of called runs, they averaged two yards more per play than Arkansas in a fraction of the time, beating the Hogs' defense with ruthless efficiency, not malicious gassing.
"I'm not too sure about all that stuff he says against the spread," an elderly fan said while waiting on a parking shuttle. "But I do know that with as many damn receivers as Petrino tried to bring in here, we should be catching the ball better."
Long an ideal haven for head football coaches boasting eccentric public profiles, so far the Ozarks seem TBD on Bielema Ball. Despite chamber-of-commerce tailgating weather, turnout for Saturday's Senior Day (Arkansas' last official home game vs. Mississippi State will take place in Little Rock) was tepid at best, pocked by large, empty stretches of season-ticket parking and tailgating spots.
"There's so many positive things that are going on right now that don't pop out to people who aren't around this program. Right now it's baby steps. I wish we were sprinting, but we're walking," Bielema said.
It might be ennui or caution, but this Year One feels eerily quiet by the Razorbacks' standard of fandom. The culture that trademarked self-inflicted FOIA scandals is either anesthetized in the wake of the Nutt/Petrino decade, or so conditioned after that tumultuous run that even Bret Bielema's swinging gate can't yet stir passion.
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"Because you probably won't knock off LSU, and you're not going to touch Alabama. You can wait out Manziel leaving Texas A&M, and in a few years you'll look good there solely on attrition. You're supposed to already be better than everyone else (Mississippi State and Ole Miss), so then there's just Auburn. You beat them bad and often, you can take that momentum and start sealing off Texas recruits from everyone else in the division except A&M and maybe LSU."
"You start beating Auburn," he concluded, "and you're already No. 3 in the West."
So many morons in the world.
Yeah, Auburn has many more times than not (at least since my birth in 1984) been in contention late in the season for the SEC West crown, but let's assume that the best they can do is 3rd place.
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So many morons in the world.
Yeah, Auburn has many more times than not (at least since my birth in 1984) been in contention late in the season for the SEC West crown, but let's assume that the best they can do is 3rd place.
This has been an inherent problem at Arkansas. The chest beating over 3rd. The hope for more but do not expect it.
I would contend that it is expected more so at AU, LSU, and the turds.
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"Well, we have a injury timeout, two Auburn players, #5 Holland & #19 White, looks to have collided together and both players have a bone sticking out of their legs."
Something to build on. At least he hit somebody.
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The problem with the fake injury, is now anytime Malzahn has a legitimate beef about other teams doing it in the future, the response is going to be cry me a river, you guys do it too.
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http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2013/11/3/5060678/auburn-arkansas-game-2013-bret-bielema (http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2013/11/3/5060678/auburn-arkansas-game-2013-bret-bielema)
Seriously, I don't see Bulimia being in Arkansas long enough to create much of a rivalry with Malzahn. Not trying to talk smack about Hogs because God knows they've had our number since coming into the SEC. I'm just saying, I don't think he's good enough to hang.
Just because he talked smack in a press conference about us allegedly editing out a conversion play, running said play and us possibly faking an injury isn't enough to create a rivalry. The article is stretching to make this connection.
18 pt margin isn't a good start for a rivalry, imo.
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http://www.al.com/auburnfootball/index.ssf/2013/11/ellis_johnson_auburn_linebacke_1.html (http://www.al.com/auburnfootball/index.ssf/2013/11/ellis_johnson_auburn_linebacke_1.html)
Ellis Johnson: Auburn linebacker Anthony Swain suffered bruised knee against Arkansas
Auburn vs. Arkansas Game Day
Auburn linebacker Anthony Swain (43) is helped off the field after an injury in the third quarter at Razorback Stadium Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013, in Fayetteville, Ark. (Julie Bennett/jbennett@al.com)
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Joel A. Erickson | jerickson@al.com By Joel A. Erickson | jerickson@al.com
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on November 03, 2013 at 9:36 PM, updated November 03, 2013 at 9:39 PM
AUBURN, Alabama -- Auburn linebacker Anthony Swain suffered a bruised knee against Arkansas, according to defensive coordinator Ellis Johnson, although he's expected to be able to play against Tennessee.
Swain made a tackle on the sideline at the end of the third quarter, got up, walked across the field and fell, grabbing his right knee.
Immediately after the play, ESPN broadcasters questioned whether or not Swain was faking an injury, a claim Gus Malzahn denied in his post-game press conference.
Johnson, who calls plays from the press box, wasn't watching the play in the moment.
"I'm in the press box," Johnson said. "All we're looking for, we're looking at the bench for personnel, and I did not see it."
Johnson got another look at the play on film on Sunday.
"Once I graded the film, he got rolled up over on the sideline and was slow getting up and that's all I could see," Johnson said.
Swain was at practice with bruised knee, the same injury suffered by Dee Ford late in the game. In addition, several defenders who went down with injuries during the game -- defensive end Carl Lawson, cornerbacks Chris Davis and Jonathon Mincy -- are expected back.
Johnson did say that the status of any injuries could change on Monday after the trainers have a chance to evaluate players.
"I don't think anybody's going to be out," Johnson said. "We may have some limited practice but I really don't think we'll know until we get a report tomorrow after treatments on Monday. And we'll see who's ready to go on Tuesday practicing."
Also:
@bmarcello 2 Nov
Two Auburn players said they saw LB Anthony Swain in a walking boot. Nosa Eguae says he saw him hobbling to shower.
If true, this is next-level commitment to the flop.
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Given the fact that this gave no advantage to Auburn, and the fact that he's still in a boot, this is what I believe happened.
He was hurt after the play. He walked back, realized something wasn't right, then realized he couldn't get to the sideline in time.
Then he flopped.
Anyone saying Gus orchestrated this, strategically, is typical anti-Auburn media bullshit we've grown to expect. There's a difference in that and "flopping" because he was genuinely hurt and couldn't get to the sideline.
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Given the fact that this gave no advantage to Auburn, and the fact that he's still in a boot, this is what I believe happened.
He was hurt after the play. He walked back, realized something wasn't right, then realized he couldn't get to the sideline in time.
Then he flopped.
Anyone saying Gus orchestrated this, strategically, is typical anti-Auburn media bullshit we've grown to expect. There's a difference in that and "flopping" because he was genuinely hurt and couldn't get to the sideline.
You mean exactly what I said earlier?
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You mean exactly what I said earlier?
Only less eloquently.
I'm just saying, specifically, that he did flop, i.e. fell down unnecessarily. I doubt he was just stricken with pain right away at that moment, and it was too much to bear to continue standing at that very moment. I just think he realized he fucked up and should have gotten to the sideline just a little to late, and then flopped.
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Espn beat it in the ground again tonight. Some Indian host (Anish) and Arbuckle were sitting there with Finebaum talking about it. Finebaum was actually the only one defending Gus saying it was not ordered. The other two clowns were just cackling about it.
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So, is it Swain's knee or ankle? Someone said he was in a boot...with fur.
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So, is it Swain's knee or ankle? Someone said he was in a boot...with fur.
Neither.
All of the players need to get on the same page with this flop thing. I've never known somebody to wear a walking boot for a knee injury. I've had two knee surgeries (one of which was to reattach my meniscus), and never wore a boot. Ankles and feet? Yes. Knee? lulz.
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So, is it Swain's knee or ankle? Someone said he was in a boot...with fur.
Very sad...I'm guessing all we can hope for is that they can keep him comfortable until there is a medical breakthrough.
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Very sad...I'm guessing all we can hope for is that they can keep him comfortable until there is a medical breakthrough.
Swain did dey ever catch that gorilla that escaped from the zoo and PUNCHED you in the knee?
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Swain did dey ever catch that gorilla that escaped from the zoo and PUNCHED you in the knee?
...and stepped on your ankle?
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Neither.
All of the players need to get on the same page with this flop thing. I've never known somebody to wear a walking boot for a knee injury. I've had two knee surgeries (one of which was to reattach my meniscus), and never wore a boot. Ankles and feet? Yes. Knee? lulz.
He's wearing a really high boot. No need for you to worry.
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Neither.
All of the players need to get on the same page with this flop thing. I've never known somebody to wear a walking boot for a knee injury. I've had two knee surgeries (one of which was to reattach my meniscus), and never wore a boot. Ankles and feet? Yes. Knee? lulz.
Is that your medical opinion Dr. RWS?
James Andrews put him in the boot at the game. Are you more of a medical professional than Dr. Andrews?
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Is that your medical opinion Dr. RWS?
James Andrews put him in the boot at the game. Are you more of a medical professional than Dr. Andrews?
James Andrews is in on it. Besides, who can trust that quack after he suggested RGIII shouldn't play in that playoff game where he blew out his ACL again.
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Is that your medical opinion Dr. RWS?
James Andrews put him in the boot at the game. Are you more of a medical professional than Dr. Andrews?
Actually Andrews put him in a knee brace at the game. He was not seen in a boot until after the game. I know...semantics. But the turds only want the floppy facts.
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He's wearing a really high boot. No need for you to worry.
I have seen some go up past the knee. Not the norm but have seen it. If it does, it could def have a bracing effect on the knee. Who knows. I do know that RWS does NOT know the all facts surrounding it so to speculate is just stupid and pointless.
Now, if it were concerning goat prostate or anus, he may would have something important to contribute here.
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Swain did dey ever catch that gorilla that escaped from the zoo and PUNCHED you in the knee?
The search continues..
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I have seen some go up past the knee. Not the norm but have seen it. If it does, it could def have a bracing effect on the knee. Who knows. I do know that RWS does NOT know the all facts surrounding it so to speculate is just stupid and pointless.
Now, if it were concerning goat prostate or anus, he may would have something important to contribute here.
I've seen those boots too, then the nice lady offered her services for $80.
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So, is it Swain's knee or ankle? Someone said he was in a boot...with fur.
With the apple bottom jeans?
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With the apple bottom jeans?
Yes.