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SECond Look video: Southwest Alabama a 'big battleground' for Tide, Tigers
SECond Look: 'Big battleground' for Alabama, AuburnAL.com's Mark Heim and Mike Herndon talk about the "dogfights" in a fertile recruiting ground for the Alabama and Auburn football programs.
http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2014/05/second_look_video_southwest_al.html (http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2014/05/second_look_video_southwest_al.html)
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Mike Brantley | mbrantley@al.com By Mike Brantley | mbrantley@al.com
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on May 21, 2014 at 6:06 AM, updated May 21, 2014 at 6:10 AM
The Alabama Crimson Tide was on a recruiting roll in southwest Alabama until three players out of Mobile signed with the Auburn Tigers in 2014.
A comment by one of those players headed to Auburn gets the discussion going in our new "SECond Look" video report from AL.com's Mark Heim (standing in for Randy Kennedy) and Mike Herndon.
"Auburn owns Mobile," said Tre Williams, the five-star linebacker from St. Paul's Episcopal. "They will own Mobile until we leave."
Herndon says in our video, "I would imagine that caught the attention of a lot of Alabama fans who are accustomed to pulling pretty much whoever they want out of here. I think he may have overstated it a little bit, but the point is well taken. Auburn has certainly got a presence here now."
Heim and Herndon go on to talk about past and future recruiting in the area.
"It's going to be a big battleground for those schools from here on out," Herndon says.
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I like how Heim & Herndon and pretty much the rest of AL.com scoff at this and are basically ridiculing the kid for saying it.
Finebaum had to post "Paging coach Saban" (Yuck yuck).
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I like how Heim & Herndon and pretty much the rest of AL.com scoff at this and are basically ridiculing the kid for saying it.
Finebaum had to post "Paging coach Saban" (Yuck yuck).
Yep. It's all a big joke to them. What they fail to mention is that there was a time that AU did own Mobile. It's not like UA has owned it forever. They thought they'd own it from now on, since Saban.
Gus is back and wins Mobile his first year. Well, not Gus, but his staff. Truth be known, DC can own Mobile. He has that much influence in the area and NW Fl. He would get a haul from the area if he were at Tuskegee Institute.
I like Tre's spunk but AU doesn't own it. Don't forget LSU, UF and FSU either. They've pulled a lot of talent from Mobile. Recruiters tend to lump Pensacola into the Mobile recruiting area and the rest of SW Al.
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You like Tre's spunk? Now that's just gross.
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I like how Heim & Herndon and pretty much the rest of AL.com scoff at this and are basically ridiculing the kid for saying it.
Finebaum had to post "Paging coach Saban" (Yuck yuck).
They suck.
They also forget that for most of Dye and Tuberville (and even Bowden)'s years Auburn dominated the Mobile area.
Willie Anderson
Dameyune Craig
Scott Bolton
Lawyer Tillman
Pat Washington
DeMarco McNeill
David King
Leo Carson
Ron Middleton
Tracy Turner
Dowe Aughtman
Anthony Mix
Walter Reeves
Just a few of the names from the Mobile area that I can think of off the top of my head.
Alabama "owning" Mobile is a fairly recent and short-lived thing. During the Shula, DuBose, Franchione, Price years Auburn was so dominant in south Alabama that they didn't really bother even coming down here.
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They suck.
They also forget that for most of Dye and Tuberville (and even Bowden)'s years Auburn dominated the Mobile area.
Willie Anderson
Dameyune Craig
Scott Bolton
Lawyer Tillman
Pat Washington
DeMarco McNeill
David King
Leo Carson
Ron Middleton
Tracy Turner
Dowe Aughtman
Anthony Mix
Walter Reeves
Just a few of the names from the Mobile area that I can think of off the top of my head.
Alabama "owning" Mobile is a fairly recent and short-lived thing. During the Shula, DuBose, Franchione, Price years Auburn was so dominant in south Alabama that they didn't really bother even coming down here.
I thought Shine was form Eufaula?
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I thought Shine was form Eufaula?
You are correct, sir.
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I thought Shine was form Eufaula?
Excuse my ignorance, who is Shine?
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As long as Auburn holds onto Dameyune Craig, Auburn will own the Mobile area.
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Excuse my ignorance, who is Shine?
Walter Reeves
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Walter Reeves
Ok, who is Walter Reeves?
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Ok, who is Walter Reeves?
Mrs. Reeves' boy
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Mrs. Reeves' boy
Mmm Hmm
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Mrs. Reeves' boy
Racist.
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Ok, who is Walter Reeves?
He was an All-American TE back in the day. Helluva guy.
Always had a smile for anyone.
Yes. Serious. Knew him well. I had a lot of respect for him.
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He was an All-American TE back in the day. Helluva guy.
Always had a smile for anyone.
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It's from the wiki's so you know it's serious
Walter James Reeves (born December 15, 1965 in Eufaula, Alabama) is a former American football tight end, who played eight seasons in the National Football League. He played college football at Auburn University.
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It's from the wiki's so you know it's serious
Walter James Reeves (born December 15, 1965 in Eufaula, Alabama) is a former American football tight end, who played eight seasons in the National Football League. He played college football at Auburn University.
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I thought Shine was form Eufaula?
Geology wasn't my best subject.
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Geology wasn't my best subject.
But your responses always seem to be rock solid!
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I <3 Tre Williams.
http://msn.foxsports.com/college-football/story/five-star-auburn-recruit-tre-williams-nick-saban-has-little-man-syndrome-052614 (http://msn.foxsports.com/college-football/story/five-star-auburn-recruit-tre-williams-nick-saban-has-little-man-syndrome-052614)
Five-star Auburn recruit: Nick Saban has 'little man syndrome'
MAY 26, 2014
Tre Williams will be playing football at Auburn this fall, which means his most important offseason duty is learning how to flame the Iron Bowl rivalry.
Young Williams is proving to be quite gifted at that so far.
Last week, Williams told AL.com "Auburn owns Mobile," a fertile piece of in-state real estate that Auburn and Alabama battle over every year.
Now comes an even better barb.
Williams recently joined WNSP radio and was asked to play a word association game. So what comes to mind when "Nick Saban" is the subject?
Williams: "Little man syndrome."
Yes, that quote is accurate. No, Gus Malzahn probably isn't that fired up about it.
In fairness to Williams, a five-star linebacker from Mobile, he has a clear respect for Alabama and Saban, as the Crimson Tide made his final two choices before he chose Auburn.
"Alabama recruited me so hard," Williams told AL.com. "I visited there a lot. It was hard. Alabama was always so dominant. I was raised to like Alabama, and to try to separate yourself from your childhood is hard, but it's something I had to do."
The most important thing for Auburn: Williams can actually play ball. Here are some high school highlights.
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LMAO
LMS, Yup Tre is my favorite player on Auburn's team.
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Why the hell ask him that question? WNSP stands for We Nibble Saban's Penis is why.
And why does that piece backfill with saban platitudes and how much Williams must actually love him.
Pffftt.
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ScAUbinsky trying to remain employed.
http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2014/05/auburns_tre_williams_owes_nick.html#incart_river (http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2014/05/auburns_tre_williams_owes_nick.html#incart_river)
Auburn's Tre Williams owes Nick Saban an apology
By Kevin Scarbinsky | kscarbinsky@al.com
on May 27, 2014 at 10:30 AM
DESTIN, Florida - Let me see if I have this straight: An incoming freshman at a school that sometimes exhibits symptoms of little brother syndrome said on the radio that the head coach of that school's rival may be afflicted with little man syndrome.
In other words, a young man who has yet to take a college snap insulted a head coach who's won four national championships.
Just goes to show, no matter how much of a man you may be as a football player, you can have a lot of growing up to do.
Auburn freshman linebacker Tre Williams may have meant no offense when he did what's become an infamous interview with WNSP in his home town of Mobile, but he shouldn't have said what he said when he played a word association game on the air.
The words: Nick Saban. Williams' response: "Little man syndrome."
Somewhere in Paris, Napoleon turned over in his grave and muttered, "Sacre bleu."
This is what happens when you get caught up in the Iron Bowl rivalry even before you play in it. At least Williams is expected to suit up. Plenty of adults say things they shouldn't say as a symptom of Iron Bowl madness, and the only time they've touched the field in Auburn or Tuscaloosa is after a big victory or on Fan Day.
Williams is not the first person to take a shot at Saban's height. As insults go, it's unoriginal and juvenile, and being a teenager is really no excuse. Besides, Saban has proven that you don't have to be NBA-center tall to tower over college football.
Williams isn't even the first Auburn recruit to take a jab at the Alabama coach. Lache Seastrunk, as a highly regarded high school running back out of Texas, got so excited during his visit to Auburn's inaugural Big Cat Weekend in 2009 that he fired not one but two shots across Saban's bow.
Seastrunk never participated in the Iron Bowl, signing with Oregon, then transferring to Baylor. He just finished a newsworthy college career on and off the field by getting drafted in the sixth round by the Washington Redskins.
When Seastrunk's verbal potshots went viral, he quickly realized the foolishness of his ways and called Saban to apologize. It was a very grown-up thing to do.
Williams should do the same. In a much more thoughtful interview with AL.com, he sounded like a bright young man as he discussed being at the center of a recruiting battle between Auburn and Alabama. He also flashed the ability to make bold statements when he said of Auburn's recruiting in his home town: "We own Mobile."
Funny. I thought the idea in the Iron Bowl rivalry was to own Auburn and Tuscaloosa on game day.
The bright and right thing for Williams to do here would be to apologize to the Alabama coach. A college football player should respect his elders and his rivals, and besides, if you want to take the measure of Saban, you don't do it on the radio. You do it on the field.
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Tre Williams owes dinky an ass beating this year in turdistan