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Pat Dye Field => War Damn Eagle => Topic started by: Kaos on October 07, 2015, 09:28:35 AM
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Fifty five years ago today, Jay Jacobs was spawned upon this earth. Happy Birthday, fuckhole.
The question that has to be asked as we "celebrate" your life thus far is this: Is Auburn better for having known you?
I don't know that it is.
It's not just football. It's everything.
When I was a kid we went to Auburn, found a place to park, cooked out, went to the game, played in the grass, went to J&M to buy some stuff. We sat in our seats in the bleachers, bought crappy hot dogs, cokes and peanuts and had fun in the stands. We heard the band play. It was crowded. It was chaotic. It was a family atmosphere. We were all one big family. Some of my best memories are of those games. When I think about those times it's the band, the grass, the sun that are the tableau.
That was what I took my kids to do. I still remember a friend of my daughters bursting into tears when he saw Carnell and Ronnie sitting in Applebees one night after an afternoon game. They were gracious and funny and engaging. Made that kid's day by talking to him.
Now? The last ten years or so? It's all been turned into a corporate experience. There are only certain places you can park. Big money boosters have reserved spaces. There's a parking deck. The stadium experience now includes shit like Dreamland (Tuscaloosa for fuck's sake) and that pro-footballesque ridiculous television. i haven't been, but I've seen countless people say it drowns out the band. Fuck that. Turn it off.
I hate Jay Jacobs -- that is documented -- but I swear to God, the difference between his smarmy nancy-pants attitude is so far removed from the "I love Auburn and her cherished traditions" attitude of David Housel that is makes me vomit every time I see his fucking cheese-eating face. He's the antithesis of Housel. David was a southern gentleman, an Auburn man who treated everybody from the cleanup crew to the COO of the Sugar Bowl with the same respect. He had humility, grace, dignity and personality. Jacobs is an asshole. He's a snobbish fuck who struts through the pressbox like he's better than people. David Housel had a knack for making you feel like you were the most important person in the room. Jacobs lets you know nobody is more important than he is.
That doesn't have anything to do with the football debacle. But it might. He hired Gene Chizik primarily because they were the same church denomination. I don't think he's very smart. I think he's got too many hands shoved up his ass (Jimmy Rane's for one). I don't think he had the experience or gravitas to do the job. He was a fucking ticket selling smarm-shit for fuck's sake before being named AD. There is no AD in the country any less prepared for that job than he was.
He's ruining the Auburn I remember and the one I love.
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Pffffft...the hot dogs are still crappy.
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Kaos....he speaks for all of us.
Were fucking Oregon of the deep south.
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I have family that worked directly with him for several years. You speak troof.
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You nailed it, K.
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Anyone old enough to remember the monkeys? I miss the monkeys.
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Pffffft...the hot dogs are still crappy.
Yeah, but they are $1 cheaper this season! We have that going for us.
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Pffffft...the hot dogs are still crappy.
I can attest to this. The hot dogs are crappy and lead to lots of a crappy.
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K's rant!
:kimclap:
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Kaos done went deep, back, back, back, it's gone! Homerun.
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Kaos done went deep, back, back, back, it's gone! Homerun.
Like the Cubs over the Bucs later today.
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I can't like this enough. You are 100% correct!
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Like the Cubs over the Bucs later today.
Just stop that now!
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109th in total offense this year thanks Jay.
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Awesome post. We used to tailgate, grandma's fried chicken and potato salad. And sometimes a smoked Turkey sammich from bate's. Yummy. Any who, I haven't been to game since 2001. I guess I'm not missing much.with respect to old venue I cherished.
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Anyone old enough to remember the monkeys? I miss the monkeys.
yep.....always parked and tailgated next to the monkeys.....gave them pb&j sandwiches.......good memories.......little orange footballs chinstraps playing on the field after the game fiberglass bleachers (ouch).
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yep.....always parked and tailgated next to the monkeys.....gave them pb&j sandwiches.......good memories.......little orange footballs chinstraps playing on the field after the game fiberglass bleachers (ouch).
Thank you. The monkeys were a must on the way to the stadium, after tailgating in the Drill Field.
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We always tailgated next to the building behind those cages. Good times.
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yep.....always parked and tailgated next to the monkeys.....gave them pb&j sandwiches.......good memories.......little orange footballs chinstraps playing on the field after the game fiberglass bleachers (ouch).
Gonna date myself here, but I remember going to see Auburn play somebody really crappy like Chattanooga back in the early 70s.
When the game was over, my grandfather let me go down on the field. Over by the Auburn bench I found a scrap of tearaway jersey with a piece of a number still on it. I think it was Terry Henley's. I kept that scrap of jersey until I was a grown ass man.
If Jacobs was in charge back then? You could pay $10 to reserve the right to purchase scraps of jersey for $49.95. Tigers Unlimited priority donors would have first opportunity to purchase jersey scraps. Any remaining would be distributed among others who paid the reservation fees. All who bought jersey scraps would have their name featured on the Mega-Gigantor-Jacobstron for an additional $15 fee. Priority donors who contributed $15,000 or more would be recognized in a special on-field jersey scrap presentation.
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Gonna date myself here, but I remember going to see Auburn play somebody really crappy like Chattanooga back in the early 70s.
When the game was over, my grandfather let me go down on the field. Over by the Auburn bench I found a scrap of tearaway jersey with a piece of a number still on it. I think it was Terry Henley's. I kept that scrap of jersey until I was a grown ass man.
If Jacobs was in charge back then? You could pay $10 to reserve the right to purchase scraps of jersey for $49.95. Tigers Unlimited priority donors would have first opportunity to purchase jersey scraps. Any remaining would be distributed among others who paid the reservation fees. All who bought jersey scraps would have their name featured on the Mega-Gigantor-Jacobstron for an additional $15 fee. Priority donors who contributed $15,000 or more would be recognized in a special on-field jersey scrap presentation.
I understand that the college football world in general has gone corporate America. And it started a long time ago. I don't fault Jacobs for following the same path because unfortunately, we'll get left behind if we don't. Jacobs takes it further than needed and appears to think that he's untouchable. Only accountable to the biggest of the big donors. Unfortunately, he's right.
He is incapable of giving us anything close to what David gave us because he's completely tone deaf or simply doesn't care. But he has made some good hires. I will give him that.
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I understand that the college football world in general has gone corporate America. And it started a long time ago. I don't fault Jacobs for following the same path because unfortunately, we'll get left behind if we don't. Jacobs takes it further than needed and appears to think that he's untouchable. Only accountable to the biggest of the big donors. Unfortunately, he's right.
He is incapable of giving us anything close to what David gave us because he's completely tone deaf or simply doesn't care. But he has made some good hires. I will give him that.
Disagree he has made one good hire & one hire that a blind rhesus monkey with half a brain knew we should hire.
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109th in total offense this year thanks Jay.
This is funny and you are right has nothing to do with Jacobs. However, Jacobs was within a mommy part hair of being escorted out the door with Chizik. Somehow he got a pardon, then he hired Pearl and Gus was doing alright so the crowd went on to other things. Some of us continue to think he is a bad apple for the university irregardless of who he hires. If Gus goes 0-8 this year I would rather fire Jacobs.
And to WT point about college football going the path of corporate america, not everyone does it. UF and Jeremy Foley who I think is one of the best AD's in the business still keeps that college feel. Also the fact that you can't park where you used to and some of the big booster shenanigans that goes on. Doesn't have to happen.
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Disagree he has made one good hire & one hire that a blind rhesus monkey with half a brain knew we should hire.
And the one good hire, apparently Myers reached out to us.
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Disagree he has made one good hire & one hire that a blind rhesus monkey with half a brain knew we should hire.
I'm counting Chiz, Pearl, Gus and Myers. Just my opinion because of what they get credit for. 2010 was more reward for me than 2012 cost me, emotionally.
Agree on the college feel and Foley. At the same time, UF has deeper pockets and likely doesn't need as many corporate dollars for support. I'm waiting for Jay to start selling ad space on helmets and for Nova to start wearing a little NASCAR type uniform with ad patches.
Foley's football hires have been extremely suspect and controversial so far. Can't question the overall standing of UF athletics though.
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I'm counting Chiz, Pearl, Gus and Myers. Just my opinion because of what they get credit for. 2010 was more reward for me than 2012 cost me, emotionally.
Agree on the college feel and Foley. At the same time, UF has deeper pockets and likely doesn't need as many corporate dollars for support. I'm waiting for Jay to start selling ad space on helmets and for Nova to start wearing a little NASCAR type uniform with ad patches.
Foley's football hires have been extremely suspect and controversial so far. Can't question the overall standing of UF athletics though.
Just say that you want to suck on Jay's balls...its okay it's not possible for us to disrespect you any less.
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Just say that you want to suck on Jay's balls...its okay it's not possible for us to disrespect you any less.
I do not want to suck his balls. Not even funny. I do think, however, he happens to have nice tits. And that has nothing to do with his performance as AD and shouldn't.