My whole argument there, was that the point at which he decided to go with Hank Freakin' Brown, should have been Thorne's last snap for the season.  He already had 5 or 6 interceptions, and was out of eligibility this year. Had the back ups stayed, we would be going into 2025 with 3 QB's who had a grand total of a game and a half under their belts. He had no business benching HFB after one bad half.

I predict Hank makes some noise at Iowa. We will hate that he is not on our roster, especially if we have a burtal season again.

ON3 and Sports Illustrated are saying $1.5 mil.

Whatever the cost, he has got to be better than Thorne. I honestly question HF's decision ability. There is no way that Thorne was our best option. And if Freeze thought he was, then I question if he even knows his head from a hole in the ground.

So do we have a shot against Purdue without the big guy?

In Non-Auburn related news, everyone's favorite women mid major team kicked off conference play last night, and beat Tennessee State, 74-56.

Soph with a pretty decent stat line: 3 for 5 (1 for 2 from 3) for 7 points, 8 boards (5 Offensive), 1 Assist (for Nook), 1 Steal, 1 Block in 21 minutes off the bench.

I won't suggest it'll be easy without the best player in the country, but this team is deep and talented.  I like our chances.. especially with Edy gone.

Great night for your girl!

Heard a clip this morning from Mike Johnson, former Tahd and Falcons O-lineman.  He played for Lord Saybinz in 09’, and he was talking about the state of the game.  He said it’s not even recognizable anymore, not from a player or fans standpoint.  The biggest problem is that everybody seems to be standing in a circle, looking at each other, and not having a clue what to do, wondering what the end game is.  He said he’s talked to coaches who have no idea how to handle any of this, and that he knows for a fact there is one team in the playoffs right now, that is having to pay its players to stay so they can have enough to field a team.

Sorry to be such a pessimist all the time about this issue, but this game is ferked. Check out this bit from Yahoo Sports.

Over the first six years of the portal era, the total number of FBS players who have transferred has more than doubled from 1,561 in 2018-19 to over 3,700 in last year's cycle, according to NCAA transfer data.
The total number of players among FBS scholarship transfers rose from 1,946 in 2021-22 to 2,303 in 2022-23, and then up to 2,707 in 2023-24.
In 2023-24, the total number of NCAA football players across all divisions who entered the portal exceeded 11,000.

When NIL started, I remember Bo Nix reportedly getting a deal with Milo’s Tea.  Bryce Young was doing Dr. Pepper commercials.  Okay, that’s what Name, Image & Likeness is all about, right?  A player can profit off his “celebrity” as an athlete and his ability on the field.  While players are still getting deals with companies, the reality is there’s really no such thing as NIL. It’s quickly evolved into, “There are no rules about ANYONE outside the athletic program paying players whatever they want”, so let’s just collect a shit ton of money and rent as many free agents as we can.   

This is mostly because their roster is getting gutted by programs that aren’t funded by trailer parks and rolltide Willie. Bama is an nil poor. They can’t keep up. Their “fanbase” doesn’t have the coin because they are mostly mouth breathing sidewalk casuals.

Its glorious. It’s also why AJ mctattoo is melting down with neal McCready over yella throwing Benjamins in the portal.

Glorious I tell ya.