Let all the Bulldog faithful rally behind the men who now wear the red and black with two words, two simple words which express the sentiments of the entire Bulldog Nation: Auburn Sucks.
NEWS: LSU football is adding two players to the school’s roster, which will complete it at 105 players, per ESPN sources. This will lock LSU’s roster for the rest of the year, which will eliminate the program’s ability to add Dae’Quan Wright and Zxavian Harris. pic.twitter.com/gLJj7AyvPw
If there’s one person out there, whether you hate him or love him, who wouldn’t mind burning the business down on his way out, it’s probably Lane Kiffin.
Given the slings and arrows he endured as he exited Oxford, it’s hard not see how he could have some feelings about his indictment as a turncoat in modern college football. Transfers everywhere, people chasing a bag, so why not…and, oh, a loophole that allows 2022 players an extra year of eligibility to boot? Lane saw an opportunity for chaos, and jumped at the chance.
let’s pour gasoline on the fire and see what happens…because some people get a kick out of watching the fire department do their damndest to fight to extinguish something that’s impossible to put out.
Meanwhile, Lane has shifted from courtroom antics to locker room antics.
We can also laugh at “secretly released”… Kiffin WANTED that videoed & released. That’s why a staff member did it. pic.twitter.com/QoPn9PH44N
It sounds like he’s trying to channel his inner Kirby while also embracing the idea that he’s happy to kick a person when they’re down. He’s trying to make LSU a feared program again, and will use any fabricated voodoo to get there.
Gotta say, I’m impressed. Somehow in the midst of it all he’s had an expose book written about his horndog lifestyle in Tuscaloosa, tattled about tampering, abandoned a college football program as they were heading to the CFP, and all anyone can talk about is court and eligibility of pro players, whom he won’t even roster in the end.
And a 51-10 ass whipping of Clemson.
Lane decided that, instead of hating the PR machine for what it is, he’d hack it and use it to his benefit to rebrand himself as the villain of college football, a rogue badass who will now lay wate to everyone in his path, and not as Joey Freshwater anymore.
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The SEC has scheduled a meeting Thursday to "decide whether to terminate Louisiana State University (“LSU”) as an SEC member institution pursuant to Section 3.1.5 of the SEC Constitution and Bylaw." https://t.co/50wSMQ25Pgpic.twitter.com/mpp5aGES3H
This entire thing has gotten ugly and has turned into a 15 vs. 1 game of chicken.
The B1G is the only conference that can match SEC money, and there’s no way they admit them due to academic reputation. LSU cannot survive as an independent.
LSU fans, is all of this worth Lane Kiffin? The Kancer seems to have metastasized.
But first, the culprit behind FSU’s lighting woes?
Jimbo looked pretty nervous on set in Doak Campbell last night…probably because he had his back to the crowd.
On to the results!
LtDannyLJr with the impressive start to the season! 3DawgNight places, and Mudcats Mechanic shows with the tiebreaker for 3rd
Week 2 picks go up later today…will we have another stress-free Pickem week not having to wonder if the Dawgs can cover? Tune in next time, sportsfans, and we’ll see!
Why do I get the distinct feeling that radio broadcasts are about to find their way to a pay per listen medium? Will Glory Glory be create a subscriber only channel where Bulldawg fans can pay to hear the games?
Why would I not be surprised to see them dome Sanford and make fans pay to breathe the air?
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Of course, some folks are having fun with it, but I’m not sure if they’re giving Josh more ideas that could cost us down the road.
The Dawgs take a step up in competition after Saturday’s systematic demolition of Tennessee State with a 12:45 date on the SEC Network against the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers. The most interesting storyline entering the game appears to be the all-white uniform that recruits have used for dress up and social media photos will be used on the field at Sanford. Let’s get to the first look.
Series record / last meeting
Georgia leads 1-0. In 2006, the Dawgs rout WKU 48-12 in a game led by a strong defensive effort combined with an anemic passing game as Joe T started and eventually Matthew Stafford threw his first collegiate TD pass. Mikey Henderson opened the scoring with a 67 yard punt return TD. The Georgia defense created field position throughout the game allowing the offense to put up points without breaking 300 yards of total offense.
Gambling degenerate facts
According to DraftKings, Georgia is a -40.5 point favorite (after opening at -35.5) with a point total of 54.5. Once again, the money line is off the book. I’m not sure what to think about the lines after last week. Are the betting markets seeeing that Kirby is trying to make a point, or is WKU just awful after taking a 35-point pounding from (check notes) Nevada?
Interesting statistic: 7.69 (Rushing yards per attempt allowed)
The Hilltoppers allowed 323 yards and 5 TDs on the ground on Saturday to the Wolfpack. Needless to say, they are taking an enormous step up in competition on Saturday between the hedges. Nevada’s tailback averaged over 13 yards per attempt while gaining 152 yards, and their QB averaged over 8 per attempt. While I doubt we go over the 323, I would expect us to be in the 7+ range per attempt.
Early outlook
WKU has been one of those mid-majors who can be a thorn in the side. On initial look, this edition of the Hilltoppers doesn’t look like that. This situation is the unintended consequence of the transfer portal and NIL. A program like this finds a few players who were under the radar, and then they are gone when they show the big boys any potential. The Dawgs are going to win and likely win with margin. The question is whether they cover the enormous number.
Given they only scored 14 against Nevada, I can’t imagine they will do more than that without a lot of help, so I’m assuming there will again only be one digit on the other side of the scoreboard. On offense, is half a hundred too much to ask in consecutive weeks? Probably.
Solid win heading into SEC play and we get to see a lot of the younger players get more reps.
What’s your thought right now for Saturday?
Will you be wearing white on Saturday whether in Sanford or at home?
The geniuses are back. Rather than talking about their bathroom habits or what they would do to get so-and-so player and coach, they are showing their ball-knowing to the world. Week 1 this year wasn’t likely to be to be a gold mine of genius, but we got enough on our trip to get some good laughs.
Let’s start today’s trip at Smart-Richt Field at Vince Dooley Stadium as the Jacketasses’ season collapses on the season’s first real night of games.
No one cares enough about Fech football to send genius posts from StinkTalk, but I’m here for you. 2 years ago the denizens of StinkTalk thought Brent Key was the reincarnation of Booby Dudd and Booby Ross, and he was going to get Kirby Smart fired at Georgia. Today, he’s another likely failure of a head coach on North Avenue.
To get physically manhandled by Coach Amazon Prime’s Buffaloes to the tune of 183 to 51 yards rushing should embarrass Mr. Tough Guy. Let’s follow the defensive statistics of Colorado throughout the year. That should tell us something when Thanksgiving weekend rolls around. Pain.
Let’s head a little downtown to Mercedes Benz Stadium to check on the geniuses of the Greater Opelika Cow College.
If that performance did anything for male enhancement in east Alabama, Auburn is in for a long season. Auburn wins because Dave Aranda goes for the win in regulation rather than playing for overtime. Auburn’s defense made DJ Lagway look serviceable, and Byrum Brown threw 3 picks. This Baylor team is far from the best team Auburn will face this year, so it’s not going to be pretty by the time the Iron Bowl rolls around.
Dave Aranda has run out of time in Waco without a dramatic turnaround. I give him credit for going for the win with the 2 point play, but the right play probably was to play for overtime. The guy is a defensive genius, but I don’t think he’s cut out to be the leader of the program … sort of like Will Muschamp.
I don’t care about Oklahoma State football at all, but that post less than a year after “I’m a man! I’m 40!” got fired in Stillwater makes me laugh. Getting punked by double digits by Group of 5 Tulsa is not going to make the Big 12 look good to the committee. No matter what people say, the Big 12 is at best a 1 bid league given its make-up is more like a G6 league than a P4. I’m guessing the Pokes are happy that Bedlam isn’t going to be played this year, but, OTOH, on Saturday in Stillwater, they host …
Let’s head out west to check on the Handbags of the Northwest, Oregon.
Here’s the extent of ball-knowing in Eugene. The Ducks escape 34-27 over Boise, who isn’t close to the best teams Oregon will play this year. The team statistics look like Oregon should have smashed Boise like a top 5 team should do to solid G6 program, yet they needed a late touchdown to get the win. Nike is going to make sure Dante Moore gets a ton of hype for his Heismanesque performance against the Broncos.
If the pollsters do their job this weekend, I would expect that the Dawgs move past Oregon to #2 in the rankings released on Tuesday.
Let’s move on to Ann Arbor to check in on what appears to be the next scandal involving Michigan football.
Any Michigan fan who stormed the field on Saturday night after beating Western Michigan should be embarrassed. The way it happened should be an embarrassment to the B1G and its officials. That rationalization is never used at any other point in a game. A similar play would have never been reviewed for that particular issue.
Tim Brando gets something right for a change.
Thank you Rob. An outrage, a travesty and those closest to it will all muzzle themselves for the sake of maintaining profitable relationships. It’s imperative with today’s technological advantages we get rid of Conference officials and Nationalize the Industry to that we can… https://t.co/OvRe22O0Vb
The Upstate South Carolina faithful seem to have had enough. Dabo Swinney is 121-46 without Deshaun Watson and Trevor Lawrence. Entering Death Valley on Saturday night, Clemson is 47-20 since Lawrence took his hair and talents to Northeast Florida. I don’t think many people expected Clemson to win in Baton Rouge. I know people didn’t expect Clemson football program to spontaneously combust on Saturday night either.
The benefit of the remaining schedule is that Clemson plays all of 1 currently ranked opponent.
If you gave up 38 to Louisville and needed a punt snapped over the head of the punter to provide one of the TDs, keep rationalizing, Rebels. The Kiffin Kancer is coming, and I imagine he is planning to lay waste to Oxford given they gave up almost 500 yards and a number of explosive plays.
While this week’s game in Austin is the meteor game of the century for me, the Magnolia Bowl is setting up to be a meteor game as well. Both fan bases are being insufferable for different reasons.
We’re going to finish our trip last night under the sort-of lights of Doak Campbell.
I didn’t stay up to watch the full game. The message boards geniuses want Norvell out yesterday. I’m sure every one of them will be happy to contribute their 401k’s to his massive buyout to make it happen. The power outage is symptomatic of the problems FSU is having right now. They have a chance to make a statement on national TV, and they have this happen. They have been a joke at QB since Jordan Travis’s injury. They have been awful on the offensive line since Dumbo was there.
Kirby broke them in Miami. Danny Kanell still isn’t over it … he had us #12 in weekend rankings.
That’s what I saw this weekend. I can’t wait to see which 2 fan bases in this coming weekend’s meteor games meltdown.
Good morning! Football is back and game replays are, also. If you couldn’t figure out how to stream from ESPN or some jerk in your family planned a wedding on Labor Day weekend… here’s your replay completely uninterrupted by today’s annoying commercials.
Welcome back to college football Refugee community! As openers go, not the greatest test we’ll ever face, and that’s being polite. You can’t fault TSU for wanting a paycheck game to start the season, and you can’t fault the Dawgs for the entire depth chart playing hard. I get this was a mismatch of epic proportions, but is it alright if I get a little bit excited about what I saw? We’ve been favored by enormous spreads in the past and didn’t execute on that kind of level. All that said, it doesn’t make a lot of sense to give traditional A-F grades for a game where one team is overwhelmingly superior in every aspect, so we’ll use a slightly different grading system for this week. On to the grades…
Quarterback: Feeling Great If Gunner Stays Healthy
Gunner looked like a guy who was perfectly comfortable running the offense. Brutally efficient from a statistical perspective and the timing on plays looked very sharp. His one incompletion was an accurate ball that was well defended, but he missed an uncovered Dandridge crossing over the middle that would have been a big gain…nitpicking. Puglisi didn’t light the world on fire with his first few throws, but it didn’t help that Barbour dropped one right in his mitts…really doesn’t help when a backup QB could use a shot of confidence. He got better and the stat line wasn’t anything to be ashamed of, but I wasn’t ready to celebrate the throw to Tyler Williams…amazing grab by Williams, but not the best decision to throw into triple coverage. I like Montgomery and he did well in limited time, very nice deep ball to Bell for six…might just be me, but feels like Montgomery has a nice poise about him when he plays. Same story for Millender, limited time, but respectable play.
Running Back: I’m Bought In
Nate Frazier had 4 carries for 72 yards and 3 TD’s…that’s absurd as stats are concerned. More importantly, he looked super decisive when he saw the big holes to run through and got upfield…think he’s had some cases of “happy feet” in his first two seasons. Loved that he saw the hole and hit the gas. Chauncey Bowens looked nice in that #5 with a couple of big gains in the running and passing game. My personal player crush, Dwight Lightning, did a solid job on his three carries, same with Bo Walker and Jae Lamar. Tons of depth, lots of versatility and great production on Saturday. I think our backfield is absolutely good enough to be an asset for a team with championship aspirations.
Offensive Line: Better Than Last Year
The grade isn’t to say they didn’t dominate on Saturday…I actually felt a little sorry for TSU in that first quarter. TSU was getting overwhelmed and destroyed on every snap. Impressive debut for Helton, Bobo didn’t appear to have any ring rust, Gaston is still an enormous human being, Greene and Glover looked great as well. Here’s what’s most promising from my point of view…we’ve played a number of teams where the talent disparity on the lines was stark, but we didn’t look nearly as dominant as we did on Saturday. We’ve had several games where we weren’t getting that same kind of push, dominance or level of pass protection we had on Saturday. I’m sure Kirby would be able to find some things I’m not smart enough to see, but we finished the day averaging 10.1 YPC and that was with three quarters of backups and going DEEP into the depth chart. If we’re going to be a run first team with some play action deep shots, this is the group we need to perform and I’m more bullish on this unit than I was on the 2025 unit.
Receivers (WR’s + TE’s): What Were We So Worried About?
Where to begin? The Reddell offseason hype does not look oversold…I don’t want to say it, don’t let me do it, it’s not fair to anyone…but admit it, some of those efforts when he had the ball in his hands looked a lot like a certain #19. Elyiss Williams is a freak of nature, but we already knew that. Prothro looks like another lab experiment gone right. We know what we have with Luckie even if he didn’t get targeted. Loved everything I saw from Talyn Taylor and hope we continue to target him in the passing game, as well as reverse opportunities. We didn’t get to see too much of him last year due to injury, but he’s got some jets and a really unique ability to cut without losing a lot of speed…Hardman was unique that way as well. Loved what I saw out of Craig Dandridge on the two balls thrown his way…making me look a little smarter as my breakout offensive player pick. Sacovie looks like he has taken the next step and ready to emerge as a productive player. Tyler Williams had the catch of the day on a ball that should have never been thrown, so good on him. Jeremy Bell gets the send ‘em home happy award…who couldn’t be happy for that guy with what he’s been through. Tons of production all the way through the depth chart and the only thing to be critical of was the Barbour drop…better to happen in this game than a conference game. Competition level will ramp up the next two weeks before the big showdown with Oklahoma, so this group will have plenty of opportunities to gain confidence and reps before our first major challenge.
Defensive Line: So Far, So Good
Similar to the OL, I didn’t see anything I didn’t like. They completely dominated an overmatched opponent. Not a game where the DL was lighting up the stat sheet, but they were doing their job and creating opportunities for 3 sacks and 7 TFL’s. Tons of guys saw the field and that’s never a bad thing. Only nitpick was JJA picking up 2 personal fouls for hands to the face…same as earlier, would rather it happen in a 60 point win than a close conference game. We’ll learn more in the next couple of weeks.
Linebackers: So Much Quality Depth
If our TE room isn’t the best unit on the team, then it’s this group. Justin Williams, Raylen Wilson, Chris Cole and Zayden Walker…every one of them was a 5 star talent coming out of high school, all look scary athletic and fast on the field. PJ Dean looked fantastic in his first action, as did Khamari Brooks. Gabe Harris nearly killed TSU’s QB in the first quarter and looks to be 100% following an unfortunate late season injury last year. Ikinnagbon chipped in with a couple of tackles, while Quintavious Johnson was quiet and Linton didn’t play due to an injury. We definitely saw a pass rush yesterday, but not going to check that box as “solved” until we see it against meaningful competition. I’m cautiously optimistic.
Defensive Backs: Probably Very Good
Can anyone honestly say they know based on this game? TSU had 99 yards on 15 receptions. I don’t think the starters played more than a quarter, if that. I liked what I saw from Kyron Jones, dude looks like a guy who is willing to risk his body on any play to make a big hit. Bolden laid a monster hit on a TSU receiver after one of their more successful passing plays. No opportunity to hear anything from Ellis Robinson, which could be a consistent theme all year…try him if you dare. Demello should be a year better. Khalil was one of the few portal guys we invested in. This is a group we should have a lot of confidence in based on talent and experience, but too hard to say how great they might be based on an incredibly small sample size.
Special Teams: Not A Great Start
That first field goal attempt was pretty much a disaster…twice. Two guys with the same number to negate a made field goal, then a dropped snap on the second attempt. Sacovie showed he can be a great punt returner even if he let one bounce and roll. Dandridge also looks like a great option if needed. Drew Miller looks like he has plenty of leg strength to be a capable successor to everyone’s favorite Aussie. I’m not going to jump off ledges about some of the miscues. Our special teams play has been great to outstanding for most of Smart’s tenure, so I’m guessing this game will be the exception and not the rule.
Offensive Coaching: We Kicked Their A** Didn’t We?
I can’t say anything negative after we put up 28 points in less than a quarter. We continued to score at will with guys who might not see the field the rest of the year. Execution looked very good from my point of view and we didn’t need to resort to anything tricky to keep drives alive. Loved that we were getting chunk plays on first and second down for much of the game. Most of all, I loved that we were getting the ball to playmakers like Taylor, Reddell, Elyiss, Frazier, etc. More to come…
Defensive Coaching: We Kicked Their A** Didn’t We?
Yes, we probably should have shut them out, but who really cares? The defense looked super fast, tackled well and played WAY into the depth chart. They gave up all of 109 yards and most of those came against backups. Much like all of these sections, let’s see what we get next week and the week after before we make any grand declarations.
Week One Games: We Used To Have It So Good
It’s a shame that the supposed best game of Week One was supposed to be LSU vs. Clemson, and it clearly wasn’t a good game. Ole Miss vs. Louisville was fun, so good on them for scheduling that one. But, it’s a shame that we’re no longer getting some of those incredible non-conference matchups that Week One was so famous for prior to the 57 game season and advent of the 12 team playoff. Is what it is I guess.
Another tune-up before we get into conference play. Have a great week Refugees!
It’s been so long since either team has beaten Georgia that a whole generation of kids have been born and completed elementary school in the same time, so it’s not a question of relevance, it’s more of which gives you greater satisfaction?
Seeing Tennessee lose to an ACC school, albeit a rival?
Seeing Tech lost to Bobby Hill?
Personally, I love it anytime Tech loses. Tennessee is more fun when they lose to us…but I cannot help myself from cheering whenever I see nerd tears and whining from the blue bloods on the Flats.
