How far has Auburn fallen? They think they are going to become Indiana.
For those who think the Indiana blueprint is easy to copy, I have some oceanfront real estate in Hahira to sell you.
We’re also going to see how sustainable the Indiana model is going forward now that all of the COVID players are pretty much gone now.
Refugees, discuss.
Brendan Sorsby is already looking at the money line for CFP to follow suit. Not a matter of IF, but more like when.
Shorter:
The mechanics of the expansion in the men’s tournament would include eight additional at-large bids. What’s known now as the First Four — eight teams playing four games in Dayton, Ohio — would expand to 12 games played by 24 teams at two sites, one of which was expected to remain in Dayton.
So not too drastic of an expansion, but it would’ve allowed for Auburn, Champions of the NIT and likely West Virginia, who won the post-season College Basketball Crown, to have participated in the NCAA Tournament. While this would’ve quieted the Barners and Daddy Pearl’s griping about not getting it, it would’ve stolen the false sense of pride that Aubie could get from winning a lesser tournament, as it’s hard to see Auburn making the Final Four givn the product on the floor.
But, as we all know, that’s not the driving force behind this. Quite frankly, it’s more of that sweet, sweet green that college sports champions so much today.
Money, for the win.
Yesterday, I posed to you all a question about who should fill out the final spots on an SEC Mount Rushmore of Coaches. Seems like many of you agreed with Spurrier and Dooley/Smart, with Smart taking a fourth spot when his career is done (fingers crossed).
So, as a Friday exercise, let’s test the inverse…who are the most overrated coaches of all time who belong on a Mount Shushmore of Coaches. For context, here’s this:
That’s a fair question, but you have to consider the coach. You also have to consider the assistant coaches on staff, considered by many some of the best brains in the business.
My Candidates:
Ryan Day:
James Franklin:
Frank Beamer:
Rich Rodriguez:
To Day’s credit, he won a National Championship, albeit in the expansion era that required an easy backdoor into it and he won against Notre Dame, the perennial “we don’t belong here” team of the century.
Other overrated candidates:
What’re your thoughts. Who are your top 4 overblown coaches?
How do you turn a shit house into an outhouse? Easy. Just add some layers and fancy decorations and call it what you will. But it’s still just Jordan-Hare.
Another reminder that today’s your cheapest day to sit and enjoy football in the greatest stadium in the most glorious college town on earth. Get out and touch grass, Refugees.
Go Dawgs.
I think I’d like to be a caddy just to overhear some of the conversations that would arise from these Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl golf outing pairings.
I think we are using the term “Legend” here liberally. Kirby Smart, as it pertains to the football world, is a legend. But to attach that to Freeze, Fishfry, Roof, and Chantastic?
I’ll leave my thoughts about Smart’s pairing to myself so as to not turn this into a Playpen Post, but I will say this is your Friday, April 17th, reminder that Auburn sucks.
While it’s been a delight beating Auburn so routinely for so long, it does seem like it’s become less of rivalry to our younger audience. If you ever wondered why, take a gander at this:
I’ve got a child named Georgia who’s never seen an Auburn Victory over Georgia. Maybe she was the chosen one (I think she is, and she does, too). I have a total of three girls, and between them, ages 8, 10, and 12, they’ve combined only seen Auburn beat Georgia once, and two of them watched what Georgia’s response was to an Auburn loss in the SECCG in 2017.
I also have a young staffer who was born in 2000, and has seen it happen so few times but is old enough and wise enough (and also a UGA grad) to realize that this record during the new millennium is exactly the way it needs to remain until 2100.
“We beat the dawg crap out of them” was said, and we’ve never looked back. Here’s hoping we keep it going another 74 years.
Go Dawgs!
Good news: Dawgs beat Gators to even the series. After a disasterous single inning to open the series on Friday night, Georgia came back and beat the Hogtown ballers 5-1 on Saturday.
Now for the mystery of who the Day 3 starter will be to try to take the series. Should be intriguing…first pitch is at noon today on the usual outlets.
On to women’s tennis, who is still laying waste all those who dare to compete with them:
Women’s Softball dropped a 4-3 game to Missouri.
Georgia Men’s Tennis is having their Senior Day today and is facing everyone’s favorite, Auburn, to boot, at Magill. You’ve got one world of orange suck next door in the baseball stadium, so just come to the general area wearing red and you’re doing your part.
Go Dawgs!
Lol.
I think I’d opt out of posting anything at all. But they did, and shortly after the Men’s Basketball team posted this:
Go Dawgs, and FTMFs.
Lord, Jesus. Psy Ops in Barner Town.
You could play “Swingin'” and it ain’t gonna matter, folks. Auburn just sucks.
I think this is the definition of the Peter Principle in action in college sports.
The last time the Gus Bus was involved in a game that had playoff implications, the War Tiglesmen got the cat $#!+ beat out of them and the wheels proceeded to fall of the bus in a splattering at Mercedes Benz Stadium.
The Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry has never been the same since that glorious evening in Atlanta. Dre Swift is smiling right now.
At least, there’s this.
Refugees, discuss.