When Auburn’s Men’s Swimming & Diving Team won the SEC championship two weeks ago, it was the program’s 14th straight conference title — a mark that broke the previous record set by the University of Florida from 1956 to 1968. It was also the team’s 16th SEC Championship overall, all of which have occurred in the last 17 years. It’s [...]
Continue reading...3. February 2010
With 27 new signatures securely in hand, it appears that Auburn’s recruiting class for 2010 is finally in the books. According to Rivals.com, the class is currently rated the third best in the nation, while Scout.com has Auburn at No. 5 and ESPN has them at No. 4. Based on the projected positions of the players, it appears that the coaches did a great job [...]
Continue reading...31. January 2010
National Signing Day is less than 48 hours away now, and Auburn is still in the mix for some very good, uncommitted players. Two Rivals100 players, RB Marcus Lattimore and DE Corey Lemonier, are set to announce between Auburn and a couple of home-state schools (South Carolina and Florida State respectively), while another, Jeffrey Whitaker, has [...]
Continue reading...26. January 2010
2010 Under Armour Senior Bowl January 30, 2010, 3 p.m. CST Ladd-Peebles Stadium Mobile, Ala. Televised on NFL Network www.seniorbowl.com Auburn seniors Ben Tate and Antonio Coleman will be strapping on their helmets once again this weekend as they’re set to participate in the 2010 Under Armour Senior Bowl. Held at Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Ala., the Senior Bowl features [...]
Continue reading...24. January 2010
With National Signing Day less than two weeks away (Wednesday, Feb. 3), Auburn’s recruiting efforts are rapidly galloping down the home stretch. At this point, the Auburn class is ranked among the top-five classes in the country by all three major recruiting services (ESPN, Scout, and Rivals.com), and there are still a handful of spots left [...]
Continue reading...21. January 2010
With Auburn expected to sign a couple of guys from the state of Arkansas this year, we thought we’d take a look at how our future Tigers ended up on the Arkansas all-state teams. In Arkansas, the all-state teams are named by the Arkansas Activities Association, after players are nominated to the list by their coaches. It appears [...]
Continue reading...19. January 2010
Now I have to admit I don’t know much about this, but since I just received a notice from the Auburn Alumni Association about them, I thought I’d pass the information along. Apparently, there’s a newly-designed Auburn car tag for the state of Alabama that now features six characters. (Presumably the previous tags had less. I mean, [...]
Continue reading...17. January 2010
After looking at Auburn’s all-state players from the state of Alabama last week, we thought we’d take a look at our neighbors to the east to see how our future Tigers fared this year in the state of Georgia. It turns out that Georgia has two all-state teams, one published by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and another compiled [...]
Continue reading...12. January 2010
Six future Auburn Tigers were named to 2009 Alabama Sports Writers Association All-State Teams, as either first team all-state selections or honorable mention. Two players, Kenneth Carter and Craig Sanders, were selected as Lineman of the Year in their respective classes. Here are the selections, as listed by the Montgomery Advertiser: CLASS 6A LB: Jake Holland, Pelham High [...]
Continue reading...10. January 2010
When I was on Twitter Saturday night (@WarEagleTales), I noticed a ton of feedback to Charles Barkley’s hosting appearance on “Saturday Night Live.” Much of it was negative (okay, who am I kidding? MOST of it was negative) — focusing mainly on Charles’s less-than-polished acting style – though some of it was actually wildly positive (”hilarious” … [...]
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9. March 2010
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