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auburnwire.usatoday.com Tale of the Tape: Auburn vs Samford Brian Hauch 4–5 minutes The Samford Bulldogs travel to Jordan-Hare stadium to wish undefeated Auburn a happy homecoming this Saturday at 7 p.m. CT. The Bulldogs are coming off a rough 30-7 loss at the hands of conference opponent Western Carolina, while the Tigers head into this game without a loss, most recently beating California in Berkeley 14-10. Buy Tigers Tickets It is clear Auburn has the edge in this game, not only from a pure talent standpoint but also because of the emotional advantage of a homecoming game. ESPN FPI gives the Tigers a 98.7% chance of winning and improving to 3-0 on Saturday, a record Auburn hasn’t achieved since 2019, when they started the season 5-0. Most of the country will check off this week three showdown as a blowout, but will the tale of the tape show us this game could be closer than most think? The quarterback matchup is fairly interesting heading into this one. Auburn quarterback Payton Thorne has been serviceable this season, completing 19/31 passes for 235 yards, three touchdowns, and one interception. He has also fumbled once. Robby Ashford has also seen ample playing time for the Tigers, completing 3/9 passes for three yards. Most of his damage has been done on the ground, where he has rushed for 59 yards on 13 carries, finding the end zone thrice. On the other side, Samford quarterback Michael Heirs has been absolutely electric for the Bulldogs since he transferred to the school in 2022. Heirs was the 2022 SoCon Offensive Player of the Year last season, collecting 3,544 yards through the air and tying the school record with 36 touchdown passes. The 36 touchdowns and 3,544 yards were fourth and sixth in the entire nation, respectively. Heirs also checks in at 6″1 tall and 215 pounds. While you would expect an FCS quarterback to be undersized, his attributes are very comparable to Thorne, who stands 6″2 and weighs in at 203 pounds. With all that being said, the clear edge in quarterback play still goes to Payton Thorne and Robby Ashford, as the experience and quality wins against FBS opponents outweigh the accolades of Heirs. A more clear advantage for Auburn is on the defensive side of the ball, where they shined in week two against Cal. The Tigers’ defense has been decent against the pass this season but struggled against the run in week one against UMass. The good news for Auburn is that run defense seemed to fix itself in week two. The front seven was able to hold NFL talent Jaydn Ott to 3.9 YPC off the back of linebacker Eugene Asante’s SEC co-defensive player of the week performance. The even better news for Auburn is Samford does not run the ball, as their running backs combined for just 14 carries a week ago. The Bulldogs passing attack is better than most FCS teams, but Auburn’s defensive strength so far in 2023 has been against the pass. As for Samford’s defense, the glaring stat is the 25.4 PPG they gave up in 2022 to FCS teams. The number itself is respectable, Auburn is much steeper competition. Auburn gets the edge in defense. The final edge to Auburn goes in the sheer size department. Auburn’s offensive line weighs an average of 313 pounds. The average weight of Samford’s interior defensive lineman is 270 pounds. Discrepancies like that exist throughout the field. Even if the Bulldogs play a great game, the physical tool endured by them may be too much by the time the second half rolls around. Auburn kicks off its homecoming game against Samford at 7 PM CST on Saturday at Jordan-Hare. It should be a very happy homecoming for Tiger fans. Contact/Follow us @TheAuburnWire on X (Twitter), and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Auburn news, notes, and opinions. You can also follow Brian on Twitter @TheRealBHauch

al.com The tale of Aubie the Tiger's first football game, which was 44 years ago today Updated: Sep. 15, 2023, 11:03 a.m.|Published: Sep. 15, 2023, 10:55 a.m. 4–5 minutes The Auburn Tigers won the football game that hot afternoon in Jordan-Hare Stadium. But that isn’t what people remember about Auburn’s game against Kansas State on Sept. 15, 1979. Instead, that afternoon is best remembered as the day a refrigerator box was planted on the 50-yard line well before kickoff. Well, maybe not the box itself, but rather what was inside the box. As fans filed into the stands of Jordan-Hare Stadium, they couldn’t help but ask, “What’s the deal with the box at midfield? Inside the box was Barry Mask, who toed the line of a heat stroke the entire time as he waited to make his grand entrance. “Nobody knew what was going to happen,” Mask said in a 2019 interview with AL.com. Eventually, Auburn stadium announcer Carl Stephens broke the ice. “Introducing a new Auburn tradition, Aubie the Tiger,” Stephens said over the PA. The Auburn marching band struck up a tune and Mask jumped from the box, dressed as Aubie the Tiger, and began dancing to the delight of Tigers’ fans. When Mask finished with his antics, he said he was seeing stars as he went back to the tunnel. The thermometer taped to his chest read 115 degrees. For the full story, which was told by AL.com’s Tom Wofford in 2019, click here. For nearly 20 years to that point, Aubie was often featured on the covers of Auburn’s football programs — but it wasn’t until then that he was brought to life. Phil Neel of the Birmingham-Post Herald is credited for creating Aubie, who first appeared on a football program on Oct. 3, 1959 ahead of the Tigers’ matchup against Hardin-Simmons. Despite Aubie’s humble beginnings, he was a good-luck charm for the Auburn football team, which won its first nine games with Aubie on the cover of its programs. Initially, Aubie’s presence on the sidelines was an anomaly. In the late 1970s, many college football teams used live animals as their mascots. At Auburn, a golden eagle who was ironically named “Tiger” was used. Meanwhile, costumed mascots were unheard of. At the time, Boston College’s “Baldy” the eagle was about the only costumed mascot that existed. But Auburn student government spirit chairman James Lloyd wanted to find a way to entice fans to come to Jordan-Hare Stadium earlier on game days. And he figured the antics of a costumed mascot could be the ticket. Lloyd sent clippings of Neel’s illustrations to Brooks Van-Horn — a famed costume shop in New York. And after dishing out $1,350 for the original costume in 1978, the Aubie costume was born. Lloyd himself went on to wear the costume as Aubie made his first-ever appearance at the SEC basketball championships in Birmingham on Feb. 28, 1979. Auburn went on to upset Georgia and Vanderbilt to punch its ticket to the semi-finals. But Lloyd wasn’t sold on acting as Aubie long-term. So auditions were held and 32 people showed up. After narrowing it down, the university decided it would announce the audition winner at Toomer’s Corner the Thursday prior to the spring football game. Mask said not one person showed up to learn who would be wearing the Aubie costume. But thanks to his background in theater and preparation heading into the audition process, it was Mask who got the nod. “Some people assumed it would just be someone in a suit walking around,” Mask said in 2019. “But I decided this was going to be a real character, like Phil Neel created. I decided Aubie should be loveable, a good dancer, a harmless flirt, and a good-natured prankster. And I drew inspiration from the Pink Panther, especially because the costume’s feet.” Forty-four years later, it’s thanks to the creativity of Neel, the initiative of Lloyd and the literal out-of-the-box thinking of Mask that we still get to enjoy the unpredictable antics of Aubie the Tiger on Saturdays.

si.com Top-rated corner in 2025 class to visit Auburn this weekend Daniel Locke 2–3 minutes Na'eem Offord, one of the highest-rated recruits in the class of 2025, is set to visit Auburn this weekend. Auburn head coach Hugh Freeze has put a major emphasis on the recruiting efforts by him and his staff. Those efforts have been put on display once again as one of the top recruits in the class of 2025 will be visiting Auburn this weekend. Na'eem Offord, a native of Birmingham, has received attention from every major program. According to 247Sports, Offord has a 0.9971 composite rating and is ranked No. 7 nationally, the No. 2 cornerback and the No. 2 player in the state of Alabama. Aside from Auburn, Offord has offers from programs such as Alabama, Arkansas, Clemson, Colorado, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Michigan and Ohio State. The 6-foot-1, 185-pounder attends Parker High School. Offord took snaps at quarterback and wide receiver in addition to cornerback last season. He rushed for 360 yards and three touchdowns, averaging 10.3 yards per carry. He caught 18 passes for 366 yards and three touchdowns. On defense, Offord logged 13 tackles and a sack. If Freeze and company could land Offord's commitment, it would speak volumes as to how much improvement Auburn has made on the recruiting trail. Landing top talent from the state of Alabama would make a statement about Auburn reclaiming its spot as one of the top brands in college football.

auburnwire.usatoday.com Five reasons why Auburn will beat Samford on Saturday Taylor Jones 3–4 minutes Auburn welcomes Samford to Jordan-Hare Stadium on Saturday evening and hopes to work out several kinks ahead of next Saturday’s SEC opener at Texas A&M. One of the major aspects that head coach Hugh Freeze wants to build on is consistency at the quarterback position. The rotation of Payton Thorne and Robby Ashford has seen its ups and downs through two games, and Freeze wants to keep working to figure out the right way to utilize both players. Buy Tigers Tickets “That’s a big challenge, and I do not like the way the other night went with it,” Freeze said during his weekly press conference on Monday. “At the same time, I think Robby (Ashford) has to get his touches. That is absolutely on my mind, and we have to figure it out.” There are many reasons why Auburn has the advantage over Samford, but we broke it down to five. Here are five reasons why Auburn should take care of business on Saturday night. Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports There is no doubt that Auburn’s defense will need to watch out for Samford quarterback Michael Hiers. The senior QB has passed for 690 yards through two games, but the rest of the offense has not reached the same level. Expect Auburn’s offense to put up solid numbers and for the Tigers’ defense to slow down Hiers’ fast start. Matt Bush-USA TODAY Sports After missing the first game, running back Jarquez Hunter returned to the Auburn running back rotation last Saturday at California. His performance did not live up to the hype, as he rushed for 53 yards on 11 carries in his season debut. Head coach Hugh Freeze said that he felt that Hunter was “rusty” last Saturday. The rust should be shaken off by Saturday, which will allow Hunter to compliment Damari Alston, Brian Battie, and Jeremiah Cobb in the best way. John Reed-USA TODAY Sports Hugh Freeze has used a rotation of Payton Thorne and Robby Ashford at the quarterback position in both games to this point. Neither quarterback has been able to find an identity yet, but it helps that Freeze has identified the issue within the quarterback rotation. If Freeze can figure out an adequate balance between Thorne and Ashford, the Tigers should roll to a big win. John Reed-USA TODAY Sports Since Auburn and Samford play football on different levels, most assume that there is not much history between them. However, the Tigers and Bulldogs will square off for the 30th time in history on Saturday night. The Tigers hold a 28-0-1 advantage over Samford, with the lone tie coming in 1927. The trend of Auburn beating Samford should not change on Saturday. Shanna Lockwood-USA TODAY Sports Homecoming is such a treasured time for Auburn alumni. Do the players want to let their biggest supporters down? Absolutely not. The team will play lights out, which will end in a big-time victory. Follow all your favorite Alabama teams at Auburn Wire and Roll Tide Wire!

247sports.com PMARSHONAU About those college football opinions Phillip Marshall 9–11 minutes For college coaches, decisions can't be based on outside opinions Whether it is my opinion, a message board opinion, Paul Finebaum’s opinion, PFF’s opinion, the opinion of some dude on College Gameday or any other outside opinion, they are just opinions. Some are more informed than others, and nothing is wrong with that. But those opinions mean nothing at all to the people who have to make decisions on Saturdays. Whether it is Hugh Freeze, Nick Saban or some Division III coach, the men whose livelihoods depend on winning football games are, 100 percent of the time, going to play the players and call the plays they believe give them the best chance to be successful. Are they always going to be right? Of course not. No one is always right in any walk of life. But they know what worked and what didn’t work. They know why it worked or didn’t work. They watch practice live and on video every day. Nothing in football is easier than waiting to see if a play works or not and then declaring it a bad call if it doesn’t work. I understand our world of hot takes, amateurs “breaking down” video and the thirst for immediate gratification. But building a program can't be based on opinions. The 2023 Auburn football team, as Freeze reiterated on Tiger Talk on Thursday, is a work in progress. It will have good days and bad ones. It will certainly not go undefeated. With the brutal schedule ahead after playing Samford on Saturday, it might be beaten badly in a game or games. Auburn will beat Samford. It might or might not be as lopsided as fans want it to be. It won’t matter. Auburn’s three games after that are at Texas A&M, No. 1 Georgia at home and at LSU. All those teams have more talent across the board than Auburn does. Maybe Ole Miss, which follows LSU, does, too. Does that mean Auburn can’t win? Of course it doesn’t, but it means winning will be difficult. *** RANDOM THOUGHTS The story about a former Ole Miss defensive lineman suing Lane Kiffin and the university for claims that mental health issues were not properly dealt with is sad. I have not the slightest idea if he has a good case or if he doesn’t. But I know this: Mental illness is real. It’s real in football and real in life. I have seen it up close. I have seen it take the lives of people very close to me. I will never dismiss it. *** For all the criticism the NCAA gets, I believe it is on the right path in denying immediate eligibility for players who transfer for a second time. The rule is clear. Undergraduates can transfer once to the programs of their choices and be immediately eligible. If they transfer a second time, they must sit out a year. Graduate transfers can transfer at any time without penalty. For too long, waivers were handed out like candy. The NCAA issued guidance in January saying that would no longer be the case. Nobody is telling any player he can’t transfer. But allowing multiple transfers on demand would disrupt the game as much as NIL and penalty-free one-time transfers already have. *** Why all the talk about Alabama head coach Nick Saban’s “dynasty” after losing to Texas when another team in the same conference has won the last two national championships? That is not meant in any way as a knock on Saban, whose record speaks for itself. It just seems to be a strange time to be talking about a dynasty. As far as Alabama goes, it’s way too early to know what impact the loss to Texas will have on the season going forward. Alabama clearly has some issues, but one loss (or win) does not a season make. *** After watching Northwestern lose at Rutgers, I really thought the Wildcats would go 0-12. And then they turned around and blew out UTEP 38-7 in their home opener, scoring 31 points in the second half. Clearly, UTEP is not a good team. But after what Northwestern players have gone through this offseason, it had be very sweet to not only win, but win big. Interim head coach David Braun, who enthusiastically joined the locker room celebration after a 12-game losing streak ended, put it like this: “We don’t know what the long term looks like. That’s indicative of the title I’m carrying right now. And that’s OK. At the end of the day, regardless of how this plays out in the long term, my wife and I and this group are going to look back and say ‘You know what? We’re proud of the way we did it.’ We stewarded the program. We navigated it through a really difficult time and set it up to have success.” Inside the design process of Auburn's basketball's new uniforms Auburn’s last uniform update was ahead of the 2019-20 season VIDEO: Late Kick: Is 11 Tennessee on upset alert against Florida? Bruce Pearl will enter Year 10 coaching Auburn basketball with his team donning some snazzy new threads. The Tigers unveiled new uniforms earlier this month for use starting this season. The changes to all three sets — home whites, away blues and alternate oranges — are subtle but striking, with the most notable new feature being the return of the stripes that trim the collar and sleeves on the white and blue jerseys, now featured for the first time since Auburn’s uniforms in the early 2000s. The Auburn logo on the shorts is no longer encased in a diamond design and now floats freely above the “power stripe” on the bottom of the uniform. The orange jerseys are similar to their previous model — still reading “Tigers” instead of “Auburn” like the other two jerseys — but now feature a vertical stripe on the pants, as compared to the horizontal one on the white and blue uniforms. Auburn’s last uniform update was ahead of the 2019-20 season, when the more retro-feeling uniforms gave their swan song at the Final Four and were replaced by jerseys with tighter, smaller text, and the diamond design around the logo on the shorts. pic.twitter.com/7MjzSMstfF — Auburn Basketball (@AuburnMBB) September 4, 2023 The team’s head of equipment, Kevin Fuhrer, said the process of a new uniform for Under Armour programs starts about a year-and-a-half to two years out. This time last year was supposed to be when the new uniform cycle hit for Auburn, but COVID-19 deployed things. Tra’Cee Tanner, now the director of operations for Auburn women’s basketball, previously spearheaded communication with Under Armour during Auburn’s design process. Fuhrer took over July of last year, and the new jerseys were officially approved in September. “It’s as much back and forth as you want” during the design process, Fuhrer said, as Auburn submits its thoughts, and Under Armour offers some suggestions, too. Even during years when programs aren’t set to undergo uniform updates, Under Armour will still submit surveys to equipment staffs for feedback. “Under Armour does a great job working with all their schools to try to find those little things that make a jersey stand out,” Fuhrer said. “But you also have that base model for it and make sure everything works with the school traditions.” The material of Auburn’s new jerseys is the same as it’s been for the past several seasons — Under Armour’s “Ultimate,” which is its highest quality material, reserved for its top college programs. Around this time last year, blank samples of the new jerseys were sent to Auburn — as not to spoil the design plans — and to ensure the sizing chart is the same as the previous model, making adjustments if need be. Fuhrer was aided in the process by Auburn’s operations staff, namely Mike Burgomaster, Chad Prewett and Maduxx Jeffreys — all of whom received promotions on Pearl’s staff this offseason. Finally, after two years of communication, changes, deliberation and eventually a final design, the jerseys arrived. Auburn chose a trio of seniors — Johni Broome, Jaylin Williams and Chris Moore — to surprise the team in the locker room before a practice two weeks ago. “As the equipment guy, you’re always nervous,” Fuhrer said. “You go into it and have a little say in it, but you just hope everybody likes it because at the end of the day, they’re looking at you as the one front and center with it. I’m glad all the back and forth worked out and that everyone seems to really enjoy it.” Some college coaches prefer to have a higher level of involvement in off-the-court matters like uniform design, while others don’t give it much thought. What was Pearl like during the process? “He’s very much so worried about coaching and recruiting; he lets everyone else worry about their stuff,” Fuhrer said of Pearl. “Luckily he trusts us. So far I think we’ve done pretty well.” Auburn fans will get their first look at the new threads in a game setting when the Tigers face Auburn-Montgomery in their exhibition game Nov. 1 at Neville Arena, before the team opens its 2023-24 season against Baylor on Nov. 7 in Sioux Falls, North Dakota. “It’s been nothing but positive feedback, which makes my day,” Fuhrer said. “The players are happy, and that means the coaches are happy, and obviously that means I’m happy.”

saturdaydownsouth.com Hugh Freeze excited for Jarquez Hunter to ‘get back in flow of things’ Grant Bricker | 18 hours ago ~2 minutes Hugh Freeze commented on how excited he is when it comes to one of his running backs. Jarquez Hunter played in his first game for Auburn in Week 2. Freeze is looking forward to seeing what Hunter will become and for the Auburn RB to get back into the flow of things. “I’m excited to see what he’ll become… but he left a lot of yards out there,” said Freeze. “He’s getting back in the flow of things.” Auburn’s Hugh Freeze on the return of running back Jarquez Hunter last week: “I’m excited to see what he’ll become… but he left a lot of yards out there” because he was rushing things and was rusty. “He’s getting back in the flow of things.” — Auburn Gold Mine (@AUGoldMine) September 14, 2023 Hunter had 11 carries for 53 yards rushing in Week 2. Hunter had the most touches out of any Auburn RB in that game. Hunter had 668 yards rushing and 7 touchdowns last season. Something to watch will be Hunter’s usage as the season goes on. Samford comes to town in Week 3. Samford and Auburn last played in 2019, as the Tigers came out on top 52-0. Auburn and Samford kick off Saturday at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN+.

another side of this..........when we were kids if you were cited hoover it meant you sucked. grins

Joe Biden Has A New Nickname For Donald Trump And It's Historic Ron Dicker ~2 minutes President Joe Biden on Thursday gave Donald Trump the business for his poor jobs record and debuted a new nickname for the occasion: “Donald Hoover Trump.” (Watch the video below.) Biden was touting his so-called Bidenomics at a community college in Maryland when he noted that Trump was one of two presidents who left office with fewer jobs in the U.S. than when they began. “One was President Hoover, and the other was Donald Hoover Trump,” Biden said to laughter. “My predecessor promised to be the greatest job president in history. Well, it didn’t really work out that way. He lost 2 million jobs over the course of his presidency.” According to Fortune in January 2021, Trump would “become the first post–World War II president to see employment fall during his presidency. It last occurred when Herbert Hoover left office in 1933 amid the early years of the Great Depression.” Citing Labor Department figures, The Washington Post put the tally at 3 million lost jobs on Trump’s watch. Biden, whose clapbacks against conservatives have helped propel a tongue-in-cheek meme known as “Dark Brandon,” previously mentioned Trump’s historically bad employment deficit in a Labor Day speech. As for the name-calling, it isn’t likely to ease as the incumbent and the Republican front-runner campaign for a potential 2024 rematch. In 2019 Biden announced that one of his nicknames for Trump would be “Clown,” while Trump over the years has gone with “Sleepy Joe” and “Crooked Joe” in attacking his rival. Related...

this is complete bullsh*t over in Florida, they just passed this awesome new law — anyone can carry a concealed weapon, no permit required. that’s right, any random nitwit can walk into a Florida gun store, plunk down their money, shove the gun down their pants, and walk out. no paperwork. no proof of need, no proof of sanity, no nothing. Republicans everywhere cheered, and similar laws are now working their way through various state legislatures.

Republicans ******* love gun laws, but only if it’s Hunter Biden who gets prosecuted the ‘shall not be infringed’ crowd finds their exception Jeff Tiedrich Sep 15 there’s this dipshit down in Texas who ******* loves his guns. he doesn’t just love having guns, he loves shooting them. he’ll shoot them anywhere, anyplace, and at anything — into the air, into houses, and at random bystanders. but what he loves shooting at most are his former girlfriends. now it just so happens that shooting at your former girlfriends crosses a line even down in gun-happy Texas, and so the local authorities confiscated his guns. what the ****, cried the dipshit, this is so unfair — my Second Amendment rights are being infringed! Republicans everywhere nodded in agreement. give this dipshit his guns back, they demanded. what part of ‘shall not be infringed’ do you not understand? the Texas dipshit sued to get his guns back, and the six conservative members of our Supreme Court have agreed to hear the case during its next session. Upgrade to paid over in Florida, they just passed this awesome new law — anyone can carry a concealed weapon, no permit required. that’s right, any random nitwit can walk into a Florida gun store, plunk down their money, shove the gun down their pants, and walk out. no paperwork. no proof of need, no proof of sanity, no nothing. Republicans everywhere cheered, and similar laws are now working their way through various state legislatures. because what part of ‘shall not be infringed’ do you not understand? “shall not be infringed.” Republicans love screaming this phrase. they scream it any time anyone suggests reasonble gun control legislation. every time there’s a mass shooting, “shall not be infringed” trends all over social media. because being a Republican in good standing means you have to believe that every single person deserves free and unfettered access to guns — no matter who the person, no matter what the situation. because what part of ‘shall not be infringed’ do you not understand? except … Hunter Biden indicted on three federal gun charges Prosecutors in Delaware brought three gun-related charges against Hunter Biden on Thursday, with a grand jury indicting the president’s son after special counsel David Weiss said he would pursue charges following the evaporation of a plea deal. Hunter Biden was indicted on three minor gun-related charges — and every Republican pissed themselves with glee while doing cartwheels. that’s right, the party of Second Amendment absolutists finally found a gun law they can embrace — as long as it’s used against the president’s son. the utter ******* hypocrisy of these people. if this were anyone not named Hunter Biden, the entire wingnut outrage-industrial complex would be ******* apoplectic right now, because this is exactly the kind of case that would normally have the gun fetishists screaming about prosecutorial overreach — a minor paperwork charge that is rarely brought against anyone. not only that, but one court has already ruled that the law Hunter Biden has been accused of violating is unconstitutional. A federal appeals court in August struck down a decades-old law barring users of illegal drugs from possessing firearms. seriously, if you believe that all Americans should have the untrammeled right to weapons of mass death without filing paperwork, then you have to believe that right extends to Hunter Biden, yes? or are you a tribal score-settling hypocrite? because what part of ‘shall not be infringed’ do you not understand? look, I’m not here to defend Hunter Biden. if he broke the law, let him face consequences. but mark this: every hypocritical Republican who just found gun control religion is going to totally ******* lose their s*** the next time a person not named Hunter Biden gets nailed for a minor gun-related infraction. everyone is entitled to my own opinion is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. © 2023 Jeff Tiedrich 548 Market Street PMB 72296, San Francisco, CA 94104 Unsubscribe , or Jeff Tiedrich From Everyone Is Entitled To My Own Opinion jefftiedrich@substack.com + Add to contacts

i never liked him. he was a corporate raider who would buy companies and shut them down. people lost jobs but what bothered me is i read where he took peoples pensions leaving them with little or nothing. it has been a while and maybe it was just a rumor but it was repeated enough it turned me off. and before the clown show comes in i am not saying he did anything illegal as it was my understanding it was in fact legal but taking pensions was just too much for me. it might be a lie but it sure turned me against him. there were a lot of flags

i shortcut on typing all the time. i am not writing a paper to turn in i am having fun. i do have respect for those that type pretty ok? but if i did that i would literally forget what the hell i was saying before i was halfway though.................

i am not worried about thorne yet. for whatever reason the whole"O" was horrible and turnovers killed us. it was like they were sleep walking or something. i am not too worried right now but if it continues i will be worried about not making some kind of bowl. even if it is a cheap bowl it is more practice time and with new schemes it will be a major plus. LP i enjoy your thoughts myself. just keep being you. oj! i forgot i do wish they would change how robby comes in the game so thorne can get into a rhythm.

some of you folks are down on vaccines but if they only had erectile dysfunction shots and no pills you boys would look like dope heads...........tell the truth. lol

lets be clear here.it has saved elderly lives. i have lost friends both older and younger than me. i vaxxed and i will again. i got the shingles shots. i watched a grown man cry from pain with shingles and i said that is not me if i can help it. it must be bad because they loaded the guy up with a ton of pain meds after all the pain med flaps going around so i assumed the pain was rough. i started doing the flu and pneumonia last year.there was a time when the gove gave you those shots with weak but live germs and when they hit a healthy they thrived and made folks sick. they finally figured out dead cells work better..............grins

it is not real hard and i enjoy trying to give back. i have missed one day since i started this and i am proud of that. if i had not let someone make me mad i would not have missed any days. i hate ungrateful people. it gives me something to do as well. thanks for the idea. i get from about 150 up to 3-400 views a day so i am helping in my own little way.

does Auburn still have homecoming parades?

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Ole Miss player DeSanto Rollins files lawsuit against football coach Lane Kiffin, university David Eckert, Mississippi Clarion-Ledger Thu, September 14, 2023 at 10:33 PM CDT·5 min read 6 Scroll back up to restore default view. OXFORD, Miss. — Ole Miss defensive lineman DeSanto Rollins filed a suit against Rebels coach Lane Kiffin and the university in a United States District Court on Thursday. In the filing, Rollins, a Black male, said Kiffin kicked him off the team in March, and levies the following allegations: Racial discrimination on the part of Kiffin and Ole Miss Discrimination on the basis of disability – or perceived disability – on the part of Kiffin and Ole Miss Sexual discrimination on the part of Ole Miss Intentional affliction of emotional distress on the part of Kiffin Negligence and gross negligence on the part of Kiffin and Ole Miss In a statement released Thursday night, Ole Miss said it never received a lawsuit, and that Rollins was never removed from the team. He remains on the Rebels' online roster. The Clarion Ledger, part of the USA TODAY Network, obtained a letter addressed to Kiffin, Ole Miss Chancellor Glenn Boyce, Mississippi Commissioner of Higher Education Alfred Rankins Sr. and Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch dated May 3, 2023, detailing Rollins' Tort Claims Demand. The parties have 21 days to respond to the complaint, records show. Rollins had appeared in three games for the Rebels. The native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is seeking $10 million in compensatory damages from Kiffin and Ole Miss, and $30 million in punitive damages from Kiffin. He is also seeking a temporary restraining order, as well as an injunction reinstating him. "(He) remains on scholarship," the statement from Ole Miss reads. "In addition, he continues to have the opportunity to receive all of the resources and advantages that are afforded a student-athlete at the university." What did Lane Kiffin allegedly tell DeSanto Rollins? According to the suit, Rollins' mother asked Ole Miss trainer Pat Jernigan to find a counselor to monitor her son. Jernigan then scheduled a meeting with Josie Nicholson, Ole Miss' assistant athletic director for sport psychology. They met on Feb. 28. The filing claims that Ole Miss defensive line coach Randall Joyner notified Rollins on March 1 that Kiffin wanted to meet with him again. In a March 7 meeting with Nicholson, Rollins told the counselor that he did not yet want to meet with Kiffin because he was "not in a good place." After further attempts to schedule a meeting on the part of the staff, Rollins says he met with Kiffin on March 21. The suit reproduces a dialogue between Rollins and Kiffin in which Rollins alleges that Kiffin berated him for not meeting with him when asked, despite Rollins notifying the staff of his mental condition. Rollins alleges Kiffin kicked him off the team. Rollins alleges Kiffin said the following to him at the meeting: "See ya. Go, go, and guess what, we can kick you off the team, so go read your (expletive) rights about mental health. We can kick you off the team, for not showing up, when the head coach asks to meet with you and you don't show up for weeks. OK, we can remove you from the team. "It's called being a (expletive). It's called hiding behind (expletive) and not showing up to work. You show up when your boss – so, when you have a real job, OK, someday, and your boss says, 'Hey, come in and meet,' I advise you to go meet with him, and not say, 'No, I'm not ready to meet with my boss, maybe a few weeks from now.'" DeSanto Rollins' allegations against Ole Miss, Lane Kiffin According to Rollins' allegations, he did not receive a mental health evaluation after suffering a concussion in the Grove Bowl in April 2022. That July, he endured an injury to his Achilles tendon that the filing says left him suffering from "severe depression, anxiety, frustration, embarrassment, humiliation, a loss of sleep and loss of appetite that substantially limited his ability to perform major life activities of walking, jumping, standing for long periods of time, standing on his toes, climbing, eating and sleeping." The suit says Rollins suffered similar symptoms when he reaggravated a previous injury to his lateral collateral ligament in his knee that August. He alleges that Kiffin and the Ole Miss coaching staff forced him to practice afterward. He alleges Ole Miss failed to provide him with mental health resources in response to his injuries, or the death of his grandmother the following January. Rollins alleges that Joyner pressured him to transfer following the 2022 season and that Kiffin met with him in February to tell him he would be moving to the scout team offensive line because he wouldn't transfer, and that if Rollins didn't like it, he should quit. The court filing says Rollins suffered more mental and physical health issues in response to the alleged meeting with Kiffin, including anxiety, panic attacks, hives and difficulty sleeping. Lane Kiffin's previous remarks about mental health at Ole Miss Kiffin said this summer that Ole Miss' entire staff is Mental Health First Aid certified. Ole Miss has claimed that it was the first program in the country to do that. Rollins alleges that Kiffin has never kicked a white player off the team for requesting or taking a break, and that a white player who had been removed from the team had been allowed to return. The filing also alleges that women's volleyball players and white softball players had been allowed to take breaks to deal with "mental issues." David Eckert covers Ole Miss for the Clarion Ledger. Email him at deckert@gannett.com or reach him on Twitter @davideckert98. I thought this would interest you good folks since we came close to hiring kiff..............