Early Dawg Neutering Thread........

[michael]

Nov 15, 2013 11:43:08 GMT -6 baldy1 said:

Nov 15, 2013 11:05:33 GMT -6 michael said:

I'm sure the players will use this as motivation, but I don't see Gurley's comments as all that bad. Haven't we been basically saying same thing? Last year, Auburn's players had zero confidence by the time Georgia came around. They have a different attitude (or "energy" as Gurley put it) this year, even though many of the same players are around. I do think that the offseason program made many of our players stronger, and we do have some new faces, but by and large I think much of the improvement has been mental.


But don't let any of my reasoning get in the way of Auburn players feeling slighted. My thoughts are just between me and you people.

That's all fine and good, except it isn't the same defense. We got this new coach this year and he got a new defensive coordinator with a new scheme and they actually PLAY defense this year as opposed to rolling over. Yeah, it's partially due to a new attitude but it's much more IMO. they actually (gasp!) make adjustments. They actually keep people out of the endzone from time to time. They actually get after the QB. They actually make interceptions unlike last year. This ain't the same defense. It may be many of the same players but it's a new day baby! A new day! Hear that Michael? It's all new, all the time! Any comparisons to last year are invalid and erroneous and dumb and stupid and dumb. So boom goes the dynamite.

I don't know if his comments will move the players's motivation meter even one click (if you need this stuff to get fired up to play in the SEC then you got a problem) but he certainly got me all fired up!). I may go slap a dawg at lunch. I may need someone to bail me out of jail this afternoon.

Hopefully our players' reading comprehension is on the same level as yours, badly1. But from the context, Gurley clarifies that by saying "the same defense", he means the same players. If he thinks it's the same scheme, then he needs to go back to peewee football 101... and we should feel sorry for him and his lack of intelligence.

His point is that they've had success on these players before, so they plan on having success on them again, regardless of Auburn's record, ranking, and position as the favorite. I would approve of the same sort of attitude from Auburn players in the same position, though I would prefer they word it more eloquently so that people don't turn it into a slap in the face.

[bubbs]

I feel sorry for Gurley and his lack of intelligence.

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Nov 15, 2013 11:52:23 GMT -6 steve said:

So, when Auburn beats Georgia, will the Iron Bowl become the game of the century, and if it is, is it really a big deal since we have already had nearly 50 games of the century this century?

It will be a huge game, but no......  AU was undefeated in '10.....that was a bigger one.....  And the game itself was a freakin' classic!!!!

[michael]

Nov 15, 2013 11:56:26 GMT -6 bubbs said:

I feel sorry for Gurley and his lack of intelligence.

That's the thing about you bubbs: you've always been compassionate.

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Nov 15, 2013 11:59:59 GMT -6 michael said:

Nov 15, 2013 11:56:26 GMT -6 bubbs said:

I feel sorry for Gurley and his lack of intelligence.

That's the thing about you bubbs: you've always been compassionate.

We are talking thUGA's roster here - not known for their Mensa membership roster......

[The Commish Dude Abides]

PD Field is ready



And so are the game day buttons

[bubbs]

Can we just think of that as "Performance Drug" field from hence forth? It would make WEG happy.

[novatiger]

The "Rub their noses in it" button is perfect. I was planning to pull out my Tiger Rags game shirt with the same slogan. It's from the late 80s/early 90s when Tiger Rags was good.

[artvandelay NP]

reading comprehension is fundamental. It's an intangible.

[michael]

But doesn't the fact that you just you named a specific skill make it a tangible? You know, like quick-thinking?

[bubbs]

Nov 15, 2013 12:27:16 GMT -6 michael said:

But doesn't the fact that you just you named a specific skill make it a tangible? You know, like quick-thinking?

Just so we all understand. An intangible skill = "I don't know what it is. There's just something about that team. They have an invisible spy or something. Maybe they're tapping into one of the extra dimensions referenced in string theory. I don't know. There's a skill that can't be seen, measured or known, and they've got it!"

In other words - Les Miles is all over this aspect of football.

Makes sense.

[artvandelay NP]

Nov 15, 2013 12:27:16 GMT -6 michael said:

But doesn't the fact that you just you named a specific skill make it a tangible? You know, like quick-thinking?

that goes without saying. I made my post so the badly1's could understand it.

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Nov 15, 2013 12:25:14 GMT -6 novatiger said:

The "Rub their noses in it" button is perfect. I was planning to pull out my Tiger Rags game shirt with the same slogan. It's from the late 80s/early 90s when Tiger Rags was good.

Did Tiger Rags always had some good ones!!!  I had a couple of when AU played TX in the 80's of Aubie shooting a bird ...  "Hook on this Horns"....  I wore the threads off that thing.....

[Ephemeral]

Nov 15, 2013 11:16:47 GMT -6 bubbs said:

Nov 15, 2013 11:09:51 GMT -6 Ephemeral said:

To clarify: is there still an S&S in Macon or anywhere? I haven't seen one in a long time. But I haven't been looking for one.

Ephemeral, this appears current and should answer your question:

Thanks, Bubbs!

Apparently no longer existing in my old haunts...

[novatiger]

Nov 15, 2013 12:36:32 GMT -6 @loganville said:

Nov 15, 2013 12:25:14 GMT -6 novatiger said:

The "Rub their noses in it" button is perfect. I was planning to pull out my Tiger Rags game shirt with the same slogan. It's from the late 80s/early 90s when Tiger Rags was good.

Did Tiger Rags always had some good ones!!!  I had a couple of when AU played TX in the 80's of Aubie shooting a bird ...  "Hook on this Horns"....  I wore the threads off that thing.....

The were great but they got a different artist and got lame the last 10 years or so. I quit buying them. I've got a drawer full of the old ones though that I only wear on gamedays so they last.