🏈 Ole Miss player talking smack? Really?

[bamafan4ever]

I suspect the UF fans were saying much the same thing last week about the LSU game.

I don't think if the UF fans said it, it would have affected the outcome of their game either nor what I said will affect the outcome of our game. Hopefully, 252BAMA, the team doesn't take what I say as their mantra. I'm 99.99999% sure they don't.

With that being said, I don't think this game will be close and BAMA wins by at least 3 TD's. JMO, though, as you know.

 

[Duder]

UM DT Jerrell Powe, on SC beating UA: "I think (UA) got exposed, you know what I mean? Showed that they're a one-dimensional team."

http://twitter.com/kyleveazey/status/27059860197

And what did Jacksonville State and Vanderbilt do to Ole Miss?

 

[bamafan4ever]

Duder,

I actually think Ole Miss is a much better team than what we saw versus JX St. They beat a pretty decent Fresno team and beat UK by a similar score that Auburn had with the Wildcats. I just think that our team will be so ready to get that loss behind them. They have all day Saturday to think about it too with the late kick off. I feel very good about this game because I don't think we have forgotten how to be good, we just needed an attitude adjustment and we got that.

So, what's your thoughts on your game? Should be a barn burner! :nana: Seriously, will either defense show up on Saturday? Will Ted Roof buy himself a case of 5 hour energy drinks? LOL! It should be fun to watch.

 

[Duder]

Duder,

I actually think Ole Miss is a much better team than what we saw versus JX St. They beat a pretty decent Fresno team and beat UK by a similar score that Auburn had with the Wildcats. I just think that our team will be so ready to get that loss behind them. They have all day Saturday to think about it too with the late kick off. I feel very good about this game because I don't think we have forgotten how to be good, we just needed an attitude adjustment and we got that.

I'm sure they've improved--but Ole Miss is far from a complete football team. You have to look at a win against a decent Fresno team with a bit of perspective. As for UK, I think they actually won by a larger margin against UK than we did. That being said, we didn't play the third quarter at all. I believe the team lost focus going into halftime with a big lead. I liken it to what happened to Bama against Florida. They became complacent and the offense didn't do much in the second half. The difference was Bama's defense was good enough to keep UF from doing, well, anything. Our secondary, however, is terrible. When a bad defense becomes complacent with a lead terrible, terrible things happen. Again, I'm just making a very loose comparison using a similar lack of focus and sloppy play. If only we had a defense...

So, what's your thoughts on your game? Should be a barn burner! :nana: Seriously, will either defense show up on Saturday? Will Ted Roof buy himself a case of 5 hour energy drinks? LOL! It should be fun to watch.

Since the start of the season the Arkansas game has been one of two games on the schedule that just flat scare the hell out of me. Before the season it seemed as if our secondary would be the strength of our defense. Neiko and Demond came on at the end of last year and seemed like they would take a huge leap forward. We got Etheridge, Savage and McNeill back at safety--with that much experience and leadership we (Auburn fans in general) thought we had a fantastic secondary. Hell, the coaches thought enough of it to move our best safety from last year (Bates) to linebacker and start him over Eltoro. After watching the first two games the Arkansas game moved to the #1 scary game on our roster. It is sandwiched in a stretch of SEC games that saw the wheels come off last season. We have LSU looming the week afterwards, which is always a big game. With the national ranking we have I'm afraid the players will lose their focus. Saying that Arkansas scares me more than Bama is not at all a knock on Bama. Obviously Alabama has a much better team than Arkansas. The problem for Auburn comes in the fact that Arkansas lives and dies by the pass and we clearly can' defend it well. Bama can pass but uses their running game heavily when they are able to. I am not certain that we can shut down your running game two years in a row--and no I don't think the USCjr game is indicative of a systemic problem with your offense. One day, one team was able to out-scheme and out-play, nothing more. I think we have a better chance at stopping a running game, especially with the emergence of Nick Fairley, than stopping a team that will throw 40+ times against us.

I will not even begin to wager a guess on who will win. I will say I don't think Arkansas' defense has a prayer at stopping the offense if we get rolling. If our offense doesn't shoot itself in the foot we will score points. The problem comes when Arkansas has the ball. Bama showed the road map to beating Arkansas. Pressure the hell out of Ryan Mallett and let him beat himself. The problem is I don't think our secondary is anywhere near good enough to run with those receivers all day. We're going to have to get to Mallett in a hurry or we will end up in a shootout. Ted Roof has yet to disguise a blitz or coverage package this season. I don't know if he thinks our players just can't grasp a scheme or if he's just slow himself and has no idea how to do anything but line up and show what we're going to do. I will say i sincerely eope that Chizik steps in and helps with the defense this week. He is obviously a much better defensive coach than Roof. Our secondary is not completely void of talent as it seems, I wish I had an answer.

We do have the ability to win this game but if we do it will be a shootout. My gut tells me barring major mistakes by one team that the other doesn't return the team that has the ball last will win.

All I ask is that you be gentle if we lose, ha ha. I know there will be threads celebrating the loss if it occurs. I thank you all for not directing them at me!

 

[bamafan4ever]

I will not even begin to wager a guess on who will win. I will say I don't think Arkansas' defense has a prayer at stopping the offense if we get rolling. If our offense doesn't shoot itself in the foot we will score points. The problem comes when Arkansas has the ball. Bama showed the road map to beating Arkansas. Pressure the hell out of Ryan Mallett and let him beat himself. The problem is I don't think our secondary is anywhere near good enough to run with those receivers all day. We're going to have to get to Mallett in a hurry or we will end up in a shootout. Ted Roof has yet to disguise a blitz or coverage package this season. I don't know if he thinks our players just can't grasp a scheme or if he's just slow himself and has no idea how to do anything but line up and show what we're going to do. I will say i sincerely eope that Chizik steps in and helps with the defense this week. He is obviously a much better defensive coach than Roof. Our secondary is not completely void of talent as it seems, I wish I had an answer.

We do have the ability to win this game but if we do it will be a shootout. My gut tells me barring major mistakes by one team that the other doesn't return the team that has the ball last will win.

All I ask is that you be gentle if we lose, ha ha. I know there will be threads celebrating the loss if it occurs. I thank you all for not directing them at me!

That's the key my friend. You do that, you beat Arkansas. Watch for Williams at TE too. Most underrated guy in the SEC imo.

 

[UAgrad93]

Does Arky get their best RB back this week or is he still out?

 

[BamaDelta]

All I ask is that you be gentle if we lose, ha ha. I know there will be threads celebrating the loss if it occurs. I thank you all for not directing them at me!

If there is a loss all of my celebration will be aimed toward the jerk at my 9-year-old's little league game that chased down my daughter and me only to taunt us, laugh about our loss, recruit others to laugh about our loss and yell WDE last Sunday.....ugh! No class, just none. Nevermind that this really upset my 11-year-old daughter (not such much the loss but the way a grown adult taunted a child that had done nothing).

 

[AFF]

If there is a loss all of my celebration will be aimed toward the jerk at my 9-year-old's little league game that chased down my daughter and I only to taunt us, laugh about our loss, recruit others to laugh about our loss and yell WDE last Sunday.....ugh! No class, just none. Nevermind that this really upset my 11-year-old daughter (not such much the loss but the way a grown adult taunted a child that had done nothing).

Ouch. Did hubby not make it to the game?

I'm usually pretty calm in most situations (my wife may beg to differ). They could rib me all they wanted, but someone taunting my wife or my kids - well let's just say that wouldn't continue for very long before my protective instincts would kick in.

 

[Nate]

If there is a loss all of my celebration will be aimed toward the jerk at my 9-year-old's little league game that chased down my daughter and I only to taunt us, laugh about our loss, recruit others to laugh about our loss and yell WDE last Sunday.....ugh! No class, just none. Nevermind that this really upset my 11-year-old daughter (not such much the loss but the way a grown adult taunted a child that had done nothing).

People are jerks! If someone had acted like that to my daughter wifey would have decked em

 

[BamaDelta]

Ouch. Did hubby not make it to the game?

I'm usually pretty calm in most situations (my wife may beg to differ). They could rib me all they wanted, but someone taunting my wife or my kids - well let's just say that wouldn't continue for very long before my protective instincts would kick in.

Nope, hubby wasn't there. He knows the guy that did it but not very well. I don't. I know his wife, and she knows my daughter very well. She wasn't there, so I don't know if he told or not. I haven't decided exactly how I'll handle it from here on out. I'll say something to her next time I see her, but that could be weeks. Funny thing is I heard her talking at church one day after UGA beat AU at the end of the game (maybe last year?). She said her son was just heart broken. So, the dad knows this about his own kid yet tries to hurt someone else's. Actually I don't know that he tried to hurt my daughter. Maybe she was just in the "cross-fires", but she was right there with me. I've never said anything to him or his wife, so go figure. Don't know how I deserved such treatment.

I'm pretty old school and grew up mostly during Coach Bryant's reign. I've been taught in football and in life to act like you've been there before, and I do. No one is more excited than me after a big win, but I celebrate with my fans. I don't taunt others.

 

[AllieBama]

Nope, hubby wasn't there. He knows the guy that did it but not very well. I don't. I know his wife, and she knows my daughter very well. She wasn't there, so I don't know if he told or not. I haven't decided exactly how I'll handle it from here on out. I'll say something to her next time I see her, but that could be weeks. Funny thing is I heard her talking at church one day after UGA beat AU at the end of the game (maybe last year?). She said her son was just heart broken. So, the dad knows this about his own kid yet tries to hurt someone else's. Actually I don't know that he tried to hurt my daughter. Maybe she was just in the "cross-fires", but she was right there with me. I've never said anything to him or his wife, so go figure. Don't know how I deserved such treatment.

I'm pretty old school and grew up mostly during Coach Bryant's reign. I've been taught in football and in life to act like you've been there before, and I do. No one is more excited than me after a big win, but I celebrate with my fans. I don't taunt others.

I'm so sorry your daughter had to experience that. Not fair at all. I really can't believe how "adults" can act like that around kids...or even other adults they don't know very well. I was verbally assaulted at a friend's birthday party a few years ago just because I said I was a Bama fan instead of a hog fan. I had never met the guy before and I didn't make any comments other than that and he was yelling at me. At least there were no kids there to hear him. It was just after the "revolving coaches" fiasco so he thought he had plenty of ammunition. (I was able to shut him up fairly quickly since I know my football.)
I also have people who never speak to me the rest of the year literally hunt me down to tease me if arky beats Bama. Even had a guy make a special t-shirt the last time they beat us...just for me (since I was the only Bama fan that worked there). It said "We love Tiffin" and had goal posts on it. I never say anything when we win...like you said, "act like you've been there before".

 

[bamafan4ever]

I'm so sorry your daughter had to experience that. Not fair at all. I really can't believe how "adults" can act like that around kids...or even other adults they don't know very well. I was verbally assaulted at a friend's birthday party a few years ago just because I said I was a Bama fan instead of a hog fan. I had never met the guy before and I didn't make any comments other than that and he was yelling at me. At least there were no kids there to hear him. It was just after the "revolving coaches" fiasco so he thought he had plenty of ammunition. (I was able to shut him up fairly quickly since I know my football.)
I also have people who never speak to me the rest of the year literally hunt me down to tease me if arky beats Bama. Even had a guy make a special t-shirt the last time they beat us...just for me (since I was the only Bama fan that worked there). It said "We love Tiffin" and had goal posts on it. I never say anything when we win...like you said, "act like you've been there before".

Sandra and I are in Georgia and you would THINK it wouldn't be too bad around here. There are a ton of BAMA fans here but there is also a very large contingent of Lee County infidels as well. My company president, an infidel but he, like Duder here, is luckily one of the most rational and knowledgeable college football fans out there. He give BAMA their props when deserved. The local yocal that you run into at Kroger is a different story. Rude, crude and socially unacceptable comes to mind.

Ubiquitous geek reference: Barn fans are like the friggin Borg. They believe this whole "AU Family, All In" crap. They're like one big hive of bees while winning but turn into cock roaches when they lose. The light comes on and they scurry. We can win 19 games in a row and have the Heisman and defending champs and the typical AU fan will say we were the worst team to ever win 19 straight games, Mark Ingram is a mere child when the prowess of Bo Jackson is considered and if only had Colt McCoy stayed healthy!

Duder, you have proven yourself to be the exception to the rule.

 

[AFF]

...I haven't decided exactly how I'll handle it from here on out....I'm pretty old school and grew up mostly during Coach Bryant's reign. I've been taught in football and in life to act like you've been there before, and I do. No one is more excited than me after a big win, but I celebrate with my fans. I don't taunt others.

Yeah, that's a tough one. Do you risk escalating it or maybe just let him 'simmer' in his own words for a while? Kind of like, when someone says something really stupid - sometimes the best thing to do is say nothing while the stupidity of their words echo in their own brain. Sometimes that's more effective than a cute comeback. Then again, he would have to have a conscience before that would work. It sounds like you handled it as well as possible given the situation with your daughter being present, and all. When in doubt, show class. You have the comfort of knowing your daughter may have learned something about how to conduct herself while witnessing your grace under fire. She also saw what jerks some Barners - even adult ones - can be at times. We'll see how cocky he is once Doe's Bammy Whammy kicks in against the Barn this week!

Roll Tide

 

[It Takes Eleven]

Nope, hubby wasn't there. He knows the guy that did it but not very well. I don't. I know his wife, and she knows my daughter very well. She wasn't there, so I don't know if he told or not. I haven't decided exactly how I'll handle it from here on out. I'll say something to her next time I see her, but that could be weeks. Funny thing is I heard her talking at church one day after UGA beat AU at the end of the game (maybe last year?). She said her son was just heart broken. So, the dad knows this about his own kid yet tries to hurt someone else's. Actually I don't know that he tried to hurt my daughter. Maybe she was just in the "cross-fires", but she was right there with me. I've never said anything to him or his wife, so go figure. Don't know how I deserved such treatment.

I'm pretty old school and grew up mostly during Coach Bryant's reign. I've been taught in football and in life to act like you've been there before, and I do. No one is more excited than me after a big win, but I celebrate with my fans. I don't taunt others.

I think this is one of those "teachable moments" with your daughter. Explain to her that her Daddy is an exception to most aubrun fans, and that guy is the standard. Tell her how much you love her, and that's why you want her to be a lifelong Bama fan just like Mommy so she isn't exposed to people like that.