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BODY COUNT, BODY COUNT

This week's body count, going into week five. Rub some tussin in it, you'll be fine.

The doctor thinks you should stop eating so much pickled herring in lye, frankly.

Important cock: out. Jasper Brinkley, ferocious linebacker for the South Carolina Gamecocks, sprained his right knee versus LSU and will need season-killing surgery to repair a torn ligament. Replacement value: high. Marvin Sapp, the second-leading tackler on the team last year.

Olson, Cowan, Olson. Ben Olson re-enters the starting position for the UCLA Bruins after starter Patrick Cowan suffered a partially torn MCL in his right knee versus Washington. Replacement value: eh, a push, really, given that Olson was the starter prior to being knocked silly in the Utah game and suffering from headaches and nausea afterwards. Insert obvious comment re: being a Bruin fan forced to play "Karl Dorrell's Wheel of Unpredictable Pain/Pleasure."

Suit up Tacopants! Chad Henne, hurt with a mysterious lower leg injury during the Oregon game, is close to coming back to the lineup for Michigan. How close? Who knows? Lloyd Carr protects injury information like they're Chinese missile blueprints. Five sources were killed or are rotting in a Xinjiang gulag as we speak due to the acquiring of this information.

Meme cont'd: Suit up Gamblepants! Matt Flynn should get a surplus of rest this week with LSU playing Tulane, since his ankle is still bothering him, one of the factors leading to LSU's run-heavy gameplan versus South Carolina. Replacement value: Ryan Perriloux, who will give you 3-2 odds on Flynn making it back in time for the Florida game. He's got, you know, an inside source and all, man.

And one more mystery: The TCU Horned Frogs' gifted defensive end Tommy Blake will miss the rest of the year on "a medical leave of absence." Described preseason by Mack Brown as "as good as Julius Peppers," Blake's absence is a huge and (yes) odd one for the team: he left the team for personal reasons in August, came back, missed more playing time to medical issues, and has finally hung it up for 2007. Hmm.

And finally: Brandon Cox may miss his start against Florida due to heavy menstrual bleeding.* The only other injury on Auburn's side will be the lingering injury to Quentin Groves, whose own massive balls hurt his back and general mobility six days of the week, but seem not to affect him on Saturdays.

*Egad, has Brandon Cox been terrible--we hear the worst of it from Auburn alum Cuddles, who's exhausted his septic tank of profanities trying to accurately describe how bad he's been. But that's against every other team but Florida, where he'll probably pull himself together and throw for 400 yards and five tds on us after we write that. That's just the kind of jankety shit that always happens in Auburn/Florida games. Unlike Kyle, we don't hate Auburn. But damnation on a shitstick do we hate playing them.

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i’m not real sure what’s been going on with tommy blake, but he’s costing himself tens of millions of dollars.

by gerry dorsey on Sep 25, 2007 4:35 PM EDT reply actions  

“Xinjiang gulag”

Good line…but that’s [i]laogai[/i] in Chinese, not gulag.

More attention to detail, people! Or there will be beatings!

by Blog Goliard on Sep 25, 2007 4:35 PM EDT reply actions  

Auburn is starting 3 true freshmen on the OL, including both tackles. If UF loses this game, it’s because they took a wrong turn on the way to the stadium.

by karlhungus12 on Sep 25, 2007 4:37 PM EDT reply actions  

3

Not so fast, karlhungus12, UF will be starting Kyle Jackson, so nothing is guaranteed.

by PW on Sep 25, 2007 4:40 PM EDT reply actions  

Yeah just like 94 and in 01. When the #1 Gators took wrong turns.

by PROTHRO'S GOOD LEG on Sep 25, 2007 4:40 PM EDT reply actions  

Yeah just like 94,01 and in 06. When the #1 Gators took wrong turns.

by PROTHRO'S GOOD LEG on Sep 25, 2007 4:41 PM EDT reply actions  

BG—

You know that. And IIIIIII know that. But gulag…that’s a fucking brand name for commie summer camp you don’t want to go to. That’s the Wal-Mart of oppression, there. That’s taking the synapse offramp to imprisoned suckville.

I write laogai and it flies by 99 percent of the readers. I write gulag, and we’re all basking in tasty instant association gravy.

by Orson Swindle on Sep 25, 2007 4:42 PM EDT reply actions  

I also believe that some members of Florida’s secondary have suffered third degree burns this season.

Everytime I see a deep pass against the Gators I feel like Ralph Wiggum. “Tastes like burning!”

by BDoc on Sep 25, 2007 4:49 PM EDT reply actions  

i like gravy

by okiedomer on Sep 25, 2007 4:50 PM EDT reply actions  

See! Okiedomer’s right. Gulag=gravy.

by Orson Swindle on Sep 25, 2007 4:51 PM EDT reply actions  

So Orson, is Perrileauxxx the new gambling columnist, or are you pulling a Lloyd and keeping it close to your open collared Magnum PI chest?

by Jimer on Sep 25, 2007 4:52 PM EDT reply actions  

BG, you’re single, right?

by Holly on Sep 25, 2007 4:53 PM EDT reply actions  

Not even LLLoyd is stupid enough to replace a QB who has won two straight, right?

Right????!!!!!

Lloyd Carr… best damn coach from here to Portland, Oregon. Or Portland, Maine for that matter.

by GamecockTony on Sep 25, 2007 4:53 PM EDT reply actions  

Why can’t Michigan just play Joe Pater-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no every week?

Orson, if you are scared of a potential let down with Auburn this week, UM fans should be worrying that they are due for one of their once every 7 years ass-crazy games at the hands of NW spead offense. Then again, they’re no Wofford…

by Michigan Gator on Sep 25, 2007 4:54 PM EDT reply actions  

Make that “spread” offense. Not spead or even sped… which is what NW’s offense sometimes resembles…

by Michigan Gator on Sep 25, 2007 4:56 PM EDT reply actions  

  1. - Wofford runs out of the flexbone…no telling how many plays it would take for the “genius” of Ron English to figure out how to stop that…

by Eric on Sep 25, 2007 5:01 PM EDT reply actions  

Brandon Cox is no sister of ours.

XOXO,
Female Population

by Holly on Sep 25, 2007 5:01 PM EDT reply actions  

Just remember…the Auburn fans aren’t booing, they’re saying “Boo-urns”.

by Eric on Sep 25, 2007 5:02 PM EDT reply actions  

  1. - I think that’s “goulash” as far as the gravy is concerned.

by Brian on Sep 25, 2007 5:09 PM EDT reply actions  

I bow to Orson’s superior gravy and synapse offrampage.

Mmm…gravy…

Gravy, and being hit on. Some afternoons life is so good it oughta be illegal.

by Blog Goliard on Sep 25, 2007 5:11 PM EDT reply actions  

AU starters

Tray Blackmon – Likely Out
Merril Johnson – Out
Chris Evans – Day to day
King Dunlap – Out
Mike Berry – Out

Starting 3 true freshman on O-line and Moving a safety to LB to make up for the injuries. Auburn is in real trouble.

Cox actually played well this week, so maybe he is over his cramps. I sure hope so.

by TIGERinATL on Sep 25, 2007 5:13 PM EDT reply actions  

#19,

I wonder what other Auburn fans have against cremation- I plan on having it done when I die.

by MiseanAuFan on Sep 25, 2007 5:14 PM EDT reply actions  

TiGER,

Dunlap being out may be a good thing, even if his replacement is a true freshman. He’s played like crap all year.

by MiseanAuFan on Sep 25, 2007 5:16 PM EDT reply actions  

“since his ankle is still bothering him, one of the factors leading to LSU’s run-heavy gameplan versus South Carolina”

Minor factor at best – the fact that SC was handing out rushing yards allowed like hand-jobs at a 9th grade Mad Dog punch party show-and-touch game was the biggest factor.

by Out of Conference on Sep 25, 2007 5:16 PM EDT reply actions  

Auburn’s back.

The Gators are no match for the power of Brandon’s man-gina and the confidence gained from our big win over perennial powerhouse New Mexico State.

PD’sL

by Pat Dye's Liver on Sep 25, 2007 5:18 PM EDT reply actions  

Mycomment at 4:14 was directed at Eric, which was #19.

by MiseanAuFan on Sep 25, 2007 5:18 PM EDT reply actions  

Can UGA get a redo since Jasper is out, the Cocks have been exposed and the Dogs are finally getting their $H!t together?

by fotodog on Sep 25, 2007 5:18 PM EDT reply actions  

20

I’m pretty sure Holly @12 was just making an assumption about your singleness based on your unnatural attention to detail vis a vis Orson’t misuse of Chinese.

by PW on Sep 25, 2007 5:32 PM EDT reply actions  

Orson’t = Orson’s

see? no attention to detail here.

by PW on Sep 25, 2007 5:34 PM EDT reply actions  

You may well be right, PW.

But I prefer to remain in my happy little world where Holly is hitting on me and my students worship me and the world is full of sunshine and rainbows and Appaloosa ponies and gravy.

Mmm…ponies and gravy…

by Blog Goliard on Sep 25, 2007 5:38 PM EDT reply actions  

Blog Goliard has an interesting blog, if you enjoy a bit of Latin, introspective conservative thought, and gentle Roman Catholic apologetics.

That might just be me, though.

by The Conscience of a Nation on Sep 25, 2007 5:40 PM EDT reply actions  

Based on my SiteMeter numbers, it may indeed just be you.

But thanks. You’re most kind. With encouragement like that, I might just start updating the thing more than once a month.

by Blog Goliard on Sep 25, 2007 5:44 PM EDT reply actions  

Quentin Groves’ elephantitis of the groinal region must have finally caught up to him.

He was quoted today as saying he’s played like “poop” this year. And I would agree.

Here’s to hoping QG poops down Tebow’s throat on Saturday.

by spandAU ballet on Sep 25, 2007 5:48 PM EDT reply actions  

I’d take that bet from Perriloux. But I’m certain he’d pay me in counterfeit money.

by The Last Dragon on Sep 25, 2007 5:48 PM EDT reply actions  

Florida is soft just ask (fill in the blank Auburn DE with dreadlocks).

by PROTHRO'S GOOD LEG on Sep 25, 2007 5:58 PM EDT reply actions  

brandon cox pees sitting down.

by lawtool on Sep 25, 2007 6:05 PM EDT reply actions  

Xinjiang is not so bad, provided one enjoys basking in endless desert and oppressive heat.

And in anticipation of Holly’s question, no man who has seven camels is ever wanting for company (at least of the ruminant mammal variety . . . not that there’s anything wrong with that).

by Allaha on Sep 25, 2007 6:22 PM EDT reply actions  

In the interest of accuracy, the Chinese laogai/gulag system is mainly based in the province of Qinghai, not Xinjiang.

1. Yes I’m single
2. I’m also Chinese
3. Cal is missing half its defensive line and starting weakside linebacker. I fear the Dixon, 07 variety.

by T. on Sep 25, 2007 6:30 PM EDT reply actions  

You may well be right, PW.

He is. (Although I barely resisted busting out the Cyrillic keyboard to say so.)

by Holly on Sep 25, 2007 6:33 PM EDT reply actions  

Brandon Cox has never lost to bama*. This is what really matters.

*-currently throwing a wooden chair against a wooden desk…

by James on Sep 25, 2007 6:34 PM EDT reply actions  

A picture of doctor Joel Fleischman from Northern Exposure on this blog post!!! You went to the vault for that one.

Bravo, EDSBS!!

by WB on Sep 25, 2007 6:58 PM EDT reply actions  

i was under the impression cuddles was a female…am i mistaken?

by swampchomp on Sep 25, 2007 7:10 PM EDT reply actions  

Blake is out at least two games at this point. Should be back in late October.

by Kevin @ Fanblogs.com on Sep 25, 2007 7:26 PM EDT reply actions  

(this is TCOAN, not Orson)—

You are mistaken. Cuddles is a very LARGE man. I mean, vs. a bear, he’d lose, but the bear would have some splainin’ to do about the scars.

by Orson Swindle on Sep 25, 2007 7:57 PM EDT reply actions  

AU had pretty good teams in ’94 and ’06, but ’01 was a bit of a shocker. Still, if we win this game, I will go to work on Monday with my cock out.

by karlhungus12 on Sep 25, 2007 9:02 PM EDT reply actions  

BG- Привет, друг. I’m impressed…..you made Orson bust out the first person singular.

by wilbur on Sep 25, 2007 9:23 PM EDT reply actions  

Wait, I take that друг thing back. I just read a sentence on your blog about a certain group of politicians accepting responsibility for their actions. Politicians never accept responsibility for their actions.

by wilbur on Sep 25, 2007 9:25 PM EDT reply actions  

Laugh all you want about Brandon Cox looking like Daniel Cobb, but the last AU-UF game I remember Daniel Cobb playing in, he beat Spurrier’s #1 ranked squad.

2001: Jason Campbell Redshirt Freshman QB started then 70th year senior QB Daniel Cobb came in to win the game. Young running backs by the name of Touchdown Ronnie Brown and Carnell “Cadillac” Williams made big running plays, and a young stud linebacker by the name of Karlos Dansby wearing #11 got a big-time interception. The linebacking corps was shattered by injuries and a young kicking phenom by the name of Damon Duval kicked the game-winner in a wind strong enough to have a name.

2007: Kodi Burns True Freshman QB may start and 70th year senior QB Brandon Cox will see the field. Young running backs by the name of Super Mario Fannin and Ben “Crabcake” Tate will see the field, and a young stud linebacker by the name of Tray Blackmon wearing #10 should see the field. The linebacking corps is shattered by injuries, and a young kicking phenom by the name of Wes Byrum is expected to play a major role.

Fear the Ears – Top 10 killer Tuberville is 9-1 in his last 10 games against teams ranked in the top 10 at gametime, and 6-1 in his last 7 games against teams that finished the year in the top 10. The last SEC road loss was the LSU game in 04 where the voodoo magic had Vaughn missing 5 field goals – any one of which would’ve won the game.

by NewAZTiger on Sep 25, 2007 11:41 PM EDT reply actions  

#39, he’s never lost to Florida either, and he didn’t even have to lead the team to one of those pesky little offensive touchdown thingies.

by NewAZTiger on Sep 25, 2007 11:44 PM EDT reply actions  

If you’re a religious type, say a prayer for Tommy Blake. He’s a good guy. We MIGHT never see him in a TCU uniform again (not to start rumors or anything—I’m just saying…), but I just hope he can get himself together, get his degree and get on with his life.

Tommy Blake will always be a great Horned Frog in my eyes.

Meanwhile, yes, TCU’s season has totally fallen apart. But, hey, the good news is that I’ll be getting a lot more stuff done around the house on Saturdays. What’s that? A bottle of arsenic? Yes, please!!

by Boston Frog on Sep 25, 2007 11:46 PM EDT reply actions  

2001 Box Scores – Grossman vs Cobb

PASSING: UF-Rex Grossman 25-42-4(int)-364. Auburn-Daniel Cobb 11-23-0-152;
Jason Campbell 2-4-0-8.

Salt in a wound.

by NewAZTiger on Sep 25, 2007 11:51 PM EDT reply actions  

Boston Frog, I wouldn’t say the season has fallen completely apart. Do you not remember last year? We dropped our first two conference games and went undefeated after that. Patterson know how to get his team rolling. If O Coordinator Mike Schultz can get his shit together and start calling plays that make a little bit of sense, I think the Frogs will start to impress. The D looks great, but can’t can’t be on the field as long as they have been this year game to game. Don’t give up on the Frogs, and don’t even think about watching the Soxs over the Toads.

by THEFINCH on Sep 26, 2007 7:53 AM EDT reply actions  

No other site in existence could seamlessly blend Chinese history and Brandon Cox’s mangina. Kudos.

by Because They Can on Sep 26, 2007 9:11 AM EDT reply actions  

OOC, this is a day late, but Brinkley was inserted back into the game in the 2nd half, correct?

Seriously, that is a gigantic red flag, WTF. You were not going to win, and he should been X-rayed or something around the time he was trying to tackle Jacob Hester on a busted knee.

And, now you will get some semblance of an idea of what happened to our run D once Waters and Billie went down last season.

I liked Brinkley, too. He was/is a tackle machine.

Good work putting him back in, Nix. You stay classy and keep playing CYA instead of worrying about Brinkley’s future, both for you and for whomever now takes hin on the 2nd day of the draft.

by Coop on Sep 26, 2007 9:39 AM EDT reply actions  

Some people are surprised at how bad Grossman has been in the pros. Me? I woke up super bowl sunday morning, saw the rain forcast, and called Rexy’s “performance”. How? I’d seen the same thing in person in 2001

WDE

by James on Sep 26, 2007 9:49 AM EDT reply actions  

Run out of tussin? Put some water in the bottle, shake it up. More ’Tussin!!!!!

by LSUJoshua on Sep 26, 2007 10:12 AM EDT reply actions  

Hey Finch (56),

Yeah, I remember last year. But this team has a real 2004 look to it, as if something more is wrong than just Schultz trying to make Andy Dalton into an option QB. I hope I’m wrong. In any case, given the expectations going in, the season has already turned into a disappointment. If we can start scoring some points, we can make a run at the MWC. I’m not seeing a lot of positive signs on offense, though.

The Sox? Who are they? I’m not sure whether baseball season ever actually starts, but it DEFINITELY ends at the beginning of September.

by Boston Frog on Sep 26, 2007 10:55 AM EDT reply actions  

Sorry, 52. Not 56.

by Boston Frog on Sep 26, 2007 10:56 AM EDT reply actions  

Fear not, my fellow Bruin fans, the Southpaw Judas will be back throwing blatant INTs, headaches or not.

by D'Jango on Sep 26, 2007 11:30 AM EDT reply actions  

Y’all get off my quarterback(Cox), I just got off yours.

by Sisters from Shawshank on Sep 26, 2007 11:38 AM EDT reply actions  

Holy shit-in-an-eyepatch, i can’t wait to hear about this AU/FLA game next week…
and addaboy, Orson- I just this morning finished laughing at and forwarding your Lou Holtth Motivathonal Speetth from last week, and now i realize that despite being a Gator, you are at least honest about this game- “But damnation on a shitstick do we hate playing them”… Ol’ Big Ears sure has a way of fucking up undefeated seasons, huh?
Let’s just hope the game lives up to the hype that EDSBS and it’s respondents have created and that Florida can stay close. Hell- if i’m staying sober enough to make it to 8pm kickoff after the day that saturday is shaping up to be, it sure better be good!

by I effing hate Bama on Sep 26, 2007 11:45 AM EDT reply actions  

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That’s a little unfair. While Grossman has been incredibly shaky during his first full injury-free season (plus a few games this season), I wouldn’t say his college career or any game therein was any indicator of this. The game you mention was an aberration, in a strong wind, on the road, during an otherwise Heisemens-worthy season. And the next season against Auburn, he led us to an unbelievable OT victory in what I believe was the most exciting game I ever saw in the Swamp.

by PW on Sep 26, 2007 12:45 PM EDT reply actions  

62

In a game that we had won on a brilliant 2nd half comeback (behind Jason and Ronnie) after you broke Caddy’s leg (bastards)

by James on Sep 26, 2007 2:53 PM EDT reply actions  

In addition, the good Duval giveth, the bad Duval taketh away…

by James on Sep 26, 2007 2:58 PM EDT reply actions  

And even in the 2001 Auburn game you mentioned earlier, Grossman threw for 350+ yards, albeit with 4 INT.

by PW on Sep 26, 2007 3:33 PM EDT reply actions  

I just graduated from TCU in December and have sat in the student section at both home games and NO ONE has any idea what’s going on. At the Baylor game someone said he’s “gone crazy and is on a lot of pills” but I don’t think that’s it. I just hope he pulls together for his own sake. Apparently football may not be his career choice.

In an interesting development, I was telling my old man about TB and he was like, “He probably has AIDS or something.” Thanks dad. Nothing like a southern Arkansas redneck to clear things up.

by Sir Wesley Willis on Sep 26, 2007 4:59 PM EDT reply actions  

i’ve heard the same stuff. the D just isn’t the same without Tommy, and i mean in shape Tommy…he looks gassed after two plays. Ortiz gets the Tommy treatment now, that’s the biggest drawback. The O can only get better.

by Love Me Some Frogs on Sep 27, 2007 3:11 PM EDT reply actions  

Just got home to Waverly,Al. I must say the trip home from Gainesville was most enjoyable. Kudos to 99.9% of the UF fans I met before the game. I only encountered a few young UF fans that thought it appropriate to let my wife and I know that AU performs oral sex or that AU needed to be fornicated. But they probably have never seen the inside of a classroom at UF. Almost everyone we met from UF were really nice folks. It was my first trip to the “Swamp” and it lived up to it’s reputation as a tough venue. Not physically, vocally. Now , if LSU would handle their crowd as well as UF I might go back to Baton Rouge. They could certainly learn from UF how to treat visitors and also how to keep their own fans under control. I don’t think I’ve ever seen worse officiating , their were bad calls against both teams. Thanks again for showing real class , I’m sincere in my respect for the UF fans. My apologies for the few AU fans that acted like idiots ( we all have them). Good Luck in Baton Rouge , especially in the stands.

by Dr. Ed PHD.XYZ on Oct 1, 2007 12:16 PM EDT reply actions  

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