CURIOUS INDEX 12/11/07

Ah yes, the classic book, The Coach Who Mistook His Wife for a Visor.

Or may I suggest that someone set Harrowdown Hill to UGA’s OLBs in Timmah’s backfield during The 42-30…..

Did I fall or was I pushed?
Did I fall or was I pushed?
And where’s the blood?
And where’s the blood?

He’s going to blow out his O ring doing it that way.

That’s the same face he’ll make at the end of the 2008 season, when Wazzu misses the bowls again.

Good luck Al Borges, and thanks for the memories. Of 2004. He will always be well remembered in Auburn, for one great season, and for being an all-round decent person.

That’s interesting, considering our entire defensive unit was flown up to New York to present McFadden with the Heisman if he had won.

That turd must be coming out sideways to warrant a face like that.

But…but….Borges was a west coast genius.

I thought 2004 proved that the SEC was full of cro-magnon men who had no idea how to stop the brilliance of a mid-tier Pac10 coordinator.

I’ll disagree with Orson and say that Al peaked when his 2005 offense led the SEC in PPG and yards per game AFTER the departure of three first round draft picks.

That said, these last two years have been pathetic, but I don’t know how much of that is his fault. It is if he was the one who refused to sit Brandon down when he was obviously too hurt to play versus UGA in 2006.

Someone at AU made a decision to not bother preparing a backup QB to run the offense. If that person is Borges, then I’m glad he’s gone. if that person was Tuberville, then I’m not happy.

Kenny Irons played really banged up in losing efforts to Arkansas and UGA with Brad Lester sitting there waiting in 2006 too. Against UGA, Lester came in, scored a TD, then promply returned to the bench. Genius.

“Borges peaked with his work with Jason Campbell, Cadillac Williams, and Ronnie Brown in 2004.”

I think a trained monkey could have “peaked with his work” calling the plays with those guys in the backfield. Not to mention Marcus McNeill blocking, and 3 WRs who are currently in the NFL (albeit, not playing much).

And I’m not even talking about a smart monkey…I’m talking about one that’s been experimented on.

Wulff should hire Ian Smith as a graduate assistant.

SOS thinks Darren McFadden is the guy who sang, “Don’t Worry, Be Happy”. That explains everything.

Just a thought, if he doesn’t get the Arkansas HC job, I’d take Malzhan from Tulsa to come and run the spread at AU.

word leaking out of Fayetteville is that Auburn is going to need a new DC as well…

Well we know what leaks from Fayetteville are worth. If they are taking Muschamp, I hope they do it soon, so Tubs can get after Tanuda before Les Miles gets around to it.

And word is that Tubs plans to name a new OC tomorrow or at least in time for Bowl practice on Friday. This scares me because it could mean a promotion, and we all know how that went last time.

That makes a lot more sense than the Boom Motherfucker to Tech rumors from a few weeks ago.

Oh I totally agree on the results of the Fayetteville rumors these days, but Muschamp has been regarded as the leading finalist since the Grobe debacle – and I think Muschamp will actually take it.

at least I hope he will.

You can be assured to that Malzahn isn’t getting the Arkansas job – nobody involved in the fun times of the past couple years is coming back anytime soon.

Word leaking out of Ann Arbor is The Hat is not out of their reach just yet.

Miles to Michigan and Petrino to LSU is the rumor de jour

I just have a damn hard time seeing Muschamp as a HC right now. He seems to thrive in the coordinator position where he can focus on one side of the ball and coaching a small group of individuals and be fired up all the time. A HC has to be a figurehead and a CEO. He can’t be going nuts as the D comes off the field.

I love CWM and wish him the best, but I just don’t him as a HC now.

If LSU opens, that might be the only job that can get Petrino out of the NFL right now. He isn’t on the hot seat in Atlanta anyway. He is getting a big fat pass while the team rebuilds from the Vick fiasco. That Vick is still counting against the salary cap will hurt the team for a few more years too.

Strangely enough, Thom Yorke left McFadden off his ballot too.

Tubby is a master at making his coordinators the scapegoats. Three true freshman starting on the O-line, a sandy vag for a QB and inexperienced receivers….yeah, that’s the OC’s fault. In two years Auburn’s offense will be very good, regardless of the coordinator….and Tubby will be making 3.5mm.

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Maybe we should have hired a trained monkey in 2003 because we had pretty much the same team and we sucked ass.

Does a coach who just signed an extension need a scapegoat? If that was the case, shouldn’t the scapegoat be retained incase a sacrafice is needed after the next season?

No, it’s a dick move!

Actually the only surprising thing is that he wasn’t campaigning for DMac in an attempt to magnify his past glory by keeping the group of Florida Heisman winners as small as possible.

My guess at Auburn is that Kodi Burns was not going to be able to comprehend the Borges’ offense and it was easier to get someone’s he could, or that Tuberville continues to treat coordinators like cars, trading them for another every year or two. If neither of these is true, someone should remind Tuberville that it wasn’t Borges’ fault for having Brandon Cox on campus.

As for Muschamp to Arkansas – if it happens it will be interesting to see if he actually turns out to be the next VanGorder/Orgeron as a head coach. Somehow I don’t see anyone lacking the composure or intelligence to offer more than a ‘boom motherf***er yeah’ as being CEO material. However, if someone is going to miss on the next Mark Richt it might as well be Arkansas.

and who exactly is the next Mark Richt?

I don’t think Kodi Burns intelligence is the problem. He’s actually pretty smart. There were several isues including the fact that Al did not recruit (at all) and that he was unable or unwilling to have an adequate back-up QB ready last year when Brandon Cox was playing on crutches. Also, he never really fit in with the other coaches.

Somehow I don’t see anyone lacking the composure or intelligence to offer more than a ‘boom motherf***er yeah’ as being CEO material.

You are aware that the previous Arky coach was a bag of crazy weasels, right?

Or was he the ferrets?

It’s moot, as they have a new home in Oxford but, still, Muschamp will be a dignity upgrade in Fayettenam.

1. - I know who it isn’t: Major Applesause.

Muschamp is a younger version of Bob Stoops. Stoops coached under the very good, albeit psychotic and paranoid, Bill Snyder and the great, being serious as he did win 6 SEC titles in 12 years, Steve Spurrier (whom the Bowdens OWN), before taking over at Oklahoma.

Muschamp has learned from the very good Saban and Tubbs, and he is the perfect face for a SEC squad.

Granted, he is not as experienced as Stoops was when he took over in Norman, but Muschamp just screams the second coming of Stoops, at least to me. Like Stoops, he will be an outstanding recruiter.

All he needs is a visor, and he is Stoops, reincarnated.

The only thing is he will leave Arkansas or wherever for Georgia in 15 years or so.

Is it just me or does it seem like Auburn didn’t actually accomplish that much under Tuberville before Borges got there? A 38-24 record, one appearance in the SEC title game (blown out by Florida), and an epic collapse by a 2003 team ranked #6 in the preseason?

So Al Borges went from genius to goat in two years? Unless he also served as their offensive line coach he got the shaft.

I highly doubt that it has to do with Kodi Burns and his ability to grasp an offense. Borges was the only AU OC that could teach Jason Campbell an offense.

Rumors are AU’s new OC will be the OC from Troy, can’t remember his name. He looks to be a hell of an X’s and O’s guy, but apparently doesn’t recruit. Not sure about that trade off.

If Muschamp is the next Bob Stoops, then AU should have waived Tubs buyout and let him go wherever, then promoted Muschamp to HC.

Looks like Wulff is fixing his vampire gaze on his juicy lineman’s carotid artery…….

#34, Tony franklin is his name-o. He is a very good recruiter from reports and runs a very big QB camp that draws kids from all over the country.

He was the OC at Kentucky under the former regime, I believe.

And on Tuby’s history with coordinators. Before Borges, he has fired three in nine years.

Fired: Mazone and Levitt after 2001
Fired: Gibbs after 2005 (he really sucked given the talent)

Left on his own: Petrino after 2002
Left on his own: Chizick after 2004

Demoted: Hugh Nall back to O-line after one year OC stint in 2003.

Maybe Wulff has a connection with Catalonia and he’s just getting ready for Christmas.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caganer

say what you want about borges…but he’s got a 2004 mnc ring…with the “m” in “mnc” meaning “in your fucking dreams.”

muschamp: “we got dat wood motherfucker!!”

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That’s him. I think he is the one that rolled on the Athletic Dept at UK when they got drilled by the NCAA, could be wrong though.

Thom Yorke > Tim Tebow