AUBURN/WVU OPEN THREAD: WELL, ISN'T THAT (WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR)

Sad to think 4 weeks ago we thought this game was going to be a big deal.

I will probably be attacked by locusts when I post this but I really wish there was a WAC-MWC game on instead.

Brilliant, Orson. Simply brilliant.

This game would be better if ESPN would set up those “reaction-cams” they use during the NFL draft for players who watch the draft from home with their entourage. Except, the cameras would be in the homes of Tony “Hole-in-my-Head” Franklin and DickRod; and we could see them pointing and laughing as their former teams flail around pathetically on the field…

Drinking game idea: shotgun a beer every time Dr. Lou butchers the name Tuberville.

In lieu of meth or moonshine, I think a shot of Stroh 80 everytime something happen that flies in the face of football logic is fitting.

West Virginia had two out of conference games that looked really good before the lights were turned on and the buzz wore off. Is it too late to put a bag over the head of this game?

Is it wrong of me to hope for another 3-2 offensive festival? Oh, wait, I think West VA actually has an offense….

There’s, what, a 65% chance we pull the names off the jerseys and think this is an ACC game tonight, right?

AwwwBurn! 4 WTFvU? 2 – 9 OT

The key to visualizing successful clock-management: It’s all about timing.

Auburn’s offense AND Lou Holtz doing color… God hates me.

Nice jacket, Ears. Tommy responds to rumors regarding his job security by apparently getting a head start on his future career hanging drywall in a quiet Appalachia town under the assumed name of John Walker, a friendly but distant newcomer with a secret to hide.

Bill Stewart definitely has the look of a man who is ecstatic that someone with a microphone thinks his words are important.

SpencOrson SwindHall -

You were just posted on an investment board; it’s time to go public.

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When OSU boosters start selling/pulling out, we can safely start buying oil now.

(Is that you, Blue&OrangeBeard?)

Can anyone think of another game that received so much preseason hype but turned out to be as important as a typical Thursday night game.

@ godfrey holy shit that was funny

Auburn is living a charmed life with turnovers and blown calls right now.

These blown calls approach the level of criminal. The “complete” – incomplete pass was particularly egregious. Can the Big East not afford review booths???

Dude who wanted to see the MWC — New Mexico @ Air Force on CBSCSTV or whatever the hell they call it now.

A town renowned for burning large pieces of living room furniture built train tracks everywhere! This has potential.

Good god, Pat from SNL could throw better than Pat White.

Auburn runths the football and scoreths poinths? Wow…

This officiating is embarassing—must be some sort of affirmative action for AU’s broke-ass offense.

Can somebody put a muzzle on the screeching girl?

Bob Huggins really isn’t amused. (read: sober)

So I think I’ve somehow stumbled into some weird time warp…I remember drinking one beer but I must have drank a case. Because for some reason, I’m seeing Auburn put points on the board……..

I think the officiating was explained with the close up of Penn Wagers.

Ah Bill, you old so-and-so, you just make me sad. Tubberville makes me stabby.

How many programs have fucked themselves over by promoting from within a guy who wasn’t ready to be a head coach, assuming he ever could be?

Midway through the season, Auburn get hot and Alabama is preparing to tank.

I was listening to Johnny Cash “Hurt” when I opened EDSBS to this. Coincidence?

Where’s Waldo Dept:

Has the Couch Burin’ Girl given up on WVA?! or just EDSBS?!

The ESPN guy who had Lou Holtz read off NASCAR statistics should have his balls dipped in battery acid and fed to wolverines. And then tortured. Seriously.

I just heard Mark May and Lou Holtz spout talking points about Nascar. I fucking hate ESPN like I hate the Irish.

That just can’t be a regulation issue Verizon headset on Tommy. Cheap joke, but seriously, that has to be a custom job to cover up those wings.

I can’t deal with Holtz and May or Buck and McCarver. This is a travesty. I’m losing my love of sports.

So who else noticed the folks holding the wfvu sign backwards in the end zone?

Per Mark May, Owen Schmidt was mentally physical.

Does anyone else get the feeling that the second half of the Alabama/Auburn game is going to be a bitch fight of epic proportions?

What identity has Auburn’s offense shown tonight? They had one long drive and scored on a couple of short fields.

wv is doing nothing special. they are simply playing auburn. which is nowhere near the team ec is

If Holtz can’t be president, what hope do we have as a nation?

Why is anyone concerned about Holth blabbering about something he doesn’t know anything about…that’s why ESP hired him

Holtz could still be Secretary of Newspaper Tricks. Sure, it’s not a cabinet position, but everyone needs something to do, right?

Lou Holth was mercifully quiet in the 1st half but he is bringing it in full Dr Lou mode late in the 4th qrtr

Is this 31-point splurge by wfva part of the rushing defense known far and wide throughout the SEC?
Jeez, they need to play better opposition than the southern misses, eastern misses, northern misses, etal., and see what real rushing means.
How pathetic.
Gawd, hope the rest of the conference does a better job than this exhibition.

Can Auburn beat a Big East team? They lose to South Florida and get waxed by WFV, or pretty much can t tackle Noel Devine……Tubbs should take notes on the spread since
A)They cant run it
B)They cant defend it
C)Dont have a QB or a WR that can catch…..
D)If he fired Franklin, he will fire Rhoads…then he will get fired before the Alabama game to keep his streak alive
Wow…thanks for sucking Auburn….especially vs the Big East…Noel Devine just saved Coach Stewarts job…..TUBBS IS A DEAD MAN WALKING……The Tony Franklin Curse is alive and well

Man, Noel Devine has that….what the conference with all the speed? Because it certainly couldn’t be the conference that Auburn’s in.

Oh, yeah!
Pat White extends his mastery against the SEC to 4-0!!
And how about Noel Devine? His 207 yards tonight eclipses Steve Slaton’s 205 against Georgia in the 2006 Sugar Bowl.
I am one happy Mountaineer fan tonight, yessirreebob.

@ 44
You’re right, just as Tony Franklin = SPREAD MAN WALKING, Tommy Tuberville = DEAD COACH WALKING

@ 46
Congrats on WfVU’s win, they deserved it. My WarTigerPlainsmen got outcoached and outplayed. Don’t know what will be burnin’ hotter, the couches in Morgantown or the ulcer in my gut.

How did that happen?

Meant to reply to Mr. Pelican and Don Gilbert respectively.

If AZTiger were here we could at least talk about chop blocks …

Somewhere, Saban is smiling wickedly as he devises plans to wreck Auburn

Honk if you missed a tackle vs WfVU…….

this just in….Noel Devine just scored AGAIN, untouched and from 30 yrds out…………

If I was on Auburns defense and had a chance to go pro…..I would go now before my stock dropped like AIG

My life and blood team is # 2. I love #1. Auburn sux. Tenn sux. Life is good. I think I’ll go buy a lottery ticket in the morning!

Auburn fans can’t complain. They got what they wanted (in order chronologically)

1) we need new, exciting guru spread offense OMG Franklin is the SHITZZLE!!!1111 (preseason)

2) Throw on 3 and 2? Let’s RUN The ball more!
         (after losing to Vandy)
3) put in Codi Burns!
         (Arkansas game)
4) Fire Franklin! It’s his fault!
        (after Franklin tried to coach more aggressively)

5) Tubby, promise us you love us and that you’re here to stay!!!!! (press conference, glad you’re “Healthy” Tubs!)

6) (my favorite) I want our offense to be as good as our defense.
       -mission accomplished. Tonight. In West Fucking Virginia

Hey, good news though, Aubie only chopblocked on 1 play tonight, and nobody doubled up!

Can’t wait for Finebaum tomorrow!!!!!

Tubby, by sticking by his inept, toxic staff, will have to fall on his sword. Soon. Saban will finish him Sub-Zero style on Nov. 29th.

Woooooo!

WVU speed > SEC speed

“Honk if you missed a tackle vs WfVU…”

HONK, HONK, HONK, HONK…

(seriously, it still hurts)

Wow, I used to always call Auburn “the rich man’s Clemson”, but they’re barely middle class right now.

Biggus Rickus re: Career Assistants who Left Their Programs as Smoking Wreckage Once Getting the Big Chair:

The obvious ones who leap to mind are:
Nebraska (Osborne -> Frank Solich)
Miami (Butch Davis -> Larry Coker)

Some more marginal ones:
Michigan State (Saban -> Bobby Williams)
Washington (Don James -> Jim Lambright (probation didn’t help any))
Oklahoma (Switzer -> Gary Gibbs (not that Gibbs was bad, just not good enough to beat Texas and Nebraska, plus, you know, mad probation))
Washington State (Mike Price -> Bill Doba)

One waiting in the wings to happen is at Virginia Tech, where Bud Foster’s waiting less and less patiently for his shot. Ray Goff doesn’t count, because he was a young hotshot assistant, not a Politburo hire.

There are a few who bucked the trend: Neither Moeller nor Lloyd Carr really shat the bed as football coaches at Michigan following Schembechler, and Osborne succeeded Bob Devaney from within his staff. Oh, and Fulmer. He did win as many national titles as Spurrier, after all.

We’re so bad this year, we can’t even chop-block correctly.

But hey, we did score. 3 times. And missed a FG. And saw 2 muffed punts get recovered. And saw the return of brick-handed recievers.

But I saw us run about 10 different plays. Not too bad for week 2 of a midseason change in offensive philosophy. Of course, considering we only have 10, no second half adjustments can be made… Blech.

Maybe we’ll have 20 by the Bama game. We can run 10 in the first half and 10 in the second half.

I was there last night. I did not see any couches ablaze afterward.

But I did have a drunk WVU student, yes, redundant, tell me that my AU sweatshirt was ugly.

It’s about time Muller, WVU OC, figured out what the hell he wanted to do on offense.

Suck on this, biaaach!!!!

-NDGT