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Just in case we weren't seeing him enough already:

Legendary coach Nick Saban teams with the Aflac duck for new ad campaign

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Just in case we weren't seeing him enough already:

Legendary coach Nick Saban teams with the Aflac duck for new ad campaign

Noted and included on the boycott list along with conecuh sausage.

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"What can you say? They're a step-and-a-half past everyone else in the ACC. You can't even call them an SEC-caliber program. They're an Alabama-caliber school, a Georgia-caliber school," one ACC coach said. "Literally. Coaches in our league have been talking about this for almost a decade now; we could see the money they were raising and spending and how it was translating. They're a war machine."

https://www.tigernet.com/update/Coaches ... z5w3rsHqKC

yep, it does help to only have marginal competition. hopefully, y'all will be tested before a bowl game.


and what is a "Georgia caliber program"? I always thought they, and to a large part bammer, were just another sec school. It's only been a few years since uga was just another school from the sec least - so-called because nearly every team in the sec west was way better than any team the least side.

I'll have to look it up again, but I believe we play something like 6 from the top 12 before a bowl game. It will be a tough schedule, but should be some fun (possibly embarrassing) games to watch, but if we win, it won't be because we stacked our schedule

billy, there are several ways that I could respond to that. I'll just be nice and say, good luck with those Ducks.

But in your standard fashion, you run away.


Your daboo may be using a top nikki recruitment procedure, but he may not have learned how to keep the Clemson prints off the smoking gun.


https://www.fitsnews.com/2019/08/21/mor ... -football/


"During the wiretapped discussion about paying Williamson, Smith referenced similar “pay-to-play” arrangements involving Clemson’s top-ranked football program – which has appeared in the College Football Playoff (CFP) four years in a row and captured national titles in 2016 and 2018."

“That’s why football is so successful, is if you do it and use resources at Clemson, like you can really keep everything tight,” Smith said. “It’s a small college town … you can come to a game one night, after the game you see a dude out there in a nice looking suit, you like, ‘wait a minute now.’”


"What happened in the aftermath of this bombshell disclosure? Not much, honestly. Smith (above) was fired from Clemson a week after the news broke, and athletics department officials vowed to launch an internal review of the allegations.

After that? Crickets … " just like lil Nikki said

"This month, the buzz about Clemson paying players is back …"


But, but, but Nikki said it would all blow away


"Last week, bestselling author and commentator John U. Bacon appeared on The Michigan Insider radio show and made a very bold claim. According to Bacon, former Michigan standout Rashan Gary was offered $300,000 to attend “another school” during his recruiting in 2016."

"he was chosen by the Green Bay Packers with the No. 12 pick in the 2019 National Football League (NFL) draft."

"Bacon did not name the school that allegedly offered Gary the $300,000 – but he did rule out one of the prime suspects."

“It was not Ohio State,” he tweeted."

"Hmmmm …
Readers will recall that Gary (above) chose Michigan in February 2016 after having narrowed his decision to the Wolverines and … wait for it … Clemson."

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Noted and included on the boycott list along with conecuh sausage.

Aflac: Contact Customer Service

Re: Legendary coach Nick Saban teams with the Aflac duck for new ad campaign
https://news.yahoo.com/legendary-coach- ... 28054.html

You're included on my boycott list.

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"What can you say? They're a step-and-a-half past everyone else in the ACC. You can't even call them an SEC-caliber program. They're an Alabama-caliber school, a Georgia-caliber school," one ACC coach said. "Literally. Coaches in our league have been talking about this for almost a decade now; we could see the money they were raising and spending and how it was translating. They're a war machine."

https://www.tigernet.com/update/Coaches ... z5w3rsHqKC

yep, it does help to only have marginal competition. hopefully, y'all will be tested before a bowl game.


and what is a "Georgia caliber program"? I always thought they, and to a large part bammer, were just another sec school. It's only been a few years since uga was just another school from the sec least - so-called because nearly every team in the sec west was way better than any team the least side.

I'll have to look it up again, but I believe we play something like 6 from the top 12 before a bowl game. It will be a tough schedule, but should be some fun (possibly embarrassing) games to watch, but if we win, it won't be because we stacked our schedule

billy, there are several ways that I could respond to that. I'll just be nice and say, good luck with those Ducks.

But in your standard fashion, you run away.


Your daboo may be using a top nikki recruitment procedure, but he may not have learned how to keep the Clemson prints off the smoking gun.


https://www.fitsnews.com/2019/08/21/mor ... -football/


"During the wiretapped discussion about paying Williamson, Smith referenced similar “pay-to-play” arrangements involving Clemson’s top-ranked football program – which has appeared in the College Football Playoff (CFP) four years in a row and captured national titles in 2016 and 2018."

“That’s why football is so successful, is if you do it and use resources at Clemson, like you can really keep everything tight,” Smith said. “It’s a small college town … you can come to a game one night, after the game you see a dude out there in a nice looking suit, you like, ‘wait a minute now.’”


"What happened in the aftermath of this bombshell disclosure? Not much, honestly. Smith (above) was fired from Clemson a week after the news broke, and athletics department officials vowed to launch an internal review of the allegations.

After that? Crickets … " just like lil Nikki said

"This month, the buzz about Clemson paying players is back …"


But, but, but Nikki said it would all blow away


"Last week, bestselling author and commentator John U. Bacon appeared on The Michigan Insider radio show and made a very bold claim. According to Bacon, former Michigan standout Rashan Gary was offered $300,000 to attend “another school” during his recruiting in 2016."

"he was chosen by the Green Bay Packers with the No. 12 pick in the 2019 National Football League (NFL) draft."

"Bacon did not name the school that allegedly offered Gary the $300,000 – but he did rule out one of the prime suspects."

“It was not Ohio State,” he tweeted."

"Hmmmm …
Readers will recall that Gary (above) chose Michigan in February 2016 after having narrowed his decision to the Wolverines and … wait for it … Clemson."

bunch of rule education going on down at Clemson



https://www.thestate.com/sports/college ... 31267.html

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"What can you say? They're a step-and-a-half past everyone else in the ACC. You can't even call them an SEC-caliber program. They're an Alabama-caliber school, a Georgia-caliber school," one ACC coach said. "Literally. Coaches in our league have been talking about this for almost a decade now; we could see the money they were raising and spending and how it was translating. They're a war machine."

https://www.tigernet.com/update/Coaches ... z5w3rsHqKC

yep, it does help to only have marginal competition. hopefully, y'all will be tested before a bowl game.


and what is a "Georgia caliber program"? I always thought they, and to a large part bammer, were just another sec school. It's only been a few years since uga was just another school from the sec least - so-called because nearly every team in the sec west was way better than any team the least side.

I'll have to look it up again, but I believe we play something like 6 from the top 12 before a bowl game. It will be a tough schedule, but should be some fun (possibly embarrassing) games to watch, but if we win, it won't be because we stacked our schedule

billy, there are several ways that I could respond to that. I'll just be nice and say, good luck with those Ducks.

But in your standard fashion, you run away.

Auburn already has a loss to a Disney Duck. Don't make it a habit.

BTW, haven't ya heard, Clemson sends walk-on to NFL.

Before he heads to Oakland, however, Renfrow wanted to send along a special message to Clemson fans.

https://www.tigernet.com/story/Hunter-R ... ends-17842

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bunch of rule education going on down at Clemson

https://www.thestate.com/sports/college ... 31267.html

I'm happy to learn that some kind of education goes on at Clemson.

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I don't fault SEC & Big10 fans for hating Clemson.
Clemson has defeated the best they have to offer.

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It's here, or it's almost here

3 1/2 weeks to Miami at Floriduh and the next week brings several good games along with a bunch of lopsided opener games.

Yeah, lopsided spreads or offline for most. Only 2 games with a top 25 team and a less than 13 point spread.

Go:

#19 Wisconsin -13 @South Florida
South Alabama +36 @#24 Nebraska
Duke +35 @#2 Alabama,
@#25 Stanford -6.5 Northwestern

On paper the best game of the week:
#11 Oregon +3.5 @#16 Auburn Big Damn Plain Blue PMS Tigers

Winner automatically becomes part of the playoff discussion. Go Ducks!

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Always strikes me as a little strange that lower ranked Auburn is picked so often against a higher ranked opponent.

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Always strikes me as a little strange that lower ranked Auburn is picked so often against a higher ranked opponent.

Home game.
Gamblers and AP reporters can be on very different wavelengths.
Preseason rankings are about as reliable as astrology and it's 9 days old.

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Always strikes me as a little strange that lower ranked Auburn is picked so often against a higher ranked opponent.

Home game.
Gamblers and AP reporters can be on very different wavelengths.
Preseason rankings are about as reliable as astrology and it's 9 days old.

not a home game

Always strikes me as a little strange that lower ranked Auburn is picked so often against a higher ranked opponent.

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not a home game ...

Ah, they're listed as the home team. Why is the game in Arlington, Texas, home of the Dallas Cowboys?

Always strikes me as a little strange that lower ranked Auburn is picked so often against a higher ranked opponent.

To fuck with Auburn bettors, obviously.

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not a home game ...

Ah, they're listed as the home team. Why is the game in Arlington, Texas, home of the Dallas Cowboys?

Always strikes me as a little strange that lower ranked Auburn is picked so often against a higher ranked opponent.

To fuck with Auburn bettors, obviously.

Our Schwartz is traveling, not sure if he will play (hand surgery).

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Our Schwartz is traveling, not sure if he will play (hand surgery).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVz1kBnIDd0

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Our Schwartz is traveling, not sure if he will play (hand surgery).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVz1kBnIDd0

Ducks got no one that can catch him.

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Go Rattlers


https://youtu.be/jLZ4gUdx7Ro

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26 min, I'll take your word for it.

Our Schwartz is traveling, not sure if he will play (hand surgery).

Ducks got no one that can catch him.

Don't need to catch him if he can't catch.

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Go:

#19 Wisconsin -13 -12.5 @South Florida

I thought hard about switching to South Florida when the spread dropped to 11 after the Yahoo! spread closed, but stuck with Wisconsin to keep one of them ranked. Wisconsin 49-0, whew. It should jump in the polls.

I hated picking gymnast-molesting @#18 Michigan St -23, but they were playing Tulsa. Michigan 28-7, serves me right.

I'm tied with 12 for 6th out of 19 at 1-1. Only 2 of us went 0-2.

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Football is here
First time since 1946 that Auburn has fielded a freshman QB.

WDE Bo Nix