Wednesday, July 15, 2009

How Many National Championships does Auburn Have?


In this day of the MNC (Mythical National Championship) Lets look at how many National Championships the Auburn Football program can claim. Would it shock you if I said eight!!!! Now before we get excited Auburn only claims 1957 as a official National Championship. The rest are just classified as championship seasons. The reason we don't claim them is that most of them were declared years later. In the early years there was no established National Championship. In 1983, 1993 and 2004 we just got victimized and had our championships declared by someone other than the AP, UPI, or the BCS.

Now, let the record state that many schools count the MNC as a real national championship. Our UAT friends claim 12 National Championships. If you look at the data they could be credited with as few as 5. This is tricky business because the NCAA does not establish a College Football National Championship. One thing is for sure, neither Alabama or many other schools would have as many National Championships on their scoreboard if they used the same puritan approach as Auburn.


  • 1910 -- 6-1-0 -- Loren Maxwell
  • 1913 -- 8-0-0 -- 1st-N-Goal,Billingsley Report,James Howell
  • 1914 -- 8-0-1 -- James Howell,
  • 1957 -- 10-0 -- Associated Press, Billingsley, Fleming, Football Research, Helms, James Howell, Massey Ratings, National Championship Foundation
  • 1958 -- 9-0-1 -- Montgomery Full Season Championship
  • 1983 -- 11-1-0 -- 1st-N-Goal,Angelo Louisa,ARGH Power Ratings,Billingsley Report,College Football Researchers Association,David Wilson,DKC Ratings,Foundation for the Analysis of Competitions and Tournaments,James Howell, Jeff Self,Massy Ratings, New York Times,Nutshell Sports Football Ratings,Soren Sorensen,Sparks Achievement Ratings, Steve Eck,The Fleming System,Thomas Jech
  • 1993 -- 11-0-0 -- David Wilson,Harry Frye,National Championship Foundation,Nutshell Sports Football Ratings, Sparks Achievement Ratings
  • 2004 -- 13-0-0 -- Darryl W. Perry,GBE College Football Ratings, Peoples National Champions


(NEWS FLASH) This Just in!!!!! The War Eagle Times has just announced the 2008 Auburn Tiger Football Team as its 2008 National Champion!!! Congratulations tigers fans. 9 and counting!!!!!


Sunday, July 12, 2009

Is Auburn in decline?

What do Auburn and the Republican party have in common? For one thing they are both conservative institutions. For another, both the GOP and the Tigers are the scorn of the media. In the state of Alabama the media has a undeniable slant to the tide. I live in Iraq right now and it is impossible not to see this bias even from here. Honestly Auburn fans need to stop buying it. Lets look at a few lies that are being force fed to the Auburn family.

Recruiting - Auburn is not behind on recruiting! In fact look for the tigers to bring in some top names in the nation. Auburn will not out recruit Alabama in the first full year of Chizik and his staff. It is impossible. Alabama had a great 2008 and tons of press. Auburn has not even completed a single pass under the new administration. This will make it impossible for the AU staff to out recruit a staff that is in place and getting lots of free press. I will tell you this, the AU staff is innovative and willing to go after the big fish. (ie: Tiger Prowl, Big Cat Weekend and Billboards) Hear me now and believe me later..... Auburn will end up with a top 10 recruiting class in Februrary!!!! Not bad at all for a new coaching staff that has been in butt of jokes by the Alabama media for months.

Tuberville was forced out by the evil Jacobs - The truth is out there for any Auburn Fan. It was right under our nose but we never wanted to believe it. Tuberville is a laid back cat, with a great smile and a infectious personality. The man is a calming influence and I have the utmost respect for him. He is the kind of guy that you really can't dislike. CTT did a lot for the Auburn family, but the truth is he could never get us to the next level. Tuberville also had gotten both jaded and a little lazy. From day one, it would drive me nuts to see him squatted down on the sideline. No headset, no expression, no worries. Finally after so many complaints he started wearing a headset for appearances. In 10 years I only really saw him use it once. As a former football player I can tell you that a team takes on the personality of a coach. The last thing you want when your chasing a championship is to see a team laid back and squatting on the sideline. What about off the field. I went to many Auburn practices to see the same thing from Tommy. What about assistant coaches???? This was the biggest problem. Auburn did not have SEC quality coaches. Of last years staff one is a MTSU, one works for a trucking company, and one is now a assistant hight school coach. Sorry, but Auburn had a group of assistant coaches that didn't deserve to be at one of the top football schools in the nation. Ok, recruiting.... Auburn always did well with the 3 star athletes with a lot of heart. But, talent wise???? Tommy has really not recruited any star athletes since Cadillac and Ronnie were on the plains. He was lazy in recruiting. He thought this is Auburn and they will just walk in the door if they want to come here. Even when Auburn was in the midst of 6 straight win over Bama, we just concided the state of Alabama. Not only that but year in and year out I was frustrated that we never went after the big name athletes. Auburn was right to go looking for a new coach in 2003. One stellar season does not make up for the fact that Auburn always lost games that should have been easily won. Yes.. we had a great record against the top ten under Tuberville, but we always lost the ones that were impossible to lose. Need some reminders, here is a list of horrible teams that we have lost to:

2000 – MSU

2001 – Syracuse, Arkansas 42-17!, Alabama at home 31-7!! and North Carolina yes UNC!!!!!!!

2002 – Arkansas ( yes the same Arkansas team that lost to Minnesota.)

2003 - Ga Tech, (We were preseason #1in the nation and lost 6 games)

2005 - Ga Tech (Again this time at home)

2006 – Arkansas, UGA (37-15 The biggest Upset in the Deep South's Oldest Rivalry)

2007 - South Florida, MSU

2008 – Vandy (hard to even type that), Arkansas (See a pattern with Ark?) Ole Miss

(mind you these are just the games that we couldn't have lost even if I was the Quarterback and you were the running back. The list does not include losses to credible teams and medium teams.) Every school will be upset a few times in 10 years, but 15 major upsets???? You don't win championships if you can't win the easy ones. These upsets cost Auburn 6 trips to the SEC Championship.

For everyone that jumped on the fire Jacobs bandwagon.... You were duped by the Alabama media. Auburn is the 6th place revenue school in college football. We deserve more than one Conference championship in 10 years!!!

Bobby Lowder is the devil incarnate – Ok here are the sats, This man comes from a line of Auburn Men. He has given an estimated 25 million dollars to Auburn. He brought Pat Dye and Tommy Tuberville to Auburn and has led the trustees to build Auburn athletics to a elite program. He was instrumental in bringing UAT back to Auburn. His wrap sheet is that he ran off Terry Bowden, gave his corporate jet to fly to Louisville and he helped usher out Tommy Tuberville. I think history will prove that Lowder was a visionary at Auburn that had the guts to make the tough decisions. Auburn will not be the same after April 2011, when Lowder is gone. If I was a Bama minion, I would try to convince the Auburn family that Bobby is the devil as well. All I am saying is don't believe all you read and hear. Without Lowder, Auburn would have never tasted the success we have had both Academically and Athletically.

Auburn Family – Let others attack if they want. Just remember you don't get attacked if your not at the top. Our school is fine!!! In fact we are great and we are constantly reaching higher. Don't let the other side make you nervous. Believe you own eyes. Walk across our campus on game day, and see what we have at Auburn.

Friday, July 10, 2009


The WAR EAGLE TIMES 2009 PROGNOSTICATION

Ok, I know its a big word... but if you are a UAT fan it just means predictions. Speaking of prognostication, this will be the hardest year to pick games in recent history. Last years edition of the Auburn Tigers was predicted by most sources to win the SEC west and to battle for the conference
championship. Instead it turned out to be a lack luster team that had maybe the worst SEC offense in history. The team did sport one heck of a defense, but it withered late in the season with no offense support and mounting injuries.

The 2009 Tigers will be piloted by Gene Chizik who I predict right now, will be a huge success on the Plains. He might not have won at Iowa State, but this is Auburn and he has the desire to win, and the coaching staff to do it. He has already out recruited the Tuberville gang and dared to go after the best. Isn't that what Auburn deserves, the best? Tuberville had lost his fire and his willpower to do what it takes to be a SEC coach. Don't get me wrong, I love him as a person and for the great things he has done at Auburn, but It was time for a change. I believe that the change will prove to be good. Gene Chizik reminds me a lot of Pat Dye. A head coaches attitude will spread to a team. Gene has an attitude of hard work and winning!!!!

What are the keys to start that winning tradition in 2009? Its simple, we need luck with injuries and for the receivers to step up their play. With Franklin gone, we will see a upbeat on offense. Our biggest challenge is not QB, but receivers. Burns is talented enough to drive defenses crazy with his running. He just needs to hit a few short passes. To do that we have to have receivers that can get open and then catch the rock when its thrown to them. Honestly we have not seen that since Courtney Taylor left the loveliest village. Injuries are also key. We are very thin at linebacker, secondary, and offensive line.......... need I say more? With all that in mind, here are my 2009 predictions.

Sept. 5 – Louisiana Tech – Derek Dooley will bring his surprizingly good bulldogs to Auburn. They are so good that we almost gave Dooley the keys to our program. This will be a tough game, but the new Chiziks tigers will be to pumped to fall in this one. Auburn 31, Louisiana Tech 14

Sept. 12 – Mississippi State – Will Dan Mullin pull of a 4 to 3 win in Auburn? Probably not. A still heathy Auburn defense will win the day. But, don't expect States defense to roll over. Auburn 17, Mississippi State 10

Sept. 19 – West Virginia – Can RB Noel Devine run all over the Tigers at home. Expect the home crowd to be a difference in this one. If Auburn builds a lead this year, there will be no turning back. Auburn 24, WVA 21

Sept. 26 – Ball State (Auburn) – The Cardinals went 12-2 last year and this is another coach that wanted to come to Auburn. This is a scary game because Ball State can play and we dont wont to be 2009s version of Michigan - App State!!!! The Auburn D will respond. Auburn 31, Ball State 14

Oct. 3 – @Tennessee – Auburn faces another first year coach in Lane Kiffin. THis Game will be close and will also be the Tigers first road game. UT is not the place to play your first road game!!! Tennessee 17, Auburn 14

Oct. 10 – @Arkansas – This will be a close one. The two offenses will be on track and Auburn's defense will start to show how thin it is. This will be a pivotal game for both teams and their bowl dreams. In the end the running of Ben Tate gets it done! Auburn 28, Arkansas 21

Oct. 17 – Kentucky – This game will take place as the nation is taking notice at Auburn. The nations best team when under estimated! The Tigers will be a surprising 5-1 and looking forward to LSU!!! Auburn will have the better team, but better be ready for a cat fight. This is the must win game you can mark on your schedule. Auburn 17, Kentucky 14

Oct. 24 – @LSU – The orange and blue tigers will be very beat up by the time we roll into Baton Rouge. This Game will be a national highlight with two one loss teams fighting it out. LSU you hard to beat when your healthy and this game will be a reality check for all of us. LSU 31, Auburn 10

Oct. 31 – Ole Miss – A very strong Ole Miss Offense rolls into Jordan Hare against a now even more banged up Auburn Defense. The Tigers will play strong at home, but this is a tough Nutt to crack at this point on the schedule. Ole Miss 24, Auburn 14

Nov. 7 – Furman – Auburn finally gets to rest some players against the Paladins. This will be a very needed break for the now 6-3 Tigers. Auburn 42, Furman 14

Nov. 14 – @Georgia – After the poundings that UGA has given Auburn the last few years, the Auburn faithful will be ready for revenge. Auburn should play well in Athens against a rebuilding Bulldog squad. This will be a close one! If the Tigers are healthy it might be Tiger Time, but the chances are slim because of how thin we are at so many positions. Georgia 28, Auburn 21

Nov. 21 – Need Rest Before the Bammers come to town

Nov. 27 – Alabama – No coach in this series wins his first Iron Bowl. This game will be at home and Gene Chizk will have a chance to be immortalized forever. In an amazing Auburn atmosphere Auburn will shock the tide in a classic for the ages. Auburn 14, Alabama 10




Thursday, July 2, 2009

Best SEC Stadiums!!!!!!!


My favorite stadiums in the SEC

July 1, 2009 2:30 PM

Posted by ESPN.com's Chris Low

Jeremy Hillman of SouthernPigskin.com has ranked the SEC stadiums using his own formula.

I agree with him that Florida's Ben Hill Griffin Stadium is the toughest place to play for an opponent. The noise in the Swamp is deafening, and the heat is even worse.

But if I were ranking my 12 stadiums in terms of the places I most look forward to attending a football game in the fall, my order would differ a bit.

Here's my top 12:

1. LSU: There's no other experience in college football quite like a Saturday night in Tiger Stadium.

2. Alabama: You still get to hear Bear Bryant's voice on the JumboTron just before the Tide come racing onto the field at Bryant-Denny Stadium.

3. Tennessee: Neyland Stadium is getting a facelift on the banks of the Tennessee River.

4. Georgia: What a setting for a football game. Sanford Stadium has it all.

5. Florida: Take your earplugs. No stadium holds noise like the Swamp.

6. South Carolina: One of the most underrated game-day experiences in college football. Gotta love the Cockabooses.

7. Ole Miss: The Grove won't be the only attraction this season. The Rebels will start the season ranked in the top 10, which will only make the Grove that much more festive.

8. Auburn: Watching the eagle come soaring in and make his landing just prior to the game never gets old.

9. Arkansas: Razorback Stadium is getting new synthetic turf for this coming season.

10. Mississippi State: Hope you like the sound of clanging cowbells.

11. Vanderbilt: Part of Vanderbilt's commitment to Bobby Johnson was to spruce up the stadium, particularly how it looks outside.

12. Kentucky: Come November, Commonwealth Stadium can turn bitterly cold.

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WAR EAGLE TIMES RETORT

Ok....... Interesting list. Here is the War Eagle Times top ten stadiums to visit. This is a real list made by a person who sits in the stadium and enjoys the tailgating, not a person in the broadcast booth.... Give us your comments!!!!

1. OLE MISS - YOU CANT BEAT THE OLE MISS ATMOSPHERE. THE GROOVE IS AWESOME. I REMIND YOU THIS IS A LIST OF FUN PLACES TO GO. NOT THE HARDEST TO PLAY IN.

2. AUBURN - ASK ANYONE IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL, AUBURN IS THE FRIENDLIST STOP ON THE SCHEDULE. THE STADIUM IS COMFORTABLE AND THE EAGLE FLYING FREELY OVER THE PLAYING FIELD IS HARD TO BEAT. IT WAS HARD NOT TO PUT AUBURN NUMBER ONE.

3. SOUTH CAROLINA - TAILGATING ON THE TRAIN CARS!!! A LARGE STADIUM AND LOTS OF CO-EDS. THE ONLY DOWNSIDE TO USC IS THE LARGE CITY TRAFFIC AND THE ROUGH SIDE OF TOWN BEING SO CLOSE.

4. GEORGIA - THIS IS A FUN PLACE TO GO FOR A GAME. WOULD RANK HIGHER IF THE FAN NASE WAS NOT SO OBNOXIOUS AFTER THEY GET DRUNK. PRE GAME MIGHT RANK HIGHER, BUT LEAVING ATHENS IS DANGEROUS IF YOUR NOT WEARING READ AND BLACK.

5. MSU - IF YOU HAVENT BEEN THIS IS A GREAT PLACE TO ENJOY COLLEGE FOOTBALL. IT'S NOT A BIG PLACE BUT IT IS A NICE PLACE TO COOK OUT AND ENJOY THE GAME. SMALLER CROUDS ARE A PLUS.

6. ARKANSAS - YOU GOTTA LOVE A GAME WHERE THEY CALL THE HOGS. THIS IS A FUN PLACE TO VISIT AS LONG AS ITS NOT WINTER.

7. TENNESSEE - IF YOU CAN GET PAST THE BIG CITY TRAFFIC AND THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT, THIS IS AN AMAZING PLACE TO TAKE IN THE PAGEANTRY OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL.

8. VANDY - A NICE CHANGE OF PACE, BECAUSE WHEN YOU GO TO VANDY ITS REALLY A HOME GAME. YOU WILL HAVE MORE FANS IN THE STANDS AND ITS FUN TO HAVE A HOME CROUD ON THE ROAD.

9. KENTUCKY - MORE PEOPLE AT RUMP ARENA WATCHING THE CLEANING CREW THAN AT THE STADIUM. ENOUGH SAID.

10. ALABAMA - HONESTLY A BORING PLACE TO WATCH A GAME. UAT IS NOT A VERY LOUD CROWD AND IT GETS OLD LISTENING TO THE (INSERT YOUR SCHOOL HERE) GO TO HELL CHEER. ITS VERY TACKY.

11. FLORIDA - THE SECOND MOST HORRIBLE PLACE IN AMERICA TO WATCH A FOOTBALL GAME. RUDE AND OBNOXIOUS. I NEVER GO TO GAINESVILLE ANYMORE. ITS TO EASY TO GET INTO A FIGHT.

12. LSU - THE NUMBER ONE WORST PLACE TO GO TO A GAME AND THIS INCLUDES EUROPEAN SOCCER. DONT GO UNLESS YOU HAVE GOOD INSURANCE. THEY WILL ATTACK YOU AND YOUR CAR IF IT HAS YOUR SCHOOL EMBLEM ON IT. NEVER GO AT NIGHT!!!!!!!!

OK AND HERE ARE THE HARDEST PLACES TO PLAY, BECAUSE THIER CROUD IS THE ELEVENTH MAN ON THE FIELD. 1. LSU, 2. FLORIDA, 3. AUBURN/GEORGIA(TIE) 5. TENNESSEE, 6. ALABAMA, 7. ARKANSAS, 8. USC, 9. MSU, 10. OLE MISS, 11. KENTUCKY, 12. VANDY.............................

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