It's a sad day...The greatest QB of all time has retired (OK, I hear ya, John Elway fans)...I feel honored being able to remember watching Favre play at So. Miss (beating Auburn and FSU) through his career with the Packer's...Here's to Brett Favre...
He had the greatest game of any athelete ever...SEE VIDEO BELOW
We celebrated the New Year last night at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta...Zeke's first football game...He did a great job (or should I say his Mom did a great job)...Loud but easier than expected...War Eagle!
Chick-Fil-A Bowl
Auburn 23, Clemson 20
Game Twelve: Auburn 17 Bama 10
Tiger players and fans needed two hands to announce the outcome against Alabama -- holding up all five digits on one hand and a single finger on their other hand.
"I've read a lot of history about Auburn, and there were times when Auburn struggled a little bit," said Tuberville, who ran his record against Alabama to 7-2 since arriving on the Plains and whose team improved to 8-4 overall and 5-3 in the SEC. "I hope (the fans) can be proud now in what this team's done by beating our in-state rival six games in a row.
"That is for people to talk about. It's not something we just look at it. We look at going out and playing well and beating the team that we are playing. It is truly a fan game. This is for you. This is for the fans who have struggled over the years and wanted to see something like this happen. And it happened. I am so proud of everybody involved."
I have never seen an atmosphere in Auburn like Saturday...Nothing in sports like an Auburn-Alabama Game...I must also say we know how to tailgate...
Zeke's First Auburn-Alabama Game...
Since when does Kentucky vs. Tennessee get higher ratings than Auburn-Alabama...I do think the 7pm start time will help Auburn and it's better for tailgating...hopefully Zeke decides to come before or after that weekend...stay tuned...by the way - Katherine started her maternity leave this past Monday...She's reading, relaxing, and waiting...
CBS sketched out a game plan last spring that included a rare doubleheader Saturday to assure itself it could find a spot for the Iron Bowl.
Monday, the network reversed fields.
The Southeastern Conference's principal television network passed on the Nov.24 Auburn-Alabama game, leaving the Iron Bowl to fall to a 7 p.m. kickoff on ESPN, which had the third choice of games next weekend.
CBS opted to televise an SEC East showdown between Tennessee at Kentucky at 12:30 p.m. and then Florida State at Florida at 4 p.m.
"I wish we could do all three," said Mike Aresco, a CBS senior vice president of programming.
Six of the last seven games have been on CBS. ESPN televised the game from 1995 to 1999.
Aresco said the Iron Bowl would have probably been televised by CBS this weekend - its usual date on the calendar - had the SEC not ordered the game to be played after Thanksgiving.
"Before, it was on a week when it was obviously the game to do," Aresco said.
The new schedule puts the Iron Bowl in direct competition with other rival games such as Florida-Florida State and Georgia-Georgia Tech. This year, surprising Kentucky forced CBS to televise its game with Tennessee because of its impact on the SEC East race.
"As the exclusive network carrier of the conference, it would be hard for us to pass up that game," Aresco said.
Aresco said CBS had originally prepared for televising Auburn-Alabama and Florida-Florida State by taking a morning game away from Lincoln Financial Sports in order to air a doubleheader.
But Kentucky played hard ball with the Iron Bowl by staying in the SEC East race. Auburn and Alabama didn't have much of an answer after both lost last weekend, losing their television appeal.
"Now we've got Tennessee-Kentucky, and we wanted to do Florida-Florida State because of the buzz around Tim Tebow," Aresco said. "The ratings for this game for us in the past have been good, and we felt that was the way for us to go later in the day."
Another Saturday...another big game for Auburn...Here's my prediction...low scoring and close...
Auburn 16 UGA 17
Harvest Moon over Auburn, Alabama
We're off to tailgate...Quick Prediction: Auburn 38 Ole Miss 21
After watching the first two World Series games in Boston, I'm sold on Fenway Park...The best home field advantage in Sports? Fenway tops my list for profesional sports...
I know I've been terrible about updating this blog lately...I have a lot going on...34 days to go until "expecting" ZEKE...new job (I'll explain below)...Auburn Football...Rockies Baseball...Business travel...Fun Times...
I'm still working full time with LifeSpan, while also doing some consulting work for two other companies:
PA & Associates -- www.paaa.com
OnePak Packing Solutions -- www.onepak.com (I have signed 90 day employment contract - 15/hrs week) I'm hoping and this should turn into a full time position in January...How am I going to balance everything...Going to be fun and challenging to figure that out...stay tuned.
Now for what's important...BIG TV Night...Game One World Series (tickets at Coors Field were impossible to get - I tried)...Kid Nation...Kitchen Nightmares...Can't Wait...
MY WORLD SERIES PREDICTION: RED SOX IN SIX GAMES
I've never seen a team this hot for this long...this team is for real...World Series 2007...I should be there enjoying a Rocky Dog and Fat Tire in the snow...
Give me a D...DEFENSE...DEFENSE...DEFENSE...
Getting better and better...growing up and improving...
Just one of those weekends you sleep a little better...I guess that's 2 weekends in a row...
