Thursday Mailbag: Cam Jerseys vs. Houndstooth, etc.

When I tweeted a request for questions early Tuesday morning, about 75% of them were asking me if I thought Gus would leave for Arkansas State. Well, now I can officially say yes, I'm pretty positive he would. Needless to say, I needed some new questions. Here are a few I got.

Shannon, who is becoming a regular on the mailbag, has a question about jerseys and lets us know of a ridiculous claim made by an Alabama fan that she works with.

My question is, how do you feel about the number on the jerseys that fans wear? Should we adorn a number in support of a current Auburn Tiger, a Heisman winner, or simply one of our favorite players from the past. I was told by a co-worker that wearing a #2 or #34 jersey was the equivalent of wearing a houndstooth hat. How do you feel about this?

First off, who was this coworker because I want to take them on for you. I've never heard something so dumb. There are so many things wrong with their line of thinking. For starters, Cam Newton (#2) played last year. He was still playing for Auburn less than a year ago. Alabama fans have taken this "living in the past" completely wrong, and I'm not surprised. Talking about games and players from last year is not living in the past. Obsessing over a coach from the 60's, 70's, and early 80's or bragging about retroactive and completely fake championships from the 40's is living in the past.

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Wednesday Mailbag: Bowls, Clemson, and the Malzahns

Alright, new strategy. Now that football is basically over, and the weekly recurring posts will be put on hold, I am going to post the Mailbag on Tuesday, Wednesday, or maybe even Thursday, depending on the amount of posts I have on any of those days. And at least for the time being, I won't stick with "Tuesday Mailbag" even if I post it on Wednesday. I'll actually give it the name of the week that it was posted on. Novel concept, huh? I know you care.

Lily has a question about where Auburn is going bowling. No, not the thing with balls and pins and awesome shoes. Like bowl games....

I want Auburn to go to the Chick-Fil-A bowl, but everyone is telling me they're going to go to the Gator Bowl... so if you have any information about the bowls could you please share this knowledge.

I believe wholeheartedly that Auburn will play in the Chick-Fil-A Bowl against an upper ACC opponent. Chick-Fil-A Bowl representatives have been at the last three Auburn games promoting their bowl very hard. The Gator Bowl does not even have Auburn listed in a poll on their website about who fans would like to see in their game.

The Chick-Fil-A Bowl pairs the SEC's #5 with the ACC's #2. Considering there are likely to be two SEC teams in the BCS Championship game, that moves Auburn up the list. Typically, the loser of the ACC Championship game (Virginia Tech vs. Clemson) goes to the Chick-Fil-Bowl, but if that is Clemson, I have a very hard time believing they would put the Tigers vs. the Tigers for the second time this year. Not to mention, the two teams open up next season in the Chick-Fil-A Kickoff Classic.

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Tuesday Mailbag: Blue Jackets, Beatdowns, Beat Writers

I have no more excuses. I just, for some reason, can not get these dang mailbags posted at a decent hour each Tuesday. But just for motivation, I am not going to change the name. They will be posted on TuesDAY at some point again. I swear to it. Anyway, this is a good one. Have at it.

Shannon wants to talk about fashion...

As a Georgia-raised Auburn Lady, the UGA game has always been the biggest game of the season next to the Iron Bowl for me. In fact, this game is for me what the Iron Bowl is to those raised in the state of Alabama.

This year was, well...we all know what happened, no need to elaborate, but I will say this. I thought we had a pretty good chance of a solid game against UGA. Clearly that did not happen. As a superstitious fan, I have one thing to say.

Gene, Gene, Gene. You dismiss the idea of uniform changes all the time, so what was with your sudden wardrobe change from white to navy? I love you dearly but really, this had all of the Auburn Family scratching their heads.

I'm sorry, I have to take some of the blame as well. I have decided to take part in "No Shave November," therefore I had facial hair during the UGA game that I did not have during Auburn's last win (Ole Miss). I said I would shave at halftime if things weren't going well, but considering that I knew that even shaving my face wouldn't even help, I kept it.

So although Gene changed jacket colors, which I actually did like (besides that horrid huge AU on the back), we can't blame it all on him. But come on, do things like jackets and beards really affect the outcome of football games? Yes, they absolutely do.

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Tuesday Mailbag on Wednesday: J-Cam, Expansion, etc.

I just can't seem to get the Mailbag done at a decent hour on Tuesdays, so once again you're getting the Tuesday Mailbag on a Wednesday. Sorry, I know it's a bummer.

Will, a buddy from college, wants to know about my humble beginnings and few other things...

So how did a humble 2004 CS grad become the 'Blogler?

What's with this humble stuff? But seriously, at some point in 2007, a guy from high school and I decided to do a blog. "WarBlogle.com" was the first thing that popped in my head and we went with it. After a few months of blogling together, like most bloggers, we got lazy and eventually just stopped. About a year later, I asked him if I could try it again on my own and he obliged. The rest is pretty much history. I actually think I still owe him seven bucks for the domain.

After many, many posts that were read by maybe one person apiece, I kept at it (because I'm very stubborn), and eventually, with the help of Twitter, the site has grown. It's still nowhere near where I'd like it to be, but I'm definitely blessed that people do actually want to come here and read my stuff. Thanks for all of you that do so. You are the wind beneath my wings.

Secondly, who was your favorite player from '00-'04, (our time at Auburn). Personally, I have to go with Jason Campbell.

I'm gonna go with J-Cam, too. Does anybody else actually call him that, or is it just me? He's just a good guy and a good player. Very easy to pull for.

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