Interesting Tidbits When There Isn’t Much to Talk About

This should be the last set of tidbits that include 2010 recruiting news. I sure hope it is. Enjoy.

• I'm about as tired of talking about recruiting as you probably are, and hopefully we can talk about real sports soon, but here are some more rankings.
• And more that are broken down by the SEC divisions. It just looks good to see Auburn on top of the West.
• And here's yet another SEC recruiting roundup.
• Here's a look at the number of signees from each state for all SEC teams. It must have been a down year for the state of Alabama, which is why Auburn had to settle for more in-state players. Alabama was going for the big dogs in Virginia.
• I'm sure you've all seen Saban's tirade after losing OL Spencer Region to Auburn.
• I just like this headline.
• If you were tired of looking at the list of 2010 signees, how about the signing class from 2005?
• What's to come in 2010 for Auburn football? This guy tells you.
• It's definitely not too early for a 2010 preseason ranking is it?
• How about Chris Low's pre-Spring SEC rankings? Did you know LSU is supposed to have a talented team?
• He also puts Ben Tate in his top 15 SEC players from this year. Darvin Adams better be in the top 10.
• Well at least Antonio Coleman made the top 10.
• In more important news, Auburn is up for best uniform in college football. Go vote now.
• But probably the best news of the pre-Spring, Zac Etheridge will be back to 100% by next season.
• Aairon Savage is glad to be back as well.
• Finebaum actually says something positive about Auburn, but Scarbinksy does not here or here, and then gives Alabama basketball coach Anthony Grant a pass for losing.
• CBS Sports reminds us that the basketball Tigers would have been one game out of first place in the West if they would have held on in Saturday's overtime loss to Arkansas.
• Lastly, Auburn plays Georgia (10-11, 2-6) tonight at Beard-Eaves Memorial Coliseum. If you live within 30 minutes of Auburn and think you can complain about the team or Lebo or whatever, why don't you actually show up to a game? Besides, the halftime show is one of the best I've ever seen...not kidding. We've seen what this team can do with a crowd behind their back, so if you want them to win, give 'em a crowd.

Interesting Tidbits Just Because

Just a few 'bits to get you through the day...

• Here are some pretty interesting notes and inner-talks about the 2010 class of recruits. Some are known. Some are shocking.
• You've seen the Rivals recruiting rankings, but these have a little more information. Auburn still beat Alabama in this one.
• Here are the recruiting rankings from just within the SEC.
• Rivals also gives two Auburn coaches a spot in their Class of 2010: Top 25 Recruiters.
• Chris Low talks about his top recruiters as well.
• And then he says Cam Newton is one of the top newcomers to watch in 2010 in the SEC.
• Woodbery gives us his list of impact players from this year's signees.
• Goldberg re-grades the men's basketball team after their OT loss to Arkansas, who now lead the SEC west.

Interesting Tidbits before Signing Day 2010

Hello, my name is the WarBlogler. You may have heard of me. I used to write a lot on this blog, but laziness sunk in after the bowl game. I apologize. I post news and thoughts on Twitter constantly though. You should follow me.

Anyway, here are some interesting pieces of literature for your Auburn University football recruiting and basketball pleasure. Oh, and there are a few pieces about the dynasty, too.

• As you probably already know, Auburn picked up a nice 4-star commitment yesterday from Jeffrey Whitaker. Mr. Whitaker is the 5th-best defensive tackle in the nation according to those guys who stare at high school students a lot. He chose Auburn over Georgia and Miami. Good choice.
• Charles Goldberg posted some video of the press conference following Whitaker's announcement. He kind of reminds me of Charles Barkley without the whole 'Auburn hates black people' thing. I'm talking about Whitaker, not Goldberg. Goldberg could think that about Auburn. I don't know. I've never met him. Note: Listen to Whitaker, but watch the kid in his lap.
• Rivals.com has updated their recruiting rankings, which will obviously look completely different after tomorrow, but for now they have moved the "No Chance with Chizik" Tigers to #3, which is one spot ahead of the dynasty. I'm not sure if it was Whitaker's commitment or Keenan Allen's de-commitment from Alabama that is the cause of this, but it's pretty dang funny if you ask me. Allen was Alabama's #1 commitment this year. That's a shame. A real shame.
• These rankings are obviously very subject to change, but an addition of another 5-star commitment would definitely solidify a top-4 spot for the Tigers. That addition could be Mr. Marcus Lattimore, the 5-star RB, who is announcing his intentions today at 5 pm CST at his church. He is choosing between Auburn and South Carolina as most of you know. The Gamecocks have the in-state advantage, but Auburn has the "why would you want to play at South Carolina" advantage.

Interesting Tidbits before Georgia (Friday Edition)

Lots of different stuff in the 'bits today. Have fun, and make sure you read the last one.

• In the biggest news of the day that won't matter until next year, 4-star WR Trovon Reed has verbally committed to the Tigers (Goldberg). Reed is the #1 player from the state of Louisiana, which means Auburn now has the #1 players from the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
• Auburn is currently ranked 19th in these recruiting rankings, but after the addition of Reed this will definitely change. There are also predictions from every Scout/SEC site in that link.
• This guy thinks it's a huge pick up.
• Chris Low picks the games this week, and it's no surprise that he's picking the 'Dawgs.
• He also thinks Gene Chizik should be up for coach of the year.
• CollegeFootballNews.com thinks differently about the Oldest Rivalry in the South.
• We all know that the road team usually, at least recently, does pretty well in this series.
• Here's the Press-Register's attempt at matching up the Tigers and Bulldogs.
• And here's the handy Fact Sheet for the game from al.com.
• Ben Tate is a semi-finalist for the Doak Walker Award that goes to the nation's best running back.
• Eric Smith has been very valuable to the team this year. He's always making a special teams tackle, and it seems like he is always open for the underneath routes. Maybe it's because he knows how to beat a defense.
• Nick Saban doesn't wipe well. Maybe he should worry about dominating that opponent.
• Auburn has a basketball game tonight against a pretty good Niagara team. If you aren't in Athens you should be there because for the first time in years depth is not an issue.
• I don't even know this guy and he said all this nice stuff about the 'Blogle.
• Finally, I made a pretty cool breakthrough in terms of geekdom last night. I can now stream live video from my phone to my Ustream channel, which means I can embed the Ustream player inside Warblogle.com, which means I can show you live stuff from Athens, or wherever, right on the site. Follow me on Twitter to get an update for when I'm broadcasting, but I'm definitely going to be showing Tiger Walk so be looking around 3:30-4 CST tomorrow. If you don't have Twitter then just check WarBlogle.com throughout the day. I'll at least record the video and you can watch it whenever you want if you miss the live version. Sorry, I'm very excited about this. Aren't you?

Interesting Tidbits before Georgia (Midweek Edition)

Buncha good 'bits today...

• Ben Tate is so good that he's persuading recruits to come to Auburn just to try to fill his shoes.
• This guy seconds the idea that Tate's success helps recruiting.
• In fact, he helped pick up commitments like this, although I don't like Luginbill's comparison.
• Mario Fannin, who has a pretty cool website, will play anywhere...except safety for the Georgia Bulldogs.
• Fannin is also on Twitter for those that tweet. Craig Stevens, Byron Isom, and Antoine Carter are on there as well.
• All SEC coaches' salaries (except Bobby Johnson's) have been released, and Chizik is in the bottom half. I'd still take it.
• Wes Byrum made the semi-final cut for the Lou Groza award that goes to the nation's best placekicker. This should not be confused with another player from another team making the cut on a watch list just because said player is very recognizable based on his fat.
• The Auburn-Georgia rivalry is still huge for both teams, even though the SEC Championship game has been decided and we shouldn't even care about anything else.
• Chris Low says Auburn is going up and Georgia is going down, although he sounds like a whiny Georgia fan to me.
• He also thinks Darvin Adams is hot.
• Despite their struggles, Georgia still has something to play for, and it's not the chance at wearing silver shoes in Shreveport. Note: You'll hear more from this guy tomorrow.
• In basketball news, Auburn has signed Shawn Kemp......Jr. No jokes about him being the oldest of fifteen please.
• And with the most fitting news of the day, Tuscaloosa tops the list of laziest cities in the country? No...really?

Interesting Tidbits before Furman (Friday Edition)

Buncha 'bits today...

• Of course there will be a lot of Michael Dyer information today since he decided to commit to the Tigers.
• Here's a healthy list of articles on his commitment: TWER, Gattis, Woodbery, Bitter, Low.
• Dyer almost told Dunaway and Brown that he will immediately start recruiting for Auburn.
• Here's some video of Dyer. I think he's pretty deserving of each one of his stars.
• There is video of the press conference, but of course you'll have to pay for it.
• You can watch Dyer on ESPNU tonight at 7pm CST as his Little Rock Christian Academy takes on Pulaski Academy.

And now for bits that matter today:

• Craig Stevens, and most of the defense, are all Iron men.
• It's more than likely that six Auburn freshmen will redshirt for this season.
• CollegeFootballNews.com picks Auburn to win this weekend against Furman, and so does Chris Low.
• Darren Bates is on Low's watchlist for SEC Freshman of the Year. Onterrio McCalebb gets a mention as well. Tate also gets some Low-love.
• Did you know that Auburn has six 200-yard rushing games this season? That total matches the 2007 and 2008 seasons combined.
• Get your al.com Auburn-Furman Fact Sheet here.
• Auburn plays Miles College in basketball tonight in a exhibition game if you want to man up and support your team.