An Unconventional Look at the 2012 Signees
The signees have been talked about and studied for almost two weeks now. Now it's time to take a look at what really matters when it comes to Auburn's 2012 signing class. I waited to see what Stefon Diggs was going to do to post this, and now I'm mad that I did since he chose (was paid by) Maryland. Auburn is still waiting to see what Alex Kozan does, and I'm sure he'll announce he's signing with the Tigers right after post this, but I'm not waiting anymore. You DESERVE to see these now...
Best Hair: Jovon Robinson. Pickin's were slim this year, but a Kid 'n Play box top usually wins it for me.
Best Name: Cassanova McKinzy - You can't get much better than Cassanova. The guy is set for life in the lady department. Honorable Mention: Gimel President
Name likely to become an adjective: JaQuay Williams. Dude, that catch was quay quay.
Auburn is a Special Place and the Nation Knows It
It must be the week of lists. It also must be the week of lists involving the city of Auburn or Auburn University. For the second time in the last three days, our beloved city and institution has been named to a top 10 list of the positive variety.
According to Livability.com, whose tagline reads "Discover America's Best Places to Live," Auburn is the 6th best college town in America, between College Station, TX (Texas A&M) and Ann Arbor, MI (Michigan). Some other cities higher on the list are Boulder, CO, Madison, WI, and Athens, GA, which almost discredits the list entirely, but I guess we'll take it.
Thursday Mailbag: Statues, Zombies, Baseball, Bammers
The Mailbag took a little break last week due to National Signing Day festivities, but it's back this week with a little baseball talk, a little zombie talk, and a few other topics. I'll keep the Mailbag going all throughout the year, so feel free to send any question you want answered at any time.
Tony wants to see Cam Newton's bronzed physique outside Jordan-Hare right now...
What's the word on the unveiling of the Heisman Trophy winners' statues? Can we expect that any time soon?
No idea. I've asked Auburn for a date and time, but haven't gotten anything back. My guess would be A-Day since it would be a lot to ask of fans to come to Auburn without any sort of actual sporting event going on, and an actual football game day would be way too busy for a ceremony outside the stadium. Plus, the school did say the statues would be revealed during the 2011-2012 academic year, which only leaves a few more months. A-Day just makes sense.
Bo would just need to hop on a jet and fly down. Cam would just need to take a few hours from sculpting his abs. The only one of the three that might have a problem would be Pat Sullivan since he may be going through Spring practice at Samford at that time as well.
I assume we'll hear something about it pretty soon, so I'll keep you updated.
A Few Very Eccentric Auburn Helmet Concepts
Let me just go ahead and get this out of the way. These are not connected to Auburn in any way. This is not an attempt to get Auburn to wear these. These are just some concepts from a guy who does this sort thing for fun for almost every Division I team. Now that we have that out of the way...
I was told about Charles Sollars's work a few weeks ago, and after seeing a few of his concepts from other schools' helmets pop up on a few other sites, I figured you may want to see the fifteen different designs he has for Auburn's helmets. Some would never, ever fly. Some might. What do you think? He has told me that if you have any ideas, he will mock them up for us, so leave those in the comments section.
Vote for Kenny Gabriel’s Best Dunk… so far
Some say Kenny Gabriel is the best dunker to come through Auburn since Chris Porter. Some say he's better. Either way, Auburn wants you to vote for his best dunk, choosing from five this season. Here's to hoping he has five more that beat all of these by season's end. Watch the video below for the nominees, then go vote here.
Was Dameyune Craig Mocking Trooper Taylor?
We all remember Dameyune Craig from the Bowden days. We all remember him running and passing the ball all over place, and pretty much being the entire Auburn offense during the years following Patrick Nix.
You may also realize that he has never returned to Auburn for a big game, celebration, etc. since then. Why not? I don't know. Some say that he didn't exactly enjoy his time at Auburn or that a few people at Auburn rubbed him the wrong way. Most of those people are probably long gone, so it doesn't completely make sense that he would still have some beef with Auburn. Either way, he hasn't exactly been an ambassador of the school. In his defense, he has pretty much been playing or coaching football since he left the Plains.
Regardless, watch Dameyune in this video from Seminoles.com, following Ronald Darby's National Signing Day announcement that he would be attending Florida State instead of Auburn. He's wearing a red hat. I'll let you finish before I tell you what I think I see.
2012 Auburn Football Schedule Unofficially Complete
After some digging and connecting of dots by the site FBSchedules.com, we can officially say that Auburn's 2012 football schedule has been set. We knew weeks ago what Auburn's SEC schedule would be, but the non-conference games were still up in the air, aside from the opener against Clemson.
Now that Auburn is not allowed to have an open week before the Alabama game, it appears they are going to go the route of playing a smaller in-state school for Homecoming that week, Alabama A&M, like they did with Samford in 2011. Update: New Mexico State will actually be the homecoming game according to the schedule released by Auburn today (2/16/12).
So after the opener was set and the week between Georgia and Alabama was set, we were left with three dates to fill: 9/15, 9/29, 11/3. The pieces fell into place when New Mexico State released part of their schedule that included their game with Auburn on 11/3. That left 9/15 and 9/29 for the Louisiana-Monroe. According to the FBSchedules.com, the WarHawks will be playing Tulane on 9/29, which leaves 9/15 for the Auburn game.
Sept. 1: Clemson (Georgia Dome)
Sept. 8: at Mississippi State
Sept. 15: LOUISIANA-MONROE
Sept. 22: LSU
Sept. 29: OPEN
Oct. 6: ARKANSAS
Oct. 13: at Ole Miss
Oct. 20: at Vanderbilt
Oct. 27: TEXAS A&M
Nov. 3: NEW MEXICO STATE (HC)
Nov. 10: GEORGIA
Nov. 17: ALABAMA A&M
Nov. 24: at Alabama
Cam Newton Visits The Dan Patrick Show
Dan Patrick may love the Oregon Ducks, but he at least let Cam on his show. That was so nice.
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