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I would consider 1990 an upset. Stallings started the season as the new head coach going 0-3. Can you imagine a new head coach at any SEC powerhouse starting 0-3? Auburn had won four straight Iron Bowls and 6 out the last 8. Auburn was the best SEC team in the 80's so it definetley felt like an upset. So long ago I can't remember who was favored but it had to be Auburn.

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Pretty sure it was a tossup. AU started off #3 preseason and made it all the way to November and Amen Corner at #4, the only blemish being a 26-26 tie with #5 Tennessee, but were playing with fire all seasons long, needing a last-second FG to beat LA Tech, a failed fumblerooski to beat FSU, and a missed extra point to hang on against Mississippi State. The following week we limped into Gainesville to face Spurrier for the first time and got absolutely monkey-hammered 48-7, in a game that wasn't nearly as close as the score indicated. Still shell-shocked, we were upset at home 14-12 by a Brett Farve-led Southern Miss (who was one of Bama's 3 season-opening losses). And underlying all of this, Dye's hard drinking had caught up with him and his liver started failing (in fact he missed a game that year due to illness), and Eric Ramsey had begun begging coaches for money while tape-recording them, something I'm sure his teammates knew about. Morale was pretty low coming into the '90 Iron Bowl, and it showed on the field.

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The 1990 Auburn team was quite possibly the most overrated team maybe, ever. They started the season #3, beat Cal State Fullerton (the Otis Mounds game), and Ole Miss to open the season, then the Vols came to town (one of Dye's infamous ties).

Yes, FSU ran a failed fumblerooskie, but the AU defense, and WR Herbert Casey made some clutch plays down the stretch to setup Jim Von Wyl's game winner. That win, and a few upsets elevated them to #2. You are correct that it took a blocked extra point to beat MSU, then the wheels fell off in Gainesville.

The Southern Miss. game ended 13-12; Coach Dye sat on a 12-0 lead and Favre led a 4th quarter comeback. Incidentally, Eric Ramsey was defending on the game winning TD. It looked like Auburn got it back together against UGA (33-10), but that was a 4-7 UGA team.

Yes, 'Bama started 0-3, but I seem to remember they were on a pretty good roll coming into that game, where Auburn had stumbled down the stretch. So it may have been an upset, but it certainly wasn't a big upset.

So Tom Ritter loves Auburn? That's a good one. I think Nick Fairley would disagree...and Sammy Coates, Carl Lawson, Will Muschamp...

Well, the "ref's were against us" talking point has taken a turn. Some bammers have found a Mike Defee in Darlington, SC, who looks a little like the Texas Mike Defee, the "gun show" Big 12 referee that called Monday's game, and who happens to be a Clemson fan with a daughter in school at Clemson.

As if Rogers Redding would actually assign an official with Clemson ties to work the championship game. Shameful.



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I actually believe the "Tigerette story" that SBB posted was what killed the show. Paul let a few callers get way out-of-line with that and I quit listening for awhile.

But I'll agree with others that the WERC years were the best. Neal Vickers' laugh was as contagious as any I've ever heard. And the late Shane from Centerpoint always had some Auburn scandal he was dreaming up. Other great moments and callers:

Jim from Tuscaloosa arguing with then Samford basketball coach Jimmy Tillette (a real academician) over Barry Bonds. This was the call where Jim declared he would've been a better hitter than Ted Williams.

Jeff from Pinson: Probably the most bizarre caller ever - his calls are hard to describe and they usually involved him playing two or three different people.

Mildred: "She" was guaranteed to get Vickers going; talked constantly about having relations with Bear, Dye ("we bumped uglies a few times"), and any other coach out there. After one appearance by former SEC official Dick Burleson, Mildred called and kept repeating "I wanna talk to Dick!" My favorite call was a joke - "Why did Paul Fingerbaum (sic) cut holes in his pocket? So he could run his fingers through his hair."

Michael the Prophet: A real head case, he constantly called and prophesied that Mike Shula would eclipse Bear Bryant's success at Alabama. I'm almost certain he has recently resurfaced - he called Tiger Talk a few weeks back asking how much it would take to get Gus Malzahn to move to Alabama. The day after, he called the JOX Roundtable and asked Dunaway the same thing.

Phyllis: Two great moments from her. She called and Paul began playing the song "Bear from Alabama" insinuating that Phyllis once had a relationship with singer Roger Hallmark (or was it Bear?). Phyllis got pissed. The other was after Paul's interview with Luverne High School AD Butch Norman was abruptly cut short when Norman told Paul, "I tell you what you do, you kiss my a**." Paul was grilling Norman over his hiring of Mike Dubose and Phyllis went nuts.

The Shane and Bobby battles were always epic, and then there was Joe who was going to spend a few thousand dollars to expose Vickers' past (assuming there was something to expose).

Other great callers who haven't been heard from in awhile:

Chris from Gulf Shores, Everett, Don from Downtown, B.O.B., Bama Earl, Catfish, Libertee Belle, etc. Those days of the Finebaum show were radio gold.

The purpose of the rule for eligible receivers is to prevent blatant picks of defenders covering receivers. There are rubs all the time but the rule is there to prevent picks. Moseley wasn't in pass coverage...matter of fact he had started pursuing Marshall when Prosch blocked him. By that time, Coates was at least 15 yards downfield. There were no other receivers on that side of the field, except Prosch himself. If the ball had been thrown to him, then that's obvious offensive interference. But the pass was thrown at least 15 yards downfield. No way Moseley has a shot at defending that pass.

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Gimmicky offense

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Yeah, that iso play with the pulling guard and the FB leading the RB sure is gimmicky.

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1. Bama 2013
2. LSU 2013
3. A&M 2013
4. Georgia 2013
5. Ole Miss 2013
6. Arkansas 2013
7. Mississippi State 2013
8. Tennessee 2013

Signed,
The SEC Rant, Summer 2013

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BWHAAAAA!

Gus hasn't had his five worst losses, and Chizik had too many to rank in 2011 and 2012. But to play along, I'll name Tuberville's worst losses:

1. 2001 Bama
2. 2008 Vanderbilt
3. 2006 Georgia
4. 2006 Arkansas
5. 2001 Arkansas

Honorable Mentions: 2002 Arkansas, 2007 Georgia (the blackout game).

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I read the linked article but I have not read the article that was in reference. It seems like Thayer Evans tried to be sneaky, mis-quoted, tried to manipulate the story or out right fabricated lies about what Pogi said to him in the interview.

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Yep. He and his running buddy Pete Thamel were accused of the same tactics while "researching" the Honey Badger story.

Also understand that Evans was poking around Springdale, AR back in 2011 trying to dig up dirt on Gus - using the very same tactics.

But of course, his reporting on...<ahem> another, high profile, story <cough, cough> was taken as the gospel truth by some.

It won't be Spiller:

Spiller leaves Bills indefinitely to be with family

A wake will be held tomorrow on the concourse of Bryant-Denny stadium with "Legend" and "Jim from Tuscaloosa" officiating.

Meanwhile, officials in Auburn will allow the trees at Toomer's Corner to be rolled from 6 - 7 PM tonight in celebration.