Broadside Bob
| Favorite team: | Auburn  |
| Location: | Atlanta, GA |
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| Number of Posts: | 1756 |
| Registered on: | 12/10/2012 |
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re: Any of you tards gonna be there Saturday?
Posted by Broadside Bob on 9/25/26 at 9:33 pm to TTsTowel
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Before anyone has anything to say about your post, it’s trending that way for me as well.
Is part of it due to Auburn being flat out bad since 2020? Yes. Is part of it due to the transfer portal, with loyalty in the college game non-existent? Yes. Is part of it due to the game becoming more focused on NIL and less focused on winning from the players standpoint? Yes.
College athletics used to be pure. It used to be about winning, development and progress. It used to be about hard work. For fans, it used to be about following a player from recruitment to the professional ranks. It used to be about family.
It’s none of that anymore. It sucks.
Yes, yes, yes, and YES!!!
That said, already paid for our season tickets so two 'tards in our house going.
Still, I am getting closer and closer to letting them go. I might be able to hold on long enough to give Comrade Golesh a fair shake (which is probably through the '27 season to see if he shows progress). But even the rest of this season seems a long time to hold on given how much money (largely a sunk cost already for '26), time, and energy it costs. After last week's game, I was WRECKED until Wednesday.
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re: Question for season ticket holders only
Posted by Broadside Bob on 9/22/26 at 10:19 am to allin2010
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My concern is that it has gotten worse, not better. With all the new food vendors, you cannot get around the outside concourse as it is like an obstacle course, that pushed folks into the inside concourse and that was absolutely horrible.
I thought that was something I had noticed. At least I now I was not imagining it.
Question for season ticket holders only
Posted by Broadside Bob on 9/21/26 at 9:25 pm
Ignoring on the field performance, do you think the gameday experience in Auburn has gotten better, worse, or been about the same over the last several years?
Going to games is losing it's magic for me. Huge time and energy commitment (we drive down from Atlanta), and of course not at all cheap.
I feel like entry into the stadium has gotten worse, concession stands are not set up well (may be driven by the layout of the concourses), post-game traffic is much worse. Don't really care for the light shows but whatever.
Add to that poor performance on the field and that IMHO NIL and the transfer portal are killing intercollegiate sports, and staying home and watching on the telly (if at all) after this year is starting to look pretty good. It's just feels more and more like a major hassle with no payoff in sight.
What say y'all?
Going to games is losing it's magic for me. Huge time and energy commitment (we drive down from Atlanta), and of course not at all cheap.
I feel like entry into the stadium has gotten worse, concession stands are not set up well (may be driven by the layout of the concourses), post-game traffic is much worse. Don't really care for the light shows but whatever.
Add to that poor performance on the field and that IMHO NIL and the transfer portal are killing intercollegiate sports, and staying home and watching on the telly (if at all) after this year is starting to look pretty good. It's just feels more and more like a major hassle with no payoff in sight.
What say y'all?
re: It's Worse Than You Think
Posted by Broadside Bob on 9/21/26 at 9:16 pm to FearlessFreep
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i think many if us have been deliberately blind to the fact that firing Malzahn when we did was the mortal blow,
I really liked Gus...was the first one on the Gus Bus and ones of the very last off. I did think there needed to be a change: either he changes, or he's replaced. I thought he was fixable, but should you really have to "fix" a head coach, coach the coach so to speak? The answer to that is probably "no," and he may have been too stubborn to take the guidance anyway.
I've long wondered whether Gus was as much of an innovator as he got credit for, or was he just someone who did one thing that was innovative. There's a difference.
He did beat peak Nick Saban three times, and that's more than anyone else can say.
re: AU current winning/losing streaks vs. SEC opponents
Posted by Broadside Bob on 9/21/26 at 2:54 pm to beatbammer
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Winning streak...
...Texas (1991, 2 games)
One of the few bets I'm comfortable betting on AU this year. We don't break this win streak, and against the #1 team in the country too!
re: How many will refuse to “stripe”, “whiteout”, “all orange”
Posted by Broadside Bob on 9/20/26 at 7:38 pm to TailbackU
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Did my part and bought an orange shirt.
I've come to believe that a big part of the all orange, blue outs, white outs, stripes, etc. is to push more Nike merch.
I did cave and buy a $35 dollar UA polo for $75 (I think) for the first Freeze out a couple of years ago so I've been as much a sucker as anyone else. I do refuse to buy Nike gear. Acnowlege that they probably are the best shoes and gear, but I refuse to support their wokeness (another question altogether).
I am sick of the laser/light shows. Let's just win the game, or at least play decent football.
re: Heading into town, needs recs
Posted by Broadside Bob on 9/17/26 at 6:52 am to WareagleTD
If you get there early enough, FREE parking in Felton Little Park on Glenn. Easy to get to and east access to and from I-85, especially good if you're coming to Auburn from the north.
re: Alex McPherson's comment to reporter after the game about the long kick
Posted by Broadside Bob on 9/14/26 at 11:10 am to jangalang
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Dude is a weapon
Now review the stupid arse fake punt we did from the 37 in a dome.
He was hitting 55 yarders VERY comfortably in warm-ups that day.
re: So why were the two airliners after the first plane on 9/11
Posted by Broadside Bob on 9/11/26 at 8:50 am to FLBooGoTigs1
In addition to the points above, 9/11/2001 was THE watershed moment that marked a mindshift in the way we approach safety and security in this country, especially as it relates to air travel.
Prior to 9/11, the mindset and the "best" advice was give the hijackers whatever they want, avoid confrontation, etc.. We didn't lose 3,000 people on 9/11 because 11 terrrorists had boxcutters and mace on airplanes but because we were sheep.
It's always been galling to me that the Glock I have in my nightstand leaves me better prepared to answer a threat than the entire U.S. military was on and prior to 9/11/2001.
Prior to 9/11, the mindset and the "best" advice was give the hijackers whatever they want, avoid confrontation, etc.. We didn't lose 3,000 people on 9/11 because 11 terrrorists had boxcutters and mace on airplanes but because we were sheep.
It's always been galling to me that the Glock I have in my nightstand leaves me better prepared to answer a threat than the entire U.S. military was on and prior to 9/11/2001.
re: The Tom Petty Free Fallin' girl
Posted by Broadside Bob on 9/6/26 at 5:37 pm to Ferriday AF
Had a girl in my office at that time who reminded me of her. Was crushing pretty hard on both of them.
re: Baylor Two-Point Conversion Try
Posted by Broadside Bob on 9/6/26 at 4:28 pm to bluedragon
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The one glaring contributing factor…..Lagway handicapped early.
Was not aware of that until post-game (was at the game). With that in play, makes sense to get your QB off the field, win or lose, after one more play.
Baylor Two-Point Conversion Try
Posted by Broadside Bob on 9/5/26 at 8:40 pm
Why? Aranda bet the game on a low percentage play. The way Baylor was moving the ball, seems like they would have had at least a 50/50 chance, probably better, in OT. If you are going for two, run a fake.
Aside from the occaisional flash, thought Auburn played like trash. Win is a win, but Baylor lost more than Auburn won. IMHO.
Could be a long season if today was indicative.
Aside from the occaisional flash, thought Auburn played like trash. Win is a win, but Baylor lost more than Auburn won. IMHO.
Could be a long season if today was indicative.
re: USS Abraham Lincoln in Thailand …
Posted by Broadside Bob on 9/4/26 at 7:29 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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I am not attracted to Thai women
250 days at sea might change your opinion.
re: Haven't been to a football game in ATL since 2013 SECCG. MARTA still the best option?
Posted by Broadside Bob on 8/27/26 at 11:45 pm to DeoreDX
Probably safe on gameday, though trains can be very full, espcially post-game. Going back south, my guess is that will be less of an issue.
re: 2026 NCAA Football Rules Changes
Posted by Broadside Bob on 8/27/26 at 9:44 pm to LanierSpots
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Any form of gun violence, including brandishing a weapon.
So if dude pulls a 9 on the offensive line, there is a 10 yard penalty?
Solid
So are we now so easily offended/retarded that making a pistol gesture with your fingers is now "gun violence?" If not, WTH are they referring to?
re: Freeze vs Rhule vs Deion
Posted by Broadside Bob on 8/27/26 at 8:04 am to LanierSpots
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I think after the smear campaign on his family, he said frick yall and let me walk away with the bag.
I don't know how good a coach he would've been, but I agree with you. Once this happened, he checked out. As he should have.
I have no idea what, if anything, was going on with the young chick/intern. However, if you do a cross country relocation and bring your 25 year old PYT Special Assistant with you, both you and the "special assistant" should know exactly what that looks like. I actually wondered if "special assistant" code was "side piece."
As for Brother Hugh, he won at Ole Miss, and he won at Liberty. Based on that, I thought he should have worked. Clearly, that logic was flawed.
I was happy that we did not give Coach Lac the big job. He gave us a couple of good games (Mike Leach being so mad that he was folding up charirs on the sideline and throwing them down so his players could not sit). Even if he had been initially successful, I did not want to see an Auburn legend have to get fired, as nearly every coach at any top level program ultimately is.
re: Not one of their best but still relevant
Posted by Broadside Bob on 8/26/26 at 4:30 am to 88TIger
Funny, timely, and appropriately scathing.
re: What's your occupation vs What's your degree ?
Posted by Broadside Bob on 8/22/26 at 9:14 pm to 1loyalbamafan
Current: Gentleman of Leisure and Assistant Dog Walker
Former: Group Life and Disability Insurance Underwriter
Degree: Bachelor of Arts - English (one of the many things in my life I'd do much differently)
Former: Group Life and Disability Insurance Underwriter
Degree: Bachelor of Arts - English (one of the many things in my life I'd do much differently)
re: You get only one choice...
Posted by Broadside Bob on 8/17/26 at 4:40 am to Cheese Grits
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Are you a Ginger or Mary Anne person?
Of those two, Mary Ann, but how about Jeannie or Bat Girl?
re: The Golesh Era
Posted by Broadside Bob on 8/13/26 at 7:48 pm to AUstar
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Gus as some Zen master priest was pretty funny I have to admit.
That was the point I totally lost it and almost feel out of my chair laughing.
The Golesh Era
Posted by Broadside Bob on 8/10/26 at 7:35 pm
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