And what might, in fact, be the school for him? Lattimore insists he does not have a favorite. But he has a vision of what the winner must have.
“I’ll try to find the one with (the) most in common to (Byrnes),” he said. “I love it here; this has been the best four years of my life, and I’m going to miss it a lot. So wherever I go, I’m going to try to find something similar, the players’ and coaches’ camaraderie. That’s going to be the school.”
Along with that, he said, will be coaches who can help him reach his NFL goal and deal with fans’ expectations that come with being a five-star recruit. As good as he is, at Byrnes he was still one of the crowd. That almost certainly will change in college.
“I’ve been informed of that by so many people,” he said. “So I’ll be looking for a coach I can talk to about that.”
He smiled. “I think I’ll be just fine. I think I’m mature enough to handle it.”
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Gatorade had to pull their Tiger brand because it didn’t go well with their slogan of “Is It In You?”
Auburntron’s friends and family are staying in Ybor City getting in on the 31st!
On New Years Eve there will be a bunch of us @ CLUB PRANA
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Where are you going to be?
Auburn has sold its original allotment of 11,000 tickets for the Outback Bowl, but that doesn’t mean the school’s ticket office is shut down.
The Tigers are still selling tickets to the game — they’ve passed the 13,000 mark — and will continue offering tickets to the New Year’s Day game in Tampa against Northwestern for an extended time.
The 13,000 tickets sold are more than either of last year’s participants – Iowa and South Carolina – sold to their matchup. Iowa sold 12,700 and South Carolina sold about 10,000. The attendance was 55,117.
Here is our opportunity to help the coaches bring in the top recruits in the country. The Under Armour All American game will be played at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida on Jan 2nd, 2010 at 11 AM EST. This is the perfect opportunity for Auburn fans to go show their support for our current commitments playing (Dyer, Parkey, Mosley, Holland, and Owens) as well as show Antonio Goodwin that he needs to continue to be on board. Also playing in this game is OL Eric Mack, James Stone, DE Corey Lemonier, and Safety Ahmad Dixon. Tickets are available on Ticketmaster and they are only $10.00. Wear your orange and blue, make signs, come cheer, support, and show these top recruits the blessings of being a part of the Auburn family. People complain about coaches and administration and everyone else for not doing enough to help push the program to the top. I say we, as fans, take matters in our own hands to do our part in assiting those folks in their efforts. Fans can make a huge difference in the world of college football, so BE THE DIFFERENCE!!!
Not sure where this originated or who this gentleman is that wrote it, but definitely felt it was worth passing along.
“It was a low key day. Alabama was supposed to dismantle Auburn. Their Heisman candidate had a national stage to take center spotlight. But something unexpected happened.
Our tailgate was a fun morning. We hosted many Bama friends who came by. The food was fabulour, the music was toe tapping, and the weather was perfect. We went to our traditional “Tiger Walk” and cheered the team and coaches into the stadium – like gladiators inot their arena knowing a hungry, undefeated opponent was on the other side pacing and suiting up for a David and Goliath moment. But something unexpected happened.
The sea of orange filled the sun-kissed stadium. Every seat was filled. Our Eagle, Tiger, flew around the tops of our heads and landed midfield. The teams entered to thunderous applause, fanfare and frenzied fans. Bama fans wore stickers that said “Fear the shutout.” But something unexpected happened.
Auburn, fueled by the fans and faith of spirit with hard work, threw everything they had at Alabama. And for 56 minutes Auburn prevailed. The score, the stats, the noise, the pride; for 56 minutes we owned it. But something unexpected happened.
Alabama put together a successful last minute drive and scored the go ahead points. The TV announcers loved the battle for ratings. No one in the stadium moved. But something unexpected happened.
The Alabama fans stayed and “sabaned” their victory. Their band played. Their victory ended a perfect scheduled season. But something unexpected happened.
What possibly could be wrong? The Bama fans had suffered, sweated, cursed, paced and prayed for 56 torturous minutes and their team finally pulled it out and won. But what they saw next was not suppose to happen … either.
The Auburn Family stayed. They were supposed to flee in defeat but alas the opposite happened. We stayed in our seats and waited for our team to walk off the field. 80,000 family members escorted them off with thunderous applause and chants of “It’s great to be an Auburn Tiger!” The recruits stayed and watched this family of ours lift up our team who served up a whole humble pie to #2 Bama.
It reminded me of the scene in “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” when the Who’s in Whoville gathered after their presents and decorations were missing but lifted their voices loudly anyway to lift up their gratitude and celebrations. For us it was about thankfulness, honor and family. For 56 minute we were fans, but as our team walked off the field for a few minutes we were all one family. It was a great feeling and we had not even won the game … on the scoreboard.
We walked out of the stadium chanting AU cheers down the ramps. Alabama fans quiet and shocked. Their Heisman candidate was disposed of. Their defense was embarrassed. Their haughtiness was silent.
I have not mentioned the crudeness and ugliness that I witnessed or was a part of from Alabama fans prior and during the game. Their reputation for being rude fans lived on – not pulling for their team and being good fans but being jerks to others – even to children. However, after the game they were silent. Eerily quiet. One would have thought they lost the game. The lack of cries of “Roll Tide” was noticeably absent.
But something happened. Auburn continued to make us proud, played their hearts out, made idiots of the sports announcers who proclaimed earlier this was a waste to play, and silenced the visiting fans.
Yes, something happened. Auburn won everything but the scoreboard. This was not supposed to happen! Alabama was not supposed to allow this!! It was just Auburn for goodness sakes, right? Wrong.
Not a perfect day but an AUsome day. And with already picking up some of the top recruits in the nation, a new coaching staff that have eyes of the tiger, and an AU Family ready to support them all, we only have one question – when does the 2010 season start? I CAN’T WAIT!!!
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