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As someone who has gone through a season ending injury himself and behalf of Auburntron I just wanted to wish Ben Tate a healthy and fast recovery from the ankle injury he suffered earlier in the Texans preseason game against the Cardinals. As most of you all know, Ben was the Texans second round pick and was looking at significant playing time with Houston this year, sharing carries with Steve Slaton. He had surgery on Tuesday and based on his Twitter posts seems to be in good spirits and keeping a positive attitude. He joins the likes of other great Auburn tailbacks that have had to deal with adversity once they reached the NFL. Caddilac Williams was the NFL’s rookie of the year but in his second and third seasons had serious injuries that limited his playing time. Last year he was back in full force and is now once again one of the most relevant RBs in the NFL. Ronnie Brown is coming off a season ending injury and will now have to prove himself as one of the best backs in the NFL all over again.
We all know Ben can do great things. Tate finished at Auburn 5th on the career rushing list, behind Auburn greats Bo Jackson, Carnell Williams, James Brooks, and Joe Cribbs. He rushed for 3321 yards on 678 carries, scoring 24 touchdowns. We know that he is going to bounce back from this injury and have a great NFL career. Get well Ben! Stay positive and keep your eyes on the endzone. Auburntron and the whole Auburn family is behind you!
Also today is Ben’s Birthday, So HAPPY BDAY BEN!!!
Oh my….. I did it again so I’m a make the beat drop.
What are some other auburn foods that you crave?
So I was at work today trying to show a co-worker Auburntron.com. We were unable to view the site due to restricted access, but I wanted to show him I wasn’t lying and that my friends and I did create a website. So I googled, “Auburn Football Blog” and there we were. Sitting at #2 spot right underneath Track ‘em tigers. I was excited because I did not know we’d come up so high. I mean most of our content is regurgitated hear say and youtube videos. But I rolled with it and thought it was pretty cool. I then got home and went to let the rest of the Auburntron readers share in our glory and when I re-did the search we came up 4th!! What is this the BCS?? Second or Fourth, I think it’s pretty cool that we created this sight and people enjoy it so much even Google thinks to send people our way when they are searching for their Auburn Football news fix. Thanks to all you readers out there, keep commenting and the season can’t get here fast enough but we’ll try to keep you entertained.
Wait a minute! Now we’re number 4?
Saban: Jones, Ingram’s status up to the NCAA
September 2, 2009 12:46 PM
Posted by ESPN.com’s Chris Low
The Julio Jones and Mark Ingram watch continues, and you could almost hear the frustration in Alabama coach Nick Saban’s voice when he was asked about it Wednesday on the SEC teleconference.
Saban said it wouldn’t be his decision as to whether Jones and Ingram would be allowed to play Saturday night against Virginia Tech.
“I think that’s up to the NCAA. I don’t think it’s my decision to do anything,” said Saban, adding that he remains hopeful there will be some resolution prior to the game.
“We are hoping for a response, and we want to do what we need to do to do things the right way from a program standpoint and for the players’ best interest. I think the institution has handled the situation with tremendous professional integrity. We’re hopeful that we’ll have some kind of resolution to this situation in the short term.”
If there is no word from the NCAA prior to the game, Saban wouldn’t get into how the Crimson Tide might adjust without two of its best offensive players.
“I’m not really into speculating on what might be,” Saban said. “I’ve got enough problems with what is. Let’s just focus on what is.”
At issue is a Gulf Coast fishing trip Jones and Ingram took last spring with a 56-year-old man from Athens, Ala., whom Alabama compliance officials have determined was not a Crimson Tide booster. Alabama spent the summer investigating the matter and has met with NCAA enforcement representatives.
So why the delay when Alabama hasn’t self-reported anything at this point?
That’s the frustrating and unnerving part for the Crimson Tide, who’ve obviously been around the block a few times with the NCAA over the past two decades.
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