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The game doesn't get remembered as a storied SEC rivalry because Auburn and LSU are not each other's main rivals. Big *official* SEC rivalries: Auburn-Alabama (Iron Bowl) Alabama-Tennessee (The Third Saturday In October) Mississippi-Mississippi State (Egg Bowl) Georgia-Florida (World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party) LSU-Arkansas (Battle For The Boot) Big unofficial SEC rivalries: LSU-Alabama (Pretty one-sided, unfortunately... Bear Bryant kicked the shit out of ALL his ex-assistant coaches, former LSU coach Cholly Mac (Charles McClendon) included.) LSU-Auburn (This series has had a bunch of heated games, as listed above) Florida-Tennessee (I'd call this one "The SEC East Title Game" myself... Until Georgia finally broke the streak about 4 years ago, the winner of this game always represented the SEC East in the SEC Title Game.) LSU-Mississippi (This one has historical implications... The biggest of which is the infamous 1959 Halloween Run by Billy Cannon to give LSU a 7-3 win and secure him a Heisman Trophy. The Archie Manning and Eli Manning years also provided some interesting games)

I think a Los Angeles Saints team could get huge support from LA. If they move there for the 2006 season, I think Pete Caroll would be at the top of their list for head coach & GM. They could also end up drafting either Matt Leinart or Reggie Bush which would go a long way in LA. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> If they get either of them, it'll be Leinart. Aaron Brooks should have been benched at least one year ago, and CERTAINLY after that 30-yard sack against the Miami Dolphins two weeks ago. As for Bush, I doubt they'll take him with a high 1st-round pick considering that Deuce McAllister and Antowan Smith are both on the roster. It would be better for the team to draft a linebacker, a defensive tackle, or another offensive lineman (preferably a guard) than a running back with that pick.

http://www.2theadvocate.com/stories/111005...saints001.shtml If this goes off, it'll just solidify the respect I have for my fellow Frater (Bradshaw joined TKE at Louisiana Tech). A buyer getting the team from Benson is the best solution for everyone involved, but I thought it was just a pipe dream until Bradshaw's announcement. I hope he hits up some corporations, such as The Shaw Group, for the money considering how much some of them made off of no-bid contracts to rebuild New Orleans. If so, consider it "investing in the infrastructure of Louisiana".

My mistake, yeah... I'll correct that.

Cabbageboy, Sounds like the LSU-Auburn game in 2001, although that was an escalation of an existing storied rivalry between the teams. That was a game rescheduled to December 1 because 9-11 cancelled all the games on 9-15, which turned the game into a elimination match for the SEC West title. During the coin-toss, Auburn trampled the Eye Of The Tiger at mid-field and was promptly hit with an Unsportsmanlike Conduct penalty to start the game. At half-time, the Auburn kickers and deep-snappers came out and were practicing while the LSU band was still on the field. They never bothered to move even as the band was marching off in their direction. They were eventually shoved out of the way by several band members who never broke formation. Auburn got ANOTHER Unsportsmanlike Conduct penalty out of it. The game ended in a 27-14 stomping that was a lot more lop-sided than the score indicates. (Auburn scored a TD in the first quarter then didn't score again until late in the 4th quarter) That game is just one of many LSU-Auburn games over the past 20 years including: 1. The Earthquake Game (1988): LSU QB Tommy Hodson throws a TD pass to WR Eddie Fuller for a 7-6 victory in front of a shouting crowd of 80,000+ fans. It is later determined that the crowd caused the campus seismograph to register a tremor that coincided exactly with Hodson's TD pass. 2. The Interception Game (1994): Lowly LSU is up late in the game against highly-ranked Auburn who had gone undefeated the previous season. However, for some unknown reason, the team's offensive coordinator keeps calling for QB Jamie Howard to pass the ball. Howard ended up throwing 5 INTs during the 4th quarter of that game, three of them for TDs, to let Auburn escape with an unbelievable victory. 3. The "Bring Back The Magic" Game (1995): LSU, having had 5 straight non-winning seasons at that point, brought in new coach Gerry DiNardo, who wanted to "bring back the magic" to the team by playing home games in white jerseys again, which was an old tradition. This marked LSU's return to the land of the living, as they knocked off #5 Auburn 12-6 en route to a 7-4-1 season including the team's first bowl victory in 10 years. 4. The Night The Barn Burned (1996): During a close game, won by LSU 19-16, the old Auburn Sports Arena caught on fire and burned down. For years afterward, Auburn fans accused LSU fans of cooking to close to the building. 5. The Comeback Game (1997): Auburn QB Daymeune Craig lead Auburn on a 10-play 80-yard TD drive late in the 4th quarter to give Auburn a 31-28 win. This game is notable for LSU running back, and current convict, Cecil "The Diesel" Collins running for 235 yards. 6. The Cigar Game (1999): Auburn dismantled LSU 41-7 then, to rub it in, stood at midfield in Death Valley smoking cigars afterwards. That was the beginning of the end for Gerry DiNardo, who was fired 10 games into the season and replaced by Nick Saban. 7. The Call (2004): Auburn lead a late drive down the field and scored a TD, then Auburn kicker John Vaughn (who blew 5 FGs against LSU this year, BTW) blew an extra point that should have left the game tied 9-9. However, a referee penalized LSU CB Ronnie Prude for leaping on the Auburn deep-snapper, giving Vaughn a second chance which he took full advantage of. Auburn survived 10-9 and went on to an undefeated season. At least that was a rival though... Rutgers seem pretty damn stupid for getting cocky with a team that went 11-1 last year when their program's history is one of the worst this side of Duke or Vanderbilt.

Here's a thought... Ricky Williams for T.O. Miami and Philly get to trade their problems, which leaves each team stronger in the end.

I doubt there is a fit... No WINNING team would bring that kind of a cancer in, no matter what the need is for a receiver, and most losing teams I can think of already have talented receivers that would get pissed if they were displaced by TO. The teams who are desperate enough to even consider him are: Green Bay New Orleans Houston San Francisco Cleveland Detroit Minnesota I don't see any of them taking him, though, for various reasons. Green Bay- Donald Driver is the #1 receiver already and, with Javon Walker coming back next year, they wouldn't risk bringing a cancer in at a position they're OK at. New Orleans- Same situation, with Donte Stallworth as the healthy receiver and Joe Horn as the banged-up one. Also, with all of the turmoil surrounding the team's destination, they don't need extra headaches. Detroit- Ummm... no. They've already invested 3 first-round picks on WRs, although it's safe to call Charlie Rogers a bust by now. (2 years out with injuries AND a 4-game drug suspension? What a dumbass) They also don't need TO tearing down whatever bad QB they have under center that week. Cleveland- I don't see Romeo Crennel putting up with that kind of crap and they've already got some quality receivers including Braylon Edwards and, if he's ever healthy, Kellen Winslow Jr. Minnesota- They just got RID of one cancer, they don't need another. Besides that, they've already got enough PR problems of their own. San Francisco- They got rid of him and they won't take him back. Houston- They'd consider it since Andre Johnson is so banged up, but he'll start tearing down what's left of David Carr if he somes in. Pretty much, he's limited in what role he'll be in if he IS signed anywhere else.

Puh-lease... don't lump Southern Miss in with Arkansas. Arkansas = ass this year while Southern Miss is at least somewhat respectable.

Most of the Big South is good at what they're doing... The problem is we're all playing each other. Me (#7 LSU), #5 Alabama (APO), #10 South Carolina (Cuban Lynx), #9 Florida (Agent Bond), and #4 Texas A&M (Secret Agent) are all high on pick % as well as wins for the most part, but we keep running into each other. All five of us could go bowling by the end of things.

You're Nebraska circa 2001...

Alabama still has to get through LSU next week, which has a tough defense and a lot of talent on offense. Something that people aren't paying attention to about LSU is that they've cut down on a lot of the sloppiness seen in some of the big games earlier this season, as they have exactly 1 turnover in their last three games, including a no-turnover performance against Auburn. If Alabama is still having offensive woes when LSU comes to town, it may be all over for them.

Bored- Are the conference title games still set up like last year? If so, I think I've just got to win one more conference game in order to be in a winnable tie-breaker (I've beaten Florida and South Carolina, but lost to Texas A&M)

The total score of Louisville-Pittsburgh was 62, BTW.

If Christian Bale hadn't already done such a good job as Batman in Batman Begins, I'd consider him for Ozymandias as well. The kind of detatched reality he portrayed as Patrick Bateman in American Psycho would have been appropriate for someone like Ozymandias.

Halloween 3, Chaosrage? 3 sucks almost as bad as 5 and, if you were unaware, has nothing to do with any of the other movies. (It was John Carpenter's horrible attempt at doing new Halloween-themed movies every year.) I'd go with 4 myself, which was the only decent Halloween past 2.

Iggy, Ever consider that the reason that kickers miss so many kicks against LSU is that the defense scares the shit out of them? This year, Vaughn at Auburn blew 5 field goal attempts. The year before, Serna at Oregon State blew 3 PATs and Vaughn HAD blown a PAT before a bullshit leaping penalty gave him a second chance. In the national title season, Georgia and Ole Miss both had All-World kickers that missed multiple field goals against LSU. Let's just say that kickers blowing a lot of kicks happens *A LOT* when they play LSU.

Here are LSU's top 3 goals: 1. Win the Big South regular season title 2. Win the Big South Title Game 3. Win whatever bowl I end up in (Jack Osbourne's OxyCotton Bowl or otherwise)

It's the complete opposite of last week, when I got 9 wins, won comfortably, and went down BIG TIME in the polls because everyone was making 11-13 points.

This is gonna be interesting... I'm closing out my schedule with 3 Top 10 teams, including the current #1. #5 Texas A&M #1 Alabama Nebraska #6 Syracuse And, for those curious about how the pre-season rankings fared against the current ones, here's Bored's pre-season BCS rankings: #1 Minnesota (Vern Gagne) #2 Virginia (Edwin MacPhisto) #3 UCLA (phoenixrising) #4 Syracuse (CanadianChris) #5 LSU (teke184) #6 Georgia Tech (iggymcfly) #7 Stanford (Bored) #8 Hawaii (Will Scarlet) #9 Oregon (nogoodnick) #10 Notre Dame (Lando Griffin) Bolded teams are the ones currently ranked in the latest BCS poll.

I know he had some personality conflicts with one of the top refs of the show he was on, which resulted in him getting transferred from SD to RAW, if I remember correctly.

Don't know if anyone's watching, but UNC is up 16-7 on Miami right now with 2 TDs and a Safety. Looks like the 'Canes may be officially out of the title hunt by the end of tonight. EDIT- The game is at the half now and the score is the same. Miami was making a bunch of dumb mistakes in the last minute of the half, so things aren't looking good for them.

Texas got the leap from beating Texas Tech for two reasons: 1. Their #7 ranking 2. Their 6-0 record before the game Because Texas's opponents have a better combined record than USC's (something like a .630 win percentage for Texas's guys vs. a .450% for USC), it shot Texas's computer rankings through the roof while USC's are lagging. Outside of UCLA, I don't see a team USC has yet to play this season that will give them a good boost. They better hope that Notre Dame, Oregon, Arizona State, and others win out.

Games that got me to buy the systems: 8-bit NES: Super Mario Brothers 1 Sega Genesis: Either E-SWAT or Michael Jackson's Moonwalker SNES: Super Mario Kart (I bought an SNES when this was an extra pack-in with Super Mario World) Playstation: Namco Museum 1 (I'm an old-school arcade freak so emulated Galaga piqued my interest) and Bust-A-Move 2 (Puzzle addict) Saturn: Die Hard Arcade (It would have been House Of The Dead 1 but I never found an affordable copy of it once I got my system) N64: I honestly can't remember... I think it was NFL Blitz because the Playstation version had ungodly load times which made it near-unplayable. Conker's Bad Fur Day became the reason to KEEP the system though. Playstation 2: Metal Gear Solid 2, with Twisted Metal: Black as a runner-up Gamecube: Pikmin One of the most original strategy/puzzle games released in a long time as well as one of the few first-party Gamecube games of that time not to suck, along with Smash Brothers Melee. X-Box: HALO Gameboy: Tetris Lynx: Electrocop Gameboy Advance: Castlevania- Circle Of The Moon PSP: Metal Gear Acid Gameboy DS: Advance Wars Dual Strike

They need to draft a new RB and plug some holes in the O-Line, as Jamal Lewis is too much of a distraction AND an underperformer to stay, but the new guy won't be much better without decent blocking. As for a QB, Kitna, Volek, or Matt Schaub(?) from Atlanta would be decent enough, as they have done somewhat well with either sub-par teams (Kitna's Bengals, Volek's Titans) or with one that's geared to the Ravens' anemic offense. (Atlanta's offense is run-heavy with Crumper as the only regular receiver. Brian Finneran only gets looks when Schaub is in the game)

I've got an 80 hour TiVo ($200 after a $100 rebate) and a 40 hour TiVo ($60 instant from CompUSA) and I've been happy with them. The fact that I can take video files from the TiVo, send them to my PC, then edit the commercials out and burn them to DVD was a big plus. It's also helped me on another front, as I have hours of old Saturday Night Live episodes I never moved over to VHS. Having the TiVo has allowed me to record all of the ones I want, as roughly 18 episodes, including repeats, come on E! each week, and that keeps me from having to dig out 10-year old VHS tapes just so I can pull off 3 sketches.