It's Business Time

Football season is the most fun time of the year. There's nothing I look forward to more than going to Jordan-Hare Stadium after a long day of tailgating. Win or lose, me, my friends, my date, and 87,000 others all get loud and spend our Saturday the most fun way we know how; cheering on the Tigers with everything we've got. And I love it.

But not tomorrow. Not the Alabama game. It's like work, but worse. Even during the peak of the streak, years when Auburn was favored by a healthy enough margin to feel confident, the nerves were still there. For one day in November every year, my nails get chewed down to the quick, every halftime I pace a trench into the concourse behind the concession stand. Every year, my Dad threatens to go see a movie, and I threaten to go with him.

But when we win, the celebration is all worth it. So we're in the stands or in front of the TV every year, just like you. Because we know what the stakes are this week. Not title hopes, not awards, but pride.

So let's get down to business.

Let's do what we do.

BEAT BAMA!

WAR DAMN EAGLE!!!!!

'Nuff said.

The people of Section 25 fill their hearts with hate

Chizik and Saban?

There's a lot of TV/movie references floating around the Auburn internets (see: The Auburner, The Pathos, War Blog Eagle).

I figured I'd join the fun with the obligatory 300 (click it).

Hopelessly outnumbered? Check. Most likely facing defeat? Check. Walking steadfast into the slaughter? Check.

The Bama game is upon us, and talk sounds a lot like it did at this time last year, most of it to the effect of "Auburn won't win". But the feeling is different this year. The season has been a success and the future certainly seems clearer and brighter than it did last Thanksgiving. Things may not work out on Friday; we might lose that battle, but if we do, I feel confident that unlike last year we are going down swinging. If they must, the boys in blue are going down like Auburn men, fighting that hated foe with every last ounce of their being. And maybe-just maybe-the "impossible" will happen.

I post this in the hopes that in one year's time*, this 300/ Thermopylae reference will be completed.

Give thanks men! For Chizik and his brave 75! WAR DAMN EAGLE!!!!

*But preferably on Friday.

3:00 AM: Just got back on the plains from Athens. Full thoughts coming soon.

Last Minute Prediction: Read at Own Risk of Lowered I.Q.

I'm on my way out the door to Athens. We're gonna need this one to fill our New Years Day plans. I should have learned my lesson about predictions, but I'm going to take the leap here:

AUBURN 31 uga 24

WAR DAMN EAGLE! LET'S DWWD!

Veterans Day

Thanks to all our men and women of the armed forces. Without you, I can't rant, rave, and make rediculous observations with the freedom I have today.

We here in Section 25 have a suggestion for New Years plans...

Other than any BCS Bowl, this is the best option by my book. The first Cotton Bowl in Cowboy Stadium sounds like a blast. Even if by some miracle we win this weekend AND in a couple of weeks, I'd rather take the Cotton Bowl than Capital One (doubtful that would happen anyway).

But we MUST win this weekend. So lets take care of business in Athens so I can grab a hotel in Arlington. Sound good? Good.

WDE