THE TIDE AND TIGER IS GLAD THAT AUBURN FANS DIDN'T GET BLUE BALLS:

Nikco Sports is marketing a full-sized Auburn football commemorating the Tiger's recent successes.  The Tide and Tiger isn't sure about the gold color, but we won't gripe, because Nikco says a portion of the proceeds will go to the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Georgia and Alabama. The balls recognize AU's 2010 and 1957 national titles and Cam Newton's season. The balls also have a panoramic view of Jordan-Hare Stadium. Nikco will produce 2,011 of the balls, and each will cost $99. Visit Nicko Sport's Website here for more information.

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TRE LA SOUL - SEC CO-FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK!

Tre La Soul - aka Tre Mason - has been named the Co-SEC's Freshman of the Week in honor of his 176 return yards and 97 yard kickoff return for a touchdown.

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2011 AUBURN TUNNEL VIDEO:

Yesterday, The Tide and Tiger brought you the 2011 Auburn Inspiration Video (aka, Pump Up Video). Today, we bring you the 2011 Auburn Tunnel Video.

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VOTE WHETHER YOU THINK AUBURN ROLLED TOOMER'S CORNER AFTER BEAR BRYANT'S DEATH:

The Tide and Tiger is giving bama fans the chance to vote whether you believe Auburn students rolled Toomer's Corner after Bear Bryant died.  In the previous post, RammerJammer perpetuated the widely-held but baseless belief among some most bammers that Auburn fans did indeed carry out this unsubstantiated act.  Keep in mind that RJ also believes he will receive money from forwarding emails, he doesn't take drinks from strangers for fear of it leading to his kidneys being harvested, and he won't say "Candyman" three times while looking in a mirror.

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BREAKING NEWS: CRIME ON THE PLAINS?

It appears that a major crime was committed in Auburn this weekend (no, we're not talking about the horrible defense that allowed 448 yards of offense by the Aggies... the Utah State Aggies).  After the Barn's last second, come-from-behind victory, a flash mob formed in downtown Auburn committing what can only be described as a "copycat" crime.  Fortunately, photos were taken of the mob and can be seen here:

2011 AUBURN INSPIRATION (aka PUMP UP) VIDEO:

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AUBURN PLAYERS TWEET!

This post is a compilation of what some of the current and former Auburn players Tweeted following yesterday's thrilling but confusing win over Utah State, led by Phillip "Lutzie" Lutzenkirchen's eloquent and succinct Tweet:

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UPON FURTHER REVIEW

We thought we'd share some random reflections on the Bama game and other goings on in the SEC and NCAA:  

AUBURN AND ALABAMA MAY BE PLAYING ONE OF THE BIG 12 TEAMS SOON, BUT IT WON'T BE RICE!

We all know that one of the Big 12 teams (Texas A&M) seems poised will play in the SEC next year, which would give the SEC thirteen teams.  Who will be the fourteenth SEC team?  The Tide and Tiger isn't sure, but we know who it won't be - Rice.  The Rice University Marching Owl Band, which calls itself a scatter band instead of a traditional marching band, aims "for innovative ways to entertain" and "comedic flair."  At its halftime show yesterday against Texas, the MOB "scattered" into this design, which is sure to warm Mike Slive's heart {see the pic after the break}

TRE LA SOUL - 97 YARD KICKOFF RETURN!

Tre Mason, a.k.a. Tre La Soul, whom The Tide and Tiger featured in its infancy (two days ago), made quite the impression today by returning a kickoff 97 yards for a touchdown.  Enjoy this cryptic video of his Auburn debut:

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL DOPPELGANGER (CHICK-FIL-A EDITION)

We'd like to introduce you to The Tide and Tiger's College Football Doppelganger.  From time to time, we'll bring you a current college football player and his doppelganger.  Without further adieu, the first College Football Doppelganger is Kellen Moore:

BARN PLAYERS REFLECT ON 2010 BCS

(Sometimes a picture says it all)

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BY POPULAR REQUEST, A.J. MCCARRON'S RIDICULOUS BAMA BOY TATTOO:

In this blog's infancy (earlier this week), I referenced A.J. McCarron's ridiculous "Bama Boy" tattoo in my post on "Pre-Season Predictions for Alabama's Season".  The Tide and Tiger has been overwhelmed with requests to see the tattoo, which we failed to publish because we thought everyone already knew about it.  Apparently not.  By popular request, here you go....

The mark of a leader.

{I'd hide my face too if that abomination got that close to me}

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PHOTOS OF NEW STADIUM ART, A FIRETRUCK, AND GUS MALZAHN'S CRAZY OBAMA AND BUSH SIGNS:

Enjoy the following photos of the new artwork around Jordan Hare Stadium and Malzahn's bizarre sideline signs...

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LIVE IN THE PAST? WE'D RATHER LOOK TO THE FUTURE!

Rather than live in the past like our good friend BigBlueAub (see here and here), we decided to go ahead and look ahead to the future.  This is going to be a season to remember.  Roll Tide!

A LOOK BACK AT THE 2010 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAMEDAY EXPERIENCE ON THE EVE OF THE 2011 SEASON:

As Auburn prepares to play Utah State today, The Tide and the Tiger believes you will enjoy a look back at a video compilation of the complete gameday experience of Auburn's BCS Championship run:

ESPN Gameday

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A CLASSIER CLASS OF FANS? PART II

Rammer Jammer thinks bama has a classier class of fans (I wanna kessss you Suzy Kobler).  What a joke.  Bammers are a jort wearing, mullet sporting, non-attending group of fans.  As support for RammerJammer's claim, he ignores this fact and avoids any mention of Updyke but submits Courtney Cox (second fiddle to Jenn Aniston), Sela Ward (yawn!) and Alec Baldwin (props!) as his proof.


For my part, the word "class" is not only overused but misused, especially in this context (and sports contexts in general).  Besides, didn't Updyke retire once and for all the debate about which team has the "clASSiest" fans?  The word "distinguished" is far more appropriate.  Accordingly, in response to RammerJammer's hand, BigBlueAub sees that bet, and raises RammerJammer with the following distinguished Auburn fans:

Apple CEO Tim Cook

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A CLASSIER CLASS OF FANS?

We have a running argument with our good friend, BigBlueAub, regarding Bama fans vs. Barner fans.  BBA loves to point out that the Bama nation has more redneck fans then Auburn. Not that we care, but when two-thirds of the state claims allegiance to Bama it only makes sense we'd have more... it's called math (but don't forget this gem of a Barner) .  Since it would be hard to compare every Bama fan to every Barner, it makes sense that we'd have to take samples of each fan base to come up with a good comparison.  BBA's earlier post (here) gave us the perfect idea... compare Bama's celebrity fans to the Barn's celebrity fans:

A LOOK BACK AT THE HEADLINES OF JANUARY 11, 2011 ON THE EVE OF THE 2011 SEASON:

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PAWL FINEBAUM CONTINUES TO SHAME HIMSELF:

Pawl Finebaum now writes for SI.com.  In his first column, which you can wipe yourself with here, Pawl pimps out SI in uncanny P.T. Barnum fashion for self-promotional purposes.