Drama on the Plains OMG!!!!!

I meant to talk about this yesterday, but I figured that we had such an active shit storm that I would just hold off for a while.

Ok so remember Tony Franklin? Yeah, he's this guy. So to refresh your memory Auburn hired spread (of the Texas Tech variety) OC Tony Franklin. Franklin does well in bowl game. Sucks during season. Attempts to save job/life. Gets fired. Tommy Tubs goes later.

And now there is this.

Auburn...dysfunctional? Color me surprised.

Now to be fair, I think Tony Franklin got a raw deal, specifically because he never really ran "his" offense, but why spread the shit now?

For everyone other than Old Booker Pogue, I'll give you a quick history lesson. TF was an assistant coach at Kentucky under Hal Mumme. (Yes, during the Couch/Lorenzen years) Mumme had some "minor" violations like dropping $1,400 on certain players. Anyway, the story goes that Mumme tried to blame Franklin, and in order to keep his good name, TF decided to write a book airing UK's dirty laundry...which effectively got him black balled from college football. (Note-Sources tell me Franklin is just a squirrely dude to begin with)

What's that saying? Once is an accident, twice is a coincidence, three times...

Tony is definitely on the coincidence level, And I still have no idea why he's talking about it now. However, if you read the comments on the article you'll see that there are many conspiracy theories floating around the yellow hammer state.

Now, for the Auburn fans. This is exactly why you will always be second fiddle to Alabama. You see Alabama has all this stuff figured out. First they are smart enough to hire "within the family" so when they break the rules Alabama knows they'll keep quiet. They are also smart enough to pay people off when they are outsiders.* Furthermore, Alabama has multiple corrupt boosters** running the program as opposed to one corrupt banker. But hey, at least you got your "yes man" in the football office now.***


*No evidence whatsoever.
** See above.
*** All in good fun.