December 17, 2015 · 7:15 AM

Auburn’s gonna Auburn.

Sure, they’re losing money spending like sailors on shore leave, but you’ve gotta love the “ah, hell, let’s just do it” attitude of adding another humongous video board to Jordan-Hare Stadium.

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13 responses to “Auburn’s gonna Auburn.”

  1. 92 grad
    December 17, 2015 at 7:54 AM

    Ok, I live where Carolina Pride meats are packed, I’m surprised to see that the official hot dog for auburn is Carolina pride. Seems odd to me.

    Otherwise, I’d just have to guess that these sec athletic associations are pressured to spend millions of dollars to ensure that they operate at a loss every year? Is there a reason behind the spending? Is the Georgia association making poor decisions when they (from what I’ve seen) have millions in the bank?

    I just don’t know so I’m asking. I do know that foley field and the baseball budget is poorly managed, I’d guess basketball needs more money to be competitive, so I would urge Georgia to spend more.

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    • Go Dawgs!
      December 17, 2015 at 10:32 AM

      I’m not sure what Georgia needs to spend more money on as far as basketball is concerned. The practice facilities and locker room/clubhouse facilities are sparkling new and are state-of-the-art. The Atlanta Hawks think so, too, they’ve come to town twice for their preseason camps. Stegeman itself is old, but the school has spent money there, too, expanding and upgrading the concourses. I guess they could add some sort of godzillatron in there or something, but it wouldn’t really fit the overall aesthetic in there.

      When ‘Dawg fans show up in large numbers, Stegeman is a great place to watch basketball. Short of building a new arena, which seems highly unlikely, I don’t know that there’s much more on the basketball program’s wish list. Coach Fox appears to be doing OK as far as making his mortgage payments.

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  2. Perry Cunningham
    December 17, 2015 at 8:07 AM

    On the video board they use a picture of Jeremy Johnson. What are the odds the pass he’s about to throw was intercepted?

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  3. Spike
    December 17, 2015 at 8:50 AM

    Puttin’ lipstick on a pig..

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  4. steve
    December 17, 2015 at 10:21 AM

    Why not? It’s Auburn. Boom left his tonsils in the head cheerleader’s vagina and they celebrated that too.

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  5. Go Dawgs!
    December 17, 2015 at 10:26 AM

    It’s Lee County, Alabama. It’s pretty common for folks deep in debt there to sign up for another credit card just to buy a second big-screen TV to show the neighborhood how well they’re doing.

    Now, investing in a permanent structure… that’s a little different.

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  6. Cousin Eddie
    December 17, 2015 at 10:36 AM

    It is “that team” but the stadium they have is nice, roomy and was clean looking before and at halftime. They are at least thinking of the fans in adding restrooms before they become giant porta potties, now with ceiling fans. They might need a little restraint, ok a lot, but there is a very large contrast between them and the way McG runs the UGA program. They are sharing plans for what they will do in the future and I haven’t seen any detailed plans for the UGA IPF (maybe I missed them). They are going public with the idea of things they will do and asking for input and comments from the fans, even if the emails go straight to the junk folder they are at least making the fans seem like they care. I don’t have tiger envy but maybe McG could learn a few things from other ADs, while they could learn how to more closely balance a budget from McG. It doesn’t have to be all one way or the other but a happy medium would be nice.

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  7. AusDawg85
    December 17, 2015 at 11:19 AM

    We got Big Ass Fans dammit!

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    • Bobby Blakewood
      December 17, 2015 at 11:34 AM

      The Chatham Parkway Lexus Dealership in Savannah, GA. has “Big Ass Fans” in their shop (maintenance area)!! The main function of the fans is to provide a cooling breeze – are you trying to tell us Auburn is COOL?

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      • AusDawg85
        December 17, 2015 at 2:16 PM

        Just the opposite. We installed the fans, Auburn is getting major stadium upgrade. In the spirit of #moveon, I blame Kirby.

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  8. Russ
    December 17, 2015 at 1:01 PM

    They didn’t say anything about wifi or piped in music. Rookies.

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