I mean this with as much reverenace as possible - may he be blowing snot bubbles in heaven.
Former Auburn RB Rudi Johnson passed away
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I mean this with as much reverenace as possible - may he be blowing snot bubbles in heaven.
Man, these guys dying so young. They give a ton for their love of the game and our entertainment.
He had a better NFL career than I remembered.
RIP.
He had a better NFL career than I remembered.
RIP.
Witnessed one of the best defensive performances ever by a State team against him in -- was that 2000?
I mean this with as much reverenace as possible - may he be blowing snot bubbles in heaven.
Still a great player, and I hate to see this news. RIP big guy.
Man he was a stud for almost every college game he played - except one.
I mean this with as much reverenace as possible - may he be blowing snot bubbles in heaven.
Hate to hear it. He is way too young.
"Pat, I'd like to buy that first half for this weekend and spin the wheel. Let's get this Vanna, you saucy minx!!!..."
Eugene Clinton had to play corner in that game (because of an injury) and was very nervous about it. He later told me (you really need to hear him tell it) that Smoot was in rare form that day and in pregame managed to piss off EVERYONE (players, coaches, trainers, cheerleaders, band and anyone else wearing orange and blue) on the Auburn sideline. Eugene was already nervous and said he begged Fred to shut up...........to absolutely no avail and the rest is history. Good times !
It was a fantastic performance, and it all started to come unraveled two weeks later in Baton Rouge. LSU exposed our defense and things were never the same again. The mystique of our defense was gone. Middle Tennessee State came to Starkville the next week and put up over 500 yards of offense using some the same concepts that Jimbo Fisher had used the week before - rolling the pocket, etc.
Yes it was. It was the day you sat in front of me in the student section and I couldn’t see half the field.**
we beat Florida the week before in Starkville, right?
Yep. I remember it was very hot and humid for the Florida game and then really cool and fall like for the Auburn game.
Yep, beat Florida (East Champs) and Auburn (West Champs) that year and it really wasn't close, the two teams that played for SEC championship. If we could have held on against Arkansas that year, we would have been in Atlanta... It was sleeting and cold.
We controlled our own destiny to win the West going into the 2nd last game of the season in 97, 98, and 00. In 99, we started 8-0 and then lost @ Alabama. Still a ridiculous run those 4 years.
Yep, & then followed up the bama loss with a loss in Little Rock against a not great Arkansas team - what could have been.
If you think about it, Arkansas derailed or added to the derailment in each of those years but ‘98. I hate the hogs