Daily Double: Nine Lives Edition

1. This pretty much affirms my thoughts on Auburn’s offense last year. Okay, all but Borges’ omission of poor offensive line play as a factor in the decreased productivity. Clearly, the offense that we saw on the field after the Washington State game was nowhere near what Auburn fans were used to from Borges and company.
   
   
   Despite what the pundits and analysts will tell you, I’m pretty optimistic about the offense this year, particularly the source of worry for most people, the offensive line. I just don’t think it could get any worse than it did last year, so four new starters may not be that big of a deal for Auburn. To be honest, I worry more about the defense than the offense. Replacing David Irons and The Flat-Footed Tackling Linebacker will not be an easy task, particularly without the likely Flat-Footed Tackling Linebacker replacement, Tray Blackmon.
   
   
2. Mark me down for never wanting to be within a half-mile of Rulon Gardner. The 2000 gold medalist in Greco-Roman Wrestling adds surviving a plane crash to his list of experiences. My man has certainly lived. He was stranded in the wilderness overnight while snowmobiling in Wyoming in 2002 and two years later was hit by a car while riding a motorcycle. Now he survives a watery plane crash. Are we sure this guy isn’t a weatherman from Pittsburgh?
   
   
   

I've been stabbed, shocked, poisoned, frozen, hung, electrocuted, and burned....I am an immortal.