Okay, I'm back.
My depression over last year's season was so bad that I stopped reading all college football coverage while still suffering through the abysmal games. I'm back in Auburn and immersed in the culture, so I can't help but want to talk about it online.
My heart is healing.
Stage 2 - Victim Blaming
I think that meggs and the tpd are just trying to figure out a way to exonerate Winston without making this girl look like an idiot which is going to be really difficult to do
Not my words. What do yall think?
The NCAA is suing EA Sports and the Collegiate Licensing Company, according to multiple reports.
The lawsuit was filed Nov. 4 in a Georgia state court. It followed a September settlement in which EA Sports and the Collegiate Licensing Company agreed to pay around $40 million to settle lawsuits brought by former players whose likenesses were used without compensation. That left the NCAA alone in facing the class-action lawsuits spearheaded by former UCLA basketball player Ed O'Bannon and former college quarterback Sam Keller.
The NCAA is seeking to block the settlement and have EA Sports be required to pay for future liability judgments, legal fees and costs, according to the reports.
The suit alleges the Collegiate Licensing Company did not "adequately supervise" EA Sports and that the NCAA was subsequently subjected to "potential liability in several lawsuits currently being litigated relating to EA's alleged use of NCAA student athletes' names, images, and likenesses in EA's NCAA-themed video games," according to The Wall Street Journal.
The suit also alleges the licensing company violated its business partnership with the NCAA by "self-dealing in settlement negotiations without the NCAA's knowledge, authorization or participation," per the Wall Street Journal report.
As for EA Sports, the suit alleges the video game company did not maintain sufficient liability insurance to cover "pending third-party claims, including for attorneys' fees that the NCAA has already incurred in defending against those claims," according to USA Today.
The NCAA also faults both EA Sports and the Collegiate Licensing Company for settling the lawsuits without notifying the collegiate governing body and for refusing to give the NCAA information pertaining to the settlement, USA Today reported.
The NCAA and EA Sports declined to comment, while CLC spokesman Andrew Giangola said, "CLC is caught in the middle of a dispute between NCAA and EA which should not involve us."
can I get banned for saying how I really feel about people that don't stick around through the dark times of their chosen sports teams?
At least have the courtesy to be permabanned as the reason you don't post during the down years.
can I get banned for saying how I really feel about people that don't stick around through the dark times of their chosen sports teams?
At least have the courtesy to be permabanned as the reason you don't post during the down years.
I actually followed auburn closely. I just didn't want to read what you guys or any sports media with anti-auburn biases (which would be pretty much all of them except for the solid verbal) had to say.
I watched every second of every game and stuck with the auburn boards. It almost felt like a family matter.
can I get banned for saying how I really feel about people that don't stick around through the dark times of their chosen sports teams?
At least have the courtesy to be permabanned as the reason you don't post during the down years.
I actually followed auburn closely. I just didn't want to read what you guys or any sports media with anti-auburn biases (which would be pretty much all of them except for the solid verbal) had to say.
I watched every second of every game and stuck with the auburn boards. It almost felt like a family matter.
I actually followed auburn closely. I just didn't want to read what you guys or any sports media with anti-auburn biases (which would be pretty much all of them except for the solid verbal) had to say.
I watched every second of every game and stuck with the auburn boards. It almost felt like a family matter.
Anyway, I guess I will keep showing up and getting treated like garbage by you guys for a couple of weeks until I get bored of that. This isn't the most inviting group.
You are getting treated like garbage because you were here for Cam, lost your smile since then, and are now miraculously ready to post again when your team is flying high.
Not that it matters anyway. I'm sure an Iron Bowl & bowl loss and you will be gone again.
You know nothing about me and are choosing to not even read what I wrote. I avoided all media coverage and GAF football interactions. That doesn't mean I didn't support the team by attending some games and watching them on tv while also posting on the auburn boards.
I know plenty about you. It's all in your post. Miami is dogshit lately, I have posted here every year. Duke has never been anything, truly posts here. Andy is still here this year, as are most of the Gatas. The FSU fans never left. So no, forgive us if we have little to no sympathy for you.
can I get banned for saying how I really feel about people that don't stick around through the dark times of their chosen sports teams?
At least have the courtesy to be permabanned as the reason you don't post during the down years.
I specifically said that I just avoided all coverage last season. Not that I didn't go to any games or watch them. I just didn't want to be here or read articles from journalists who were happy to see the team falling apart.
Seems logical to me.
:jncYou know nothing about me and are choosing to not even read what I wrote. I avoided all media coverage and GAF football interactions. That doesn't mean I didn't support the team by attending some games and watching them on tv while also posting on the auburn boards.
Posting here has nothing to do with how big of a fan someone is. I have two degrees from auburn and have worked there, so, it's not just some casual thing to me. It's family.
Nobody is out to get Auburn or the Auburn fans. You guys and your tinfoil hats. If you can't handle people heckling you or your team, then maybe college football isn't the right sport or you should try to get a thicker skin. We give each other a hard time all the time but I don't think I've seen people leave the thread over it, other than Domers and a couple Auburn fans that can't think rationally.
Seriously, stick around. It's a good time. And stick with it through good times with your team and bad. There is more to life than football.
I'm going to stick it out in this thread. I consider what's happening right now a weird homecoming to a foster home I only lived in for a couple of months.
The other boys just don't want to share their snacks with the guy who left.
Truth, take your ribbing for the next week where you will be called a life long, roll with it, and by next week youll be fine.
Everyone gives everyone shit here, but it is never mean spirited it. And for godsakes get off team specific boards! If all you do is visit that youll soon be that crazy michigan blogger guy whos convinced UM is throwing games due to some new world order.
Oh you have no idea how weird it gets. Wait until the offseason when the Miami fans start posting shirtless photos of 18 year olds that are definitely on steroids.
And to the duke guy:
Respect got being a duke football fan. Obviously you have a real tie to them.
I've been in College GAF since before NeoGAF. I made it through the final Dubose (2000 Alabama @ UCLA, me and Limedust aka "Eli", watching that start of a disastrous season), the Fran years, and the 2 Mike's. College GAF was alot smaller, so I feel we've done a good job bringing people in, but please, please stick around when things go bad. Take the ribbing. Give it back. Whenever Alabama's downfall happens, I know there's gonna be a hell of alot of HA HA's thrown my way. I'll be here. I'll probably use a tired old Waterworld reference (Dryland is not a myth. I've seen it!)
For as much as I hated pxleyes for disparaging remarks about Protho's injuries against Florida, he's stuck around during Meyer's downfall, and is still here during some pretty bad football under Muschamp. I'd bet he was around for some Zook time, but I can't remember everything.
The OSUn guys have had some rougher years, they stuck around.
The handful of Michigan guys have stuck around.
The USC guys in the middle of the NCAA Drubbing, have stuck around.
The Texas guys have stuck around to dream about Nick Saban going to Texas.
The USCe guys, they were here before Spurrier got them going.
There's still a handful of Penn State guys! Or former Penn State guys, I don't know which.
That one Ole Miss guy, will show up every once in awhile, and when he does, I will always post about this
We still have Rutger's fans! Or just alumni who want to burn down the coaching staff.
God help us, we still have 3 or 4 Tennessee fans.
The Louisville guys....well, I don't know what to think about those 2.
The only Auburn guy that I think would have stuck around, could never keep off the Gaming Forum. Original accounts and alt's.
I can think of 2 other Auburn fans, bearcatjosh (ok, so I have heard of you ), and Dali. Both just up and disappear when things aren't going right.
You deprived us of primetime shit-talking pleasure, but arrive just in time to possibly gloat if Auburn goes to Atlanta???
Shameful.
Unless I'm mistaken, and missed on a "No Tiger's" rule, because there never seems to be any Auburn, LSU, Missouri, or Clemson (where oh where did Az go???) fans around.
This has far less cursing and name calling than what I wanted to add, though.
Fair enough.
I am here for the long haul. I feel a kinship with you, my foster brothers.
Jesus, FSU. You're supposed to derp it up on the field. Not off.
Maybe I'm just not remembering, but what "Auburn bashing" were we doing the last couple years?
All I remember is a few comments of, "Yup, the usual Auburn is back now that The Boy That Was Paid For has gone on to be paid even more." And then... nothing. Certainly nothing beyond the usual short-lived reveling when a team, any team, takes a stumble.
Take it from a USC fan, it's just funny to see an Auburn fan complaining about everyone hating them and having to suffer through some tough times.
Dyer was down.
Maybe I'm just not remembering, but what "Auburn bashing" were we doing the last couple years?
All I remember is a few comments of, "Yup, the usual Auburn is back now that The Boy That Was Paid For has gone on to be paid even more." And then... nothing. Certainly nothing beyond the usual short-lived reveling when a team, any team, takes a stumble.
Take it from a USC fan, it's just funny to see an Auburn fan complaining about everyone hating them and having to suffer through some tough times.
yeah, and there was an old school VT guy, Denogginizer, who stopped coming. Think he's still around GAF somewhere. Az is around, mostly in the Madden topics, and we've talked on PS4 stuff. Same with The Once and Future King of Auburn fans.Cajunator roots for LSU, but he's more of a Saints fan, don't know where Azwethink went. I wish we had a couple of domers here. That one ND guy seemed alright. I think we lost our lone VT fan too, krzy1 I think
Forgot to include that "hey, Andycapps didn't kill himself after last weekends game. True Fan, right there!"
I'm more concerned about the shit Mre will give me if Bama does beat Duke next week. It could happen, and the CFB thread, which isn't about basketball, will not be a safe place of refuge. I imagine Lonestar will get in a few jabs too.
We better fucking win.
Duke had to sell a little bit of their basketball mojo to have a decent year in football. I'm not saying we're going to win, but we've got a shot!Thanks, I think. I've been around a few years, lost track of the time. 3, maybe 4 years?
truly101 - If Bama beats Duke? Are you in a weird alternate dimension where Duke has a chance in that game? We're talking about a game, not practice.
I'm more concerned about the shit Mre will give me if Bama does beat Duke next week. It could happen, and the CFB thread, which isn't about basketball, will not be a safe place of refuge. I imagine Lonestar will get in a few jabs too.
We better fucking win.
I doubt I'd give jabs, because I really wouldn't care if they win or lose.
BTW, why does there seem to be any worry about Duke losing that game??? Duke in a really REALLY down year? All I've heard about this year's Bama team, is they barely beat a really horrible team the 1st game, and Trevor Releford "went off" on a team recently. That's the extent of my knowledge of Alabama Basketball 2013.
I just remember dammitmatt getting royally pissed during the Cam Newton days. It was him that coined the phrase "scared straight," correct?
The USC fans have stuck around the hell? I've seen TTK, but bluemax has been a ghost this season.
The USC fans have stuck around the hell? I've seen TTK, but bluemax has been a ghost this season.
It's true, but at least he's here in spirit, and by that I mean in the top 10 of the pick'em.