Scott Fillmer

Today Auburn finally ended up with a win after 4 straight losses starting with Vanderbilt back on October 4th and ending with Mississippi last week, a 37-20 win is a still a win.  The weather was great and the game moved along nicely since it was not on TV this time.  No “red hat” referee was even on the field which was nice and the pre-game and homecoming festivities were enjoyable as well.

This week was the Ag Roundup in Ag Heritage Park where Auburn showcased the Auburn University Mobile Gasification Unit which converts wood chips and woody biomass into electricity (see more at the NRMDI website or their blog) and they also offered up some great southern food at the Taste of Alabama.

Below are some of the photos I took throughout the day.  You can see more of the photos from today at the Auburn vs Tennessee Martin gallery.  (Sorry for those who are not on DSL here).  Most of the day was spent in the sun (the North endzone will do that) but it was not so hot you couldn’t stand it like previous day games.  I was able to get some pretty good shots of the band this week.  The Auburn band is usually pretty accessible and this week was no different.  So for those band mom’s out there, just click on the gallery above to see more like the ones below.

The next two weeks will probably prove to be very difficult for Auburn.  All we have left in the season is Georgia, who always seems to be able to win in Auburn no matter what kind of season we are having, and of course the Auburn vs Alabama game on November 29th in Tuscaloosa.  I am sure all those Bama fans are licking their chops at this point.  For them, I would hate to get over confident and loose out on a national championship birth by loosing to Auburn but stranger things can happen.

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This week Auburn seemed to be lucky to squeak out a win over an unranked 1-2 Tennessee team, but a win is a win, and 14-12 is a win.  The remaining games are not going to get much easier, and next week what would seem like an easy game now seems to be a tough conference game against an undefeated Vanderbilt team.  This week the game was played at 2:30 on CBS and was sunny and hot, but still made for a few good photo opportunities.  Below are some of my favorite from the game. The first shot above is a hand off to Ben Tate (#44).

If you have photos from the game I would love to see them… please post a comment below so we can take a look.  Hopefully there won’t be to many more really hot, full sun, games left, it should cool off down here sooner or later.  See you here next week for Vanderbilt.

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What an exhausting weekend last Saturday was for many people, and a 16-21 loss makes it a bit longer.  I normally have this post up on the same night as the football game but with everything going on this week, this is as good as it gets this time.  The Auburn vs LSU game started very very early for me with ESPN Gameday and through to the final shots of the stadium as people left the game (see Fans Exit Jordan-Hare Stadium After a Long Day // Auburn 21 LSU 26). So here are some of the photos from the day.  You can view the full gallery of images from the Auburn vs LSU game on the Auburn vs LSU 2008 gallery.  Images are being loaded into that gallery right now and should have about 40 photos of the day later tonight.  For now, here are a few of my favorites.

Let’s hope that this week’s game against Tennessee goes better than LSU.  I will make a quick prediction that we will see some of Kodi Burns this week, but of course that is just a guess.  It was a real heartbreaking loss to LSU, and the first time the home team had lost that game since 1999.  It wasn’t from lack of trying, the guys played their hearts out as well, we just fell a few first downs short (among other things).  Hope you enjoy the photos.

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What an incredibly long day to end in a loss to LSU. It was a stunning end to the game and as fans left the stadium they had a dazed look of what just happened. I stopped to take several shots of the fans exiting Jordan Hare stadium and then went up on top of the parking deck and got this shot. To date this is probably my favorite shot of Jordan Hare.

The lights still flooding the field and a sea of people walking away like drones with no excitement or enthusiasm that we have come to expect.  What an interesting day to say the least.  More shots to come.

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I am running from Gameday and back to Jordan-Hare for the game itself.  Of course all plans can go away quickly, as I was going to post several shots here from ESPN Gameday in between the broadcast and the game.  Once I got back to my office and started transferring the files one of my cards got corrupted, which happens to be all the final images where Corso put on the Auburn helmet (which apparently he was miffed about because Auburn would not allow him to have Aubie’s head).  So, here are a few from this morning… plenty more to come once I recover the lost files.

Additional Gameday images can be found on the ESPN College Gameday Gallery.  Hopefully tonight I will get some good shots of Toomer’s corner after an Auburn victory.

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ESPN today began broadcasting for ESPN Sports Center from the Auburn campus and did all the prep work for the live ESPN College Gameday broadcast from 9-11am CT on tomorrow (Saturday).  Setup is pretty much the same as it was two years ago, along with a barricade around the entire Allison Physics Lab lawn.  The barricade is large enough to fit 4 full 18-wheeler satellite trucks and trailers, a huge Home Depot Gameday Bus, the set, a mini football field, all the employees cars, and an uncounted number of tents of all kinds.

Photos of Gameday Setup and Sports Center Broadcast

Here are a few images of the day.  I will be posting all Gameday images in the ESPN Gameday Gallery if you want to see additional images from the two days.  The photo of the people watching The Home Depot bus is a little weird, I am not sure I could look at my face printed that large on an object, but there they are.

Auburn Students Told Sportsmanship is Important

Earlier in the week Dr. Green, the Dean of Students, sent an email to all Auburn students reminding them to show good sportsmanship.  Since this has been made public by all the papers and ESPN themselves I thought I would make note of it myself of course.  This was really much to do about nothing, and Dr. Green is certainly correct in his statement, but… is it not really quite ridiculous that it was even necessary to send an email like this in the first place (see below).  But, those are the times we live in I guess.  A few years ago you would never have heard anyone booing their own team in Auburn, but such was the case recently (and as of right now we are undefeated).  Nothing seems to be private any more and this email surfaced on the Internet within hours of its release (several days ago at this point).

Dear Auburn Student,

I wanted to remind each of you about the importance of your support for our team and displaying character this weekend when L.S.U. fans and other guests arrive this weekend. First, please join me by agreeing to demonstrate your support for, and not criticism of, our football team. That means no booing! Remember, the team isn’t trying to lose the game the players work hard all spring and during fall camp to be ready to compete in the S.E.C. Let’s show our appreciation for their hard work by encouraging them with loads enthusiasm! Secondly, help me show the world what I get to experience everyday: that Auburn men and women are special, dedicated, loyal, fun loving, bleed orange and blue, are compassionate, and demonstrate good will to others, even our competitors.

ESPN Game Day will be in town this weekend and we need everyone to come out and show them how much we support our team. Let’s show Chris Fowler, Kirk Hebstreit, Lee Corso and Desmond Howard true fan support and loyalty for Auburn!

The nation will be watching the next two weeks (ESPN, CBS next week), and lets remember to have a great time, enjoy the weekend’s activities, watch our language and behavior, and display class, taste, and character in everything we do. I have every confidence you will.

War Eagle!!

Dr. Johnny Green, ’85
Office of the Dean of Students
Suite 3248
Auburn University Student Center
Auburn Univ., AL 36849

With that email in mind, the turn out today for the ESPN taping of Sport Center was great.  For a 5-7 minute take, students stood outside in the blazing sun for at least 3-4 hours to wait for that 5 minute spot with a ton of signs, and hats off to the maker of the “Priceless” sign, that one was probably the most creative out there this afternoon.  There should be plenty of students out there this time, even if they do have the students a football field away from the gameday set.

I will make one more ESPN Gameday post tomorrow mid-afternoon before the LSU game starts before I head back to Jordan-Hare to actually watch the game (yes there actually is a football game being played as well).

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I was on campus tonight for Encounter (see Encounter Performs Live in the Auburn Student Activities Center for their previous performance) and I had to stop by the set for ESPN College Gameday.  If you are a football fan and you can’t get excited about this game, something is wrong.  ESPN is all setup and ready to go, the satellite trucks are all over campus, and the students in the sororities and fraternities are doing there part as well (see photos below).

If you look close at the ESPN set, you will see I am looking at the back side of it, with a steady stream of barricades all the way around it.  Getting a shot of the FRONT of the set might not be as easy as I thought it was going to be.  Hopefully there will be some access to the front, although there is a nice ravine in front of the set, which will make for some nice shots from underneath the booth.  We will see tomorrow I guess.

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ESPN College GameDay is coming back to Auburn for the Auburn vs LSU game on Saturday, September 20, 2008.  This will be the first time that ESPN’s traveling show will be in Auburn since the Auburn vs Florida game in 2006 when the Auburn Tigers beat the Florida Gators 27-17.   Auburn vs LSU is always a great, nail biting game, and this year, Auburn will welcome ESPN commentators Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Lee Corso and Desmond Howard as they setup shop, presumably just outside Jordan-Hare stadium, where they will broadcast live from 9-11am local CT.

Some Auburn ESPN College Game Day Facts

From Auburn pre-game report.  ESPN’s College GameDay Built by Home Depot featuring Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Lee Corso and Desmond Howard will be in Auburn this weekend for the Auburn-LSU game. It will mark the fifth visit to Auburn by the GameDay crew, which last visited for the 2006 Auburn-Florida game. Auburn also hosted GameDay for the 1995 Iron Bowl, a 1997 game against Florida and a 2004 game against Georgia. GameDay was scheduled to be at the Auburn-LSU game on Sept. 18, 2004, but the threat of Hurricane Ivan forced the show to be relocated.

It will be the ninth time that Auburn has played in GameDay’s on-site game. The Tigers are 5-3 in GameDay contests, including a 3-1 mark at home.

Listed are Auburn’s all-time appearances on GameDay.

Date Result Game (Site)
Sept. 16, 2006 W, 27-17 vs. Florida (Auburn)
Dec. 4, 2004 W, 38-28 vs. Tennessee (Atlanta)
Nov. 13, 2004 W, 24-6 vs. Georgia (Auburn)
Oct. 2, 2004 W, 34-10 at Tennessee (Knoxville)
Oct. 18, 1997 L, 10-24 vs. Florida (Auburn)
Nov. 23, 1996 L, 23-24 vs. Alabama (B’ham)
Nov. 18, 1995 W, 31-27 vs. Alabama (Auburn)
Nov. 19, 1994 L, 14-21 vs. Alabama (B’ham)

College GameDay 2006, Auburn vs Florida

Back in 2006 we were living in Colorado and I flew into Atlanta from Denver for the football game against Florida.  Although Les Corso has not always seen Auburn orange and blue in the past, that weekend I did get  to sit down with Corso for a short while and discuss the finer points of Auburn football. It is always exciting to have ESPN GameDay in Auburn and that year was no exception.  2006 was one of those crazy seasons where everyone was mumbling about the BCS ranking system and, especially here in Auburn, people were wondering how we were all going to get our fair shake at the BCS title.  We ended up loosing two games, Georgia and Arkansas but did beat LSU (photos below) and went on to the Cotton Bowl that year.

At that time, I had already spoken with many people throughout the years who had run into Les Corso (and some of the Game Day crew) and their stories varied wildly.  Of course I ran into Corso not at the game, but early Sunday morning in the Atlanta airport on my way through security, and shared a train ride to the gate with him.  I doubt I will share the same ride this year since I now live in Auburn, but I never believed all those nasty rumors about you anyway Lee (haha), and I enjoyed our 10-15 minute conversation together.

My only regret was not bringing my camera equipment to Auburn with me for GameDay.  Well not this year. This year I will be right in the thick of it with my camera equipment to bring the first blog photos of ESPN College GameDay on September 20th from here in Auburn.  So if you are interested, come back here between the end of GameDay and the start of the LSU game on Saturday (some time between 12noon and 4pm CT) for some photos of the broadcast.

Auburn vs LSU is always dramatic fun, and having ESPN GameDay back in Auburn will only add to the excitement.  The photos shown above were taken from the last Auburn vs LSU home game in 2006 when Auburn won 7-3, not much unlike last week vs Mississippi State.  The last shot, towering over the line, was #77 King Dunlap during pre-game warm up (yes my one and only [so far] field appearance on the sidelines).

I am looking forward to the ESPN crew coming down to the plains and I hope everyone makes Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Lee Corso and Desmond Howard all feel welcome here in Auburn, even if Corso does pull out a big yellow and purple tiger head at the end.  If he does, I will post the photo right here for all to see.

See you back here on Saturday, go Tigers (Auburn that is).

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Well the time has come for the craziness to begin here in Auburn.  Today is the start of the Auburn Football schedule (and college football all across the country for that matter), and all things crazy that go along with Auburn Football.

Those unfamiliar with the fall traditions of Auburn football won’t really understand the transformation this town goes through starting today, but it is quite severe, becoming the 4th or 5th largest city in Alabama on gameday weekend, this small, quiet little city becomes a wall to wall metropolis of tailgaters and football fans.  Something I know the city of Auburn wouldn’t trade for anything.

We will add two, to the 87,451 people watching the game live at Jordan-Hare Stadium today.  Hopefully without getting sunburned to bad, and perhaps coming away with a few good images of the game.  Look for me today if you are coming to the game or tailgating on campus, I’ll be the one in the orange Auburn hat.  War Eagle.

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