Surrender Now!
Posted by BrianCheck out this email from the Auburn University’s Office of the Dean of Students:
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
Phone: 334-844-1304
greenjr@auburn.edu
First of all, just what in the hell does the “Dean of Students” do? I can’t think of a more useless sounding position.
Has the Auburn offense been inept thus far? Yes. Does that mean that a university official should preemptively start waving the white flag before the big game against LSU and beg students not to boo what Dr. Green expects to be a lackluster performance? No. What an idiot.
Nit picky time - don’t say “this weekend” twice in the same sentence.
While we’re talking about the game I figured I would mention that the Tigers (the ones from Baton Rouge that is) are favored by 2.5. The more optimistic Auburn fans I’ve talked to are suggesting (hoping?) that the offense has been sandbagging this year. Now they might come out on Saturday and run up and down the field on the Bayou Bengals (stranger things have happened), but I think it is a bit of a stretch to argue that the offense has been intentionally bad.
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September 19th, 2008 at 8:00 am
Sounds like the old days of the New Orleans Naints and the Unknown Fan.
September 19th, 2008 at 11:24 am
As a lifelong AU fan, I hate to go against AU, but based upon the recent lack of O, I’m predicting LSU 24-10. I hope I’m wrong.
September 19th, 2008 at 11:43 am
I’m sticking with my boys on the Plains. AU 21 - LSU 17.
September 19th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
I think it will be AU 17-LSU 14. Tuberville is a better coach than Miles is and that will prove to be the difference tomorrow.
September 20th, 2008 at 6:57 am
Hey Brian,
I’m on the road until Tuesday and I don’t think the Blackberry will allow me to do justice responding but:
1) The Dean of Students should be the second most important and powerful posistion on campus (behind the President). Without a good DoS to represent the interests of the students the University becomes a retirement vehicle for academians, an exclusively research driven environment that ignores teaching and a cool place to host football games on fall weekends. Because trust me, those interests have a seat at the table. I’m all for research and football, its just important to balance that with the interests of students which are often conflicting with those other interests (think gameday parking).
2) Our current DoS at AU is a good man but often less than competent at the job.
3) As a recent graduate (Dec. 07) I must ashamedly admit I share the Dean’s concerns about the conduct of our fans this Saturday. I think his message was not to give up expectations but to avoid the chorus of boos from the student section that greeted Brandon Cox at so many games last season. (Deservedly so BTW.). However, Auburn men and women are not about booing our team because we recognize that what makes AU great is our values and people and I support the Dean’s emphasis on those matters.
Auburn 21-17! War Eagle!
P.S. I just realized I should have reversed the order of points 2 and 3 to clarify that I think he was trying make a valid point but it came out wrong.