Saturday, April 09, 2005

Golf and Football

... and Tommy Tuberville, our opening day opponent this football season. Evidently Tommy, Auburn's football coach, was spotted at the Masters and was questioned about why he wasn't preparing for Georgia Tech. Seems pretty confident to me:

Now we know why Auburn completed its spring football practice last month. Head coach Tommy Tuberville wanted to go to the Masters.


When rain halted play early Friday afternoon, Tuberville ducked into the Grill Room at the Augusta National Clubhouse for lunch.


"Don't you have a football team to coach? Shouldn't you be breaking down Georgia Tech game film this week?" he was asked on the way out.


"Come on," Tuberville said. "I haven't lost a game in two years. I'm just trying to stay out of the rain."