Filed under: Auburn, All That and a Bag of Mail
Need an unexpected sign of how crazy the Cam Newton saga has become? Turn to perhaps the craziest message board on the Internet, LSU site Tigerdroppings.net, for the most-viewed most conspiracy-laden post in message board history. A writer by the name of blueTunaTiger has crafted a John Grisham-esque epic entitled, As the Plains Burn. I have no idea how many times this message board thread has been viewed, but judging by the number of people who have e-mailed or tweeted it to me this week, it has to be in the hundreds of thousands. Rather than describe the intricate plot details and manifold characters, I'm just going to send you to the Tigerdroppings link. Just know that the basic plot of the piece is that Auburn's athletic program has been caught up in a major FBI sting and that disaster is coming for the entire university. So popular did the thread become that it has now been placed in a PDF file along with a table of contents and visual accompaniment.
In reading the piece, it occurred to me that HBO is missing the boat by not setting up a television series in a South Alabama greyhound racing track that features a casino and a five-star hotel. Seriously, a five star hotel! Because every time people go to a dog track they think, "Man, if only I could spend $400 a night on a hotel room instead of driving back to my double wide."
This is the last season of Big Love. Can you think of a more entertaining setting for a show than an Alabama dog racing track? I can't. Also, anyone else love the fact that race track owner Milton McGregor had his attorney more vigorously contest the allegation that he paid Auburn players than that he paid Alabama legislators.
I absolutely loved this.
On to the All That and a Bag of Mail.
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