Brad "a good amount of points" Lester might not be completely to blame for last week's point prediction tomfoolery. Sure, Auburn's astrophysics department has a better shot of getting to the moon than the football team dropping 40 points on 'Bama (both feats would come down to basic physics tenants like trajectory, impact and immovable objects), but I think we see where Lester gets it from.
His coach, ole Tommy Tubs himself.
Case-in-point:
From The Sporting Blog:
"Needing a TD late in the fourth quarter with 8 minutes left, Auburn opted for the following play sequence.
1st-10, UGa28 6:08 B. Tate rushed to the right for 3 yard gain
2nd-7, UGa25 5:41 B. Tate rushed up the middle for 4 yard gain
3rd-3, UGa21 5:12 B. Tate rushed to the left for no gain
4th-3, UGa21 4:13 K. Burns incomplete pass to the right
Two cardinal sins in one series occurred here. First, the hot hand, Mario Fannin, who rushed for 107 yards and had 2 TDs on the day, sat on the bench for the final drive. Why? The math-deficient answer from Tommy Tuberville:
"Ben [Tate, who finished with 37 yards on 14 carries -- ed.] was running the ball pretty good," Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville said afterward. "
That's right. The guy with the 2 ypc average was running "pretty good," while the guy who'd been ripping Georgia all day stood on the sideline. While bland, the word "good" is an acceptable adjective, but only when used correctly. But, how can we expect Lester to know this, or ground any of his statements in reality, when his coach refuses to lead by example. At least the rest of the season, especially the offense, has been pretty good.
Oh, well. I feel like shit and am going back to bed.
Where've you been all week, man? Today I thought you just had a weird thing for Brad Lester until I realized it's the post from Monday!
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