He's been telling me, 'Y'all got to beat Auburn.' He calls me everyday with it. He's like, 'You got a good game plan?' And I'm like, 'Yes, sir.'

I didn't pay too much attention to Auburn. It was always 'Roll Tide' at my house. Auburn was the only school in the state that didn't recruit me and they were the closest to my high school.

Auburn has been a pretty good feeder for swimming excellence.

I've been tailgating here for about 15 years, and I like tailgating here better than at Auburn,

All the calls that went against them were just such huge calls. So did they have a legitimate gripe? I would if I was a Seahawk.

The twins were loitering over their cereal, and Mrs. Walpole, with one eye on the clock and the other on the kitchen window past which the school bus would come in a matter of minutes, felt the unreasonable irritation that comes with being late on a school morning, the wading-through-molasses feeling of trying to hurry children.