Coming off the high of our fifth straight win and our No. 17 ranking in the national polls, we feel the need to heap praises on our Auburn family.
While a few of us stayed here in Auburn to watch the game, we've heard a great deal of you went to Knoxville this weekend and supported our boys in Neyland Stadium.
We've heard the Auburn University Marching Band represented us well and, on occasion, its volume even blocked out the Tennessee band.
Since several of the editorial board members are former band geeks ourselves, we salute you.
We want to commend the football players on the job they are doing thus far this season, and we hope they continue to play at increasingly better levels.
We've got some hard weeks to come, and we need to be ready.
We also have to mention something we've been noticing over the last few weeks, something we thoroughly enjoy: our players handing the referees the ball when plays are over.
To begin with, it just looks classy, like our players have attended some sort of Cotillion or etiquette training seminar.
We're certain Miss Manner herself, Emily Post, would approve.
Coach Malzahn's plan for immediate ball hand-offs also cut down on delays and the possibility of a penalty for delay of game or excessive celebration.
After all, we saw on Sportscenter what happened to the University of Georgia's A.J. Green after his antics during their game Saturday. We don't want stupid mistakes costing us football games.
There are a few of us who were unsure about Coach Chizik when he came to replace the much-beloved Tuberville, and our doubts are being lessened each week.
We have our problems, true, but we are witnessing a team gaining confidence and figuring out what they have to do to win.
Continue your great support of this team, Auburn fans.
In the weeks ahead, we've got some tough opponents to face, and our team will need the support of each and every one of you true members of the Auburn family.
Stand with this team.
Cheer, rant, rave and yell, even in the rain (We're all becoming pros at this one).
We're on track.
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