Filed under: Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, LSU, Tennessee, SEC, All That and a Bag of MailAll That and a Bag of Mail initially debuted in 2006. We did it weekly for years. Then I left CBS and got lazy putting the mailbag together each week. But now we're back and rolling in time for the football season. So send along your e-mails if you crave the undying glory of mailbag inclusion.
As part of each week's mailbag, we introduced a Beaver Pelt Trader of the Week a few years back. For those of you who haven't been readers for a while, the Beaver Pelt Trader of the Week was designed to reward the most aggressive or outlandish or ridiculous decision of the week, sports or otherwise. Y'all can nominate candidates and each week we'll announce a new winner here in the opening of the mailbag. The name comes from the antiquated "riverboat gambler" cliche that you will doubtless still hear on television broadcasts when a coach makes a risky move. We decided that we should create our own ridiculous historical cliche, hence the Beaver Pelt Trader was born.
This week's winner? Auburn offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn for his decision to run the throwback screen pass with four minutes to go in a game that Auburn led 17-14. Can you imagine the disaster that ensues if that ball is picked off, which it easily could have been, and returned for a touchdown?
Yet it worked and gained 22 yards.
That's a Beaver Pelt Trader of the Week kind of call. The call was so crazy, in fact, that it jumped over Tennessee coach Derek Dooley instructing the Vols in shower etiquette, which came in at a close second. By the way, am I the only person who thinks Gus Malzahn looks alarmingly like Stephen Colbert? Anyone else see this? Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
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