Auburn Has a Problem With Thursday Night Games

But not a problem at all mixing the Slim Goodbody/Elvis/Carrot Top look. I sometimes forget that real football conferences play on Saturday. So it was kind of funny to read that a Thursday night game would cause problems for anyone. Ever since Auburn lost to Arkansas and headed into its open week with Thursday’s primetime kickoff at West Virginia looming on the horizon, the calendar’s been a bit askew for Tuberville and the Tigers. “It’s just your consistency of what you normally do,” Tuberville said. “Tuesday was Monday, yesterday was Wednesday, today’s Thursday. “You try to keep it all the same, but it’s really hard to do that.” When I read things like that and the rumors about Tuberville having a stroke that he didn't have but felt like he needed to address and rumors about a pending retirement, I wonder how much attention is being paid to the game. I think we've seen the pitfalls of weeknight road games ... (link)