Patrick Trahan - Trash Talker

So this week Auburn plays the Ole Miss Rebels. Most years I expect to beat these guys, but as we've seen the Auburn season go from bad to worse, I may be in for another tough game against the Fightin Nutts.

I was reading an interesting article earlier previewing the game and explaining the situation of Linebacker Patrick Trahan, a former Auburn Tiger who is now at Ole Miss.

Trahan faced some academic issues after playing for Auburn in 2006, and transferred to community college the following year rather than face academic suspension. For a player that finished with a whopping 11 career tackles, he sure does think he's going to stick it to Auburn this weekend.

Trahan said, "I hope they boo me," Trahan said. "That'd be pretty cool. They should. After the game, they might boo me even more."

Wow Mr. Trahan, very bold. He went on to say he is glad the former staff is gone, but would've liked to beat them one more time.

"It felt good last year when they lost and the coaching staff was there," Trahan said. "It would have been better if they were still there, but it's kind of cool that they're not."

There's a couple things about his comments that strike me. First of all, the comment about Auburn fans booing him. Since he only played at Auburn one year and barely contributed, I don't think the Auburn faithful are going to be clamoring to get revenge on this former "superstar." In fact I'm pretty sure 90% of the current Auburn students have no idea who he is.

Secondly, I don't know why he is so vindictive toward Tommy Tuberville's staff. It was a staff that recruited him, gave him a scholarship, and eventually a chance to play. Now it is no one but Trahan's fault that he failed himself out of school and into this situation. For a guy that's not enough smart enough to attend classes, these comments strike me as just plain dumb. I was fortunate enough to have a class with the guy, and unless his notes were in his cell phone, I can guess he didn't do very well in that course.

So I urge the few of you that know who this guy is not to give him the satisfaction of being booed on Saturday. Don't acknowledge someone who insists on blaming a coaching staff and not himself for his problems. Save the cheering for the players that matter. The ones in orange and blue.

War Eagle