Thursday, March 15, 2007

And so it begins…

Welcome, one and all, to the first installment of My Five Cents. (See, my name is Collin Mickle, and Mickle...nickel...five cents...two cents...Oh, forget it. It’s not important.)

First things first: Did you guys see how big that picture of my head was out on the front page of our sports section? Seriously, I looked like a tanner, hairier Charlie Brown. Terrifying.

I’d have more to complain about if that wasn’t what I actually looked like. But we’re moving on now.

I’m Collin Mickle, for those of you who didn’t recognize the huge head and uncombed hair just above the link you clicked on to get here. I’m the Auburn beat writer for the Opelika-Auburn News, which means this here blog is going to be dedicated to talking about AU sports...stuff that catches my eye, stuff that I can’t quite fit into one of my daily stories or stuff that’s happening RIGHTNOW. I’ll be posting multiple times a day, because that’s the kind of guy I am, so feel free to keep coming here for regular doses of AU insight.

But there’s more than that. Man can’t live on AU sports alone. It’s my blog, so we’ll also occasionally shoot the breeze about TV, music, pop culture, life as a sportswriter and the beauty—plus the occasional bad—of living in Auburn. Also, especially as summer drags on, there will be times when I shamelessly cheer for my beloved Cincinnati Reds. Y’know, because this is their year. Seriously. I have to believe this.

Anyway, the blog’s not just about me...It’s about you guys too. Please feel free to leave comments or to e-mail me at cmickle@oanow.com. I get a lot of e-mails asking questions about things that we don’t often have space to get into the paper. I always return my e-mails, but I’d also like to start posting some responses here. So keep those e-mails coming.

I’ll have my first actual, y’know, relevant blog entry up later today. We’ll be talking about—what else?—spring football.