It’s kind of hard to believe (given Auburn’s obvious emotional edge), but only two of the state’s 24 sportswriters with a vote in the Associated Press poll picked the Tigers to win the 1989 Iron Bowl. Bama was going to roll, First Time Ever adrenaline or not—even Philip Marshall thought so.
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Keep Reading:
* Erotic Auburn Beer Stein
* Pat Dye buying sunglasses
* Muhammad Al on the Haley Center concourse
* Playboy in Auburn, 1989
* The War Eagle Jeep in Vietnam
* 78 never-before-seen photos of the Kopper Kettle explosion of 1978
* Rare candids of Pat Sullivan at the 1971 Heisman banquet
* G.I. Joe’s Auburn’s connection
I wonder how many of those gentleman, had they been asked, would have believed it possible that this little piece would surface again two decades hence.
I don’t even know some of these names, but Jeremy really should think about a where are they now piece on this. It might be something to get through the slower parts of basketball season …
I had been living in TX for the previous 8 years and this was my first game back at AU after all those years. Since I was in school and attended the Punt Bama game, this one was a close second in the “my greatest games of all time” sweepstakes. What a great day.
JB
[...] Of course everybody in the world is picking Alabama, but so did everybody in 1989. [...]
The Scripture at the end was a nice touch.
Boom. Roasted.