Continuing in our heartily-researched, interview-heavy retrospective series on the campaign to bring the Heisman Trophy to Auburn for the second time, which so far includes an interview with Tony Barnhart, a look at the un-campaign of ’84, an interview with Randy Campbell about his country Bo ballad, a comparison of the Bo and Cam pre-Heisman SI covers, and my “Bo Jackson has a cold” story… and which better get fast-tracked before the blinding, newly-bronzed light of The Blessed Individual blots out whatever interest remains.
They say that Bo’s was a quiet, let-the-stats-do-the-talking campaign.
But the stats needed stamps.
Here’s the ephemera (postcards, stat sheets, etc.) that Heisman voters had scattered across their desks 25 years ago, at least the Heisman-winning ephemera from Auburn.
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(Pat Dye told me Ray Perkins was a “dumbass”, and I believe him, but you’ve got to love that quote: “Bo Jackson is the greatest running back in the world, college or pro.”)
Courtesy AU Libraries Special Collections and Archives.
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