The trash talk before the 1972 was downright scatological.

Upon learning that the power lines that typically bore the brunt of the toilet paper were to be buried beneath Magnolia Avenue, and after fearing the tradition thus ‘doomed’, Auburn fans in the late 70s had no trouble getting creative with the rolling of Toomer’s Corner.

Pay Dye Field will get it’s grass back today. Turf sod rolls weighing 1,800 pounds each and covering 160 square feet are currently being unloaded outside Jordan-Hare Stadium and will begin being laid this afternoon. The sod was produced by Bent Oak Farms, located in Foley. Eric Kleypas, Auburn’s manager of Turf and Landscape Services, [...]

Further confirmation that in the war on terror, Auburn consistently goes the extra mile.

Well, SOMEONE ended up “coming on the clouds with great power and glory” on Saturday.

The eagle in front of Beard-Eaves Memorial Coliseum is about to become a temporary casualty to construction. Work on Auburn’s new Student Activities Center is displacing the eagle to parts currently unknown. Where will the bird be reside until a new home is found? “That’s actually what they’re trying to figure out today,” said and [...]

It’s damn near impossible to top Pat Dye building a fence of pressure treated pine on the five yard line for that Osmose commercial, but this early 90s spot for Golden Spot is certainly worth mentioning. Rarely has the unspoken rule that coaches can only peddle products with footbaw metaphors been so loud (and so [...]

Best Explanation? Sex appeal. Thematic consistency. Auburn jerseys are hot. It just makes sense.

What does a 6″6, 250 lb. No. 1 Draft Pick karaoke to? Anything he wants. After floating in midair for Panini’s NFL rookie card shoot in Los Angeles yesterday, Cam Newton decided to sing along to, oh yes, Baby, proof positive that no one is immune to Bieber Fever. No one. “Shouts out to Bieber,” [...]

The Blessed Individual posed for his Topps trading card Saturday afternoon. Cameras caught him just as he was raptured. Photo via. Did you see something AUsome? Weird? Today? Whenever? Take a picture of it? Screen cap it? Know someone who did? Send it to us at photos@thewareaglereader.com Check out the Photo of the Day archives. [...]