We went Lyric Padovani this go-round for two reasons: She was the Loveliest exactly 49 years ago today (July 31, 1963). And she has to have one of the most Olympic-worthy names to ever grace an Auburn enrollment list. Stay cool, Lyric. Check out our growing Loveliest of the Plains archives. Previously: Jean Ward and […]
Archives for July 2012
Toomer’s Oaks caretakers under gag order
The first rule of Toomer’s Oaks updates? There are no Toomer’s Oaks updates. Yep, the media gag order on persons involved in the Harvey Updyke case apparently extends all the way to the oaks caretakers themselves. No more roller coaster status reports. No more canopy rides. No more “come check out the Toomer’s tomato…” Auburn […]
The Ten Greatest Auburn Teams of the Modern Era
As of this writing, thirty-one different groups of players and coaches have taken the field for a season as that year’s edition of the Auburn Tigers in what we of the Wishbone consider to be the “modern era” of Auburn football, beginning with the arrival of Patrick Fain Dye prior to the 1981 season. Many […]
It’s Pronounced Jordan gets personal, LOLOLOL
We have a great time up in there on Thursday. Some Thursdays are greater than other. This one seems like one of those. Laugh-a-minute. Riotous. I don’t even remember what this episode was about, just that I felt good walking out the door and that I was expecting a “Can’t stop laughing” text or something […]
A complete set of 1988 Phil Neel’s Auburn pinback buttons (and a few from ’87)
I was never much for Burger King growing up (I mean, Kid Vid was cool) and for that I have paid dearly—via PayPal. Because the Phil Neel-illustrated buttons that were available at Burger Kings around Auburn and across the state in 1987 and 1988 were, at least at one time, fetching a pretty penny on […]