It’s nice, really—realizing that Twitter doesn’t reflect reality, that there are normal people out there who obsess not over the facial hair of Auburn football coaches.
Because on Twitter, Brian VanGorder’s appearance was the stuff of legend within an hour, maybe minutes, maybe seconds. But out in the college real world that is the Haley Center concourse, VanGorder’s anachronistic appearance is the stuff of WTF perplexity. Or at least it still was a few weeks after his arrival on the Plains.
Though he’s arguably Auburn’s most distinguishably-featured coach not named Gene Chizik, not a single student interviewed by Eagle Eye News back in January (the segment was recently posted to YouTube) could identify the mustachioed marvel when showed his photo, though many ventured guesses: Uncle Rico, a comedian, Will Ferrell, a basketball coach, “some goofy guy from the 70s”, and our favorite, “Steve.”
When told that the man in the photo was Auburn’s new defensive coordinator, one guy simply replied, “Is that what he looks like right now?”
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I am 95% sure they had meet people that knew who he was but did not air it… my job entails me to mix with the student body and I can not count how many students were pimping mustaches in honor of our new coach. Fyi shocking all the girls did not know what a non head coach looked like… really???
I’m sure they will recognize him after the upcoming college football season. He’s a very recognizable person, but that’s also coming from an Atlanta Falcons fan. Since he’s moved to Alabama, I’ve seen him at both the Irish Bred Pub and Locos.