They wanted some contact info for the visor thief (which, by the way, is apparently what they actually call him at school). Oh, and do you have any other interesting “stories behind the stories” about crazy stuff that happened at the Iron Bowl, after the Iron Bowl, through the magic of the Iron Bowl? Is […]
Archives for November 2014
VIDEO: Bear Bryant isn’t sure Bo Jackson got in the end zone for winning ’82 Iron Bowl touchdown
The sun didn’t come up Sunday morning at the Bryant house, and later that afternoon Steadman Shealy, former Bama quarterback and host of The Bear Bryant Show, barely had the strength to open the Golden Flag bag.
The AU Wishbone: Bring the Fight to Them
Come-from-Behind Victory Over Samford!!! Hey—in this bizarre roller-coaster of a season we are all collectively enjoying/enduring, we clearly should be happy about ANY victory in the month of November. And not just a victory—a COME FROM BEHIND victory over the mighty Bulldogs from Birmingham. Man—during those last few moments of the second quarter, the Tigers […]
How FDR’s ‘Franksgiving’ fiasco nearly spoiled the dedication of Auburn Stadium
In late March, 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt stopped briefly in the Loveliest Village of the Plain and gave a speech. You can see rare photos of the stop here. He opened the speech by complimenting Auburn’s football tradition and closed by hinting that he may have to pull for the Tigers come fall, presidential […]
Werther’s Originals fan Ace Atkins on being a grandfather who won the 1993 Iron Bowl
I mean, everyone had a “tell my kids about this” line in them back during the smoky Auburn locker rooms of yesteryear. But listen to that description. The Auburn Assassin was already writing in the locker room! “When my grandchildren are on my knee and I’m sitting there sucking on Werther’s Originals, I can sit […]