Twenty-five great Jim Fyffe calls perfectly in synch with video of the plays he’s calling? This rscotta831 dude on YouTube is doing yeoman’s works. And you don’t get visual aids for the Over The Tops and Bye-Bye’s and Tillman Tillman Tillmans, but the just as awesome rare cuts, the B-sides. It’s good, it’s good, it’s [...]
All Elvis was doing was thanking people, thanking them very much. All Jim Fyffe was doing was telling people that Auburn had scored a touchdown. On paper, it was the most unoriginal sports catchphrase ever. On the airwaves, it was magic. (Thanks, jackass golfing Bama fan!) Fyffe died 10 years ago today. He once said [...]
You may recognize a few of the photos… Related: VIDEO: ‘Roll’em for the last time baby’– Bama fans taunt kids rolling Toomer’s Oaks Friday night. More on the the Toomer’s Oaks: That tree in the old picture of Toomer’s Corner is not one of the Toomer’s Oaks / Toomer’s Corner rollings didn’t start with Punt, Bama, [...]
YouTube user rbb2718, an “amateur aerial videographer and aspiring writer,” recently posted a video of amazing footage of Auburn’s campus shot from what appears to be (after you spot the shadow) a small drone helicopter that at one point actually takes you inside a building. But the best part—or most poignant, especially with David Gray’s [...]
A winter workout hype video made with three-seasons-old highlights should seem weird. But when both the coach and the player most responsible for creating them are back on the Plains bearing pizza and donuts it just feels right. If Auburn’s marketeers wanted to match the anticipation for 2013 to the DNA of 2010 (or something), [...]
Here it is, the culmination of a week’s worth of intense Harlem Shaking on the Plains: AU’s official contribution to the phenomenon, filmed during the 12-minute media timeout in the first half of Saturday’s Auburn-Florida game. Took just one take. Here’s how it looked from across the court. Related: Miss Auburn candidate Tara Jones does [...]
Holy crap. We’re pretty positive that’s Frankie Stankunas on the beat box and bald Wayne Bylsma keepin’ it real in the back the night before the 1990 Hall of Fame Bowl against Ohio State. And it was severe. Man, 1989 was the year Auburn rap was born. War Damn Eagle. Related: Beat Bama Beatbox, 1989. [...]
Lost to the giddiness of actually seeing him was the reason he was probably there: to serve as the Celebrity N for the “A-U-B-U-R-N” cheer at halftime. And that was great, too. Related: Cam Newton, Auburn intramural basketball star. … Keep Reading: * Auburn grad Katherine Webb will featured prominently in new SI Swimsuit Issue [...]
It’s been a while since we’ve had some Toomer’s-rolling worthy basketball highlights. Thanks, Cam! Related: Cam Newton leads Auburn basketball to win over Alabama. … Keep Reading: * One of the Wiggles is an Auburn fan * The sexy Auburn grad student in ‘House’ * Aubie and Kenan Thompson * Wall Street Journal says Auburn [...]
Related: An open letter to the Auburn University 2013 Recruiting Class. … Keep Reading: * One of the Wiggles is an Auburn fan * The sexy Auburn grad student in ‘House’ * Aubie and Kenan Thompson * Wall Street Journal says Auburn football worth millions more than Alabama football * Auburn professor 4th hottest in [...]