Archive for the Category ‘The Daily Believer: Random Notes, Posts, and Webphemera’

It’s Pronounced Jordan gets the Shug Jordan of intros, rolls Toomer’s history

It’s Pronounced Jordan gets the Shug Jordan of intros, rolls Toomer’s history

I’ll be holding the Auburn Network studios hostage yet again tonight (Occupy Hubbard), this time brandishing the sweet sounds of Auburn yesteryear. My only demand? Your undivided, delicious attention. And a pizza. Tune in to The Drive on 106.5 FM or www.ESPNAU.com at 5 pm (or start an hour earlier if you want the best [...]

It’s Pronounced Jordan says hello, talks pre-Aubie mascots

It’s Pronounced Jordan says hello, talks pre-Aubie mascots

Introducing our joint radio venture with The Drive.

Nova vs. Robo-Nova—who would win?

Nova vs. Robo-Nova—who would win?

Sure it’s nifty and all, and sure, it won’t leave “eagle grease” on a luxury box window unless you want it to leave “eagle grease” on a luxury box window, but how does Robo-Nova, the ornithopter made by Auburn engineering students late last summer (and made famous by TWER on the day of its football [...]

Gus Malzahn made it rain in 2011 according to NPR

Gus Malzahn made it rain in 2011 according to NPR

Gus Malzahn ended the year with a bang. Not only did he give Auburn a French kiss goodbye with a finally effective offense, he (somehow) made an oddly constructed NPR word cloud of things, places, and people that had a great 2011, right along with Occupy Wall Street, Tim Tebow, and The Rapture. Gus is [...]

LeBron James and Dwayne Wade help start SuperCam fad

LeBron James and Dwayne Wade help start SuperCam fad

Born in the glorious wake of his touchdown dive against South Carolina last year (Victory the First), Cam Newton’s signature celebration—a mimed transformation from Clark Kent to Superman—isn’t just being ripped off by lesser gods of college football this year, it’s being appropriated by NBA All-Stars. Last night, after the game-winning bucket against the Charlotte [...]

Vintage Aubie poster wants you to vote AUBIE, now in the Final Four

Vintage Aubie poster wants you to vote AUBIE, now in the Final Four

Unless ninety percent of Nevada’s fan base are web addicted insomniacs who have CapitalOneBowl.com as their homepage, the Final Four of the Capital One Mascot Challenge has apparently come down to which school’s media machine can convince more people to download automatic SMS Texting apps and leave their phone on all night (learned it from [...]

WBRC preview to 1986 Iron Bowl includes expose on 1980s Auburn-Alabama “insult merchandise”

WBRC preview to 1986 Iron Bowl includes expose on 1980s Auburn-Alabama “insult merchandise”

The best thing about WBRC’s Iron Bowl preview is undoubtedly Michael Jones stone-faced featurette on the “insult merchandise” available at the new Riverchase Galleria.

‘Tis the season to advertise on The War Eagle Reader

‘Tis the season to advertise on The War Eagle Reader

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas at The War Eagle Reader, or at least enough for you to begin considering including us in your holiday advertising budget. Get your business’s name on the minds of people who live in Auburn, go to Auburn, graduated from Auburn, drive to Auburn, think of Auburn, cheer [...]

Just who put the ‘Amen’ in ‘Amen Corner’?

Just who put the ‘Amen’ in ‘Amen Corner’?

Pat Dye—> Augusta National—> Mildred Bailey

Bear Bryant, Auburn fan?

Bear Bryant, Auburn fan?

Maybe it was the altitude, or the free Delta liquor, or maybe he really was enrolled in Auburn in the late 70s. Whatever the reason, on May 4, 1977, on a flight from New York City to Birmingham, Bear Bryant wrote a nice, personal note to a 10-year-old named David Bivin—you know, one Auburn fan [...]

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