Archive for the Category ‘Tiger Pause: Tracking Auburn in Pop Culture’

Beach Head… the Joe from Auburn

Beach Head… the Joe from Auburn

Abject poverty + Valedictorian of AHS + Covert Ops = Typical Auburn townie.

Pause VCR: Screen caps from VCR College Bowl Game (1987)

Pause VCR: Screen caps from <i>VCR College Bowl Game</i> (1987)

Host Jimmy Johnson strangles co-host Barry Switzer after Barry picks up the “interception” card.

Holding a grudge ’cause they turned him to sludge: Two campy degrees of separation twixt Auburn and Swamp Thing

Holding a grudge ’cause they turned him to sludge: Two campy degrees of separation twixt Auburn and Swamp Thing

It could’ve been his California Raisins or his Alf shirt. But it wasn’t.

Leonardo Di-Auburn Cap-rio

Leonardo Di-Auburn Cap-rio

We’re assuming this means Martin Scorsese has an Auburn movie in the works.

The Legend of Howard Hill

The Legend of Howard Hill

Every now and then I discover some how-could-I-not-know-that story that makes me question my dedication to Auburn lore.

The legend of Alabama Sports Hall of Famer Howard Hill is enough to actually make me want to cry.

“Alabama Polytechnic is the best…” for The Pacific‘s Eugene Sledge

“Alabama Polytechnic <i>is</i> the best…” for <i>The Pacific</i>‘s Eugene Sledge

The pretty girl is typecast perfectly, but… Bama Poly?

In the ‘Tank’ for the Tigers

In the ‘Tank’ for the Tigers

Where does C. Thomas Howell hang his Auburn plaque? Anywhere he wants.

How I Met The BlAUgosphere: It’s Back

How I Met The BlAUgosphere: It’s Back

We must have caught him on the cusp of a new wash cycle.

“You never know what you might encounter (on YouTube)”

“You never know what you might encounter (on YouTube)”

Auburn’s role in multiplex PSA’s of the mid-80s.

War Damn Connick Jr: New In Town, 2009

War Damn Connick Jr: New In Town, 2009

Renée Zellweger, over-the-top Minnesota accents, and a ruggedly-handsome Auburn-grad.

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