Auburn vs. Kentucky. 1974. Cheerleaders. You’re welcome.

What happens when you use cheesecake for bait?

Amid the ads for Old Spice and Elvis movies is an extraordinary-for-the-times review.

From the Nov. 23, 1989 edition of The Auburn Plainsman:

People talk of the orange’n’blue haze, the claustrophobic Tiger Walk, the never-before-or-since ‘lectricity.
But when trying to gauge just how big Alabama’s first trip to Jordan-Hare was, consider the 3 minutes and 33 seconds of “Our House,” track 13 from 1989’s all-but-extinct “Auburn Blue” album: the first time Auburn Spirit was ever set to rap.*
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20 out of 24 predicted Bama to win in 1989.
“… Alabama… will go into the Sugar Bowl undefeated…”
“… Curry’s crimson cladders have come too far this year to let Auburn ruin the party now…”
“… all that stands in the way is Pat Dye and a quarterback named Slack…”

This 70’s team LB made All-SEC at DT in 1971.
This QB led Auburn to nine wins in 1972.
Please to enjoy a crossword puzzle on Auburn’s 1970s. Brought to you by Craftmasters.

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Burton’s Book Store… so awesome, so vintage…
‘Auburn Plainsman’… so heretical to AU Inc.’s “… there is no such thing…” Ministry of Truth…

“Boy, I want to be among the 10,000 to congratulate you on being the first Auburn Man to cross the double stripes in the new stadium. I remember saying, one day, that it would be swell if you could make the first touchdown & sho nuff, I pick up the paper and finds that you did just that. I know how good you must have felt because I had the same sensation during my brilliant career at Auburn High except that I never scored, nor held dedicate a stadium, nor even played in but one game (Auburn Hi 57 – Notasulga).”

The Sunday night crack rock that is AMC’s Mad Men had TWER HQ digging with nostalgic gusto for a certain ad from The Auburn Plainsman, circa 1960.