Specifically the Tiger Theater, “Today” being Sept. 23, 1960. And Lord, don’t be late… Click here to check out our growing “Comes To Auburn” archive. … Keep Reading: * SHAKE IT, SHUG! * That time they burned the Glom * Auburn’s 1960 cheesecake schedule * I think of Kurt Crain * Smithsonian Magazine photographs kid in [...]

Here he is twice incitin’ rah-rah a la TERRYcloth in Auburn’s 1970 win over Tennessee in Birmingham.

The 1970 edition of the Glomerata, the Auburn University yearbook, was burned. Or at least some of them were burned, their pages gleefully ripped from the spine and tossed into the fire that filled two gallon drum-sized trashcans by a hundred or so people on a rainy Thursday night in late May in the parking [...]

Get around a Glom snob and one of the first things they’ll do is test you on the 1970 book. “You know why it’s rare, right?” You play along and say “why?” And then they’ll say “because it was burned.” It’s one of these stories that you hear—”man, really? Wow, that’s wild”—but the reality of [...]

Speakin’ of those orange jerseys, Craftmasters thought us sufficiently into them once upon a time to feature them on the cover of an Auburn Football Illustrated, coincidentally (?) for a game against the SEC’s orange jersey originals. … Keep Reading: * Auburn’s 1960 cheesecake schedule * I think of Kurt Crain * Secondhand Shug * Smithsonian [...]

In 1960, someone had the fantastic idea to pose ten jersey-clad Auburn coeds in pageant sashes bearing the names of each of Auburn’s football opponents for a Plainsman photo. Whoever it was was obviously the world’s biggest fan of sports-related double entendres. We we wouldn’t even know where to begin. So we won’t. Photo from [...]

God only knows how many Lee County love affairs were cut short by the burdens of long-distance relationships back in the day. From the Aug. 12, 1959 issue of The Auburn Plainsman:… Keep Reading: * Bo Jackson and Bob Hope * I think of Kurt Crain * Secondhand Shug * Smithsonian Magazine photographs kid in Auburn [...]

The 2012 Glomerata is being distributed on campus this week. Here’s what Glom distribution looked like in 1974. And no, the folks inside that year’s book weren’t the only one’s flashin’ flesh.

It’s Watch a 1959 Auburn Play Develop Via Rare Color Snapshots From The Stands Tuesday, brought to you by photographer J.B. Hollingsworth and archivist Allen Spain! These fine specimens are from that year’s Auburn-Tennessee game, the SEC opener and first game of the season for both teams. Click to enlarge. Tennessee beat Auburn that day, [...]

So last week there was an email sent to Auburn students about Auburn’s parking situation, and some of the students whose opinions dot our timeline were absolutely losing their Twit. Lots of cussing and thinly-veiled threats… it had something to do with higher prices, but fewer spaces or something… and something about fro-yo. I don’t [...]