The Tiger With No Name is feeling loved by the BCS computers … in fact, he is feeling downright “lurved” by the micro-sized mess of cables, chips, boards, beeps and bloops.
Input: SEC membership, cold hard facts, wins and NO losses. Output: whole lotta tiger lovin’.
Yes, in 2004, our Tigers were scorned, rejected, etc. by the old BCS Box of Bolts and Bytes. But maybe, just maybe, time has healed the wound. Maybe all the two need is candlelight/screen glow, a lover’s glance/webshot, paw/fingers/keys entwined … and magic is made.
This year, the TV talking heads, the pontificating prognosticators, the pooh-bahs of peddled poo-poo, reporters and coaches haven’t given the Tigers a vote of No. 1 … yet. But we know our Tiger has the love only a motherboard can give and a glowing light to keep him warm and safe at night. “Unbiased” matrixes and doctors of science agree … Auburn’s Tigers are No. 1!
So is the Tiger With No Name beloved by you readers? He still needs your help with a name! The deadline for sending in a name for him is a mere eight days away.
Official “Name the tiger” contest and rules: What should we call the Tiger With No Name? Do any of you loyal readers have a good suggestion? If so, send it in to us and if we like it, we’ll unveil our tiger’s name during the week leading up to the Iron Bowl. The prize? A work of original art of course! (Unframed, because we’re not made of money around here.)
Here’s the rules, to avoid a big hassle on us just send in one entry per person. If there is somehow multiple entries of the same name we’ll pick the e-mail that got to us first. The subject line to the e-mail should be “Name the tiger.” Please include the name for the tiger plus your name, address and a phone number. The cutoff for entries will be at the end of the day Wednesday, Nov. 10. Please send them to [email protected]
Illustration by Noah Van Sciver. Why don’t you check out his very funny comic book “Blammo” too? Might I suggest “Blammo” No. 6? Mr. Van Sciver will also be featured in an upcoming issue of Fantagraphics Books’ ongoing “Mome” anthology.
Great illustration. I hope our Tiger is drinking something other than 3-buck-chuck.
Careful, TWNN– she may love you now, but she is a notoriously fickle mistress with a capricious heart. She giveth, and she taketh away.
And lately she’s been giving come-hither looks to a certain duck from out west…
I have really grown to like just calling it “Tiger With No Name.” Maybe you could shorten it to TWNN like Van has done. It sounds like T-Win. Sort of like T-Will, the grad assistant who sings the “Tiger Walk” song. Just a though. I also like having “Win” in the name since that is all we do at Auburn.
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How bout Toomer?
ok, that wasn’t my idea. but, i saw you guys had a list of names you posted before. that one was good, i thought.
This blogpost is perfect.
Heard something concerning this while hearing Dennis VanDerGinst on the radio