Kelsey Woodworth was in line to have her copy of B.J. Novak’s book One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories autographed when she made the decision that would drastically alter the rest of her evening. “I thought I would just give B.J. my phone number, whatever,” Woodworth said. “My friends thought it was dumb, but […]
From The Zoo to The Zoo Gallery: Amazin’ Chris Wilson reflects on football days at Auburn
Chris Wilson still remembers the details. A freshman suddenly eligible under the new varsity regulations, Wilson was punter and place kicker on Auburn’s 1972 Amazins squad that overcame preseason predictions to enter the Iron Bowls with an 8-1 record. “They needed someone to kick off that year,” he says. “Gardner Jett was all SEC that […]
Sharing the Love: #AllforAuburn campaign has Auburn Athletics on the march to a million followers on social media
Between celebrated coaching hires and amazing seasons (see: , the past year has been pretty unforgettable for Auburn fans, and the team tasked with engaging those fans via social media is taking full advantage of it on their march to a million followers (which is just shy of Auburn senior Meghan McCarthy) with the #AllforAuburn […]
AU student David McKinney, Bruce Pearl best friends forever in photo snapped at coach’s arrival at Auburn airport
Auburn Basketball got a surge of energy with the hiring of former Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl. The two-time SEC coach of the year’s arrival on the Plains March 18 was almost instantly the stuff of legend. For David McKinney, left, it will live on in this photograph. “I saw on Twitter around 10:30 or 11 […]
Sense of humor, unique voice turn Meghan McCarthy into social media megastar; Auburn senior has more than a million followers on Vine
When Meghan McCarthy posted her impression of Boo from the Pixar movie Monster’s Inc. on Vine in August of 2013, she had 20 followers. Later that day she had a couple hundred. Now, barely six months later, McCarthy sits atop more than one million followers on Vine, almost 17,000 followers on Twitter, and 96,000 followers […]