Well, of course the names of Auburn men are among the Apollo Program Management staff bios in NASA's official moon mission press kit released to media members 10 days before the launch... ALL WE DO IS GINN. Happy 50th launch-a-versary! Related: Auburn grad in line for Apollo 11 flight wanted ‘War Eagle’ to be first words spoken on the moon. … [Read more...] about The Auburn men of the Apollo 11 press kit
When Bo went over the top, an Auburn man drank an Old Milwaukee on national TV
Click play and pay attention to the guy who thinks nothing in life could be better than downing a cold brew with his buds after a hard day’s crabbin’. If you were at Auburn in the early 70s, you knew him as Mike Wilson, 1973-74 SGA Vice President, a Spade, Most Outstanding Lambda Chi Alpha undergraduate in the nation in 1973-74, the works. (And he happened to be in Dr. … [Read more...] about When Bo went over the top, an Auburn man drank an Old Milwaukee on national TV
Here’s a crazy picture of Samford Hall drawn in a single line
One line, one love. Have you ever driven down College Street and been like "I wish some engineer would produce an intricate half-tone image of Auburn’s iconic Samford Hall rendered in a single continuous line?" Well, friends, today's your lucky day, because you can see the algorithmic masterpiece up close and personal tonight at an open house event for Auburn's first … [Read more...] about Here’s a crazy picture of Samford Hall drawn in a single line
Rare footage of Tucker Frederickson in the pros
Here's a little feature on Tucker the Trucker. Dude could play. Heisman runner-up? You don't hear about that enough. … [Read more...] about Rare footage of Tucker Frederickson in the pros
Bo Jackson, the Birmingham Stallion?
Pat Dye always called him a thoroughbred. Had things gone differently, we might have called him a Stallion. Yes, lost in the tug of war between baseball and football, between the NFL and the MLB, was that Bo Jackson was in the spring of 1986 being courted by a third professional sports league. It wasn't just rumors of phone calls or whatever. He met with team … [Read more...] about Bo Jackson, the Birmingham Stallion?