Emailing with David Hermecz was great. Talking to him was even greater. Amazing stories here about life as an Auburn eagle handler in the mid-70s. Driving to games in a cardboard-covered station wagon. Whacking drug-addict rats. Freaky puncture wounds. TAKE A LISTEN! (And if you want to help keep the podcast and the website and all the other stuff coming, please consider … [Read more...] about It’s Pronounced Jordan: Debunking the Swamp with 1970s War Eagle handler David Hermecz
Poor communication by official cost Auburn a win over Florida in first game played in Jordan-Hare Stadium
Rules change. Uniforms turn into space suits. Stadium capacities quadruple. But bad officiating—ah, that is college football's one constant... Actually, in Auburn's first (varsity) game played in Jordan-Hare (then Auburn Stadium), it wasn't so much a case of bad officiating as it was a case of the timekeeper (who was either a Georgia Tech or Texas A&M grad) just being an … [Read more...] about Poor communication by official cost Auburn a win over Florida in first game played in Jordan-Hare Stadium
Bjork wrote a song about Auburn’s ‘Hey Day’ tradition—true story
BJORDAN-HARE Today is Hey Day at Auburn University, a friendly tradition dating to the 1940s... and that just so happens to have been immortalized in song by Bjork--that Bjork, actress and internationally renowned Icelandic "queen of experimental pop." True story. At least Auburn grad Mia Dentice thinks it's true. After all, the song is called "Hey." And … [Read more...] about Bjork wrote a song about Auburn’s ‘Hey Day’ tradition—true story
Ill-Eagle Procedure? War Eagle IV trainer cries fowl on urban legend about eagle’s 1976 encounter with Florida star resulting in Auburn penalty
UPDATE: Hey, you can listen to a great interview with David here! Auburn's eagle attacked a Florida player and the refs made them pay for it. That was the story. It's still the story. We were right to be skeptical of the story. The story is wrong. David Hermecz tries to set the record straight whenever he can. Hermecz, Alpha Phi Omega's War Eagle trainer on duty in Gainesville … [Read more...] about Ill-Eagle Procedure? War Eagle IV trainer cries fowl on urban legend about eagle’s 1976 encounter with Florida star resulting in Auburn penalty
An Auburn astronaut bucked space shuttle protocol to troll a Bama grad
Jan Davis, a 1977 Auburn mechanical engineering grad, spent a month of her life floating through the final frontier with her Auburn pennant... and if Bama ever manages to get a graduate up in space, sure, she says, they can do the same thing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA6NsY18E8g&feature=youtu.be To enjoy to all of the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering's … [Read more...] about An Auburn astronaut bucked space shuttle protocol to troll a Bama grad