Nancy was my first First Lady, the first I remember at least. Just Say No. Mr. T. Alf. She was awesome. In early May 1976, she stopped in Auburn during a short campaign swing through the Heart of Dixie (whose Republicans supported her husband more than Gerald Ford) in advance of the May 4 primary elections […]
That time 70 Kentucky football players almost quit the team over an Auburn man
In the 1930s, Kentucky football was, you know, Kentucky football, and they thought Auburn’s Chet “He Played For Notre Dame” Wynne could change that. Sure, Wynne had gone 5-5 at Auburn in 1933 — pretty decent by Wildcats standards — but his 1932 Tigers had been undefeated Southern Conference champs! That still had to mean something! […]
A Not-So-Healthy Test of Manhood: Auburn’s first game against Texas A&M may have nearly killed half the team
Let’s take a look Auburn’s first showdown with Texas A&M — which was in 1911, Winsipedia, not 1916 — and refer to a 110-year-old Auburn team as “we” a lot. Played in Dallas, the game was billed as the biggest in the south that year, which, sure, papers were wont to do with pretty much […]
‘I told Bobby we came to play’: 1981 audio of Pat Dye talking about butting heads with Bobby Bowden over recruits
“I told Bobby we came to play and he said he understood that.”
Mid-80s camcorder action of Bo Jackson practicing and playing baseball at Auburn
I mean, it’s the Heisman Trophy winner up there at bat. This is post-Heisman. Poor Mississippi State.