It was Saturday, Dec. 8, 2007, the millionth day of a 100-year, shadow-of-death drought that the Associated Press voted the state of Alabama’s top news story that year, bigger than that horrible tornado in Enterprise, bigger than the governor going to federal prison for bribery. Nearly 2 million residents were living under water restrictions, including folks in Tallapoosa … [Read more...] about The Fall and Rise of Pat Dye’s Pants
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So Dee Ford and Jay Jacobs walk into a bar…
It's about time Jay Jacobs bought Dee Ford a glass of rosé. He is, after all, the man responsible for getting her into this whole thing—going on five years of waking up at 4 a.m. to ride the Auburn football roller coaster as eagerly as anyone across the pond... "Whatever Dee wants, Dee gets," he says, and they all laugh. I have them on Skype. They're at a pub called The … [Read more...] about So Dee Ford and Jay Jacobs walk into a bar…
‘The Egg-shaped Affair’: More tales of pre-historic Auburn football
If you like TWER, please consider becoming one of the 100. Thanks! Add to the evidence that football wasn't some completely foreign concept at Auburn prior to Papa Petrie, PhD bringing his sophisticated, scrum-less version in 1891 this speech by an "old Auburn star"--possibly Dutch Dorsey--at a 1904 meeting of the Atlanta Athletic Club describing what was likely Auburn's … [Read more...] about ‘The Egg-shaped Affair’: More tales of pre-historic Auburn football
Shug Jordan thought playoffs were for the pros
If you like TWER, please consider becoming one of the 100. Thanks! Auburn's first great coach was all about a college football playoff. Shug was not. Yes, pretty much every other NCAA sport had one. But add four games to a football schedule? Maybe more? Just go ahead and take the "college" off the game, because in terms of time commitment and physical toll, that there … [Read more...] about Shug Jordan thought playoffs were for the pros
That time a cluttered Auburn heart cried for expression on integration (and paid the price)
On May 9, 1962, sophomore Jim Dinsmore penned a column, "Cluttered Heart Cries for Expression on Issues," in The Auburn Plainsman. The column wandered over a variety of topics. One paragraph would ignite a firestorm. That was it. A single paragraph on integration that turned out to be accurate in its forecast. But meetings and statements and letters later, Dinsmore … [Read more...] about That time a cluttered Auburn heart cried for expression on integration (and paid the price)