In 1990, Denise Ford swore she'd never return to America. That's how much she hated George Strait and Clint Black and Reba and the Elvis Presley Automobile Museum and pretty much everything else she heard and saw in Tennessee. "I felt like I was in the 1950s." She was with her parents on holiday. Her dad was considering taking a job in the states. The trip lasted three … [Read more...] about The British are coming (to an Auburn football game)
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The Fall and Rise of Pat Dye’s Pants
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
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…
That time Bear Bryant kinda maybe almost asked a just-fired Doug Barfield to come help him at Bama
If you like TWER, please consider becoming one of the 100. Thanks! Bryant never said exactly what it was he had in mind, which is one reason Doug Barfield thinks it might have just been an attempt at some sort of houndstooth head game—not with him, but with Auburn. Sure, they'd just fired him and turned his name into a byword, but having their former coach immediately join … [Read more...] about That time Bear Bryant kinda maybe almost asked a just-fired Doug Barfield to come help him at Bama
Emmy-winning Auburn grad producer recalls ‘nightmare’ reality show shot in Greenville
Do you remember that weird ABC show "My Kind of Town?" Came out in 2005... the series premiere was shot in Greenville--as in Greenville, Alabama--and was hosted by this British guy you've never heard of... they stole a woman's house and gave another woman a toilet full of cash and had townsfolk pose basically naked for a pretend calendar shoot and had the house band play "Sweet … [Read more...] about Emmy-winning Auburn grad producer recalls ‘nightmare’ reality show shot in Greenville