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
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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
Golf Channel highlights Auburn win over Bama with half a minute on the Kick Six
The two-minute segment... on the Golf Channel... on Auburn's dramatic win over the Tide last week opened with 25 seconds on the Kick Six. So yeah, we'll get over it when the Golf Channel gets over it. Video: Jeff Poor Related: Here’s every national news segment on the 2013 Iron Bowl. … [Read more...] about Golf Channel highlights Auburn win over Bama with half a minute on the Kick Six
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
Watch Auburn’s 1971 comeback win over Tennessee
Auburn cost Tennessee a possible national championship in 1970. The Vols were out for revenge. They'd waited a year for the game. Auburn trailed for most of it. Pat Sullivan struggled for most of it.... most of it. The Vols did not get revenge. 10-9. We have coaches film for the first three quarters, then the ABC broadcast with its amazing commercials for cigars and Skin … [Read more...] about Watch Auburn’s 1971 comeback win over Tennessee