https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yYcTR3ZoH0&feature=youtu.be You can subscribe to the podcast here. Or maybe just subscribe to the YouTube channel. Or just watch for it here. Whatever's easiest. … [Read more...] about War Eagle Reader Radio: On the Kent State of the Program with Justin Lee
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Chest-painting Auburn ‘Superfans’ talk ESPN faux pas
Auburn fans on social media wanted Jason Benetti's job on a platter last week. The folks actually responsible for the tribute to Rod Bramblett were a little more forgiving. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldZk_Zmegag Here are some more photos of The Superfans at Auburn at the Kent State game. Tons of other fans in the stands photos here. And while we're … [Read more...] about Chest-painting Auburn ‘Superfans’ talk ESPN faux pas
Forget that 1946 stat—Bo Nix may actually be Auburn’s ONLY true freshman quarterback to start a season opener
Auburn doesn't know Auburn. It's fine. It's something I've come to mostly accept. Because, sure—does it matter that Camp War Eagle tour guides tell folks that Toomer's rollings began as some 19th century hey-we-won smoke signal rather than just organic, victory-inspired vandalism in the late 1960s? Probably not. Does it matter that people think the original oaks were a thousand … [Read more...] about Forget that 1946 stat—Bo Nix may actually be Auburn’s ONLY true freshman quarterback to start a season opener
Extremely belated thoughts on Auburn 27, Oregon 21
1993 The bartender at the Embassy Suites Downtown St. Louis told me the game wasn't over, but I wasn't much inclined to listen. He hadn't been paying attention. He was just making sports small talk. No, the game wasn't technically over, but I've watched enough Auburn football to know it was over in ways other than the technical sense. The score was 21-6, half the third … [Read more...] about Extremely belated thoughts on Auburn 27, Oregon 21
It’s Pronounced Jordan: Remembering Auburn’s 7-fingered, polio-stricken star quarterback of yore
It didn't take long for the administration to put something out—no swimming classes, no softball or tennis practice, definitely no ROTC drills. Strenuous activity was thought to heighten the chance of contracting it. Dr. Brown, the student medical officer, said it was just a better safe than sorry thing for a couple of weeks. But that didn't do much to help calm the … [Read more...] about It’s Pronounced Jordan: Remembering Auburn’s 7-fingered, polio-stricken star quarterback of yore