The Greenbay Gazette was going for some nice detail to really put you there when, Karl Jonsson, an out-of-work electrician from Gresham, Wisconsin, opened the door to a million-dollar check from Publisher’s Clearing House: With his teenage daughter watching though a window, Jonsson stood in bare feet on the front sidewalk surrounded by news cameras […]
The Daily Believer: Random Notes, Posts, and Webphemera
Here’s that TWER-powered ESPN GameDay segment on wacky 2013 Iron Bowl stories
They wanted some contact info for the visor thief (which, by the way, is apparently what they actually call him at school). Oh, and do you have any other interesting “stories behind the stories” about crazy stuff that happened at the Iron Bowl, after the Iron Bowl, through the magic of the Iron Bowl? Is […]
Auburn fan does spot on spoof of Gus Malzahn breakdancing video
“So we attempted to recreate the Gus Malzahn dance video!” 25-year-old Jake G. Evans tweeted Wednesday morning. Attempted and succeeded. The result is a powerful testament not only to the pop culture hustle of the Gus Malzahn breakdancing video—it already has its own shirts, and TIME called it ‘the essence of the ’90s’—but to how […]
Photo of son who wanted to be his Auburn fan dad for Halloween goes viral on Reddit
I once asked Santa to help me look like my dad when I grew up, so this photo of a kid wearing a fake beard and an Auburn hat because his dad wears a beard an an Auburn hat really resonates with me. It was posted yesterday on Reddit by user brookatthebeach, who wrote “My […]
VIDEO: Watch an LSU fan eat a corn dog dangling from a drone at Auburn’s amazing Tigerprowler tailgate
How is this even a contest? Auburn fan Michael Garber and his legendary Tigerprowler have a bus with tequila coming out of it, a 30-foot deck on top with OSHA-certified handrails, sleeping accommodations for your friends… It’s so awesome, so welcoming even to rival fans that this lovely lass from LSU (who really wishes that […]