To anyone who thinks they met the Boss at Auburn in 1976, my apologies.
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When Terry Bowden fell in love with Auburn… in 1973
Terry Bowden “fell in love with Auburn” — his words — 20 years before they got hitched. It was the summer of 1973. Bobby Bowden was coaching West Virginia. Terry, an All-State running back, was heading into his senior year at Morgantown (West Virginia) High School. He was short. But Auburn apparently didn’t care about […]
Pat Dye’s first A-Day game… in 1967?
Something tells me they weren’t in town just for the lemonade.
‘Godspeed and War Eagle’: Remembering the most Auburn space mission ever
Auburn is basically Astronaut U. The school just can’t seem to stop producing space men. And space women. And NASA engineers. Even NASA historians. That quasi-controversial “First Man” movie? Yep, it’s based on a Neil Armstrong biography penned by a retired, Auburn-hat wearing Auburn professor emeritus, a book that, save for a 1967 tragedy, easily could have been […]
Auburn vs. Mississippi State: A brief history of Auburn’s beef with the ’Bell
Most folks don’t typically imagine Auburn vs. Mississippi State as a historic rivalry with drama to spare. But, in its own way, it kind of is.