1973 was a disappointing year (6-6).
That never stopped us from beating Ole Miss.
War Eagle.
Vintage
Shug’s 1972 letter from the Presidente De La Comisión Técnica De Foot Ball Americana
Most archived letters to Shug are paired with form letter replies. There are exceptions. There wasn’t a form letter reply to the Felds, of course, because you don’t send form letters to kids named Tiger — you send honorary scholarships. Nor was there a form letter reply to the Presidente De La Comisión Técnica De […]
That time 70 Kentucky football players almost quit the team over an Auburn man
In the 1930s, Kentucky football was, you know, Kentucky football, and they thought Auburn’s Chet “He Played For Notre Dame” Wynne could change that. Sure, Wynne had gone 5-5 at Auburn in 1933 — pretty decent by Wildcats standards — but his 1932 Tigers had been undefeated Southern Conference champs! That still had to mean something! […]
That time Auburn mauled the media to punish Panty Raid pandemic publicity
Remember that time Auburn students really, really resented media coverage of their response to a sickness sweeping schools across the nation? No, no, no… not last weekend — 68 years ago. No, no, no… not COVID-19 — Spring Fever, a disease all but eradicated on the American campus, but one that still lingers in the higher […]
War Effort Eagle: The year Auburn canceled football
There were a couple of madmen trying to take over the world, so, obviously, the handwriting was on the wall. But no one wanted to read it. And they definitely didn’t want to believe it, not after a season like 1942.