You always hear about how Bear Bryant and Pat Dye were friends, but, like, good friends, friends who went hunting together and had pictures of themselves hunting and stuff. And that they maybe even had a protege / mentor thing going on. And to me at least, there was always kind of the implication that […]
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That time Elvis Presley came to Auburn and said ‘War Eagle’
“For at least one day, President Philpott ceased to rule the campus and east central Alabama became a monarchy. The King was here.”
The Almost Names of Jordan-Hare Stadium
It’s Jordan-Hare Stadium. It easily could have been Something Else Stadium.
Thankin’ Our God, Thankin’ Our People: Rare locker room footage of a teary Pat Dye praying after Auburn beat Alabama the 1982 Iron Bowl
You’ve probably seen video of that “I’m gon’ go back out there and thank your people” line before, but you probably hadn’t seen them actually thankin’ our people. I hadn’t, at least. And I hadn’t see that teary Pat Dye prayer. Oh man, that prayer: “I want to thank You for… what Auburn University stands […]
That time David Housel punked the SEC with fake recruits
Sports Information Directors were making up all kinds of things in the 1980s.