1954 started rough for the Tigers. They opened with a 45-0 win over Chattanooga at home, then lost three straight on the road. But they'd been close losses; to Florida by six, to Kentucky and Georgia Tech by seven (and plenty of folks thought the zebras had as much to do with that last one as the Yellow Jackets). Shug wasn't worried; he had a good team, he knew it. Jim … [Read more...] about Auburn vs. the Bandit: Burt Reynolds shined for Seminoles in Tigers’ first game against Florida State
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The great Auburn University pigeon extermination of 1972
Things sure have changed in Auburn. These days, all we do is coddle lazy owls and provide eagles with free cataract surgery so they won't trigger PETA alarms by crashing into windows or whatever. Those days, April 1972 to be exact, were were just walking around killing pigeons with our bare hands. It was the poop. Charles Simmons, Auburn's assistant director of … [Read more...] about The great Auburn University pigeon extermination of 1972
It’s Pronounced Jordan: Investigating Shug’s links to the Sausage King of Vestavia
Where exactly did Kess Fabian live? Was he married? Was he not? Somebody had to do it. If you like TWER, please consider becoming one of the 100. Thanks! … [Read more...] about It’s Pronounced Jordan: Investigating Shug’s links to the Sausage King of Vestavia
‘The Egg-shaped Affair’: More tales of pre-historic Auburn football
If you like TWER, please consider becoming one of the 100. Thanks! Add to the evidence that football wasn't some completely foreign concept at Auburn prior to Papa Petrie, PhD bringing his sophisticated, scrum-less version in 1891 this speech by an "old Auburn star"--possibly Dutch Dorsey--at a 1904 meeting of the Atlanta Athletic Club describing what was likely Auburn's … [Read more...] about ‘The Egg-shaped Affair’: More tales of pre-historic Auburn football
Shug Jordan thought playoffs were for the pros
If you like TWER, please consider becoming one of the 100. Thanks! Auburn's first great coach was all about a college football playoff. Shug was not. Yes, pretty much every other NCAA sport had one. But add four games to a football schedule? Maybe more? Just go ahead and take the "college" off the game, because in terms of time commitment and physical toll, that there … [Read more...] about Shug Jordan thought playoffs were for the pros