From the April 21, 1988 issue of the Auburn Plainsman… the kind of find that makes it all worth it. Leave your best alternate caption—It’s hard to wrestle with them angels when you’re locked in them handcuffs? Don’t tase me, Bo?—in the comments. Related: That time Pat Dye maybe made Auburn play two A-Day games. […]
Photo of (Back In) The Day
The Auburn student who carried an inflatable doll with him across campus
So weird—we’re worried about people what will think about it. And it’s 2013. On the internet. But apparently in March 1987, an above the fold photo of a dude walking around campus with what appears to be a inflatable sex doll on his shoulders was just another front page for the Plainsman. No explanation, no […]
Auburn’s 70s Super Fan
Of all the lone fan photos TWER has celebrated, this middish-70s masterpiece may stand alone… on top of the wall… in sunglasses, War Eagle shirt, ABC’s Wide World of Sports cutoff shorts, and knee high Auburn socks… mystery in his hand, victory in his heart. UPDATE: Larry Lank Lank—that Larry Lank Lank—claims the Auburn 70s […]
Kennedy Space Center: Auburn Members Only
They weren’t just posing with Disney characters. The Tigers’ also penciled in time for educational activities before meeting Boston College in the 1982 Tangerine Bowl, like a tour of the Kennedy Space Center, which an Auburn man (of course—it’s space) happened to be director of at the time. Speaking of education—Bo? Lionel? Member’s Only jacket? […]
That time Auburn poured your liquor down the drain
Alcohol Awareness Week, October 1996. Auburn lit 2,210 candles in memory of those who had / would die that month in alcohol-related accidents. They put a demolished car on the Haley Center concourse to drive home the importance of having a designated driver. And at the end of the football season, they bragged about stealing […]