Twenty years ago, those crazy, Blizzardmobile-making Auburn students may have actually gone back to calling it the Sani-Freeze for a couple of days. Photo: Kevin Graves. Related: Auburn students turn friend’s car into Batmobile during Blizzard of ’93. THE WAR EAGLE READER NEEDS YOUR HELP! … Keep Reading: * Fantastic photos of Bjork inside Jordan-Hare […]
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Charles “In Charge” Barkley signing autographs for Auburn fans, 1984
Another winner from the SI Vault. Here’s Charles Barkley signing autographs for Auburn fans after a game in the awesome year 1984. For a list of the names Auburn’s A.K.A. Buffet could be writing down, click here. h/t @PrestonHornsby. Related: Winn Dixie Beef Boy: In College, Charles Barkley was an A.K.A. buffet. … Keep Reading: * […]
Shug Jordan and Terry Paisley
Not even Terry Beasley was fast enough to outrun 70s fashion. Yep, Auburn’s Opie Taylor turned into San Francisco’s David Cassidy, and quick. Here he is with Shug in 1973, just two years after leaving the Plains. (If that’s not technically paisley–and we’re not saying it isn’t–it’s close enough for the pun.) Photo: OA-News. Related: […]
Pat Dye exactly 32 years ago
Another victory in our quest to document every day of Pat Dye’s life. Here’s a Glom photo of him being introduced to University of Auburn students for the first time at Beard-Eaves on Jan. 7, 1981. Related: Dye family portrait, 1981. … Keep Reading: * The War Eagle fight song sung opera style * Auburn […]
Ad for the The Temptations concert in Auburn in 1970
It was not just your imagination. The Temptations came to Auburn in February 1970. Pretty sure it was their first time. They came again (with The Supremes) in 1972. Related: Poster for 1969 Rolling Stones concert in Auburn appraised for $5,000 on ‘Antiques Roadshow.’ … Keep Reading: * Lee Corso’s letter to Shug * Shug […]