For Auburn, the late great Phil Neel did it all. Programs. Schedule cards. Posters. Tickets… …and Christmas cards, at least for a few years. Because in the late 50s, Auburn was the merriest dang place in the SEC. Visions of Shug-ar plums. Win-ter Wonderland. Here’s what they looked like on the inside. You can check out […]
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Kenan Thompson and Aubie
Last fall, it was Bill Nye. Last night, Aubie got some quality bro time with another icon of 90s kid nostalgia, Kenan Thompson, star of the critically acclaimed 1997 film “Good Burger” (“Whoaa–a clock!”) and current SNL cast member, after he did his thing at Auburn Arena. You can “watch” Thompson’s hour-long stand up routine […]
Auburn grad Katherine Webb and Aubie
The Most Valuable Player of last night’s tragically pathetic BCS title game? Auburn grad Katherine Webb, 2012’s Miss Alabama USA and most recently / famously AJ McCarrons way better, much more educated half. Without her face to cut to, ESPN would have been hard pressed to keep things even remotely interesting. And Webb reaped the […]
Phil Neel, creator of Aubie, passes away at 84
Phil Neel, creator of Aubie, died this morning. He was 84. According to Neel’s daughter Cindy Huguley, Mr. Neel passed away in his sleep at approximately 3:30 am. He had been battling Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma for several years and suffered congestive heart failure in March. “He had been doing good this very week but just went […]
How Woody Thornton got his stripes
We talk about the Auburn Man, but it’s kind of like Woody Thornton is a living, breathing, 24/7 mascot for everything Auburn stands for.
There are lots of reasons why.
Being half tiger is one of them.