Note: “You will be called” should probably be read in the spiritual sense, not as an actual wake-up call, etc., which happened earlier. Here are rare photos of what happened “On the Field.” Here are rare photos of the Return to Auburn. Related: Here’s what it looked like in Auburn the day before the 1972 […]
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That time Bear Bryant kinda maybe almost asked a just-fired Doug Barfield to come help him at Bama
The first post in a series stemming from my interview with Doug Barfield at Panera Bread.
‘I want to fertilize this tree’: Pat Dye buried Tuesday beneath Toomer’s Oak trimming
“I want to fertilize this tree and for my spirit to hover around this tree.”
‘Godspeed and War Eagle’: Remembering the most Auburn space mission ever
Auburn is basically Astronaut U. The school just can’t seem to stop producing space men. And space women. And NASA engineers. Even NASA historians. That quasi-controversial “First Man” movie? Yep, it’s based on a Neil Armstrong biography penned by a retired, Auburn-hat wearing Auburn professor emeritus, a book that, save for a 1967 tragedy, easily could have been […]
Before the First Time Ever, Pat Dye tried to get clever
Peep the wacky way Pat Dye wanted to go about righting the rivalry when he first got here.