Peep the wacky way Pat Dye wanted to go about righting the rivalry when he first got here.
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VIDEO: Bear Bryant isn’t sure Bo Jackson got in the end zone for winning ’82 Iron Bowl touchdown
The sun didn’t come up Sunday morning at the Bryant house, and later that afternoon Steadman Shealy, former Bama quarterback and host of The Bear Bryant Show, barely had the strength to open the Golden Flag bag.
Predictions: State sports writers leaned heavily toward a Tide victory in 1989
20 out of 24 predicted Bama to win in 1989.
“… Alabama… will go into the Sugar Bowl undefeated…”
“… Curry’s crimson cladders have come too far this year to let Auburn ruin the party now…”
“… all that stands in the way is Pat Dye and a quarterback named Slack…”
Angry Auburn fans sends ‘cow college’ clipping to Shug, calls Crimson Tide a name
It changes so much—I’d rather beat Texas, I’d rather beat Notre Dame, cow college, little cow college, little cow college down the road—it’s natural to wonder if it’s just some urban legend Didn’t them Auburn students sacrifice a goat and streak through Toomer’s Corner when Bear Bryant died kinda thing, or like that apocryphal this […]
The Gossom Incident
If you like TWER, please consider becoming one of the 100. Thanks! If I was an Alabama fan, sure, I’d be rolling my eyes and saying “get over it” and stuff, and, sure, on the surface, I get that. It was one reversed touchdown in one game nearly 40 years ago. And it’s not like […]