Here's the trophy Auburn football players earned exactly 121 years ago today. And here's the pledge they had to sign before they did it. Photo: Auburn Vault. Related: Auburn players, coaches reading the Auburn Creed at George Petrie’s grave 100 years after Auburn’s first football game. … Keep Reading: * Dean Foy discusses the lewdness of youth * Fear and … [Read more...] about The First College Game Played In The South trophy
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Kansas City fan uses Bo Jackson’s (and lesser Royals’) jersey number to win Powerball
Bo Bo Bo. You've let Julia Roberts play alongside you in a movie because you're the greatest multisport hero ever. Documentarians study you. You've saved us from tornados. Because being Superman is no longer a challenge—seriously, you school Superman and reduce Dean Cain to hoping for a rebound. (And OBVIOUS goaltending, which is why he only appears in Lifetime movies to this … [Read more...] about Kansas City fan uses Bo Jackson’s (and lesser Royals’) jersey number to win Powerball
Be True to Your Cow College: Bear Bryant’s forgotten year at Auburn
Members of the Auburn University Class of 1979 reunion committee have asked us to help them update their records for their 35th anniversary blowout. If you have any information as to the whereabouts of Paul B. Bryant, an HPR major from Rectum, Alabama (pictured above in the 1979 Glomerata, page 409), please leave a comment below. Here is a close up: Eagle Eye Award: … [Read more...] about Be True to Your Cow College: Bear Bryant’s forgotten year at Auburn
The Gospel according to Tebow
One of the current reasons it's great to be an Auburn Tiger is that we can enjoy Tim Tebow with a clear conscience, at least as much as it's possible to enjoy a player for a rival team, a team as despicable as Florida. We've never lost to the boy some call the greatest. Michigan fans can say that, too, just not as much as we can. (Michigan fans can't say they haven't lost to … [Read more...] about The Gospel according to Tebow