Today, Wright and Ditson will charge you more for a women’s San Francisco Giants ($42) tank top than they charged George Petrie to uniform the entire Auburn football team.
George Petrie
Here’s the pledge not to drink Auburn players had to sign before beating Georgia for the first time
Here’s the pledge not to drink any wine, whiskey, beer, or anything else you might get in a Hotlanta saloon that Dr. George “Father of Auburn Football” Petrie asked his players to sign before hopping on the train to destiny en route to the Deep South’s first football game back in 1892. XWarEagleX Source: AU […]
The First College Game Played In The South trophy
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 […]
The Mysterious Auburn Man
What do John Wayne, Shug Jordan, Gary Cooper in High Noon, Pat Dye, and Jimmy Stewart in It’s a Wonderful Life have in common?
Ben Bartley meets David Housel for breakfast at Chappy’s Deli to come up with a working definition of an Auburn Man.
The Daily Believer: 11.13.09
Reed to Auburn, WSJ story on Auburn chivalry, Pat Michael Dyer, Shotguns & Snuggies @UGA, the pledge for the first game.