We’ve been fortunate to have stability at the kicker position in recent history. Think it’s unimportant? Ask Alabama. For three consecutive seasons (2011-2013), Cody Parkey was the only Auburn Tiger to attempt a field goal. And in the four seasons prior to that, Wes Byrum kicked all but two of our 80 field goal attempts.…
Friday night my friend Sam asked me when Rod Bramblett had said There goes Davis! before the Iron Bowl. My first guess was the 2013 Tennessee game, when Davis returned a punt, after dropping it, 85 yards for a touchdown. Sam, however, was thinking of something a little further back. He was thinking of a different…
Video for both of Auburn’s ESPY Award presentations and acceptance speeches at bottom of this page. It’s July. The 2014 football season is fast approaching, and the 2013 Auburn Tigers are still making headlines—or, in the case of last night, winning awards. I was emotionally prepared for the travesty it would have been had Chris…
Auburn will honor the 2004 Tigers at the San Jose State game on September 6, according to an announcement yesterday by the Auburn Tigers facebook profile. The facebook post includes video from the 2004 team’s pivotal victory over LSU. I had been wondering if the ten year anniversary celebration for Auburn’s undefeated 2004 team might…
There it is—the trophy our Tigers will be playing for on January 12, 2015. The College Football Playoff National Championship Trophy has been unveiled! http://t.co/VYbjhXGCh7— CFB Playoff (@CFBPlayoff) July 14, 2014 First impression—I’m underwhelmed, to say the least. It’s unimaginative. It lacks the bling factor of the crystal ball, and exhibits nothing distinctive to replace…
Today on Twitter the always informative @AU_History pointed out the visual similarity of Brian Robinson’s interception return for touchdown against LSU in 1994 to Kevin Porter’s score against Florida State in 1985. With his permission, I thought it might be fun to present the two videos here together for your review. I’ve got both videos…
You know Pat Sullivan won the Heisman Trophy in 1971, but did you know on Nov 1, 1969 he outclassed his counterpart, Florida QB John Reaves, by a score of four touchdowns to nine interceptions? It’s the kind of the thing I would expect to learn from @AU_History, but not from William Zinsser, who wrote…
I decided to collect all the Kick Six Zapruder films in one post, but then discovered a few that are plain unwatchable (too shaky, blurry, etc.). So instead of all the ones I could find, here’s my top six. No. 6—scott brown Scott Brown’s footage isn’t a very good view of the play, but it…
I realize that title sounds like Auburn has withdrawn from the conference—and even the country—but who wants to say former Auburn Tigers? Family is family, right? War Eagle Always. The War Eagle Reader scooped me on Prechae Rodriguez’ Arena Football catch-of-the-week, but it reminded me that I heard something about Courtney Taylor making a CFL…
The above mural provides the ambiance to one section of the Texas Roadhouse restaurant in Pelham. Might it be the only piece of art depicting Tommy Tuberville with Paul Bryant, or at least the only work that features these two coaches as the chief figures of Auburn and Alabama football? Most patrons likely glance at…
I did it. I went a whole month without posting anything here. I’ve got some things to share with you, but not today. Today there’s only this: We pray God’s comfort for his friends and family. By all the Auburn Family he will be dearly missed.
In 2014 Auburn will try to do something no team has done since 1998—win a second consecutive SEC Championship. The expectations, however, do not stop there. The Tigers’ 2014 will start at Auburn with a win over Arkansas. It will conclude with a championship win in Arlington. The reasons for this confidence are many, the…
I won’t post anything here during the month of June. I’ve started another big project, but I won’t make any progress unless I really hone in on it, like I did on my last big project. I don’t want this see-you-later post to be the top story for a month, so I’m posting it right…
File this under things I found on the internet while looking for something else. Well, I filed it under Pat Dye Week, but anyway . . . I’ve got the video below cued up to just the five seconds near the beginning that I enjoyed. Tell it like it is. Here’s the rest of Dye’s…
When the Winter 2013 issue of Auburn Magazine was released—the week of the Iron Bowl—I was ecstatically surprised to learn it included a publication announcement for Orange Is Our Color. I considered at the time taking a picture of the page and posting it here, but, then I thought, they put the magazine online, so…
