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Mr. Badass Shug Jordan, who was at D-day, was sooooo afraid of a few cowbells. Maybe if the Krauts rang cowbells, shug would've gone running right back to the Higgins Craft.
i can respect his service to our country but I can never forgive or forget:
"In early 1975, the SEC adopted a rule against artificial noisemakers that made it illegal to ring a cowbell during games; an official complaint by Auburn coach Shug Jordan, whose disapproval of the tradition went back several years,[SUP][93][/SUP] after the Tigers narrow 1974 win over the Bulldogs was largely responsible for the decision.[SUP][94][/SUP] At one point during the game, Jordan instructed his quarterback not to run a play in protest of officials refusing to quiet the crowd.[SUP][95][/SUP] Jordan's dislike for the cowbells inspired Alabama to attempt to purchase 1,000 cowbells from Mississippi State for Alabama fans to take to the Iron Bowl; MSU declined the offer."
I was there in 1974 and watching shug loose his shat on the sideline was a thing of beauty.
And in those days we prolly averaged in the 20-30K range in attendance...
And the bells were more a student thing back then at least according to a sibling who was an undergrad at the time. Prolly sounded like a tennis match compared with today's crowds.
And the bells were more a student thing back then at least according to a sibling who was an undergrad at the time. Prolly sounded like a tennis match compared with today's crowds.
Getting bent out of shape about too much noise at a football game was apparently a thing in the 1970's and 1980's (you know, when folks were manly and tough. Grrr). Here's footage of Jim Harbaugh (and Bo Schembechler by association) being whiny babies about noise in the Rose Bowl.
We's po' ole bulldogs surely we coulda gots us a down payment on a slightly used milkin machine fo the dairy sciences department.
Interesting relationship between State and Auburn...
One would think we should be kindred spirits. They are probably the school most like us in the SEC. Both land grants, heavy on ag, engineering, and research. Similar college towns although they are a lot bigger. Before our vet school opened we had an allotment of slots that the state paid for us to send students to their CVM. Not really in the know, but I think the two schools academic relationship is prolly still pretty close. For example. who did they turn to when they needed help testing soil samples for the toomer's trees?
Athletically though I guess a couple of thing happened along the way. Shug's legacy of course still resonates (no pun intended) to this day and then the all-in crap with players like Cam fueled by sheer desperation to somehow keep pace with the tuscaloosa juggernaut. We got caught in the crossfire and it really pissed in our cornflakes.
One would think we should be kindred spirits. They are probably the school most like us in the SEC. Both land grants, heavy on ag, engineering, and research. Similar college towns although they are a lot bigger. Before our vet school opened we had an allotment of slots that the state paid for us to send students to their CVM. Not really in the know, but I think the two schools academic relationship is prolly still pretty close. For example. who did they turn to when they needed help testing soil samples for the toomer's trees?
Athletically though I guess a couple of thing happened along the way. Shug's legacy of course still resonates (no pun intended) to this day and then the all-in crap with players like Cam fueled by sheer desperation to somehow keep pace with the tuscaloosa juggernaut. We got caught in the crossfire and it really pissed in our cornflakes.
I want to like Auburn and pull for them. Like you say, the school itself is basically MSU-East. And it would be easier since I have Auburn family. But every coach they've had since Pat Dye has been a giant douchebag, and then there's the Cam thing, so 17 them. They are #13 on my list of SEC schools I like.
I'm am soooo glad we did refuse....
The tradition might have caught on on at bama. If that happened who do you think would own it today?
Let me answer that question this way. Ever heard of the gator chomp at UF? That started out as one of OUR traditions known as the bulldog chomp until UF stole it from us. Well documented story.
The tradition might have caught on on at bama. If that happened who do you think would own it today?
Let me answer that question this way. Ever heard of the gator chomp at UF? That started out as one of OUR traditions known as the bulldog chomp until UF stole it from us. Well documented story.
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Yeah 17 Auburn, Momma Goldbergs and their soggy sammiches, their ugly orange, their back up JUCO QB, sorry I live 30 minutes away from Auburn so I get a little tired of them.
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