100 Things Auburn Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die Book

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction xi

1 The 2010 National Championship 1

2 The 1957 National Championship Team 3

3 When Alabama Came to Auburn: The 1989 Iron Bowl 6

4 Ralph "Shug" Jordan 9

5 The 2004 Undefeated Team 12

6 "Punt, 'Bama, Punt!": The Story of the 1972 Iron Bowl 15

7 Jordan-Hare Stadium 18

8 Bo Jackson 21

9 Pat Dye 27

10 Pat Sullivan 31

11 The Iron Bowl 35

11 Jimmy Hitchcock: Auburn's First All-American 38

13 Mike Donahue 40

14 Auburn-UGA in 1971 44

15 The Auburn Creed 46

16 2010 Iron Bowl: The Comeback 48

17 George Petrie: Coach and University Leader 50

18 The 1983 Season: Shunned by the Poll 53

19 Cam Newton 55

20 First Auburn-Alabama Game in 1893 58

21 Experience Tiger Walk 59

22 Media Watch 62

23 The History of Auburn's Uniforms 65

24 Terry Beasley 67

25 The SEC: How the League as We Know It Came to Be 71

26 The "Wreck Tech" Tradition and Auburn's 1955 Win 73

27 David Housel 76

28 Recruiting Players to the Plains 80

29 Pumping Iron: Auburn's Strength Program 82

30 On the Air: Auburn Radio Broadcasters 85

31 A Modern Rivalry: Auburn-LSU 88

32 Backfield Built for Two: Ronnie Brown and Carnell Williams 91

33 John Heisman 94

34 Jeff Beard 98

35 Zeke Smith 100

36 Gene Chizik 103

37 The Sacrifices of James Owens and the First Black Players 107

38 Jason Campbell 110

39 Tommy Tuberville 113

40 Shake Hands with the Coach at an Auburn Club Meeting 117

41 Jimmy "Red" Phillips 119

42 Auburn's History in the Bowls 122

43 In the Classroom: Great Student-Athletes 125

44 The Eric Ramsey Case and Other Run-ins with the NCAA 128

45 Vince Dooley 131

46 The Changing Nature of Two-a-Days 134

47 Tucker Frederickson 137

48 The 1942 Georgia Upset 139

49 The Auburn University Band 142

50 The Bacardi Bowl 145

51 Aubie, the Lovable Mascot 147

52 Watch the Pregame Eagle Flight 151

53 Learn How to Tailgate on the Plains 153

54 Know What to Do When Auburn's on the Road 156

55 A Greatly Exaggerated Demise: 1972 Showed New Life 162

56 The Powerbrokers: Behind-the-Scenes Influences 164

57 Walter Gilbert and the Award That Bears His Name 166

58 The Championship Season of 1913 169

59 Tracy Rocker 171

60 Crowd Control 175

61 How Auburn Made Nine Picks in One Game 177

62 Jimmy Sidle 179

63 An Era of Defense: Bill Oliver, Gene Chizik, Will Muschamp 181

64 The LSU-Auburn Hurricane Ivan Game in 2004 185

65 Watch Auburn Get the ODK Trophy at Halftime 189

66 Roll Toomer's Corner on a Saturday Night 191

67 How a "Hiring Committee" Landed Jordan and Dye 194

68 Aundray Bruce 196

69 Go to Fan Day and Get an Autograph…from a Backup 198

70 Paul "Bear" Bryant and Auburn 199

71 Why Legion Field Never Really Felt Like Home 202

72 The Miserable 1950 Season 204

73 The Alma Mater and the Fight Song 206

74 Kendall Simmons 210

75 Have a Sip of Toomer's Legendary Lemonade 213

76 Bring the Kids to the Game 215

77 Terry Bowden 217

78 Doug Barfield: Following a Legend 221

79 How Auburn Snagged Carnell Williams 223

80 The Coldest Game Ever in Alabama? The 2000 Iron Bowl 225

81 Fob James 227

82 Auburn: The "Loveliest Village of the Plains" 230

83 Auburn's Athletic Facilities 232

84 Dameyune Craig 234

85 Topping Florida in 2001 237

86 Alabama-Auburn Freshman Game of 1968 239

87 Al Del Greco and Other Great Kickers 241

88 The Legend of War Eagle 244

89 Carlos Rogers 246

90 Jay Jacobs 249

91 Auburn Players in the Hall of Fame 251

92 Auburn in the NFL 253

93 Al Borges 255

94 Know Where to Eat in Town 260

95 The Story of Team Chaplain Chette Williams 262

96 Fear the Thumb 264

31 Bowden's First and Last Seasons 267

18 Know Where to Grab a Cold One 269

99 Tony Franklin and Gus Malzahn 271

100 The Story of the 1988 Sugar Bowl 274

Sources 277

About the Author 292