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Is Auburn's War Eagle Tradition the Hokiest college football tradition?
Posted on 3/21/15 at 12:12 pm
Posted on 3/21/15 at 12:12 pm
this is the goofiest thing that I ever read. I never laughed so hard. lol
Legend has it that football and “War Eagle” came to Auburn the same day, Feb. 20, 1892, when Auburn defeated Georgia 10-0 at Atlanta's Piedmont Park in the first real college football game played in the South. According to the legend, an Auburn student, fighting at the Civil War’s Battle of the Wilderness in Virginia, was left for dead in no-man's land, that stretch of earth between the two armies that belonged to neither friend nor foe. After the battle, all that was left alive there was the Auburn student and a baby eagle. With the eaglet in his pocket, the wounded soldier eventually made his way back home. He later returned to Auburn and resumed his education, nurturing the eagle back to health and maturity.
The man later joined Auburn’s faculty and when the train departed for Atlanta that fateful day, the instructor and the eagle, known to all Auburn people as “War Eagle” because of the circumstances which brought the man and eagle together, were on the train. As the game began, the eagle took to flight and began to circle the field. Looking skyward, the Auburn faithful began to call his name “War Eagle.” As the eagle continued to fly up and down the field, he was seemingly watching over his Auburn Tiger team, and supporting their efforts in his only way possible. Soon the crowd began to chant and then shout his name in unison..."War Eagle!"
At the end of the game, the old eagle, now almost 30 years old, collapsed and died on the playing field. Having given his all for his team and boosting Auburn to victory in the process, the events of that day soon grew into legend and the name “War Eagle,” as was voiced that day, has since been repeated as an inspriational battle cry whenever Auburn teams compete on the field of play. Auburn University and college football have never been the same since.
lol
what is auburn so smug about.
Legend has it that football and “War Eagle” came to Auburn the same day, Feb. 20, 1892, when Auburn defeated Georgia 10-0 at Atlanta's Piedmont Park in the first real college football game played in the South. According to the legend, an Auburn student, fighting at the Civil War’s Battle of the Wilderness in Virginia, was left for dead in no-man's land, that stretch of earth between the two armies that belonged to neither friend nor foe. After the battle, all that was left alive there was the Auburn student and a baby eagle. With the eaglet in his pocket, the wounded soldier eventually made his way back home. He later returned to Auburn and resumed his education, nurturing the eagle back to health and maturity.
The man later joined Auburn’s faculty and when the train departed for Atlanta that fateful day, the instructor and the eagle, known to all Auburn people as “War Eagle” because of the circumstances which brought the man and eagle together, were on the train. As the game began, the eagle took to flight and began to circle the field. Looking skyward, the Auburn faithful began to call his name “War Eagle.” As the eagle continued to fly up and down the field, he was seemingly watching over his Auburn Tiger team, and supporting their efforts in his only way possible. Soon the crowd began to chant and then shout his name in unison..."War Eagle!"
At the end of the game, the old eagle, now almost 30 years old, collapsed and died on the playing field. Having given his all for his team and boosting Auburn to victory in the process, the events of that day soon grew into legend and the name “War Eagle,” as was voiced that day, has since been repeated as an inspriational battle cry whenever Auburn teams compete on the field of play. Auburn University and college football have never been the same since.
lol
what is auburn so smug about.
Posted on 3/21/15 at 12:15 pm to High Diving Horses
Touching a rock then running down a hill while releasing hundreds of balloons is definitely the hokiest college football "tradition"
Posted on 3/21/15 at 12:15 pm to High Diving Horses
Maybe you're on to something. It's the only tradition of Auburn that Clemson hasn't copied, so I suppose it does suck.
Posted on 3/21/15 at 12:16 pm to High Diving Horses
You guys run down a hill and touch a fricking rock. I have no idea why youre calling something else stupid
Posted on 3/21/15 at 12:16 pm to High Diving Horses
So we have been Auburns super bowl since 1892?
Posted on 3/21/15 at 12:17 pm to High Diving Horses
Response thread?
Posted on 3/21/15 at 12:21 pm to High Diving Horses
How's Clemson this time of year?
Posted on 3/21/15 at 12:23 pm to High Diving Horses
Idk, spelling the name of your school is pretty bad. I guess Clemson fans just like to prove they can?
Posted on 3/21/15 at 12:24 pm to High Diving Horses
And you always claim you aren't the troll. Can we get this clown banned?
Posted on 3/21/15 at 12:24 pm to High Diving Horses
If this story is true then it's fricking awesome. What part of it are you thinking is lame or "hokie"?
I'm sincerely in the dark here.
Where did you think "War Eagle!" came from? Some crime fighting super hero from the 30s who wore a cape and could fly? I mean, what the hell are you wanting it to be?
Are you really from Clemson? Because you're coming across like a frat frick from texas or an illiterate goon from oklahoma here. Seriously.
I'm sincerely in the dark here.
Where did you think "War Eagle!" came from? Some crime fighting super hero from the 30s who wore a cape and could fly? I mean, what the hell are you wanting it to be?
Are you really from Clemson? Because you're coming across like a frat frick from texas or an illiterate goon from oklahoma here. Seriously.
Posted on 3/21/15 at 12:27 pm to High Diving Horses
not an AU fan in the least but this story, if true, is pretty neat. Clempson out
Posted on 3/21/15 at 12:31 pm to High Diving Horses
How does it feel knowing that everyone recognizes LSU's Death Valley and not yours? That Tiger Stadium is more intimidating than yours?
Posted on 3/21/15 at 12:32 pm to High Diving Horses
War Eagle isn't a tradition you dumbass.
Posted on 3/21/15 at 12:38 pm to High Diving Horses
A&M wrote the book on hokey shite.
Posted on 3/21/15 at 12:45 pm to High Diving Horses
You've started two threads in this forum and the other one was even stupider than this.
(Don't believe me? Check it out. This kid is on bad crack).
STFU and GTFO please.
(Don't believe me? Check it out. This kid is on bad crack).
STFU and GTFO please.
Posted on 3/21/15 at 12:45 pm to High Diving Horses
I kinda like it. Especially when the eagle flies around the stadium before the game. That is way cool.
Posted on 3/21/15 at 12:49 pm to High Diving Horses
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Posted on 3/21/15 at 12:51 pm to High Diving Horses
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Legend has it
The story sounds like something the North Koreans would cook up
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