re: So is The Auburn mascot racist too? How about Mizzou? Clemson? Exc.

Nah, Auburn is good. They have an Eagle and some Plainsmen to fall back on so they're safe.

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Clemson's mascot is a druggie not a racist.

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53% of confederate flags hanging from windows have a meth lab behind them.

insignia of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division."
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you believe this?

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LOL - not really, but it makes a good story.

Another thing.. I've never have understood how Georgia adopted a damn-yankee (I was 12 years old before learning those were actually two words) battle hymn as their fight song.

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You do know that the first "black" troops in the WBTS, organized and trained, were the New Orleans Native Guards, a first rate militia regiment don't you?

"The most prominent example of free black Confederate troops is the Louisiana Native Guards, based in New Orleans. Some 1,500 men enlisted, and early in the war they announced their determination to “take arms at a moment’s notice and fight shoulder to shoulder with other citizens” in defense of the city. Part of the state militia, they marched in review through the streets with white soldiers. But they were never ordered into combat, and when Union forces captured New Orleans in the spring of 1862, they switched sides and declared their loyalty to the Union."

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Incidentally, as Union troops they were pretty badly shot up at siege of Port Hudson, sacrificed by Banks and the Union command in a hopeless assault on strong defensive fortifications.

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Alamite, the actual live mascot that Alabama had prior to giving way to the enormous cost of keeping a creature like that, was an Asian elephant. You can tell because

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...of its eyes?

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Well by his argument's logic, we aren't named after the Louisiana Tiger regiment of the confederacy so probably not

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There is nothing original about Auburn and you all most likely are named after the Louisiana Tiger regiment of the confederacy.

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Auburn "pussycats" nickname also had no links to the WBTS. Auburn adopted the "War Eagle" from ... get this ... a damn-yankee regiment, the 8th Wisconsin who burned and pillaged their way through Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. Never understood why the Aubs did that except maybe to emphasize that Tuscaloosa and the U. of Alabama was burned by the Yankees and Auburn probably welcomed them.

"March 26, 1881), a bald eagle, was the mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment in the American Civil War. Later, his image was adopted as the eagle appearing on a globe in Case Corporation's logo and as the screaming eagle on the insignia of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division."

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Wrong Gump.

"War Eagle" is Auburn's battle cry -- not a mascot or nickname. "War Eagle" has become a way for the Auburn family to greet and identify with each other all over the world. Anywhere you're wearing something with an Auburn logo on it, chances are you'll hear a friendly "War Eagle!"

The most popular story about the battle cry dates back to the first time Auburn met Georgia on the football field in 1892 and centers around a spectator who was a veteran of the Civil War. In the stands with him that day was an eagle the old soldier had found on a battlefield during the war. He had kept it as a pet for almost 30 years.

According to witnesses, the eagle suddenly broke free and began majestically circling the playing field. As the eagle soared, Auburn began a steady march toward the Georgia end zone for a thrilling victory. Elated at their team's play and taking the bird's presence as an omen of success, Auburn students and fans began to yell "War Eagle" to spur on their team. At the game's end, the eagle took a sudden dive, crashed into the ground, and died.

But the battle cry "War Eagle" lived on to become a symbol of the proud Auburn spirit."