I need a history lesson Barners and Gumps

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Wtf is the War Eagle stuff about? I've never understood this.

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Tigers are very expensive. Sometimes you have to go with option 2.

Long story short: Tradition holds that an Auburn professor had been a Confederate soldier and was trapped between the lines in Virginia. While there he found a wounded eagle chick and carried it back to safety with him and nursed it back to health. He kept it after returning to Auburn - and due to the circumstances of which he aquired it the bird became known as the "War Eagle". When Auburn and UGA played the 1st football game in the south (in Atlanta 1892) the professor and the eagle came with the Auburn contingent. As the game went on the eagle broke loose and began to circle the field. The Auburn fans began to chant "War Eagle". Auburn won the game and, the more popular version of the story goes, the eagle landed on the field and died.

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Wtf is the War Eagle stuff about? I've never understood this

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Paging BamaAlex.

"War Eagle" is Auburn's battle cry, not a mascot or nickname. 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.

Now explain Plainsmen

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At the game's end, the eagle took a sudden dive, crashed into the ground, and died.

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And your teams have kept up this tradition ever since. Nice story...

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Now explain Plainsmen

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The term "Plainsman originating in a line of the Oliver Goldsmith poem that gave name the city, Auburn was described as the "...loveliest village of the Plain." And because the city of Auburn is geographically located on a plain, the description seemed particularly fitting and stuck. Since Auburn athletes were, in the early days, men from the Plains, it was only natural for newspaper headline writers to shorten that to "Plainsmen."

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Short answer: Auburn needs multiple mascots and traditions to make up for a lack of relevancy.

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said the guy who is a fan of the Alabama Elephants...err...I meant Crimson Tide

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What's the story with the elephants?

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yeah, what he said...what's up with that?

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What's the story with the elephants?

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Have you ever seen some of the chicks that used to hangout at "The Booth"?