re: Tigers as a nickname

Clemson didn’t just take inspiration from Auburn, they literally took our old uniforms.

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And took his colors from his alma mater

You can admit it. It’s not a slight at Auburn as back in the 1890’s there wasn’t much to go by in terms of uniform colors.

My issue is saying Clemson got their name from Auburn(among other things) without acknowledging that Auburn got inspiration from other universities as well.

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Why would I have to admit it -- I just told you how we ended up with the same colors as Virginia.

Perhaps drawing from the poem, John Heisman is sometimes given credit for popularizing the name "Tiger" in Auburn. Heisman left Auburn and then went to Clemson and I have always heard he liked the name "Tigers" and tried to spread its usage.

But no, Auburn did not invent the word "Tigers," and other universities, like Princeton, had used it before. But its pretty obvious to most that "Tigers" and "Plainsmen" came from the poem, as did the name for the city and university.

Auburn was not officially called "Auburn University" until the early 60s, but there are many sources that show that the usage of "Auburn" and "API" was commonplace for decades before the official change.

It's funny to me that Auburn people don't have any problems keeping straight the various names, only folks from other schools.