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Posted on 8/7/17 at 2:38 pm
Posted by IStillMissDanny
S TX
Member since Aug 2016
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Posted on 8/7/17 at 2:38 pm
Help me out with this one - why is there a huge tiger paw in the middle of the road there? Doesn't Auburn have enough logos/mascots without using one of the most recognizable logos in college football?

I think it would have been way more "Auburn" to put the interlocking AU there, which is another great logo, instead of a tiger paw that looks suspiciously like some other team's logo?

Was it payback for using your old uniforms, stealing Heisman and Riggs, copying Samford Hall (loosely), etc?

I was down there Saturday, and it looks pretty great, by the way.
Posted by NYCAuburn
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Posted on 8/7/17 at 2:40 pm to
its been there in some form or another for years. I want to say back to the 70s

Correction 89

This post was edited on 8/7/17 at 2:41 pm
Posted by FourThreeForty
Member since May 2013
17290 posts
Posted on 8/7/17 at 2:41 pm to
Toomer's Corner should be renamed to Updyke's Bitch.
Posted by rmnldr
Member since Oct 2013
38221 posts
Posted on 8/7/17 at 2:41 pm to
quote:

Help me out with this one - why is there a huge tiger paw in the middle of the road there?


Auburn Tigers

quote:

Doesn't Auburn have enough logos/mascots without using one of the most recognizable logos in college football?




It looks nothing like Clemson's logo.

quote:

I think it would have been way more "Auburn" to put the interlocking AU there, which is another great logo, instead of a tiger paw that looks suspiciously like some other team's logo?


They don't care about what you think
Posted by Numberwang
Bike City, USA
Member since Feb 2012
13163 posts
Posted on 8/7/17 at 2:43 pm to
I hear they're building a lake, too.

:DWI:
Posted by NorthGwinnettTiger
Member since Jun 2006
51819 posts
Posted on 8/7/17 at 2:43 pm to
quote:

why is there a huge tiger paw in the middle of the road there? Doesn't Auburn have enough logos/mascots without using one of the most recognizable logos in college football?


It's not new. Not as popular as the AU, but not new.


quote:

I think it would have been way more "Auburn" to put the interlocking AU there,

Agreed

quote:

Was it payback for using your old uniforms, stealing Heisman and Riggs, copying Samford Hall (loosely), etc?

I think it's safe to say when designing Toomers, sticking it to Clemson wasn't discussed.
Posted by Jyrdis
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Member since Aug 2015
12790 posts
Posted on 8/7/17 at 2:43 pm to
Taters. Help me out with this one here. Do Clemson fans/alumni still donate potatoes to the university?
Posted by piggilicious
Member since Jan 2011
37298 posts
Posted on 8/7/17 at 2:43 pm to
quote:

It looks nothing like Clemson's logo.


Yeah, 2 orange paws look nothing alike.
Posted by Rhino5
Atlanta
Member since Nov 2014
28898 posts
Posted on 8/7/17 at 2:44 pm to
A Clemson fan talking about Auburn copying their shite, that's funny.
Posted by Carolina_Girl
South Cackalacky
Member since Apr 2012
23973 posts
Posted on 8/7/17 at 2:45 pm to
quote:

A Clemson fan talking about Auburn copying their shite, that's funny.



Exactly. Bunch of fricking hypocrits.
Posted by NYCAuburn
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Posted on 8/7/17 at 2:49 pm to
quote:

Do Clemson fans/alumni still donate potatoes to the university?


Two hundred pounds of Russets gets you a gameday parking pass
Posted by Hair of the Dog
Alexandria
Member since Dec 2005
2205 posts
Posted on 8/7/17 at 3:03 pm to
quote:

A Clemson fan talking about Auburn copying their shite, that's funny.


None of them have a real tiger.
Posted by StopRobot
Mobile, AL
Member since May 2013
15391 posts
Posted on 8/7/17 at 3:14 pm to
auburn also stole the running out through fire extinguishers from Miami
Posted by Rhino5
Atlanta
Member since Nov 2014
28898 posts
Posted on 8/7/17 at 3:15 pm to
quote:

None of them have a real tiger.

Not needed when you have a creepy tiger mascot

Posted by FearlessFreep
Baja Alabama
Member since Nov 2009
17282 posts
Posted on 8/7/17 at 3:58 pm to
quote:

auburn also stole the running out through fire extinguishers from Miami
How dare you accuse AU of co-opting other schools' iconic traditions.

We would never do that.

Posted by IStillMissDanny
S TX
Member since Aug 2016
2151 posts
Posted on 8/7/17 at 4:11 pm to
Half of the pics in your link are Clemson's paw. You kind of made my point. Even Google doesn't know there's an Auburn paw.

I'm no Auburn expert, but I'm almost positive Toomer's has been around longer than 1989 or whenever that homemade paw was painted. Certainly longer than 2015 when the Clemson paw was put in permanently.
Posted by thatthang
Member since Jan 2012
6770 posts
Posted on 8/7/17 at 4:46 pm to
Goddamn that thing is creepy and disturbing. Looks like a homeless person on a three day meth bender. Can you imagine if that mascot peered into your living room window?
Posted by AUTiger45
The Ham
Member since Oct 2013
4043 posts
Posted on 8/7/17 at 5:46 pm to
story of toomer's paw

the whole story here. youre welcome.
Posted by SCLibertarian
Conway, South Carolina
Member since Aug 2013
35996 posts
Posted on 8/7/17 at 6:04 pm to
Posted by My Daddy
You Mom's Bed
Member since Mar 2014
745 posts
Posted on 8/7/17 at 6:26 pm to
Nice!
Even aubie is a BAMA fan!
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