pdfangus
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sorry Alan but I am still rooting for the Hokies and the Tigers.
ga that all happened in the heat of extraordinary passion. :heart: After the cops left they both had that beer and cigarette they was needin'. :lol2: :lol2:ga.prime":1fcpypp8 said:Right. Maybe that LaMicheal guy from Oregon would have gotten enough votes to win. He was only arrested and jailed earlier this year for assault and attempted strangulation of his girlfriend.TexasBred":1fcpypp8 said:A shame the Heisman doesn't also require high stardards of conduct as well as academics.ga.prime":1fcpypp8 said:You should write a petition explaining your disappointment with the NCAA in this matter and get a bunch of people to sign it and mail it to the rules committee. Maybe you can get them to reverse.
ga.prime":3ajuub32 said:Right. Maybe that LaMicheal guy from Oregon would have gotten enough votes to win. He was only arrested and jailed earlier this year for assault and attempted strangulation of his girlfriend.TexasBred":3ajuub32 said:A shame the Heisman doesn't also require high stardards of conduct as well as academics.ga.prime":3ajuub32 said:You should write a petition explaining your disappointment with the NCAA in this matter and get a bunch of people to sign it and mail it to the rules committee. Maybe you can get them to reverse.
Alan":3o7kedy9 said:Okay, ESPN is finishing the E. carolina, Maryland game, it's 51 to 13 with 2 mins to go. Baylor and illinois started a few minutes due to come up after this game. It sounds like I have to watch Maryland accept the trophy before they switch over to the real game..... I know who won this game, thanks for making me watch all the walk ons get a chance to play.
Just venting.
Alan
Auburn's collegiate football team, basketball team, etc. are NOT also known as War Eagles. They're the Auburn Tigers. War Eagle is the battle cry of fans of these teams and has been since 1916. If you go to an Auburn game, you will hear it endlessly used as a greeting between fans before they ever get in the stadium.TexasBred":1cap47kn said:Still looking forward to seeing the DUCKS put a bruising on Tigers, aka War Eagles. should be a good game.
"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.
The 1914 contest with the Carlisle Indians provides another story. The toughest player on the Indians' team was a tackle named Bald Eagle. Trying to tire the big man, Auburn began to run play after play at his position. Without even huddling, the Auburn quarterback would yell "Bald Eagle," letting the rest of the team know that the play would be run at the imposing defensive man. Spectators, however, thought the quarterback was saying "War Eagle," and in unison, they began to chant the resounding cry. There is another story surrounding the 1914 Carlisle game. Each time the Indians had scored during the season, fans and the Carlisle players yelled, "War Eagle." But on this particular afternoon, it was Auburn's own Lucy Hairston who adopted the battle cry as he danced across the goal line for the only touchdown of the game.
Another version of the War Eagle story comes from Indian lore. Legend says "War Eagle" was the name given to the large golden eagle by the Plains Indians because the eagle furnished feathers for use in their war bonnets. The rarest version of the origin of the "War Eagle" cry grew from a 1913 pep rally at Langdon Hall where students had gathered the day before the Georgia football game. Cheerleader Gus Graydon told the crowd, "If we are going to win this game, we'll have to get out there and fight, because this means war." During the frenzy, another student, E. T. Enslen, dressed in his military uniform, noticed something had dropped from his hat. Bending down, he saw it was the metal emblem of an eagle that had been loosened while he cheered. Someone asked him what he had found, and Enslen loudly replied, "It's a War Eagle!" History was made as the new cry echoed throughout the stadium the next day as Auburn battled Georgia.
ga.prime":3pchi5a8 said:Auburn's collegiate football team, basketball team, etc. are NOT also known as War Eagles. They're the Auburn Tigers. War Eagle is the battle cry of fans of these teams and has been since 1916. If you go to an Auburn game, you will hear it endlessly used as a greeting between fans before they ever get in the stadium.TexasBred":3pchi5a8 said:Still looking forward to seeing the DUCKS put a bruising on Tigers, aka War Eagles. should be a good game.
pdfangus":3s29qkhf said:Our alumni greeting is "Go Hokies" . I get it whenever I wear by VT hat or Sweatshirt in public.
I don't guess you read any of what Van posted on the War Eagle origin. Kind of silly considering you asked the question answered by Van's post 3 or 4 times in this thread. If you want to remain oblivious to a tradition dating from since Oregon was Indian territory, that's your business.Alan":172mppea said:Ga, I just don't know what to think about you and your "war eagle" cry, I think it probably came from some drunk frat boy in the sixties.... Just after he lit up. Someone will be crying, don't think it will be my Duck
Maybe TCU is better than most gave them credit for. As much as I was disappointed to see a 7-9 team make it into the NFL playoffs, I have to say I am even more disappointed to see a 13-0 team go without a shot at the national title in college football. Maybe Auburn and Oregon would both beat TCU but how do we really know for sure? It's sad that TCU goes home with an undefeated record and wasn't even given a chance at the title.Alan":3arzsbbs said:I thought Wisconsin would show TCU what it was like to play a real team. My hat's off to TCU, they just completely handled Wisc. and it made me give them a bunch more respect. I also respect them for jumping into the Big East, you can't judge from year to year, via the longhorns, but they have my attention and I look forward to watching them next year.
ga.prime":2uopc75f said:I don't guess you read any of what Van posted on the War Eagle origin. Kind of silly considering you asked the question answered by Van's post 3 or 4 times in this thread. If you want to remain oblivious to a tradition dating from since Oregon was Indian territory, that's your business.Alan":2uopc75f said:Ga, I just don't know what to think about you and your "war eagle" cry, I think it probably came from some drunk frat boy in the sixties.... Just after he lit up. Someone will be crying, don't think it will be my Duck