Good morning.
Add more blue, and the sunrise will do nicely on Friday.
;o)
Glad youngest arrived safely!
STILL smiling about the duck, duck, goose parade!
Good morning.
Good morning! She did arrive well. Then she and the BF are heading to New Mexico to spend the holiday at his parent’s house. She took some shakers and had already told them that on Friday everyone is watching The Game and cheering for AUBURN!
This game, more than any other, is never a “gimme.” Things can happen and the momentum changes. I was there in 1972. We were getting smeared all over the field for four quarters. The score was 16 - 0 with ten minutes only left in the game. We scored a field goal, 16 -3. It was a token score. On Bama’s next position we held Bama and they were punting on a fourth down. Bill Newton blocked that punt and David Lagner recovered and ran it 25 yards for a TD. The score was 16 - 10. Then, on the next Bama possession, the SAME THING HAPPENED! What are the odds of being able to do that?
I cannot communicate the emotions wrapped up in the game Friday. It is something that is part of a heritage. I did decorate my kids’ nurseries in burnt orange and navy blue and I taught them three phrases first, “Praise the Lord”, then “War Eagle!”, followed by “Beat Bama.” Many Auburn alumni do the same and I’ve heard rumors the opposition brainwashes their offspring, too.
To say that we hear about this game all year is not an exaggeration. And while the game is referenced, it is just one of many competitions between the two. There are Auburn-Bama food drives, Auburn-Bama golf tournaments. During the Viet Nam war and beyond there were even Auburn-Bama Blood Drives (we always donated more, btw). It is important to us.