I am a huge Alabama fan, but I almost went to Auburn. The majority of my friends were going there, so I thought I would go there and just be an Alabama fan. I went to an orientation session and they said “War Eagle” about 70 times over the course of 15 minutes. I immediately, walked out and went to Alabama instead. I knew there was no way I was going to be able to stand that day in and day out.
People think Alabama fans are consumed with football, but Auburn fans make it their entire identity. Like a cult. LOL.
I never understood why the Tigers slogan is War Eagle...
Those are two different things...
To be perfectly honest, both Auburn fans AND Alabama fans can be annoying at times. Auburn goes back in my family for a couple of generations. One uncle was an Auburn engineering grad and worked for IBM his whole career. He died at 93 a couple of months back.
I am an Auburn fan, but a UAB accounting grad. But my current wife’s family is wall-to-wall Auburn. One of her uncles played basketball at Auburn in the early 1960’s: Leon Posey