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So why does auburn tigers fly a bird across field again????
Jul 22, 2016, 10:03 AM
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I've always been lost with thAt????
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Re: So why does auburn tigers fly a bird across field again????
Jul 22, 2016, 10:04 AM
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I believe they were losing to Bama way back and an eagle flew over the field and the came back and won the game.
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Re: So why does auburn tigers fly a bird across field again????
Jul 22, 2016, 11:56 AM
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an awburn grad I used to work with told me that story and it's been that way ever since is my understanding.
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Re: So why does auburn tigers fly a bird across field again????
Jul 22, 2016, 10:05 AM
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I kno war eagle but they r tigers????? Should change to auburn eagles
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Re: So why does auburn tigers fly a bird across field again????
Jul 22, 2016, 10:07 AM
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Haha ur prob right. Better fly eagle over field 10 times then sept. 3rd
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So they can Yell - war eagle, and keep the slogan going
Jul 22, 2016, 10:06 AM
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plus it helps sell shirts and swag
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Re: So why does auburn tigers fly a bird across field again????
Jul 22, 2016, 10:10 AM
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The Auburn Plainsmen, Tigers, War Eagles, have their reasons.
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Kinda like Bama using an elephant when their mascot is detergent***
Jul 22, 2016, 11:34 AM
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Re: Kinda like Bama using an elephant when their mascot is detergent***
Jul 22, 2016, 1:15 PM
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+1, why do so many use this profile pic?
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cause I'm too dumb to figure out how to get a cooler one.***
Jul 22, 2016, 8:41 PM
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Because they're #########***
Jul 22, 2016, 10:23 AM
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(donkeys)***
Jul 22, 2016, 10:24 AM
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its b/c they're the Tigers... oh wait
Jul 22, 2016, 10:31 AM
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if they were the Auburn Eagles it would a lot better. But that would make too much sense.
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Re: its b/c they're the Tigers... oh wait
Jul 22, 2016, 11:04 AM
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It's War Dayum Eagle, says Bo Jackson. (See Roll Tide / War Eagle) And Bo knows....
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Re: So why does auburn tigers fly a bird across field again????
Jul 22, 2016, 12:58 PM
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Uh - to get to the other side - duh.
Well - that's why the chickens cross the road, so I'm just guessing it's the same thing.
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So it can get the toilet paper out of the trees?
Jul 22, 2016, 2:46 PM
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Man, I don't know.
They have commitment issues? Can't commit to one mascot?
~JKB
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Here is the copy/past answer if you really wish to know:
Jul 23, 2016, 4:19 PM
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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.
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So, what you're saying is that
Jul 23, 2016, 4:31 PM
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nobody at Auburn is smart enough to know for sure...... just a bunch of competing folklore, all of which sounds fishy. There seems to be a common thread running through SEC schools - don't know what their mascot is, don't know what their stadium is called and don't know how that money got into their bank account.
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I think you summed it up pretty well!***
Jul 23, 2016, 4:32 PM
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