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football •war eagle•
Dear AU family,
It’s easy to be
a Bama fan. It’s easy to cheer for a team that sees failure as the one
out of four years when they don’t win a national title. It’s easy to
have high expectations of the highest paid coach in college football,
and to make the case for his greatness and the greatness of his
program’s tradition. It’s easy for the multitudes of fans to sit in the
stands and claim a share of the prize, when most of them never had to
sit in the classes and do the work.
It’s hard to watch your
team go 13-0 and miss the chance to have a national title. It’s hard to
finally get that championship and have the NCAA and media breathing down
your neck the whole time. It’s hard to watch your team go winless in
the SEC and 3-9 overall, and then see your beloved trees ripped from the
ground because one of your detractors doesn’t know the difference
between rivalry and hatred. It’s hard to see your program’s rich
tradition and moments of greatness denied by a never-ending chorus of
haters who don’t care what it means to believe in Auburn and love it.
But it’s also hard to think of a greater memory than Tommy Tuberville leading the perfect team out arm-in-arm on to the field.
It’s hard to find a better pre-game tradition than an eagle circling
the stadium to the soundtrack of 90,000 people united in our rallying
cry.
It’s hard to find a fan base that could take the death of
another tradition in the wake of a terrible season and turn it into a
picturesque celebration of everything Auburn.
It’s hard to
catch a ball you can’t even see, to juggle the weight of an improbable
comeback and an improbable year, and then carry it into the end zone
like you meant to do it the whole time.
It’s hard to find a better coach than Gus.
The truth is, I’m not too worried about this Saturday. We are the
underdogs, and it’ll be hard work to pull off the upset. But Hard Work
is exactly the kind of work we believe in. And no matter how easy it
might be right now to just roll with the Tide, I will look back when
it’s all settled and know that the hardest moments and how we dealt with
them are just part of why it was, is, and always will be GREAT TO BE AN
AUBURN TIGER.
War Eagle
‘Cause I’m not easy to understand
But you know me like the back of your hand
I’m your girl and you’re my man
And we’re makin’ plans….•makin’ plans• miranda lambert