The Bodda Getta

I was born an AU fan... but I didn't realize how serious everything was until 1989. I was 9 years old and at Jordan Hare stadium for the 1st Iron Bowl at Auburn. It was a memory I'll never forget. The first play of the game was a simple out route pass. I remember seeing that play, and my mom stood up and said "SH*T!" right when Slack dropped back to pass. That was the first time I ever heard my mom cuss. I knew then what it was all about. Later that day I was on my uncle's shoulders at Toomer's Corner and got hit in the face with a massive wad of toilet paper. I loved it. Will never forget that day.

WAR DAMN EAGLE!!!

It's simply just the way I was raised. WDE!

I can't recall the very first moment I became an Auburn fan, but I know the year - 1960! Last year I was going through a box of my old school items (my mom saved EVERYTHING from my youth), and in there was a spiral bound notebook from junior high school. On the back of the notebook, I had created a crossword puzzle made up entirely of college names, and the first name across the middle was AUBURN, and it was also the largest!

My story of how I got to Auburn (it was a difficult path), is a long but interesting one, so I'll save it for another thread. But finally, in September of 1964, I walked onto the Auburn campus for the first time (that's right, I picked Auburn site unseen) to enroll. The interesting part is I was born and raised in Pennsylvania, and had no connections to AU whatsoever. But I can say it was certainly one of the best decisions I ever made in my life!!!

As bad as I hate to admit it I was an Alabama fan for the first 7 years of my life because I just didn't know any better. I use the excuse I was young and dumb lol. But when I saw that man wearing that number 34 jersey running the football I knew there was something special about Auburn. That was all it took for me to know exactly which school I loved in my heart. My whole family are Alabama fans with me being the only auburn fan. I have had years where I have caught hell at family gatherings but I am a die hard auburn fan through and through.

2 on 1 backyard football in 1958. I wore the orange and blue of Auburn against my cousins who wore the crimson of Bama. I usually got beat, but I got my licks in. Joined the military, but moved to Auburn after retirement so my kids could attend Auburn. Both are grads, one is in the Navy, and one is at Arkansas State working for CGM. I'm proud and I believe in Auburn always.

This is definitely a small world when I see someone post something about marion alabama. Just who is this behind the screen name. If you still live in marion and don't have to do much posting for you to figure me out and know the extremes I go to for Auburn Football.

Initials: BF I am alot younger I was at auburn from 03 to 05 and own the only bbq place in marion. Come by and visit when they have pchs reunion every year.

I grew up in LaGrange, Georgia, just 45 miles away from Auburn. As a kid, my older sister moved to Athens as her husband went to UGA, so we made many trips up there in the late 60's. My brother was also a Georgia fan and we had a cousin that played for UGA as well. My Dad had always been a Tech fan, but in 1970, the son of one of his customers who was a student at Auburn gave him 2 tickets to the AU/UGA game in Auburn. My Dad couldn't go to the game, so my Mother took me down, and at 11, I saw my first game, and was hooked from that point on, even though Georgia upset us that day.

I remember the crowd and Haley Center(which was brand new). I still have the program from that day. Oddly, I remember reading that Cliff Hare Stadium's first section was built in 1939, and thought about how long ago that had been (31 Years!). Nine years later, as a senior, I was there to see the first upper deck open in 1980 (now 32 years ago), so 31 years doesn't seem all that long ago.

I live in Colorado now, and don't make it back for games very much, but thanks to the internet and DirecTV, I don't miss a game. Both my boys are Auburn fans, as are my grandkids, and every time we visit, even if it's not a game season, we make the trip over. Still feels like home.