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First Time Ever: The Untold Story of How Auburn Brought Undefeated Alabama to Jordan-Hare Stadium--and Beat Them
First Time Ever: The Untold Story of How Auburn Brought Undefeated Alabama to Jordan-Hare Stadium--and Beat Them in Bloomington, MN
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On
December 2, 1989
, the undefeated
Alabama Crimson Tide
did something they'd sworn they'd never do:
They came to Auburn to play the Iron Bowl
.
How it happened, after years of threats and lawsuits and refusals to even discuss the possibility, is a story as riveting as the game that unfolded on the field that Saturday afternoon.
Van Allen Plexico
and
John Ringer
, co-hosts of the
AU Wishbone Podcast
, trace the greatest rivalry in football from its dawning in Birmingham to the epic showdown on the Plains. Along the way they expose the roots of the animosity between the two universities, the numerous ways Alabama has tried to get its way in every dispute with Auburn--and the consequences when they
don't
Then they break down the game itself--what happened, play-by-play, how and why--from Tiger Walk to Toomer's Corner, and beyond.
Some said it would never happen. On December 2, 1989,
it did happen.
This is the complete story of that day--possibly the greatest day in Auburn football history--as only the AU Wishbone can tell it.
December 2, 1989
, the undefeated
Alabama Crimson Tide
did something they'd sworn they'd never do:
They came to Auburn to play the Iron Bowl
.
How it happened, after years of threats and lawsuits and refusals to even discuss the possibility, is a story as riveting as the game that unfolded on the field that Saturday afternoon.
Van Allen Plexico
and
John Ringer
, co-hosts of the
AU Wishbone Podcast
, trace the greatest rivalry in football from its dawning in Birmingham to the epic showdown on the Plains. Along the way they expose the roots of the animosity between the two universities, the numerous ways Alabama has tried to get its way in every dispute with Auburn--and the consequences when they
don't
Then they break down the game itself--what happened, play-by-play, how and why--from Tiger Walk to Toomer's Corner, and beyond.
Some said it would never happen. On December 2, 1989,
it did happen.
This is the complete story of that day--possibly the greatest day in Auburn football history--as only the AU Wishbone can tell it.
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