Well, that was historic. On a sunny day that turned into a cloudy afternoon you could feel the cold front move in, acutely aware each time the mercury fell on every third breeze. Auburn welcomed Texas A&M in their first meeting as conference rivals. It was the Aggies first trip to Jordan-Hare Stadium.
Auburn allowed more points than they have since 1917. (1917! The Kaiser was running things in Germany. Woodrow Wilson was still in his first administration in the White House. This historic campus photograph was still six months in the future.) They also allowed 671 yards, the most by Auburn since records began being kept in 1967. The previous mark was Florida’s 625 in 1996. That stat could have been worse. The Aggies rolled up 464 yards by the half.
The final score was 63-21, and take it from someone who stayed until the bitted end, it wasn’t even that close.
The players were doing their best, but the coaching has become more than questionable in a short period of time.
People were heading for the exits before the first quarter was over. The student body found better things to do by halftime and was a ghost town to start the fourth quarter. Even the media relations crew gave up. The official release is just six paragraphs.
Really, for anyone that cared, it felt like this:
Also, Texas A&M is pretty good. Glad they’re in the SEC. Nice people, good athletics program, great university, and a terrific and enthusiastic fanbase. They fit in immediately.
Here’s the pregame flyover of four F-16 jets. One was piloted by Auburn graduate Drew “Snapper” Lehman and Texas A&M graduate Mike “Midnight” Rose. The pilots and their ground crew are based at McEntire Joint National Guard Base in South Carolina in the 15th Fighter Squadron.
And the U.S. Special Operations Command Parachute Demonstration Team, the Para-Commandos, jumping from 12,500 feet:
