War Eagle 70s IRON BOWL 2007 SPECIAL
Show Presentation Friday, November 23, 2007 from 7 to 10 p.m. Central Time
On the eve of the 2007 Iron Bowl, Mr. Herb presented a War Eagle '70s Special episode. It includes the usual suspects with the promised twist, highlights of the Punt Bama Punt Iron Bowl of 1972. In addition, this also contains his thoughts on the 2007 Iron Bowl (which center more on the aftermath), and thoughts about the Tiger Nation's two biggest rivals, the Enemy from Tuscaloser and the Bulldog Nation, (of which the host/webmaster is a proud member of). You'll find this stimulating. Enjoy.
OBSERVATIONS - "POST GAME TRASH"
This particular observation of the 2007 Iron Bowl will not focus on the atmosphere of the week leading to the game or the immediate and far-reaching implications behind, nor on the celebration itself. This will mainly center on the aftermath. If you were there (and the entire state will claim that it was), and/or if you read the front page of the following Monday's Opelika-Auburn News, you are aware of the trash left all over campus for at least two days after the game. As of the Wednesday after the Iron Bowl, there was still some minor cleanup involved by our dedicated custodians. The host/webmaster is not referring to the toilet paper celebration, which in his opinion is getting a little overboard. But besides the toilet paper, there were pizza boxes, bottles, cans, fast food bags, Chick-Fil-A wrappers, trash bags etc. stashed all over the place. As an Auburn University Ph.D. student, the host/webmaster felt a little embarrassed about how our campus looked well into the following week.
I know that paying customers to our events have a right to do what they want. But this is where common courtesy and common sense come in. Was the Tiger Nation so obsessed with winning six in a row that many people claiming citizenship in it can't pick up after themselves? Is it that important that we go to the Outback Bowl instead of the Chick-Fil-A Bowl to not care about the appearance of the main campus? It's not that we were not encouraged to do this, as if we needed it. For example, W.E.G.L. 91 Station Manager Chris Adler practically spent the entire tailgate party telling the listeners about the available recycling opportunities. Either you don't listen to W.E.G.L. 91.1, or if you did you failed to get the message. Even so, the Auburn Recycling Department and our administration through the Going Green campaign told you about it as part of the Gameday experience way back in the summer.
Additionally, this is beginning to be part of an ongoing problem that will get worse unless we at Auburn University take proactive measures. For example, during the first four Gameday weekends of the season, this host/webmaster had to spent significant time early on the following Sunday mornings cleaning up the mess left over at Auburn Christian Fellowship so that Mosaic Family Church can prepare for its Sunday morning activities, because God's sanctuary ought to look like God's sanctuary.
I am shocked that The Auburn Plainsman gave no space in its post-Iron Bowl 2007 issue to the trash problems, even though The Opelika-Auburn News deemed it important enough to put in on its front page on the Monday after the Iron Bowl. So the host/webmaster is going to take up valuable space on this page to give you the message- Pick up after yourselves, please!! This is part of us keeping the Auburn Creed. This is not separate from belief in Auburn and love of it. This goes with the territory. If we want to keep our recognition as a national Top 50 university, we have to start acting like it. If we don't, our top 50 ranking will be the least of our losses.
KUDOS, SHOUT OUTS AND THANKS
Thanks to all Auburn University support staff and employees who worked this week and will work a lot tomorrow. Thank you for your dedication in making Auburn University a Top 50 university.
We welcome those involved with the Enemy from Tuscaloser here to the Loveliest Village on the Plains. We hope that you enjoy it, until tomorrow.
Belated thanks to those involved with America Recycles Day last week.
Congratulations to several of our student-athletes who got various and numerous honors this week.
This marks the first War Eagle 70s Weekend show since the bad accident near Dothan that claimed Siran Stacy's wife and four of the children and the other driver involved, of Rev. John Cross (former pastor of Birmingham's 16th Street Baptist Church) at 90, former NFL Hall of Fame center Jim Ringo at 76, and Dick Wilson (who played Mr. Whipple in those famous Please Don't Squeeze the Charmin commercials from the mid-1960s through the mid-1980s) at 91, and major league pitcher Joe Kennedy died this morning at the age of 27.
PLAYLIST
Hour 1- Y.M.C.A.- The Village People; You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet-Bachman/Turner Overdrive, The Long Run-The Eagles, One Less Bell To Answer-The Fifth Dimension, KUDOS, SHOUT OUTS AND THANK YOUs with the Alma Mater provided by the Auburn University Band, We Will Rock You/We Are The Champions-Queen, This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)-Natalie Cole, Hello It's Me-Todd Rundgren, 70S ALABAMA SALUTE for the late WILSON PICKETT from MONTGOMERY-Don't Knock My Love, Do You Feel Like I Do?-Peter Frampton, THIS WEEK IN THE 1970s Part 1 (1970 to 1974) with music provided by Wagner "Bonfire of the Valkrytes", I Can See Clearly Now-Johnny Nash.
Hour 2- Black Magic Woman-Santana, Le Freak-Chic, Last Game of the Season (A Blind Man in the Bleachers)-David Geddes, No More Tears (Enough is Enough)-Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer, THIS WEEK IN THE 1970s Part 2 (1975 to 1979) with music provided by Beethoven "Ode to Joy" from Symphony No. 9, Dazz-Brick, 70S ALABAMA SALUTE for MOBILE'S WET WILLIE-Keep On Smilin', All I Ever Need Is You-Sonny and Cher, (Everytime I Turn Around) Back In Love Again-L.T.D., Nights In White Satin-Moody Blues, 70S ALBUM SPOTLIGHT-Lynyrd Skynyrd's Gold and Platinum ("Sweet Home Alabama" and "Free Bird")
Hour 3- Cruisin'-Smokey Robinson, I Got The Music In Me-The Kiki Dee Band, An Old Fashioned Love Song-Three Dog Night, You Light Up My Life-Debby Boone, PUNT BAMA PUNT HIGHLIGHTS, Living In The Past-Jethro Tull, Hot Line-The Sylvers, 70S ALABAMA SALUTE for RAY SAWYER from MONROEVILLE and member of Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show-Sharing The Night Together, Living For The City-Stevie Wonder, Fox On The Run-Sweet, 70S MEDLEY OF THE WEEK-Dolly Parton ("Jolene" and "Here You Come Again")
THOUGHTS ON FOOTBALL SEASON
The charges and accompanying stereotypes about Auburn's two biggest rivals, Alabama and Georgia, while they may have some truth to them, are a bit overblown. They are also a reflection of how Auburn needs to stop being reactionary and be more proactive.
If the University of Alabama were truly living in the past, it would not have African Americans among its student body. Ms. Vivian Malone would have never made it through those schoolhouse doors, much less Ms. Autherine Lucy. The Enemy from Tuscaloser has a higher percentage of Black students among the non-HBCUs in Alabama that we do (11% to 7%), more overall students than we do (25,580 to 24,100). And as the new 2008 U.S. News and World Report college ratings indicate, the Enemy from Tuscaloser has moved ahead of us. The host/webmaster knows that U.S. News' 2008 rankings are skewed, but then so was 2007's, as are the B.C.S. rankings (which we have knowing for over ten years).
Additionally, those of you that did read the front page of the post-Iron Bowl issue of The Auburn Plainsman (which the host/webmaster is sure that you did), and ignored both the Iron Bowl recap and the Birmingham jeweler ad controversy (which is the host/webmaster's opinion is also a bit out of proportion), you noticed Mallory Boykin's article on the food drive competition. And yes, the Enemy beat the crud out of us in the food drive. With their football season going down the tank, our Tuscaloser rivals managed to donate 241,336 pounds for those who are in need of something to eat. We in the Tiger Nation only managed to donate 183,017 pounds. If we are so big and bad now that we have won six in a row, we should have enough of a heart to at least donate 200,000 pounds. For a university that's supposedly living in the past, the University of Alabama sure knew how to beat us badly in a community service drive. Congratuations are in order to them!
Finally, if the Enemy from Tuscaloser were living in the past, Bear Bryant would not have become the influential figure in college athletics that he became. He would have never scheduled teams from outside the South (either in regular season or bowl games) like Southern Cal, U.C.L.A., Texas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State, Notre Dame et al. He would have never allowed Pat Dye to recruit Wilbur Jackson, stolen John Mitchell from Southern Cal, much less recruited Sylvester Croom, Woodrow Lowe, Ozzie Newsome, E.J. Junior, Willie Shelby among others; and Walter Lewis would have never quarterbacked his last game as a Head Coach at the 1982 Liberty Bowl. While Nick Saban may have lied his way into the Head Football Coaching job at the Capstone, done unscrupulous things or made wrong references to the loss to Louisiana-Monroe, I envy him. As a person who has been in the South most of his 46 years, he does not see a problem with 'Bama fans wanting Coach Saban to be the next Bear. The standards may indeed be impossible to reach, but there's nothing wrong with having standards.
Which leads to the Tiger Nation's other archrival, the host/webmaster's undergraduate alma mater the University of Georgia. There have been these charges that Georgia football fans are the worst fans in the S.E.C., and that there's a thug culture going on with the football team in the athletic department and that Georgia is fixing to become another Florida State or Miami. While the touchdown celebration against Florida, the sideline celebration against Auburn and getting that last touchdown, the booing of Troy in its last drive during its Homecoming game may have been a bit much for some to take, the host/webmaster frankly believes that the charges are getting a bit overboard. Besides, there was no fighting involved. University of Georgia SGA President Ms. Katy Bowers was very nice in writing a letter to the editor addressing this situation in the Plainsman, and she is to be complimented for doing it. But let's face it, Tiger Nation- We got whipped two years in a row by the Bulldogs!! Please learn to live with it and get over it. And as Clay Travis wrote in his book about S.E.C. football Dixieland Delight, "No matter what fan base you're a part of, at least 15 percent of your fans suck." (p. 333) That means that every school in the S.E.C. has obnoxious fans, including ours!! This explains why Rep. Holmes was cussed out in the one Iron Bowl that he went to (because he gives any his privileges as a constituent service) and why Brandon Cox was booed at the Mississippi State loss.
Oh, we revere him now because he's the second Auburn QB to beat 'Bama three times. (Let's not forget that Jason Campbell was the first) But what if D.J. Hall did catch that pass in the end zone, or if the Enemy did not commit crucial penalties at critical times and ended up winning the game? Would we hold Brandon Cox, Quentin Groves and teammates in such high esteem? Would we be so concerned as to why Coach Tuberville has not finalized his decision on his future yet? Based on our history with Doug Barfield, Eric Ramsey and others, the host/webmaster doubts it very seriously. Cox would have been known as the latest Auburn quarterback to lose to Georgia and Alabama in his senior year, which would have been unfair considering what a good guy he is on and off the field.
Getting back to U.G.A., not only is there the possibility that the worst that the football team can do is go to a B.C.S. bowl (much less the title game fairly or unfairly), U.G.A. just had two of its students chosen as Rhodes Scholars. So not only is the Bulldog Nation having fun, it continues to produce quality students (like it has for over 220 years). By the way, U.G.A. has the only African American athletic director in the S.E.C., Damon Evans, a stand up guy who the host/webmaster always liked as a person as well as a student-athlete. On the other hand, what did we do with two African American administrators in our athletic department back in 2005? We got rid of them, which explains why Rep. Alvin Holmes and the Legislative Black Caucus wanted a boycott of Auburn University by African-American student athletes.
In conclusion, the charges and stereotypes against Auburn's two biggest rivals are a bit overblown, even if there is some truth to it. That and the overblown concerns about the Birmingham jeweler's ad campaign leads the host/webmaster to make this suggestion- It's time that Auburn fans, students, alumni and everyone else affiliated with Auburn University stop being reactionary about everything that goes on around us and start being proactive. Quit worrying about what other people are doing and start thinking of and taking action on what you can do. We need to make Auburn University better than it was before, or at least when it was when you got here. The host/webmaster is reminded of the closing comments by the moderator of Wednesday night's forum on how we can make Auburn more inclusive; she said that the people that can most influence change at the university are the students. That means you and I. This is our university. It becomes what you make of it.
War Eagle.
THIS WEEK IN THE 1970s
1970 marked a hard freeze in the W.E.G.L. 91 listening area. Temperatures went down into the upper teens and low 20s. Boy, have we had interesting changes in the weather this week. It may even storm for tomorrow's Iron Bowl. . . Shoppers invaded Roses' Department Store in Midway Plaza to take advantage of a one day fire sale that took place until 11 p.m.. A fire damaged the inside of the store, which had closed for a week prior to the sale. The host wonders how much shopping you all have done today and where. . . Over 500 inmates took part in a racial disturbance at a prison farm 90 miles southeast of Little Rock. Prison guards broke up the fight with tear gas. The inmates wanted to segregate the prison quarters. . . CBS aired the American TV premiere of the 1955 movie version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! starring Gordon McRae, Shirley Jones, James Whitmore, and the late Rod Steiger and Eddie Albert among others. It was shown as the special Thanksgiving episode of The CBS Thursday Night Movies.
1971-The Opelika High Key Club sponsored a buckle up for cash day, with roadblocks set up with co-operation of the Alabama Highway Patrol. The Patrol conducted its buckle up for safety campaign. A majority of the over 60 accidents in Lee County in 1971 involved people who did not wear seat belts. We are reminded again of that accident west of Dothan this week. . . The Alabama Legislature approved an amendment to the Education Appropriations Bill adding $240 thousand for a building to house Southern Union's Valley campus. State Sen. Don Horne sponsored the amendment. . . The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee approved President Nixon's appointments of Lewis Powell Jr. and the late William Rehnquist to the Supreme Court by a 12-4 vote. Among the four voting against it- Massachusetts Democratic Senator Ted Kennedy. . . Representatives of the People's Republic of China (Communist China) first attended the United Nations, including the U.N. Security Council. The U.N. recognized them instead of Taiwan as the official representatives of China.
1972 was highlighted by Thanksgiving dinner hosted by the Opelika Golden Age Club at the Opelika Recreation Center. It gave the dinner as it celebrated its 17th year of existence. . . Phenix City Police and F.B.I. agents arrested a Salem man on charges of operating a $15 thousand-a-week football gambling operation. Authorities reported that the man brought a thousand parlay tickets with him from Columbus. You're on your own if you placed serious bets on tomorrow's Iron Bowl. . . The F.C.C. approved a new profit rate. AT&T announced that it would raise long distance rates by 2 percent to take advantage. The host wonders if you have received your new AT&T phone books. . . A Louis Harris poll showed that the sharpest division of voting in the 1972 Presidential election was based on race. President Nixon won reelection in a landslide with 67% of the White vote and 21% of the Black vote. You are aware that Joe Reed, Tuskegee Mayor Johnny Ford and other Black leaders have endorsed Sen. Clinton over Sen. Obama in the 2008 race.
1973 marked a performance by the 90-voice Concert Choir at Auburn First United Methodist Church. The hour and a half concert featured music from the 16th through 20th centuries. . . The United Auto Workers asked General Motors to reconsider or delay layoffs at 20 assembly plants. G.M. had planned to cut production of large-sized cars before the energy crisis and other developments made it lose money. G.M. reported a $39 million loss of profit last quarter. . .California Democratic U.S. Rep. Yvonne Braithwaite Burke gave birth to a baby girl in Los Angeles. Rep. Burke became the first member of Congress to give birth while in Congress. Then House Speaker Carl Albert granted her maternity leave. . . President Nixon's attorney J. Fred Buzhardt revealed that one of the Watergate tapes had an 18 and a half minute gap in it. The tape contained White House conversations between Nixon and White House aides three days after the June 1972 break-in. Nixon resigned the following year.
1974 marked the announcement of a mini-mall on East Magnolia Avenue downtown where the Old Pitts Hotel was torn down. The two-story mini-mall would contain as many as 12 stores under the name Village Green. . . In Vladivstok, Soviet Union, President Ford expressed confidence over talks with Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev on establishing guidelines for a new ten-year treaty limiting nuclear weapons. The talks went on for two days. . . The U.N. General Assembly granted the P.L.O. observer status as Palestine's sole representative. This happened 12 years after the Arab League founded the organization. . . The Justice Department filed its final anti-trust suit against AT&T. The suit led to the breakup of AT&T and the Bell System. Now AT&T is monopolizing the phones again, I-Phones, new phone books and all.
That brings us to the halfway point of This Week in the 1970s. This is the show that attempts to clear the picture about the '70s-War Eagle 70s Wednesday morning at 11 a.m. and Friday night at 7 p.m. on W.E.G.L. 91.
1975-Auburn High student Gail Jones was crowned Lee County Junior Miss during ceremonies at the Foy Student Union Ballroom. Ms. Jones was chosen among 15 seniors in the pageant sponsored by the Opelika Jaycees. . . Montgomery city bus drivers went on strike as negotiations with the city broke down. The strike was the second in two years. . . President Ford named former Foreign Service Officer John Calhoun as his special assistant for Minority Affairs. Mr. Calhoun succeeded Stanley Scott, who resigned. . . Spanish fascist dictator Francisco Franco died. King Juan Carlos took over, and is still on the throne. He will be 70 years old just before next semester.
1976 marked the appearance of the late John Denver at Beard-Eaves Memorial Coliseum. Others who performed there or in Auburn during the 1970s included Count Basie, Neil Diamond, the Fifth Dimension, Jackie Wilson, Dionne Warwick and Elvis!!! I hope someone from U.P.C. is listening! The focus group last week wanted to know why U.P.C. can't bring more popular acts for campus concerts. . . Lee County voters passed an amendment putting the Lee County Probate Judge on salary instead of a fee service. The amendment was one of nine to the Alabama Constitution approved by a 10-1 margin statewide. Will there ever be a new state constitution?. . . Free diver Jacques Mayol became the first person to descend 100 meters underwater without use of breathing equipment. Mr. Mayol hung himself to death in 2001.
1977-The Lee County Theater presented its last production "Saint George and the Dragon," then began looking for a new home. Its storage facilities were at the Cooper Memorial Library and Arts Center. . . Governor Wallace promised to include plans for a nursing school at Auburn in his next education budget. He did. The nursing school opened two years later. . . A jury found Klansman Robert Edward Chambliss guilty of first degree murder in the 1963 bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham which killed four young ladies. But Chambliss was only convicted of one of the murders. He did get a life sentence. As you know, the Pastor at the time Rev. John Cross died recently. . . The Defense Department connected the first three nodes of the ARPAnet. The ARPAnet would serve as the precursor to the Internet.
1978 saw City of Auburn water bill rates go up by 30%, the second increase in almost 20 years. The City proposed a third sewage treatment plant. Concerned citizens opposed the plant. . . Alabama Education Department Commissioner Ted Spears told the Lee County Pilot Club about the expressed need for high school competency tests. Mr. Spears commented that the test would guarantee that high school students would know certain life skills before getting their diplomas. . . 1978 marked the first Take Back the Night march, which occurred in San Francisco. The march calls us to attention of domestic violence prevention. . . In Jonestown, Guyana, the Rev. Jim Jones led his Peoples Temple cult in a mass murder suicide. 918 died, including over 200 children. Peoples Temple cult members assassinated California Democratic U.S. Rep. Leo Ryan Jr. and NBC News correspondent Don Harris among others before the mass suicide. One of the more tragic events of all time.
1979-Opelika High School seniors Mary Walker, Tom Warner and Jeffrey Pilgrim became National Merit Scholars for their performances on the PSATs and NMSQTs. All three received letters of commendation for their efforts. . . A Dublin jury found Irish Republican Army member Thomas McMahon guilty of assassinating Lord Mountbatten. McMahon received a life sentence. As you know, three men were rearrested for their alleged involvement in Natalie Holloway's disappearance in Aruba this week. . . Pakistan pledged to rebuild the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad after Muslims destroyed it. President Gen. Muhammad Zia ul-Hag made the commitment to rebuild the $21 million embassy. Will President Gen. Musharraf commit to reinstate the Pakistani constitution?. . . McDonald's raised its prices for its Big Macs and other items by 2 to 11 cents, after decreasing them the year before. It didn't offer Extra Value Meals back then. But now, even the Extra Value Meals are getting expensive. The cheapest one at the restaurant across from campus cost the host $4.73 on Tuesday. It would have been better off if the host got a turkey sandwich. . .
And that's what happened This Week in the 1970s. This is the show where you will hear news events, features and music of the 1970s from classic rock to disco jazz-War Eagle 70s Wednesday morning at 11 a.m. and Friday night at 7 p.m. on W.E.G.L. 91.
PUNT BAMA PUNT GAME HIGHLIGHTS FROM 1972
December 2, 1972 at Legion Field in Birmingham on a sunny day. 72,386 gathered to watch the ninth-ranked Tigers take on the #2 ranked team in the nation, the Enemy from Tuscaloser.
The game started off great for us. David Langner intercepted a Terry Davis pass and returned it to the Bama 10. But Bear's Boys stiffened, and a bad snap caused a missed field goal by Gardner Jett. So the first quarter wound up scoreless.
Then in the second quarter, Bama drove 71 yards in 15 plays, with fullback Steve Bisceglia scoring on a three-yard run. But Roger Mitchell blocked Bill Davis' extra point attempt. (That turned out to be a big play). So Bama took a 6-0 lead with 11:16 left in the half. Late in the second quarter, Lanny Norris intercepted a Randy Walls pass and ran it back to the Auburn 13. But the Tigers stiffened. (That was big). Bill Davis ended up hitting a 24-yard field goal with 48 seconds left in the half. Bama eventually led 9-0 at the half.
In the third quarter, the Red Elephants drove 78 yards in ten plays. One of Mr. Herb's Role Models from the 1970s, halfback Wilbur Jackson of Ozark, scored on a six-yard run after a penalty against them. Bill Davis hit the extra point. With the third quarter partially gone, it was Bama 16, Auburn 0. That was the score at the end of the third quarter.
But then came the fourth quarter. The Tigers were driving from the 20 to the Bama 25. Gardner Jett hit a 42-yard field goal. Bama 16, Auburn 3 with 9:15 remaining. Bama was stopped and faced fourth down at midfield with under six minutes left. Greg Gantt went back to punt. The punt was blocked by Bill Newton and picked up by Langner. He's at the 25, the 20, the 15, the 10, the 5- HE'S IN! TOUCHDOWN AUBURN!! Gardner Jett's extra point was GOOD. Bama 16, Auburn 10 with 5:30 left.
Bama drove again and faced a third and short yardage play. But defensive captain Mike Neel blitzed and sacked Terry Davis for a loss, bringing up fourth down around the 40. Gantt again went back to punt. It's BLOCKED AGAIN BY NEWTON!! AND LANGNER PICKED IT UP AT THE 20! HE'S AT THE 15! THE 10! THE 5! HE'S IN AGAIN!! TOUCHDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWN, AUBURNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN! Pandemonium on the Auburn sideline! The Enemy's side in a state of shock!!! But that only tied the score 16 to 16! We still had to get the extra point from Gardner Jett. There's the snap, set, kick is up AND IT'S GOOD! IT'S GOOD! TIGERS LEAD 17-16 with 1:34 to go!!!
Then Langner intercepted a third down pass. Then the offense deliberately went three and out, and David Beverly's punt put the Enemy deep in their territory. On the last play, Terry Davis is trapped in the end zone and throws INCOMPLETE! IT'S OVER! IT'S ALL OVER! TIGERS WIN!! TIGERS WIN!!! UNBELIEVEABLE!!! THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM HAS HAPPENED!!!!
We won the game despite the fact that we were dominated statistically. Bama led in first downs 16-7, in yards rushing 235-50, and total yards 251-80. There were four completed passes in the game among the two quarterbacks with three interceptions. But the 1972 Iron Bowl will be forever remembered for PUNT BAMA PUNT! AUBURN 17, ALABAMA 16! Will the 2007 Iron Bowl be known for THROW JOHN PARKER THROW? Or THE DISAPPEARANCE OF D.J. HALL? Will we honk again for sacking the guy?
Those were the highlights of the 1972 Iron Bowl, the PUNT BAMA PUNT GAME. This is the show that lives in the 70s-War Eagle 70s on W.E.G.L. 91.
70's ALBUM SPOTLIGHT and 70's MEDLEY OF THE WEEK
The Iron Bowl 2007 Special's 70's Album spotlight focused on Lynyrd Skynyrd's 1979 catalog album Gold and Platinum, one of several greatest hits or best of albums released by one of Southern rock's signature acts. One of their best known hits is about Alabama. But original members of the group first met while students at Robert E. Lee High in Jacksonville. I guess "Sweet Home Florida" doesn't sound as good. The Special presented "Sweet Home Alabama" and "Free Bird."
For the 70's Medley of the Week, War Eagle 70s was proud and privileged to present one of country music's legends, Miss Dolly Parton. The entertainer/author/philanthropist is a native of Sevierville, Tennessee, one of 12 children. She has been married to asphalt business owner Carl Dean of Ringgold GA since May 1966. She has had somewhat of a heavy heart this semester, because the man who gave Ms. Parton her first national spotlight on his long-running TV show, Porter Wagoner, died this semester.
Ms. Parton has had a long string of country hits. But she did not get her first pop hit until 30 years ago fall quarter (Auburn was under a quarter back then). The rest they say is history. The Iron Bowl 2007 Special presented her 1973 country classic "Jolene" and her 1977 breakthrough pop hit "Here You Come Again".
