Auburn’s favorite Iron Bowl tradition, besides getting beat by Alabama, is making t-shirts that lay claim to something.
The Iron Bowl means that it’s time for Auburn to make a fun t-shirt for their faumbly to remember the beating Alabama is about to hand them. Last year you may remember that Auburn decided to follow in the footsteps of fellow agricultural school Mississippi State and claim the state… they then lost to Alabama.
Finally got a State of Auburn shirt thanks to my beautiful girlfriend @onh9513 ❤️ thank you for everything ❤️ pic.twitter.com/ovUkuptykz
— Tyler (@145_Tyler) February 15, 2015
Maybe claiming the state was a bit ambitious, perhaps they should have started with the city of Auburn since they are a city college?
The state of Auburn really took off and that fortunately allowed us all to revel in how little Auburn fans understand geography.
Nope, that’s New York.
Lookie what I found, Chris! #Oklahoma is now another State of Auburn! @Cdmiers08 http://t.co/PLt1WbiQVY
— Magnolia Moonshine (@NerdyBluez) November 8, 2014
Pretty sure that state is called Oklahoma.
“@AURobNY: @AUFAMILY @AuburnTigers Arizona has just become the next state of AUBURN!!! http://t.co/wCXRBmoaAU”@GRITSGAL
— Suzanne Cobb (@scobberer) November 8, 2014
This one is Arizona.
WAR EAGLE! RT “@AURobNY: @AuburnTigers Tennessee has checked in - it's Official they are in the State of Auburn now! http://t.co/DJIiHXCJ5S”
— Alex Powell (@thealexpowell) November 8, 2014
That’s Tennessee, it’s the state right about Alabama.
Well this year Auburn is at it again…
WARNING: IF YOU CAN’T TAKE EPIC HOT LAVA STYLE TRASH TALK THEN YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AWAY BECAUSE AUBURN IS REALLY BRINGING THE HEAT THIS TIME.
Bless their hearts. “@fbrumormill: Tigers sport new "Sweet Home #Auburn" teeshttps://t.co/JhbccnhTNQ pic.twitter.com/7nBqKYmSWv”
— Charles Evans (@banditref) November 28, 2015
Not only is Auburn still confused about the name of the state they live in, they also now want to co-opt that states motto. Or perhaps Auburn is trying to claim the Lynyrd Skynyrd song “Sweet Home Alabama”? So no one will write a song about you so you’re going to try to claim someone else’s and put it on a sweet t-shirt to intimidate them? Burn?
I’m not sure stealing a song that I as an Alabama fan am absolutely sick of is the best way to intimidate me. I get it that Auburn still wants to talk a big game, but maybe they could do better than this Mississippi State style claiming everything move, it is the Iron Bowl after all.
Here are some suggestions for new Auburn trash talk shirts:
“THE VILLAGE OF AUBURN” – this one is great because not only is it true, but a village might be more Auburn’s speed after this glorious 6-5 year.
“AUBURN IS OK” – Auburn can’t claim to be the best, but they can certainly claim to be OK. You see it’s easy to judge the best by who wins, but OK is subjective.
“WE HAVE A BIG TV IN OUR STADIUM” – They do have a big TV in their stadium, and they are awfully proud of it.
“JUST WAIT UNTIL SWIMMING AND DIVING SEASON” – Auburn is really good at things that happen in water. FUN FACT: Gus Malzahn swims in a t-shirt.
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“#1 CITY VETERINARY SCHOOL IN THE STATE” – I don’t think anyone could argue with this one, it’s all true, unless Troy gets a veterinary school.
God bless the barners, they are always good for a laugh.