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4. Auburn | The Cam Chronicles

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Sports

4.04.6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2020

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Cam redeems himself and builds a lasting legacy amid scandal and controversy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

If you're listening to this episode and don't want to wait till next week to hear what a story goes, head over to Spotify.

0:06.0

All episodes of the CAM Chronicles are available for you to binge for free, right now in the Rigger NFL Show Feed.

0:14.0

You know, we're the Auburn Tigers and we say War Eagle and it comes from the Civil War.

0:20.0

Civil War veteran captured a Golden Eagle wounded one of the battles, brought it back to school, finished school, was a professor, took it to the Auburn Georgia game in 1892.

0:29.0

The South's oldest rivalry as Auburn was driving for the winning touchdown. The Eagle broke from his leash and started circling the field.

0:36.0

Everybody put it in the sky because they called it the War Eagle. War Eagle, there's the War Eagle. As Auburn scored the winning touchdown to win the first ever football game, the Eagle crashed in the field and died.

0:47.0

Hence, War Eagle was born.

0:50.0

That's Tray Johnston. He owns a bookstore on Auburn University's campus that's been in his family for generations.

0:57.0

It's located on Tumors Corner, which has been the anchor of campus life for over 150 years.

1:02.0

One of Auburn's most famous traditions is when Tiger fans throw toilet paper over the large oak trees that line Tumors Corner after the Tigers win.

1:10.0

The tradition dates back to 1896, when Tumors drugs was the only store in town with a telegraph machine.

1:17.0

The store's employees would unfurl to ticker tape and toss it over nearby power lines after a big win.

1:24.0

Roll in Tumors Corner, as snow. Tray's probably seen it a few times.

1:30.0

In my 67 years, this is the only place I've known. My mother was Miss Auburn in 1949. My brother played football here and I've run this store.

1:39.0

The store goes back to 1878 as a college book store.

1:42.0

Were you here when can you come here? I was here. I was the bag man.

1:46.0

Do you believe that? I was the bag man, baby. I made my 185,000 back.

1:53.0

You can't talk about Auburn football without talking about Cam Newton.

1:58.0

And you can't talk about Cam Newton's time at Auburn without talking about bag men, cash payments, NCAA investigations.

2:07.0

But ultimately, success.

2:12.0

This is the Cam Chronicles. I'm Tyler Artons.

2:17.0

I was off in coordinator here in 2009 and there was a really good receiver at Blaine Junior College that I had one of our assistants go check out.

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