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Locked On Auburn -  Daily Podcast On Auburn Tigers Football & Basketball

SPECIAL: Auburn great Bo Jackson is the last folk hero

Locked On Auburn - Daily Podcast On Auburn Tigers Football & Basketball

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4.6 • 652 Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2022

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Auburn football legend Bo Jackson was the best athlete to ever live. He was larger than life on the Plains as an Auburn Tiger. He was a fixture for both the Auburn football and Auburn baseball programs. He was the last true two-sport icon and the last folk hero. The book, The Last Folk Hero, The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson describes the greatness of the former Auburn legend and is filled with never heard stories from the all-time athlete. On today's special Locked On Auburn, the writer of the book, Jeff Pearlman joins Zac Blackerby for a conversation about the book, the stories, and the legend of Bo Jackson. Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/4BT7Y2uVHu Read Auburn Daily: https://www.si.com/college/auburn/ Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! SweatBlock If you or someone you love is experiencing embarrassing sweat or odor try Sweatblock. Save 20% with promo code locked On at sweatblock.com. Also available on Amazon. LinkedIn LinkedIn jobs helps you find the candidates you want to talk to, faster. Post your job for free at Linkedin.com/lockedoncollege Terms and conditions apply. Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Underdog Fantasy Sign up on underdogfantasy.com with the promo code LOCKED ON and get your first deposit doubled up to $100! SimpliSafe With Fast Protect™️ Technology, exclusively from SimpliSafe, 24/7 monitoring agents capture evidence to accurately verify a threat for faster police response. There’s No Safe Like SimpliSafe. Visit SimpliSafe.com/LockedOnCollege to learn more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

All right, joining us on this special edition of Lockdown Auburn, Jeff Perlman, author of the book,

0:06.0

The Last Folk Hero, the Life and Myth of Bo Jackson.

0:12.3

What made you decide to write all of this about Bo?

0:17.3

I mean, number one, I'm a kid of the, I'm an old man.

0:21.1

So I grew up and Bo Jackson was in my wheelhouses.

0:23.9

I was a kid in New York and I loved Bo Jackson.

0:26.8

The mystique, the mystery, what's he going to play?

0:29.0

What's he good at?

0:29.7

Who is he?

0:30.2

Blah, blah, blah, the whole thing.

0:31.9

And I just, I'm very nostalgic.

0:33.8

I know, are you a nostalgic guy, Zach? Like, do you get nostalgic about sports?

0:39.6

I don't know if I'm old enough to be nostalgic yet.

0:40.3

How are you? I'm 29.

0:42.3

All right.

0:42.9

But don't you like look back to when you were like 12 or 13 and you had a favorite athlete

0:46.5

and that meant something to you?

0:47.9

Sure.

0:48.6

Yeah.

0:49.2

That's what it is.

0:50.0

Like you look back and you think about the athletes who influenced you or that you love and you lived and died with.

0:55.7

And Bo Jackson for me was that guy in a lot of ways.

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