Bøger af John Ringer

The biggest games, the best bowls, the greatest players and coaches to ever wear the orange and blue-- it's all here in this celebration of Auburn Football in the Modern Era. In its more than 300 pages of colorful memories, statistics, humor, Top Ten lists, and much more, DECADES OF DOMINANCE passionately argues for Auburn's greatness on the football field. Here are just a handful of the many chapter topics included: Dye Hard: The Pat Dye Era Top Ten Bowl Games Running Back U: Auburn's Top Rushers and their Statistics The Rise and Fall of the Bowden Empire Top Ten Greatest Games Played in Jordan-Hare The Tommy Tuberville Era Auburn's Records vs the Rest of the SEC and vs All Other Conferences The Future of Auburn Football AND MUCH MORE! As a special bonus, this book includes the Complete History of Jordan-Hare Stadium, as well as the scores from every season, every game, and every bowl game in Auburn's Modern Era, 1981-present. Van Allen Plexico and John Ringer, authors of the bestselling SEASON OF OUR DREAMS and "Wishbone" columnists and podcasters for The War Eagle Reader, poured every ounce of their passion for Auburn football into giving you DECADES OF DOMINANCE: AUBURN FOOTBALL IN THE MODERN ERA. "A compendium unapologetically celebrating the greatness of Auburn football. Every Auburn fan should own it." -- Michael Skotnicki, author of AUBURN'S UNCLAIMED NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

The BCS National Championship was only the last step in a long and astonishing journey for the Auburn Tigers in 2010. This resilient and focused team drove relentlessly on toward the biggest prize of all: a fabled Date in the Desert with Oregon in Glendale, AZ. Van Allen Plexico and John Ringer-- "Wishbone" columnists for the War Eagle Reader-- covered the season as it was happening, game by game, week by week, offering analysis, insights and observations with a humorous bent and an eye firmly fixed on Auburn history. This book contains all of their columns plus a stadium full of extras, from the preseason through the BCS Title Game, all from the minds and keyboards of two Tiger alums who never stopped believing in Auburn-- and loving it.

AUBURN BASKETBALL: FROM BARKLEY TO BRUCEThe Complete History of Auburn Basketball, 1978 - PresentVan Allen Plexico and John Ringer, hosts of the AU Wishbone Podcast and authors of WE BELIEVED: A LIFETIME OF AUBURN FOOTBALL and SEASON OF OUR DREAMS, bring you the story of Auburn Basketball over the past five decades, beginning with the arrivals of Sonny Smith and Charles Barkley, and through Bruce Pearl's revival of the program, the Final Four season of 2019 and the powerhouse team of 2022. The book includes: - The hiring of Sonny Smith, along with a bunch of his great stories and hilarious one-liners. AND a new interview conducted with him in 2022, offering his thoughts on his time as coach, his favorite players, his work as color analyst for AU today, and his thoughts on Bruce Pearl and the current Auburn Basketball program.- Charles Barkley: Every story we could find. His three seasons on the team; his experiences with Bobby Knight at the 1984 Olympic trials (and reactions of other players there!); his glory years in the NBA, and beyond. (Not to mention the time he tried to gain a hundred pounds in one day, to avoid being drafted by one particular team!)- Cliff Ellis: His best teams and players, and what he really thought about his dismissal in 2004.- The tragedy of Tommy Joe Eagles, and the disaster of the Lebo/Barbee years. (From how the new Arena was designed and why, to what Barbee felt was the most important thing when he took over the job--!)- Bruce Pearl: How Jay Jacobs managed the hire. The controversies. The revival of the program. The glorious 2019 run. The great players. The exhilaration of the 2022 team and everything around it. All of that and more.- The greatest players of the last five decades, and the best games, tournament runs, and more.- In-depth discussion and analysis of every Auburn Basketball season since 1978 (some of them game-by-game, a few of them play-by-play... and some much more than others, obviously!)- And, along the way, you get Van and John's patented mixture of commentary, humor, memories, and analysis.It's 300 pages of Auburn Basketball glory, as only the AU Wishbone duo can tell it!