Bo & Family
My husband and I (both Auburn graduates) were returning home from Los Angles from our honeymoon 15 years ago. The Auburn/Georgia game had been on the night before, and we stayed in the hotel watching the Tigers win. Bo Jackson was now playing for the LA Raiders, and we happened to pass the gate at the airport where the Raiders were flying out for their game that weekend. We saw Bo with his teammates across the concourse, and lots of people/photographers were trying to get his attention. My husband and I yelled “Bo, War Eagle.” He looked up, smiled, excused himself from the other players and came over to talk to us. He asked us if we had seen Auburn play the night before, saying that UGA/AU matchup is always a great game. We talked about being there the night he came back to campus after he had won the Heisman Trophy. We said we had given up on studying for finals and went to meet him at Sewell Hall. Unfortunately, we had to get going to catch our plane home. He was great to come and talk to us, knowing that with the phrase “War Eagle”, he was talking to Auburn family even though we were thousands of miles from the plains of Auburn. My husband and I were upset when we got on our plane and realized we didn’t get a picture, autograph or anything, but at the moment, Bo was just part of the Auburn family, not a celebrity.
Deirdre and Edward
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