{"product_id":"first-time-ever-the-untold-story-of-how-auburn-first-brought-undefeated-alabama-to-jordan-hare-stadium-and-beat-them-9781962993005","title":"First Time Ever: The Untold Story of How Auburn First Brought Undefeated Alabama to Jordan-Hare Stadium--and Beat Them","description":"\u003cp\u003eSome said it would never happen. On December 2, 1989, it DID happen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUndefeated and second-ranked Alabama did something they'd sworn they would never, ever do: They came to Auburn to play the Iron Bowl.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow it happened, after years of threats and lawsuits and refusals to even discuss the possibility, is a story as riveting as the game that unfolded on the field that Saturday afternoon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVan Allen Plexico and John Ringer, co-hosts of the AU Wishbone Podcast, trace the greatest rivalry in football from its dawning in Birmingham to the epic showdown on the Plains.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlong the way, they expose the roots of the animosity between the two universities, the numerous ways Alabama has tried to get its way in every dispute with Auburn--and the consequences when it didn't.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen they break down the game itself--what happened, play-by-play, how and why--from Tiger Walk to Toomer's Corner, and beyond. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome said it would never happen. On December 2, 1989, it DID happen. This is the story of that day--possibly the greatest day in Auburn football history--as only the AU Wishbone can tell it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e White Rocket Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781962993005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d","brand":"Van Allen Plexico, John Ringer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43644119187637,"sku":"9781962993005","price":29.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_9d69959b-8c64-46a5-b7b7-07336347f7b3.jpg?v=1708447056","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/first-time-ever-the-untold-story-of-how-auburn-first-brought-undefeated-alabama-to-jordan-hare-stadium-and-beat-them-9781962993005","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}