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Jay Jacobs: Forever an Auburn Man

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AUBURN, Ala. - Jay Jacobs remembers dressing up for his first Auburn football game in the 1960s, sitting in the north end zone with his great-uncle and two cousins.

"We watched Auburn beat Georgia," he said. "We wore sport coats. I was a young boy. That was the first time I ever stepped inside that stadium."

A few years later, Jacobs was playing football in a friend's front yard while listening to the 1972 Iron Bowl. Jay's dad was listening, too, in his car before attending a wedding.

"My dad sat in the car the whole first part of the wedding listening to Punt Bama Punt," Jacobs said, recalling Auburn's 17-16 win.