My story is a tad bit different than other Auburn Tiger fans. I did not grow up in Auburn, or the state of Alabama for that matter. I did not attend school there. I grew up in Mississippi, about an hour away from Hattiesburg, where the Southern Miss Golden Eagles reside.
Just a few hours north of my family resides Starkville and Oxford, home of the Bulldogs and Rebels. Mississippians do not understand my love for Auburn athletics. Some have gotten mad that I do not cheer for a team in my home state, but it is what it is.