>>149789609
Since you asked, I will give you the excessively long answer instead of just typing 'no'.
It's the Auburn Tigers. The name comes from the Oliver Goldsmith poem, 'The Deserted Village', which includes the line "crouching tigers await their hapless prey". The same poem is where the City of Auburn gets its nickname "Loveliest Village on the Plains" (singular in the poem).
So, where does the eagle stuff come from? Like so many things the South, it has to do with the Civil War. The school shutdown during the war, with students and professors going off the fight. One student was the only solider who survived a bloody battle and while walking through the dead, he came across an eagle that had been wounded during the battle. Wounded himself, he, and his new pet eagle, returned home, where he nursed the eagle back to health.
The student would finish his degree after the war and eventually became a professor at Auburn. Him and his eagle were a common sight on campus.
When Auburn traveled to Atlanta to play their first football game against the University of Georgia, the professor and his eagle went along. Auburn had fallen behind in the game but had gained possession of the ball late in the fourth quarter. As the players lined up, the eagle broke free of his leash and started circling the field. Spectators pointed up "Look, it's the war eagle!". As the eagle continued to circle the field above, the team and fans rallied, with Auburn scoring and winning the first ever meeting between Auburn and Georgia.
The now aged eagle had given its all and crashed to the ground, having died in flight during the last moments of the game. War Eagle became a rallying cry for Auburn fans. So while Auburn remains the Tigers, the university's raptor rehabilitation center has eagles, unable to be released into the wild, make appearances at high profile events to educate the public and build support for conservation efforts.
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