Your Auburn Dads (2013 Edition) – Part 2

Part two of this year's edition of Your Auburn Dads (much longer than part one because of a few stragglers), is just as good as its predecessor. We've got the guy who turned the hoses on the Dawgs, a guy you may have noticed in a video of a pretty old Auburn highlight, and many other just plain and awesome Auburn dads. Let's get to it.

"The man didn't start out an Auburn dad. He didn't graduate from Auburn. He never took a class on the Plains. He married a girl from North Alabama, an Auburn fan, but a graduate of UNA, and they settled down.

The man was an East Tennessee native. He graduated from the University of Tennessee. He loved sports; ate, drank, and breathed them. He wrote about sports and talked about sports and reported on sports. The man made a living out of sports.

The man had visited Auburn many times. He had visited that other place in West Alabama, too, but always thought there was something quaint about the Loveliest Village.

The man met Shug Jordan. He knew Pat Dye. He knew that other guy that wore houndstooth hats and respected him as a coach, but the man's view through his orange-colored glasses wouldn't allow him to be a fan of that other school.

The man's wife loved Auburn. She regretted that she never attended school there, but cheered for the Tigers every year, so the man liked Auburn, too. He figured any shade of orange was always better than any shade of red.

Your Auburn Dads (2013 Edition) – Part 1

What has now become a Father's Day at WarBlogle.com tradition, "Your Auburn Dads" returns for the third straight year. This year's submissions are some of the best ever. You'll laugh, you'll cry... No seriously, you will laugh and you will cry.

There are some great Auburn dads out there, and these stories confirm it. I've said it before, and I'll say it again: the Auburn Family is a family and it all starts with Auburn in your family. These dads put Auburn in their family.

"My dad died in a car wreck when I was 3. He graduated from Auburn in '59. Everything of his that I had growing up was Auburn related. His class ring. His fraternity pin. Artwork that he did in school. His Glomeratas. All Auburn. Because of that, Auburn was the only school I wanted to attend.

Once out of the Navy, I made a bee-line and haven't left. Auburn was my own personal Mecca. And it is one of the few things in my life that has exceeded my hopes and dreams. When I drive around campus, around town, I see places he lived and worked. When the trees died it bothered me not because we had been there together, but that in those trees there was a spot on this planet that I knew without question my father had been, and I could go there and share that.

I never really knew him, but because of Auburn, I do, and on a level that many men may never experience with their fathers. My father gave me the gift of Auburn, and he never lived to see it. I just hope I can give that to my son..." --Rich Perkins

Tell Me the Stories of Your Auburn Dads Once More

Well it's Father's Day week, and considering that I am a father of two (@BabyBlogle, @BabyBlogle2), why not a week? Right?

For the last two years (2011 | 2012 - part 1, part 2), I've done a wildly popular and uber-successful post that included your work, your stories of your Auburn dads. It's pretty easy for me. I just copy and paste. Either way, it's been great to read about the cool things your Auburn dads have done for you. Now, if you're new to this. Here's your chance to show the world, no, the universe what your Auburn dad means to you.

All you have to do is fill out this form with the subject "My Auburn Dad" and write a few sentences or a few novels about your Auburn dad. Then come back later this week and read it on the 'Blogle. Actually, why not just let this be a present to him? Spoiler alert: he doesn't need a new tie.

If you want to include pictures - and I want you to - just email them to me. Be sure to include your name so I put the picture with your story.

The Auburn Family is a family, but it starts with a family that is Auburn. Does that make sense? Can someone stitch that into something? Ok, have fun, and let's hear it for your Auburn dads.