The rivalry never goes away, does it?
Former Auburn offensive lineman Jack Driscoll and Prince Tega Wanogho were both selected by the Philadelphia Eagles in this year’s NFL Draft. Their position coach for the NFC East team? Jeff Stoutland, who coached at rival Alabama for two seasons prior to joining the Eagles.
It seems that the two former Tigers are winning the mind battle as they achieved something that is rare: getting a ‘Bama guy to say “War Eagle!”
“These Auburn guys are killing me,” Stoutland said on Friday. “I coached at Alabama, so they made me say ‘War Eagle’ yesterday. It would kill me to say that, but they got me to say it, and they’re doing a really nice job.”
It was a sort of reward for the two lineman doing a good job.
“The whole War Eagle thing, me and Prince did a good rep,” Driscoll said during an online press conference. “I think it was we were doing some sort of board drill or whatnot and we both had a really good rep, and he said ‘War Eagle.’ I’m not going to bank on him saying that again, but I guess it was nice that he said it once.”