11-01-2022, 01:49 PM
(11-01-2022, 01:39 PM)gailtate Wrote:(11-01-2022, 01:27 PM)Austroturf Wrote:(11-01-2022, 11:38 AM)SamuelMcF Wrote:(11-01-2022, 11:28 AM)Maple Leaf Wrote: Speaking of Buyouts; Auburn now has paid/will be paying $21.7 and $15.5 million in payouts to Malzahn and Harsin respectively in the last two plus years. $37.2 Million is not spare change, even for the spoiled techies. Where does Auburn come up with that can of coins? Moonshine? Chewing Tobacco?
Auburn has a very well-known "Big Three" of mega-boosters: Jimmy Rane (lumber), Bobby Lowder (banking), and Raymond Harbert (investment management). All 3 have buildings named after them on campus.
https://www.forbes.com/profile/jimmy-ran...e5b05f478d
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Lowder
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_J._Harbert
Apple's Tim Cook is also an Auburn alum, though I don't think he plunks money in the booster bin.
Cook doesn't strike me as a "WAR EAGLE!" kind of guy.
Tim does not strike
Well, there is this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITelJIPPSC4
And during a visit to Alabama, some Tide fan shouted "Go Bama"; and Cook replied "War Eagle". Still, it's hard to say how deep the War Eagle goes.