Last night as I was watching Auburn play LSU in basketball, they showed Vincent Edward "Bo" Jackson. He was inducted into the Auburn Baseball Hall of fame yesterday. Now anyone who knows me very well knows that I absoulutely love Bo Jackson!! He is one of the best athletes if not the best athlete of all times! I remember the cold dreary day in November of 1982 that I sat on my bed in the dark watching the Auburn/Alabama game dreading another lost to the mighty Bear Bryant. I also vividly remember when Bo Jackson "went over the top" to score the touchdown that enabled us to beat Alabama for the first time in 10 years!! He helped change history on the plains and became endured in my heart forever!! I was lucky enough to attend Auburn one year of his 4 there. I got to be part of his campaign for the Heisman in 1985. I still have my "Bo Jackson For Heisman" pin as well as my bumper sticker. The day of the Heisman award ceremony, I was taking a Saturday final. My teacher brought in a tv and when it was time for the announcement, she let us watch it. Just to watch him run with a football was like watching poetry in motion. When I see him today or see old clips of him playing ball it brings tears to my eyes! He left Auburn before he actually received his diploma but he always promised his mother he would go back and graduate and that is just what he did! Even though his 
mother had already passed away, he made good on his promise! He is a man of his convictions and of his word. He is someone young people can look up to and have as a hero and that today my friend is quite a feat. He never used performance enhancing drugs or was a lying cheat. He was a true athlete with God given talent that he used and is still using to make a difference in people's 
lives! He made a difference in my life as well as every other true Auburn fan! Auburn loves Bo and so does this small town girl!! War Eagle!!! I believe in Auburn and love it!
mother had already passed away, he made good on his promise! He is a man of his convictions and of his word. He is someone young people can look up to and have as a hero and that today my friend is quite a feat. He never used performance enhancing drugs or was a lying cheat. He was a true athlete with God given talent that he used and is still using to make a difference in people's lives! He made a difference in my life as well as every other true Auburn fan! Auburn loves Bo and so does this small town girl!! War Eagle!!! I believe in Auburn and love it!
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