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The Auburn Tigers may have only one official mascot—the Tigers—but Auburn men are sometimes referred to as “Plainsmen.” The reference of the Plains was taken from Oliver Goldsmith’s poem, The Deserted Village, that begins “SWEET AUBURN! loveliest village of the plain.”
The Plainsman is also the name of the school newspaper, and the name given to members of an organization that are hosts on game days and for special university events.
They are easily spotted in a crowd with their bright orange sport-coats giving them away.
The official Auburn University website says that Plainsman is only the name of the school student newspaper, and interestingly makes no reference to the Plainsmen hosts that roam the stands on game day or the old mascot sticker that was found by The War Eagle Reader in 2009.
Auburn has carried the name Tigers for the entirety of their athletic history, but Plainsmen will always be a word used when referring to Auburn men.
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