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AUBURN, Ala. - Gregg Carr says, in terms of toughness, Auburn’s spring practices in 1981 could rival any in college football history.
“There were no holds barred, it was physical, and it was incredibly mental,” says Carr, a freshman linebacker in 1981 when Pat Dye arrived.
“What we ended with after four weeks of really just an all-out assault on the football field was a bunch of guys who really believed and bought into what Coach Dye was trying to instill in us,” Carr says. “We all felt to a man that we had been through something incredibly taxing and physical, and I think it set the groundwork for what was to happen at Auburn over the ensuing several years.