The Streak

“Here he comes…Boogity Boogity….there he goes….Boogity Boogity….and he ain’t wearin’ no clothes….”

And with those words, Ray Stevens capitalized on the 1974 popular craze of “streaking”. In fact, his satirical song about a man trying to protect “Ethel” from being “mooned”, streaked all the way to number 1 on the billboard top 100 that year.

The term “streaking” was actually coined by a Washington, D.C. reporter in late 1973 who was “covering” a mass nude run at the University of Maryland. At approximately 2:00 p.m. on a Thursday in October, over 500 students, both male and female, exited the Bel Aire dorm and raced across the campus, wearing nothing but ski masks and tennis shoes. The reporter, who was broadcasting live via pay phone proclaimed, “they are streaking past me right now! It’s an incredible sight…” The next day the Associate Press Wire proclaimed, “Maryland students streak naked across campus,” forever associating the word “streaking” with “running naked”.

I couldn’t help but think about this tidbit of Americana as I looked at the streak. In fact, it is an incredible sight. And if you missed them this past Saturday, then they streaked right past you.

That’s right, the Auburn University men’s basketball team.

No, they weren’t playing round-ball in their birthday suits, but they were streaking. In fact, they have the hottest streak going in the SEC. Don’t look Ethel…you might get a free shot!

The Auburn men have won 8 of their last 9 SEC contests, and they are currently on a 4 game win-streak. That is the longest win-streak of any…..that’s right….any team in the SEC. And who has the longest losing-streak? Basketball powerhouse Kentucky, with 4 straight losses.

Let’s look at the streaks, Ethel. You might just get an eyeful. These are the streaks heading into the SEC Tournament in Tampa.


Auburn W-4
Vandy W-3
Miss St W-2
S. Carolina W-1
Florida W-1
Bama W-1
Tenn L-1
Georgia L-1
Ole Miss L-1
Arkansas L-2
LSU L-2
Kentucky L-4

Keep on streaking Auburn…..Boogity, Boogity!

War Eagle!

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