Bruce Pearl has been making headlines at Auburn before his Tigers have even played a game. On Thursday, the Pearl era at Auburn started in earnest with “Pearl Jam” -- Auburn’s version of “midnight madness.”
Bruce Pearl dressed up as Gus Malzahn
And it isn’t even Halloween yet.
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Ricky O'Donnell has covered basketball at all levels for more than a decade at SB Nation. He’s currently the Associate Director of Programming.
If there was ever a way to win over a football-crazy school, showing up as the school’s football coach is probably the way to do it:
Bruce Pearl dressed as Gus Malzahn. So good. pic.twitter.com/EQICIu7VRt
— Justin Hokanson (@JHokanson) October 31, 2014 Bruce Pearl with his best Gus Malzahn imitation at tonight's Pearl Jam pic.twitter.com/kr8uKujYj0
— Bryan Matthews (@BMattAU) October 31, 2014 So far as “midnight madness” entrances go, we’ll rank this below Tom Izzo playing an accordion while dress up as a member of KISS and above Tubby Smith accidentally falling off a motorcycle.
