aubiefifty 18,231 Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 he is probably one of my all time favs at qb for auburn. i loved the way he would throw a long completion and cock his fingers like a gun out our o coordinator. i still get a chuckle out of the pistol at the krystal where i believe he took up for one of our frosh. anyway i was wondering if anyone knew how he was doing and also if anyone knew what the straight scoop about the krystal was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGERINATLANTA 64 Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 I grew up very close to where Jeff did(Cedartown, GA). The last time I saw Jeff was several years ago, and he was a Cardboard Box Salesman-not kidding. I believe he has his own business now though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aubiefifty 18,231 Posted July 30, 2012 Author Share Posted July 30, 2012 yes a friend worked for a company that bought boxes got him to autograph a pic for me. one of my most cherished auburn pieces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BornAU76 420 Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 I grew up very close to where Jeff did(Cedartown, GA). The last time I saw Jeff was several years ago, and he was a Cardboard Box Salesman-not kidding. I believe he has his own business now though. Yep, he was from that area. I grew up in Rome and a few people in the area knew his family. Didn't they own (or maybe they still do) the Burgers Markets chain up in that area? He was a great QB indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGERINATLANTA 64 Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 I believe his family did own those markets. Jeff was a very clutch performer during his time at Auburn. Pat Sullivan did a wonderful job coaching him up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sskoneki 0 Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 This is a long JB story, but, a classic........Jeff and I had a few cold one at Harry's in our day. This was told to me by an AU player, who was in the huddle, if, it is not true, it should be: We all know about the reverse to Tillman to beat bama. The fourth down pass to 19 to keep the drive alive has a great story to it. AU has called time out and Jeff goes to the sideline to talk to Sullivan. CPS ask him what he likes in this situation....as Jeff is speaking ,Pat Dye breaks into the meeting, screaming for them to run TIGERSWEEP to Fullwood. CPD and CPS start a heated debate, you can hear it on the ABC coverage of the game. Jeff is watching and waiting, the ref grabs him and says it is time to play. Jeff goes to the huddle and calls the play.....a curl to the TE, Ron Middleton, I believe, with an out pattern to Trey. His last words in the huddle are" if, they jump the TE, Trey, i am coming to you, low and outside..." Well, they jump the TE and he throws, low and outside to a spot....Trey slides in and make a great catch on a great play..... Jeff never said it wasn't true.........I like to think it is...he was a winner and a lot of fun. I hear he is a successful business man and family man. Good guy.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augolf1716 21,969 Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 Great story sskoneki if true but I tend to believe it is true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milehighfan 1,251 Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 I too always liked Burger. A friend of mine who was friends with Sullivan said Burger was just a tough, mean old country boy. While he was not the flashiest QB to ever play for AU, he was certainly a winner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBlueVue 177 Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 Quoting Pat Dye..he said he had every player on the teams respect in the huddle because he was the only QB he ever coached who could whip everybody's ass on the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger n Miami AU83 25 Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 Quoting Pat Dye..he said he had every player on the teams respect in the huddle because he was the only QB he ever coached who could whip everybody's ass on the team. Yep. Loved Burger. Dude had a serious temper on him and loved to compete. Big time leader and winner. My parents have an old pic of me and him at Jordan Hare on the field when I was just a little kid. No idea what I was doing there since I don't remember it, but I remember seeing the pic and remember Burger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc4aday 1,887 Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Jeff was one heck of a tough QB back in the 80s. He was what Auburn Football was about during this time. He never backed down from a fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DyeEraTiger 0 Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 I believe that Mr. Burger would normally have a big dip of Skoal about the size of a normal ear in his lip and his shirt off for Phil Snow to interview him for the post-game interviews. He was kind of scrawny, avg speed for QB and pretty much a winner the best I remember. Quite a player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burgandyprofessor 0 Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 If coach Dye had coached Phil Gargis he would have to say it was a tie between Jeff and Phil. He whipped one of the big lineman for messing with his girlfriend. The players knew not to talk too much in the huddle or he see them later. I belive the lineman was Ken Brundige. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
im4aual 497 Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 I don't know if any QB was ever tougher than Phil Gargis, if there was one it would be Jeff Burger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoubleX 0 Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 imo, one of the most under rated players to wear the orange and blue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slot canyon 1,368 Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Nice to see Jeff getting some recognition here. I can recall many instances, with the game on the line and last drive of the 4th quarter, Jeff would lead the team to a win. Seemed he was not bothered by the pressure. He is one of my favorites though not often mentioned when people talk about great AU players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeriderga 135 Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Jeff was one tough hombre.. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/632444-auburn-tigers-football-top-12-quarterbacks-in-war-eagle-history/page/2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen Willisford 1 Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 Jeff played second base in high school (Cedartown) and I played third base. What was remarkable (for my perspective) was that everyone that started was a Senior except Jeff ...who was just a Freshman! at the time (and started at second base). That fact alone, made him standing out at an early age. At the time, I considered myself as having an absolute “cannon” of an arm on third base, yet here was this Freshman that could throw almost ;-) as hard and accurate. Yes, I could tell you some stories of camping out with him and some of others in the baseball team...and some stories of his temper, but I will bite my tongue . His good Characteristics far outweigh the bad (period). I graduated, went to West Georgia then transferred to Auburn. In the meantime Jeff only grew bigger and stronger. I ran into him a couple times at parties in Auburn and he would always yell out my last name across the room/yard and raise his beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James burger 0 Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 I’m Jeff’s relative it’s a honor to see how much y’all were inspired by him! Unfortunately I’m a dawg fan ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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