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re: Auburn & Bama Fans: Question regarding the return of UAB football
Posted on 7/29/15 at 10:45 am to Aubie Spr96
Posted on 7/29/15 at 10:45 am to Aubie Spr96
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I really hope that UAB separates from UAT. UAT doesn't need them anyway. It would be the best thing for all involved.
What the heck does this UAT have to do with UAB???????
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Posted on 7/29/15 at 10:45 am to AUCatfish
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As someone that went to IB's in Birmingham, I have to call bull shite on that one
Are you disputing that the ticket allotment was split 50/50?
If not, then how else could the crowd be slanted more towards Alabama unless Bama fans purchased seats allocated for Auburn either from AU fans or directly from the AU ticket office?
Posted on 7/29/15 at 10:46 am to Bama54
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For years BOTH teams played games there other than the IB. AU pulled out first.
Auburn played some games there, UT comes to mind, because Legion Field was substantially bigger than Cliff Hare, probably the same reason that Bama played them in Legion. Auburn stopped when JHS was enlarged to the point where it was silly to travel to B'ham.
Posted on 7/29/15 at 10:48 am to JustGetItRight
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Are you disputing that the ticket allotment was split 50/50?
There was a portion of the tickets that were split 50/50
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If not, then how else could the crowd be slanted more towards Alabama unless Bama fans purchased seats allocated for Auburn either from AU fans or directly from the AU ticket office?
if you have to ask....
Posted on 7/29/15 at 10:49 am to AUCatfish
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Auburn played some games there, UT comes to mind, because Legion Field was substantially bigger than Cliff Hare, probably the same reason that Bama played them in Legion. Auburn stopped when JHS was enlarged to the point where it was silly to travel to B'ham.
Correct we played a few teams in Legion, mostly because of the their not wanting to come to Auburn because it was supposedly hard to get there, yet all the other schools had no problem
Posted on 7/29/15 at 10:49 am to JustGetItRight
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Are you disputing that the ticket allotment was split 50/50?
No, not disputing the ticket allotment to the schools, but that did not account for all of the tickets. There is no telling how many tickets the City of Bham received, along with corporate sponsors. Birmingham is and was a Bama town, simple logic dictates that there would be more Alabama fans at the game.
Posted on 7/29/15 at 10:50 am to Darth_Vader
No.
Posted on 7/29/15 at 10:51 am to JustGetItRight
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directly from the AU ticket office?
Did this several times b/c I couldn't get them from the UA ticket office. I know many others who did the same
Posted on 7/29/15 at 10:52 am to NYCAuburn
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mostly because of the their not wanting to come to Auburn because it was supposedly hard to get there,
Yeah, if memory serves me, UT refused to go to Auburn because it would be "too difficult". Last played them in Legion Field in 1978.
Posted on 7/29/15 at 10:52 am to AUCatfish
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Birmingham is and was a Bama town
Baghdad was solidly Auburn...just sayin'
Posted on 7/29/15 at 11:00 am to AUCatfish
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No, not disputing the ticket allotment to the schools, but that did not account for all of the tickets. There is no telling how many tickets the City of Bham received, along with corporate sponsors. Birmingham is and was a Bama town, simple logic dictates that there would be more Alabama fans at the game.
Ok. Gotcha.
I'm not disputing that Legion field was certainly a friendlier place for Alabama. It was the de-facto home field for decades so you simply can't say with a straight face that playing there wasn't an advantage.
The only issue I've got is that the makeup of the crowd. It would be interesting to see the ticket allotments given to each school's ticket office and compare that with the attendance for the games....
Posted on 7/29/15 at 11:04 am to JustGetItRight
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The only issue I've got is that the makeup of the crowd. It would be interesting to see the ticket allotments given to each school's ticket office and compare that with the attendance for the games....
Yeah, it would be interesting. All I know is it seemed like Alabama had a 10-1 advantage over us in the crowd when I was a kid going. Didn't help that it was during the 70's.
Posted on 7/29/15 at 11:07 am to Bama54
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Did this several times b/c I couldn't get them from the UA ticket office. I know many others who did the same
I honestly think a WHOLE lot of folks did too.
At that time, the series since it's resumption was very heavily tilted in Bama's favor and the game was in Birmingham. I suspect a lot of AU fans simply sat it out or made a profit off their Bama buds.
Posted on 7/29/15 at 11:09 am to AUCatfish
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Tickets were halved and if attendance wasn't 50/50 it was b/c Auburn people sold theirs to Alabama people.quote:
As someone that went to IB's in Birmingham, I have to call bullshite on that one.
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The game's tickets were supposed to be divided evenly between the schools, but Auburn supporters say the event tilted toward the Tide.
"Some of their people would buy Auburn season tickets just to get the Alabama game," recalled Buddy Davidson, Auburn's former longtime sports-information director. So sayeth the Wall Street Journal
Not Bama's fault if Auburn sold their tickets to Alabama fans.
Posted on 7/29/15 at 11:09 am to AUCatfish
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Yeah, it would be interesting. All I know is it seemed like Alabama had a 10-1 advantage over us in the crowd when I was a kid going. Didn't help that it was during the 70'
That's what I was getting at with my post above yours.
Game in Birmingham. Barfield at Auburn, Bryant at his prime at Bama.
Go to game and watch a beatdown or stay at home with extra cash in the pocket. Can't really blame more than a few folks for taking the cash option.
Posted on 7/29/15 at 11:11 am to JustGetItRight
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Game in Birmingham. Barfield at Auburn, Bryant at his prime at Bama.
It was not an easy time to be an Auburn fan.
Posted on 7/29/15 at 11:14 am to JustGetItRight
The numbers are out there. I believe bham got about 15k tickets which mostly went to businesses. Bham is about 80/20 Bama fans as well. The stadium seated 72k.
I grew up in Bham. I remember my parents could usually get tickets if they wanted in Bham as they weren't hard to come by. They took me to some of those IBs in the 80s and it was strongly pro Bama crowd.
Also, I played at legion field. That shitty turf was a huge difference as well. I remember the first time I ran around on it I kept tripping and falling trying to make cuts, just trying to get used to running on it.
I grew up in Bham. I remember my parents could usually get tickets if they wanted in Bham as they weren't hard to come by. They took me to some of those IBs in the 80s and it was strongly pro Bama crowd.
Also, I played at legion field. That shitty turf was a huge difference as well. I remember the first time I ran around on it I kept tripping and falling trying to make cuts, just trying to get used to running on it.
Posted on 7/29/15 at 11:37 am to Tiger n Miami AU83
I stated this back in May or whatever when they had 17 million "pledged" and why I had reservations. If UAB wants a football team, fine. Just make it work and dont count on the Tuscaloosa campus to pay your bills. However my reservations came from:
--The 17 mill is only pledged. There is no way in hades they will ever collect that much when less than 30 K has been collected. If these folks were so gung-ho about UAB football returning they would have stroked checks that week.
--IF they got 17 mill then why weren't they getting 17 mill all along?
--Biggest one...Can they continually collect 17 mill to keep the program at an FBS level? I'll have to see this to be a believer.
I firmly believe that most of the folks that pledged honestly have no intention of paying. They believe, as UAB fans have since day one, that someone else will pick up the slack. Generally they turn the focus of their lack of support and funding to Tuscaloosa.
Most schools in the SEC would not have been as patient as Bama has been with UAB.
Lastly, if UAB wants to seperate, fine. That hospital goes back to Ttown. Tuscaloosa has already moved parts of the medical program back already. UAB is not seperate. It is still governed by the same board in Tuscaloosa and Auburn fans are all to eager to join in the fray.
BTW, I'm fully expecting to see thousands of AU fans when UAB returns football. When AU is on the road their fans need to be at Legion supporting the Blazers they so dearly love.
Lastly, on legion. Most here dont even know that it was once played at Legion much less the atmosphere that surrounded the game. Heck most here dont remember Pat Dye as coach and barely remember Terry Bowden. I'm an older Bama fan and I miss the days of LF. My greatest Bama memories as a kid happened at Legion or the Superdome. I understand the economics of moving the game to campus but for those of us around at the time of the IB heyday, something was lost when it went to the campuses. I also admit Bama playing 3 games a year there was an advantage after 1977 when AU pulled out. AU didnt have turf, etc. It was an advantage to Bama however they need to play this somewhere that is not used by either team. This game is the biggest event for both fanbases and the state of Alabama and should be treated as such. I wish Mobile would build that stadium they once talked about and move it there but they wont have a tenant for an 80K seat stadium so it will never happen.
--The 17 mill is only pledged. There is no way in hades they will ever collect that much when less than 30 K has been collected. If these folks were so gung-ho about UAB football returning they would have stroked checks that week.
--IF they got 17 mill then why weren't they getting 17 mill all along?
--Biggest one...Can they continually collect 17 mill to keep the program at an FBS level? I'll have to see this to be a believer.
I firmly believe that most of the folks that pledged honestly have no intention of paying. They believe, as UAB fans have since day one, that someone else will pick up the slack. Generally they turn the focus of their lack of support and funding to Tuscaloosa.
Most schools in the SEC would not have been as patient as Bama has been with UAB.
Lastly, if UAB wants to seperate, fine. That hospital goes back to Ttown. Tuscaloosa has already moved parts of the medical program back already. UAB is not seperate. It is still governed by the same board in Tuscaloosa and Auburn fans are all to eager to join in the fray.
BTW, I'm fully expecting to see thousands of AU fans when UAB returns football. When AU is on the road their fans need to be at Legion supporting the Blazers they so dearly love.
Lastly, on legion. Most here dont even know that it was once played at Legion much less the atmosphere that surrounded the game. Heck most here dont remember Pat Dye as coach and barely remember Terry Bowden. I'm an older Bama fan and I miss the days of LF. My greatest Bama memories as a kid happened at Legion or the Superdome. I understand the economics of moving the game to campus but for those of us around at the time of the IB heyday, something was lost when it went to the campuses. I also admit Bama playing 3 games a year there was an advantage after 1977 when AU pulled out. AU didnt have turf, etc. It was an advantage to Bama however they need to play this somewhere that is not used by either team. This game is the biggest event for both fanbases and the state of Alabama and should be treated as such. I wish Mobile would build that stadium they once talked about and move it there but they wont have a tenant for an 80K seat stadium so it will never happen.
Posted on 7/29/15 at 11:49 am to NYCAuburn
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you could also not do it and 95% of Alabama residents wouldnt bat an eye. At this point, its just a talking/bitching point
More like 99.95%
That is what makes this topic so lame. It is used here as nothing but flame fodder for the foolish.
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Posted on 7/29/15 at 12:10 pm to Tiger n Miami AU83
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That shitty turf
70's and 80's astroturf was bad stuff. Some friends and I snuck onto Bama's practice field (which was astroturf back then) to play a pick-up game once - and once was all it took for me to realize the rug burns and joint aches made the turf game more painful than fun.
My first game as a Bama student was the Bama vs. Boston College game at Legion Field where Kerry Goode destroyed his knee and was never the same. Bad, bad stuff.
This post was edited on 7/29/15 at 12:18 pm
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