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Posted on 11/13/13 at 2:01 pm to nc14
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Classy
Like tearing up the 50 yd line logo at your rivals stadium?
Posted on 11/13/13 at 2:08 pm to undecided
yeah, they deserved it.
Reminds me of a story from UGA from long ago...
One of the most beloved scoreboards from Sanford Stadium featured a bulldog holding a 2×4 with a nail sticking out of the end. Georgia has always been known for defending the hedges and for opposing teams defacing them for “souvenirs,” but there’s a story behind that bulldog with the nailed board.
In 1935, Georgia played LSU. Here’s a brief history of that game by Thomas O’Toole, a sports writer for the AJC in 1986:
The year was 1935. Huey Long, who ran Louisiana, wanted LSU to play at Georgia.
“He called Harold Hirsch, who was big in the Coke company (as an attorney),” recalled Bill Hartman, a Georgia player then and an assistant coach now. “Harold told him that they couldn’t play that year because schedules were made up too far in advance. Huey told him Louisiana was thinking about putting an additional tax on Coke. Harold told him whenever you want to play, we’ll do it.”
The teams met Nov. 16. LSU brought nearly the entire student body – mostly military cadets – and won 13-0.
“The cadets wanted to come down on the field and tear down the goalposts,” said Hartman. “They didn’t know there was a fence in the hedges. They started to go through the hedges and got hung up at the fence. It had been some kind of souvenir day, and the Georgia fans had been given 18-inch bats. When the cadets got hung up, the Georgia students descended on them and started beating them with the bats.”
Reminds me of a story from UGA from long ago...
One of the most beloved scoreboards from Sanford Stadium featured a bulldog holding a 2×4 with a nail sticking out of the end. Georgia has always been known for defending the hedges and for opposing teams defacing them for “souvenirs,” but there’s a story behind that bulldog with the nailed board.
In 1935, Georgia played LSU. Here’s a brief history of that game by Thomas O’Toole, a sports writer for the AJC in 1986:
The year was 1935. Huey Long, who ran Louisiana, wanted LSU to play at Georgia.
“He called Harold Hirsch, who was big in the Coke company (as an attorney),” recalled Bill Hartman, a Georgia player then and an assistant coach now. “Harold told him that they couldn’t play that year because schedules were made up too far in advance. Huey told him Louisiana was thinking about putting an additional tax on Coke. Harold told him whenever you want to play, we’ll do it.”
The teams met Nov. 16. LSU brought nearly the entire student body – mostly military cadets – and won 13-0.
“The cadets wanted to come down on the field and tear down the goalposts,” said Hartman. “They didn’t know there was a fence in the hedges. They started to go through the hedges and got hung up at the fence. It had been some kind of souvenir day, and the Georgia fans had been given 18-inch bats. When the cadets got hung up, the Georgia students descended on them and started beating them with the bats.”
This post was edited on 11/13/13 at 2:11 pm
Posted on 11/13/13 at 2:09 pm to allin2010
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The interesting part is that a fan ran on the field and turned the hoses into the stands. It was cold that night...
If I recall correctly (I was a student at the time but did not go to the game) they turned the hoses on our band that was in the stands celebrating.
I remember the next year when Auburn came to Athens a lot of fans met them with water hoses and balloons and such.
Then Auburn beat the crap out of us on the field.
Hosed again.
Posted on 11/13/13 at 2:11 pm to muttenstein
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wanted LSU to play at Georgia.
Man, Dylan wasn't lying about the times they are a changin'
Posted on 11/13/13 at 2:14 pm to nc14
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Classy
trespassing
Posted on 11/13/13 at 2:15 pm to Auburntiger
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I bet most that post here were not even born then...
I was 12
Posted on 11/13/13 at 2:21 pm to nc14
They're on the field tearing clumps out of the midfield logo, and AU is at fault for soaking their arse with water?
Posted on 11/13/13 at 2:21 pm to NorthGwinnettTiger
Too bad rubber bullets were not around back then.
Posted on 11/13/13 at 2:22 pm to undecided
eh nvm.
This post was edited on 11/13/13 at 2:25 pm
Posted on 11/13/13 at 2:22 pm to undecided
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And they're taking the Auburn logo apart at the fifty yard line.
Posted on 11/13/13 at 2:23 pm to parkjas2001
frick, they turned mace on the AU students when we rushed the field after Duval's FG. Water would have been nice.
Posted on 11/13/13 at 2:24 pm to WG_Dawg
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UGA fans rushed the field on SOMEONE ELSE'S field.
classy
Posted on 11/13/13 at 2:24 pm to NorthGwinnettTiger
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frick, they turned mace on the AU students when we rushed the field after Duval's FG
should have bobbed and weaved.
Posted on 11/13/13 at 2:25 pm to parkjas2001
Didnt' say it was classy, I'm glad it wasn't classy. I wish I was there that day and I'd have been on the field too.
Posted on 11/13/13 at 2:25 pm to parkjas2001
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should have bobbed and weaved.
I did. My wife didn't though.
Posted on 11/13/13 at 2:25 pm to WG_Dawg
So you admit you are a part of the low rent portion of your fanbase.
Posted on 11/13/13 at 2:26 pm to GoldenDawg
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Then Auburn beat the crap out of us on the field.
Hosed again
Posted on 11/13/13 at 2:26 pm to NorthGwinnettTiger
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should have bobbed and weaved.
I did. My wife didn't though
i did...my roomie didnt.
Posted on 11/13/13 at 2:30 pm to parkjas2001
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So you admit you are a part of the low rent portion of your fanbase
I didn't actually do it, so no not really. I wear polo shirts and khakis to games bruh I'm all class.
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