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Tell me interesting stories/facts about your SEC campus.

Posted on 4/18/12 at 8:45 pm
Posted by NBamaAlum
Soul Patrolville
Member since Jan 2009
27604 posts
Posted on 4/18/12 at 8:45 pm
The little roundhouse next to Gorgas library was one of a handful of structures on the UA campus that survived the little spat between the States. The story goes that two UA students, who were cadets, tricked some Union soldiers into approaching there with the promise of whiskey. They were shot, and their ghost can be seen looking for the promised whiskey...


Oh, and virgins can be found on the UA campus. Lawlzers.
Posted by Guchi
Tha skreets, Fort Sanders
Member since Oct 2011
2367 posts
Posted on 4/18/12 at 8:47 pm to
Well, I go to North Alabama. There, we're all sidewalk Bama fans.
Posted by I Love Bama
Alabama
Member since Nov 2007
37724 posts
Posted on 4/18/12 at 8:48 pm to
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Well, I go to North Alabama


Flo town in the hizouse!
Posted by Duckie
Tippy Toe, Louisiana
Member since Apr 2010
24314 posts
Posted on 4/18/12 at 8:48 pm to
There are a series of tunnels under LSU. There are a lot of threads on the OT about this and if you go there have an LSU friend show them to you.


LSU underground tunnels exposed


YOUTUBEZ
This post was edited on 4/18/12 at 8:52 pm
Posted by Porker Face
Eden Isle
Member since Feb 2012
15349 posts
Posted on 4/18/12 at 8:49 pm to
It is rumored that if you ever step on the 1900 class on Senior Walk you will never graduate from the University of Arkansas because all the members of that class died unnatural deaths. They actually died naturally.

ETA: I've never walked on it, I need all the help I can get
This post was edited on 4/18/12 at 8:50 pm
Posted by Henry Jones Jr
Member since Jun 2011
68558 posts
Posted on 4/18/12 at 8:50 pm to
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There are a series of tunnels under LSU.


Interesting. I might have to check this out next time I come to Baton Rouge. Never knew about that.
Posted by Goingfullgump
Member since Dec 2011
429 posts
Posted on 4/18/12 at 8:51 pm to
I think it is fascinating that the remnants of the foundation of the old library that was burned sits at the base of the stairs in front of Gorgas.

Apparently there is a time capsule buried in that area.
Posted by BreakawayZou83
Kansas City, Missouri
Member since Oct 2011
9505 posts
Posted on 4/18/12 at 8:53 pm to
There are meth labs in all the buildings at Mizzou. It's not a really a university at all, just a massive distributing operation.
This post was edited on 4/18/12 at 8:54 pm
Posted by Duckie
Tippy Toe, Louisiana
Member since Apr 2010
24314 posts
Posted on 4/18/12 at 8:53 pm to
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Interesting. I might have to check this out next time I come to Baton Rouge. Never knew about that.


They are creepy as hell. Take a flashlight.
Posted by NBamaAlum
Soul Patrolville
Member since Jan 2009
27604 posts
Posted on 4/18/12 at 8:54 pm to
Do you really attend UNA or are you trying to make a comment about something? If the former, lots of history in that town/campus. If the latter, tread carefully to avoid looking like a tard.
Posted by Duckman13
Tiger Stadium
Member since Dec 2006
3047 posts
Posted on 4/18/12 at 8:55 pm to
Nothing beats the tunnels under LSU. It is rumored that there is a tunnelfrom the dke house to tiger stadium.
Posted by Smoke Ring
Scenic Highway Crackhouse
Member since Dec 2010
4245 posts
Posted on 4/18/12 at 8:55 pm to
A&M's Cannon

is a working piece of WWI Artillery. It was abandoned in the 30s in an overgrown ditch and rediscovered in the 1970s, refurbished, and used to this day.

Oh, and there are tunnels on almost every modern University Campus. That's where all the steam pipes, water pipes, telecom, etc. are run, allowing for easy maintenance.
This post was edited on 4/18/12 at 8:57 pm
Posted by AnimalA10
Mobile, AL
Member since Jan 2012
87 posts
Posted on 4/18/12 at 8:55 pm to
We have a clock tower here on campus at A&M called Albritton Tower. Legend has it that the roman numeral for "4" is rendered as "IIII" rather than "IV" because "IV" just looks too damn much like t.u., which of course is shorthand for Texas.

It's not true, but it's a great tidbit to tell visitors.
Posted by Guchi
Tha skreets, Fort Sanders
Member since Oct 2011
2367 posts
Posted on 4/18/12 at 8:56 pm to
It's the latter.
Posted by memphisplaya
Member since Jan 2009
85827 posts
Posted on 4/18/12 at 8:56 pm to
Glory holes in the bathroom at Coates hall.

Tunnels

The Huey P long Field house is one of the most unique buildings on campus. It has a rooftop pool. Well It WAS one of the most unique. We let go to hell and now it's looks like crap.
Posted by wdeinttown
Tuscaloosa
Member since Dec 2011
2976 posts
Posted on 4/18/12 at 8:56 pm to
Here's an interesting fact about the SEC I heard the other day. Only 30 U.S. universities are designated land, sea, and space grant institutions, and with the addition of TAMU, the SEC now has three, the other two being Auburn and LSU.
Posted by Duckie
Tippy Toe, Louisiana
Member since Apr 2010
24314 posts
Posted on 4/18/12 at 8:56 pm to
quote:

The Huey P long Field house is one of the most unique buildings on campus. It has a rooftop pool. Well It WAS one of the most unique. We let go to hell and now it's looks like crap.


I wish they would fix this damn place. Coolest building on campus.
Posted by RebelNutt48
Valdosta, GA
Member since Apr 2010
8188 posts
Posted on 4/18/12 at 8:57 pm to
quote:

There are a series of tunnels under LSU


Ole Miss has some of those too. They are kind of neat. Supposedly James Meredith used these a couple times to get from one building to the next. Don't know how true that is.
Posted by Henry Jones Jr
Member since Jun 2011
68558 posts
Posted on 4/18/12 at 8:58 pm to
quote:

They are creepy as hell. Take a flashlight.


I'll be sure to but as long as there are no snakes, I'm good.

What were they used for?
Posted by Porker Face
Eden Isle
Member since Feb 2012
15349 posts
Posted on 4/18/12 at 8:58 pm to
Spoofer's stone is a large rock that was being hauled by an team of animals to be used in the foundation of Old Main when it fell off the cart. It was too heavy so they just left it there. It later was used as the halfway point between men's and women's dorms where couples would meet at night because fraternization between the sexes was forbidden. People began proposing and chipping off pieces of the stone. I also heard Oklahoma stole it from us once a long time ago??

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