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re: 5 Virgina Tech Players Quit
Posted on 8/12/13 at 7:55 am to cyde
Posted on 8/12/13 at 7:55 am to cyde
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You lost a lot of people here, though they'll never admit it
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Not as much as you might suspect.
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In 1892, two historic events occurred: women were first admitted to the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama, and football was first played as a school sport. Eventually, football replaced polo as the main sport on campus. In 1899, the school name was again changed, this time to Alabama Polytechnic Institute.
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I've referred to Auburn as "Alabama Polytech" a time or two.
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I've got an Auburn practice football that Coach Vince Dooley (an Auburn asst.coach) gave me about 55 years ago. It has "API" stamped on the side of it.
Also, few people know that when Auburn dropped polo to pickup football, it was the last time that the game was played at the college level using cows.
This post was edited on 8/12/13 at 7:58 am
Posted on 8/12/13 at 8:09 am to coachcrisp
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I've got an Auburn practice football that Coach Vince Dooley (an Auburn asst.coach) gave me about 55 years ago. It has "API" stamped on the side of it.
I was honestly very surprised to learn the name wasn't officially changed until 1960.
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