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Auburn fans: Why did your big rivals refuse to play at AU until 1960?
Posted on 6/17/16 at 11:36 am
Posted on 6/17/16 at 11:36 am
I was reading some Bulldawg history and they mentioned that Bama, UT, GT and UGA all refused to play there until UGA did in 1960. Is there any certain reason why? TIA 
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Posted on 6/17/16 at 11:37 am to Porter Osborne Jr
they said logistically they couldnt make it.
UF did play there though
UF did play there though
Posted on 6/17/16 at 11:38 am to Porter Osborne Jr
They scurred
Posted on 6/17/16 at 11:38 am to Porter Osborne Jr
The field was shitty
Posted on 6/17/16 at 11:38 am to Porter Osborne Jr
Auburn was not an easy place to get to back then. In the 60's, even 280 was a winding little highway all the way from Birmingham. Imagine how hard it was on UT to travel by bus from Knoxville. They played them in Birmingham until 1980 or so.
Posted on 6/17/16 at 11:41 am to Porter Osborne Jr
Didn't want to use outhouses and enjoyed the luxury of hot water.
Posted on 6/17/16 at 11:53 am to Porter Osborne Jr
Georgia started playing there in 1960 and Georgia Tech didn't play there until 1970?
I thought Georgia athletics > Tech's?
I thought Georgia athletics > Tech's?
Posted on 6/17/16 at 11:56 am to Porter Osborne Jr
Aubie brass will tell you the game want played because of the per diem or some other bullshite. No, we just were the team in the state and saw no value in playing. Similar to LSU playing Tulane or Ole Sis playing southern miss.
Posted on 6/17/16 at 12:30 pm to Porter Osborne Jr
We played Georgia Tech in Auburn for the first time in 1896. Here's a funny story about it ranked as one of the greatest pranks in college football:
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Posted on 6/17/16 at 12:32 pm to Porter Osborne Jr
Auburn didn't have roads until then
Posted on 6/17/16 at 1:01 pm to Porter Osborne Jr
Because it was a small shitty field in the middle of no where?
Transportation back then was not as easy as it is these days.
As other have pointed out, this wasn't just an Auburn thing, lots of schools played in larger nearby city due to better stadiums or easier transportation.
Transportation back then was not as easy as it is these days.
As other have pointed out, this wasn't just an Auburn thing, lots of schools played in larger nearby city due to better stadiums or easier transportation.
This post was edited on 6/17/16 at 1:04 pm
Posted on 6/17/16 at 1:29 pm to Porter Osborne Jr
Because it was/is a backwards shite hole that you could only get to by dirt roads.
Posted on 6/17/16 at 1:38 pm to Porter Osborne Jr
scared
Posted on 6/17/16 at 2:49 pm to Porter Osborne Jr
Alabama and Auburn didn't play anywhere from 1907 to 1948. So for one of the country's top rivalries, they haven't really played each other much.
The series was discontinued after a 6-6 tie in 1907 -- the only tie in Iron Bowl history -- because the schools could not agree on daily expenses for players, as well as on who would officiate the game.
The hotel allowance for each of the 17 players on both teams in 1907 was $2 per day, including lodging and meals. In January 1908, Auburn, then known as Alabama Polytechnic Institute, proposed $3.50 per day for 22 players for two nights; Alabama offered $3 per day for 20 players for two nights.
Auburn also wanted officials from the North to officiate the game, believing Southern officials were biased toward Alabama.
By late September 1908, the schools agreed to Auburn's demands on daily expenses and on Alabama's suggested compromises on other issues.
But they couldn't settle on a date.
Auburn offered four possibles dates, but two had passed before Alabama replied. By then, it became too late to change dates of other games.
Alabama would not cancel a game against Haskell Institute in late November. Auburn refused to change its rule of prohibiting football games after Thanksgiving.
The series was done - until 1948 that is.
The series was discontinued after a 6-6 tie in 1907 -- the only tie in Iron Bowl history -- because the schools could not agree on daily expenses for players, as well as on who would officiate the game.
The hotel allowance for each of the 17 players on both teams in 1907 was $2 per day, including lodging and meals. In January 1908, Auburn, then known as Alabama Polytechnic Institute, proposed $3.50 per day for 22 players for two nights; Alabama offered $3 per day for 20 players for two nights.
Auburn also wanted officials from the North to officiate the game, believing Southern officials were biased toward Alabama.
By late September 1908, the schools agreed to Auburn's demands on daily expenses and on Alabama's suggested compromises on other issues.
But they couldn't settle on a date.
Auburn offered four possibles dates, but two had passed before Alabama replied. By then, it became too late to change dates of other games.
Alabama would not cancel a game against Haskell Institute in late November. Auburn refused to change its rule of prohibiting football games after Thanksgiving.
The series was done - until 1948 that is.
Posted on 6/17/16 at 2:49 pm to Porter Osborne Jr
It wasn't until 1960 that Auburn finally decided to remove all the residual cow patties around town and campus.
Posted on 6/17/16 at 4:20 pm to Porter Osborne Jr
Bear was a cheating/bend the rules bastard that wanted every advantage necessary.
Posted on 6/17/16 at 8:27 pm to Porter Osborne Jr
quote:
I was reading some Bulldawg history and they mentioned that Bama, UT, GT and UGA all refused to play there until UGA did in 1960. Is there any certain reason why? TIA
because they were all a bunch of whiney scared cocksuckers who liked to talk big from behind their mama's skirt... much like touchdown tony.
Posted on 6/17/16 at 8:53 pm to Porter Osborne Jr
Auburn didn't have a designated "safe space".
Posted on 6/17/16 at 10:17 pm to Porter Osborne Jr
Football has changed a lot. There was a time when MSU was playing more road games and on top of that had to travel to Jackson, MS 155 miles away as a "Home" game. Life isn't always fair but until the 1990's did we even begin to expand our stadium.
Posted on 6/18/16 at 5:14 pm to Porter Osborne Jr
Railroad Travel had much to do with where games were played in the early days through post WWII.
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