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Are Auburn Fans Referred to as "Barners" Because of the 1996 Fire?
Posted on 11/26/13 at 1:46 pm
Posted on 11/26/13 at 1:46 pm
Image of the barn sports complex adjacent to the football field burning down?
This post was edited on 11/26/13 at 2:42 pm
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Posted on 11/26/13 at 1:47 pm to mizzoukills
Posted on 11/26/13 at 1:47 pm to mizzoukills
cows on campus...ask anyone (who is a bama fan and hasn't been to our campus).
Posted on 11/26/13 at 1:48 pm to mizzoukills
That's part of it.
They're an agriculture school.
They had a barn right behind the stadium for as long as the stadium had been there.
Back in the day, cows would graze on the grass right outside the stadium.
They're an agriculture school.
They had a barn right behind the stadium for as long as the stadium had been there.
Back in the day, cows would graze on the grass right outside the stadium.
Posted on 11/26/13 at 1:48 pm to mizzoukills
How does "Barner" relate to a fire in your mind?
Posted on 11/26/13 at 1:48 pm to mizzoukills
That would be the barn burner
Posted on 11/26/13 at 1:48 pm to mizzoukills
Absolutely not. It goes back to Bear calling us the "cow college."
Posted on 11/26/13 at 1:48 pm to mizzoukills
That's a "barn burner" ever heard that?
Posted on 11/26/13 at 1:49 pm to piggidyphish
No. Auburn Polytechnic Institute was set up to be for farmers, etc, hence cow college. You go to the barn to learn about cows.
Posted on 11/26/13 at 1:50 pm to mizzoukills
Haha cow college idiots
Posted on 11/26/13 at 1:51 pm to mizzoukills
You didn't know? Farm animals roam the halls of AU and you must walk through cow pastures in order to get to class.
AU, in a sense, is one very large barn.
AU, in a sense, is one very large barn.
Posted on 11/26/13 at 1:51 pm to mizzoukills
And one time a cow won "Miss Auburn"
Posted on 11/26/13 at 1:53 pm to Tuscaloosa
Posted on 11/26/13 at 1:53 pm to mizzoukills
Is that the one that burned up most of their coloring books?
Posted on 11/26/13 at 1:53 pm to Bama54
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You go to the barn to learn about cows.
So what did you learn about at Shelton State? HVAC?
Posted on 11/26/13 at 1:53 pm to piggidyphish
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cows on campus...ask anyone (who is a bama fan and hasn't been to our campus).
In fairness, the cows still aren't very far from main campus. My next Auburn tshirt purchase will probably be the "cow college and proud of it" shirt.
Posted on 11/26/13 at 1:54 pm to Tuscaloosa
This is from the Encyclopedia of Alabama, "Courtesy of Auburn University"
There's a reason Coach Bryant referred to Auburn as "the cow college". It wasn't because he was feeling super creative.
There's a reason Coach Bryant referred to Auburn as "the cow college". It wasn't because he was feeling super creative.
Posted on 11/26/13 at 1:55 pm to AUCatfish
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So what did you learn about at Shelton State
My degree from UA College of CBA taught me enough to make enough money to retire at 50
Posted on 11/26/13 at 1:55 pm to mizzoukills
I always thought it was because it worked ... "Aubarn" by simply changing one letter, made it easy, it fit with the whole ag school thing.
Posted on 11/26/13 at 1:56 pm to 15sammy34
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In fairness, the cows still aren't very far from main campus
Well neither is georgia vary far from campus but no one says we're in georgia...
oh wait, I see your point.
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