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re: How many SEC football teams are named after civil war references?
Posted on 3/5/10 at 2:12 pm to RT1941
Posted on 3/5/10 at 2:12 pm to RT1941
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Where did "Plainsmen" come from?
Cause its in the flat SE quadrant of the state as opposed to the hills of the Appalachians in the NW quadrant + the line about the "loviest little village on the plains" from the aforementioned poem.
This post was edited on 3/5/10 at 2:13 pm
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Posted on 3/5/10 at 2:39 pm to blackrose890
Posted on 3/5/10 at 4:47 pm to LA kid but AU fan
The first line from Oliver Goldsmith's poem "The Deserted Village" is
"Sweet Auburn! Loveliest village on the plain."
Tigers are mentioned in the same poem, ("where crouching tigers wait their hapless prey..." ) thus the origin of our mascot.
Auburn pre-existed the "War Between the States", so there is no connection to that war other than what another poster mentioned about the origin of our battle cry "War Eagle".
The poem was written about a village in England. The name of Auburn (the town) was taken from that poem and then the University's name was changed to what everybody was already calling it anyway. Thus, boys who came from Auburn were referred to as "Plainsmen".
The plain referred to in the case of Auburn, Alabama is the East Gulf Coastal Plain which covers most of Alabama and Mississippi, part of the panhandle of Florida and a small part of Southeastern Louisiana.
Here's a map of the Physiographical Areas of the U.S., if anyone is interested.
LINK
"Sweet Auburn! Loveliest village on the plain."
Tigers are mentioned in the same poem, ("where crouching tigers wait their hapless prey..." ) thus the origin of our mascot.
Auburn pre-existed the "War Between the States", so there is no connection to that war other than what another poster mentioned about the origin of our battle cry "War Eagle".
The poem was written about a village in England. The name of Auburn (the town) was taken from that poem and then the University's name was changed to what everybody was already calling it anyway. Thus, boys who came from Auburn were referred to as "Plainsmen".
The plain referred to in the case of Auburn, Alabama is the East Gulf Coastal Plain which covers most of Alabama and Mississippi, part of the panhandle of Florida and a small part of Southeastern Louisiana.
Here's a map of the Physiographical Areas of the U.S., if anyone is interested.
LINK
Posted on 3/5/10 at 5:50 pm to blackjackjackson
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THE SAME SHERMAN WHO MARCHED THRU GEORGIA WAS THE FIRST CHANCELLOR OF LSU. he founded lsu in pineville, la, and resigned in 1861 to fight for the union.
And he is still a son of a bitch!!!
Posted on 3/5/10 at 5:54 pm to LSU2NO
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Most people from Louisiana know this, we just choose to disassociate the fact that a promenient Union general founded LSU. It is like if you had an evil father(in this case grandfather), there is nothing you can do about it.
The way I look at it, LSU purged itself of that when the campus moved to Baton Rouge.
Posted on 3/5/10 at 5:55 pm to hehatedrew
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As an OM fan, I am not allowed to talk about the war. If I do, Chancellor Jones may take away my degree even though he wasn't chancellor when I earned it
And didn't the University Grays all die at Gettysburg?
Posted on 3/5/10 at 5:57 pm to CapstoneGrad06
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And didn't the University Grays all die at Gettysburg?
Yep...
you PickensPosted on 3/5/10 at 5:58 pm to pankReb
While terrible, at least your campus wasn't burned to the ground, with only a handful of buildings still left from the original campus in 1831.
Posted on 3/5/10 at 6:53 pm to CapstoneGrad06
I know the op was asking about SEC teams, here is a list of D-1 teams whose mascots might be traced to the CW (although loosely). If a team has the audacity to call them selves "yankees", I see nothing wrong with Rebels. Another topic I know......
Missouri Tigers
LSU Tigers
NC Tar Heels
Michigan Wolverines
Wisconsin Badgers
Missouri Tigers
LSU Tigers
NC Tar Heels
Michigan Wolverines
Wisconsin Badgers
Posted on 3/5/10 at 6:54 pm to Volmanac
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By the way, your welcome New Orleans.
War was already over
Posted on 3/5/10 at 7:15 pm to CapstoneGrad06
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While terrible, at least your campus wasn't burned to the ground, with only a handful of buildings still left from the original campus in 1831.
Our campus served as a hospital for both sides during the war.
Posted on 3/5/10 at 9:52 pm to inelishaitrust
it's a knew nite so I'll try once moore.
My great grandmother(Mother Earl)used to tell that Auburn was called "The lowest pickle in the barrel".Or "lovelist barrel on the stagecoach". Or maybe knot.
Just give me a sec and I'm sure it will become on the plain,or pain?
HF
My great grandmother(Mother Earl)used to tell that Auburn was called "The lowest pickle in the barrel".Or "lovelist barrel on the stagecoach". Or maybe knot.
Just give me a sec and I'm sure it will become on the plain,or pain?
HF
Posted on 3/5/10 at 11:01 pm to MexicanBurtReynolds
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I know the op was asking about SEC teams, here is a list of D-1 teams whose mascots might be traced to the CW (although loosely). If a team has the audacity to call them selves "yankees", I see nothing wrong with Rebels. Another topic I know......
Missouri Tigers
LSU Tigers
NC Tar Heels
Michigan Wolverines
Wisconsin Badgers
Kansas Jayhawks
This post was edited on 3/5/10 at 11:03 pm
Posted on 3/5/10 at 11:05 pm to GatorNDAHood
One of Tennessee's own, Andrew frickin Jackson, saved NOLA's arse in 1812 and we further cemented the "Volunteer" name when Davy frickin Crockett and TENNESSEE's own Sam Houston saved the GODFORSAKEN state of Texas and Houston became that state's first governor and the namesake of its largest and FATTEST city.
Posted on 3/5/10 at 11:08 pm to Volmanac
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One of Tennessee's own, Andrew frickin Jackson, saved NOLA's arse in 1812
as I said before.......THE WAR WAS ALREADY OVER BITCH!!!
Posted on 3/5/10 at 11:10 pm to Draconian Sanctions
City still would have been DEMOLISHED. Brits didn't know the WAR was OVER just like we didn't. How many Presidents does NOLA have?
Posted on 3/5/10 at 11:10 pm to Volmanac
Nobody give a damn about tennefrickinsee
Posted on 3/5/10 at 11:25 pm to hehatedrew
WHO warned the nation about GLOBAL WARMING? AL GORE okay just kiddin about that one...
Posted on 3/5/10 at 11:32 pm to Volmanac
Posted on 3/6/10 at 3:29 am to GatorNDAHood
frick the Michigan and Wisconsin regiments at Vicksburg that held my Alabama ancestors in their trenches at the bluffs.
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