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re: Why does Bama and Auburn both call their spring game A-Day???
Posted on 4/14/10 at 5:03 pm to marshallcotiger
Posted on 4/14/10 at 5:03 pm to marshallcotiger
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Both of our schools start with the letter A. I have no idea who came up with it 1st though I wouldn't be oppossed to changing ours to something with a little more swag.
It comes from something else. Spring break used to be called AEA. It actually stands for Alabama Education Association. Long time ago there used to be an "A-day" in the spring when schools basically took the whole day off for spring type games outdoors. Sometimes carnival style celebrations.
I am pretty sure that is likely where it came from.
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Posted on 4/14/10 at 5:04 pm to msukb79
Its Alabama wannabe day for Auburn. 
Posted on 4/14/10 at 5:04 pm to Woopigsooie20
Is Arky's A day?
Posted on 4/14/10 at 5:07 pm to hehatedrew
What about Arizona and Arizona St? Oh my god...all the "A"'s!!!!
Posted on 4/14/10 at 5:08 pm to parkjas2001
Don't leave out Alaska...
Posted on 4/14/10 at 5:11 pm to hehatedrew
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Is Arky's A day?
No we call ours a Spring Game or Red White game.
This post was edited on 4/14/10 at 5:12 pm
Posted on 4/14/10 at 5:11 pm to Woopigsooie20
You should call it "rock" day since it is practice
Posted on 4/14/10 at 5:16 pm to hehatedrew
Alabama and Auburn are both ok with it? What's next?!?! dogs and cats... living together in peace? mass hysteria?!?!?!
Posted on 4/14/10 at 5:16 pm to msukb79
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We disagree on everything and would never go with the idea of having the same name to a spring game, or the same name to anything.
Well getting along and being stuborn and argumentative for the sake of it are completely different things. It's a LETTER.
Posted on 4/14/10 at 5:47 pm to piggidyphish
ole miss and state both agree its better to let LSU and bama fight it out for sec west titles
Posted on 4/14/10 at 5:52 pm to msukb79
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We disagree on everything and would never go with the idea of having the same name to a spring game, or the same name to anything.
So both schools doesn't have Mississippi in their names? Your spring games are not the M&M games?
Posted on 4/14/10 at 6:05 pm to jatebe
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So both schools doesn't have Mississippi in their names?
We refer to our self as STATE
While The School Up North is OLE MISS
Posted on 4/14/10 at 7:15 pm to msukb79
You refer to yourself as STATE?
Isn't that more generic then A-Day ?
Isn't that more generic then A-Day ?
Posted on 4/14/10 at 7:16 pm to msukb79
Maybe because its a spring game and nobody really cares what you call it? Although I guess we could get both AD's to meet up together and play rock paper scissors to see who has to change their name.
Posted on 4/14/10 at 7:22 pm to UASports23
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Isn't that more generic then A-Day ?
The only two schools I have ever known of that refer to themselves as just "STATE" are Mississippi State and Michigan State.
Posted on 4/14/10 at 7:44 pm to Tiger n Miami AU83
quote:Don't know about auburn, but that's how it started at Alabama. They used to have a community organisation or student organisation named the A club. I think it was A club. Anyway they used to put on a spring carnival every year and then bama started having a spring football game on the same weekend. It's named A day after that organisation.
Long time ago there used to be an "A-day" in the spring when schools basically took the whole day off for spring type games outdoors. Sometimes carnival style celebrations.
Posted on 4/14/10 at 8:02 pm to msukb79
This Question is sort of like asking "Why Does A Cat have a Climbing Gear?
Why don't A Coyote Howl at a good looking Chick Rather then The Moon?
Why don't A Coyote Howl at a good looking Chick Rather then The Moon?
Posted on 4/14/10 at 8:31 pm to msukb79
Speaking of generic, y'all didn't pay anyone for this did you?
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Super Bulldog Weekend
Posted on 4/14/10 at 8:40 pm to deaux68
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Don't know about auburn, but that's how it started at Alabama. They used to have a community organisation or student organisation named the A club. I think it was A club. Anyway they used to put on a spring carnival every year and then bama started having a spring football game on the same weekend. It's named A day after that organisation
Well I'll be damned. All this time I thought it was just short for a-hole Day.
Posted on 4/14/10 at 8:41 pm to TIGERSby10
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Well I'll be damned. All this time I thought it was just short for a-hole Day.
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