I wanted to write a different blog today but had some emotions on my shoulders. Yesterday, Auburn beat Florida! WAHOO! The game was amazing because 1. it was Florida 2. they are in the SEC which always makes for a fun game and 3. it was a night game! The only thing not enjoyable about the game were this two guys sitting in front of me bashing Auburn the entire game. And might I add, they were Auburn students.
I'll start from the beginning (sorry if you have already heard this story): The first kick of the game, Florida receives. The two guys in front of me begin... "Trotter sucks. I hope he realizes what he's doing to us. I can't believe they would let him start this week." Let me remind you, we are on DEFENSE!!! Trotter is not even on the field. So I bite my tongue. We get on offense and Trotter has a few bad plays but everyone makes mistakes. Let's move on. Oh no! These two guys insisted on yelling and screaming about everything he did, every play the coaches called, and everything else that could have possibly been good or bad on the field (If we scored, they didn't like how we did it). By this time maybe 5 minutes has passed in the first quarter. I am not going to be able to enjoy this game unless I say something to these guys. I tap the biggest one on the shoulder (because he was making the most comments) and yell with my shaker pointed at his face "Listen, are you a full time athlete and a full time student? I don't think so. You couldn't do any of that even if you wanted to because you are a fat a**!!" So he yells back and me and his friend gets involved and says "We went to high school with Trotter so we are allowed to talk about him like this." EXCUSE ME! No you are not! He is a human being and is busting his butt at practice and in school and you think you can just put someone down like that? No! All of this happened right in the middle of our first touchdown. This makes me mad because I can't even enjoy the touchdown because I am shaking with furry! This guy has made me miss the touchdown and I can't believe he is dogging our players and coaches like this.
After a few plays, Trotter throws a completion and I realize I am not going to be able to sit like this for the entire game. So I politely tap him on the shoulder again and apologize for calling him names and calmly explain how it infuriates me that people put down other people to make themselves feel better. He says he appreciates my apology and he shouldn't have gotten that worked up. But for the rest of the game, his friend continued to dog cuss our players and coaches every move they made under his breathe.
Now if Brenden would have been at the game with me this whole situation would have been avoided because he would have never let me get in someone's face like that. I am so embarrassing. haha But it happened and I am glad I did it because these players go through a lot of crap. Whether they are on scholarship or not these players put in long hours, get yelled out by the coaches, get dogged by the media, and still have to go to school and live their lives as normal as possible. I don't know how they do it. I hope these players know that a true Auburn fan would never put them down like those two guys and half of the student section does. A true Auburn man or woman stands up for their family and would never consider them any lower than themselves.
"...I believe in a sound mind, in a sound body and a spirit that is not afraid, and in clean sports that
develop these qualities... and because Auburn men and women believe in these things, I BELIEVE IN
AUBURN AND LOVE IT!" ~Lines from the Auburn Creed, George Petrie
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Sunday, October 16, 2011
Thursday, February 17, 2011
R.E.S.P.E.C.T.
How ironic that I would take an AU Knowledge test on all of Auburn's traditions the day before we found out about Harvey (Al) Updyke poisoning Toomer's Corner.
If some of you do not know already, Auburn is what I consider my home. I know it sadness my parents but they know how much this place means to me. It's not about the professors or classes (like it should be), it's not about the school/university (it's a close second), but it's about the people I have met here and what they/it (the town) has done for me. This place has given me so many opportunities that the small town I'm originally from, never could have given me. I grew up an Alabama fan because I was a Daddy's little girl. Until, I started applying to colleges. Everyone from my hometown was "going to the University of Alabama, no doubt". That was their school. Well, I had NO intentions of keeping in touch with ANYONE I went to high school with so I chose the polar opposite, Auburn University. I visited the campus one weekend that my mom had to come for continuing education. I took a tour by myself, walked around downtown, got some Toomer's Lemonade and realized what a spectacular place this town was and I didn't know a soul at this point. Anyways, three years later and if it wasn't for Auburn and the people in it I never would have gotten my life back and become myself again.
On my AU Knowledge test this week, we were asked to describe these six traditions: Tiger VI/Spirit, Aubie, "Hey" Day, Tiger Walk, Spirit Walk, and last but certainly not least Rolling Toomer's Corner. I thought it was kind of a joke to study those traditions because they are such a big deal of my life already I didn't need to know anything else about them. BUT when I got to "Hey" Day and the description beside it read:
"...this day is symbolic of the year-round friendly atmosphere in Auburn."
It made me think about how deep these traditions run in Auburn people. This is how Rolling Toomer's Corner read:
"After any Auburn athletic victory, fans march up to the intersection of Magnolia Ave. & College St. (known as Toomer's Corner) & roll the trees with toliet paper on the campus side of the corner. Tradition began when the cheerleaders would announce the score to the townspeople on the step of Langdon Hall after which the rolling started. Toomer's Corner was named after Sheldon Toomer, longtime operator of Toomer's Drug Store, which is known for it's lemonade. This is where campus ends and the town begins."
That last sentence means so much more than it really shows. Yes, Auburn is a university inside a small town, but where Toomer's meets is how this whole place is connected; around FAMILY! If you go to Toomer's by yourself, it won't matter because you will make friends there because we are all there to celebrate with family.
I love rivalries! I love sports! But this Old South rivalry is getting extremely out of hand. My PaPa has heard me say numerous of times, "I hate that town, I can't stand it, I will never have anything to do with it." I could never say I hate that place now because I would never want to ruin someone's tradition. I will just politely say, "I don't care for their football team." In an article on ncaafootball.fanhouse.com, Clay says we should take the year off. I am completely behind him. Maybe with the break the rivalry will settle back down. I don't understand why everyone is so hostile. Alabama won the National Championship in 2009 and Auburn won it in 2010. Can we just say, SEC domination??
My parents always taught me to respect people. I use to get in so much trouble if I didn't say "Yes ma'am, No ma'am, Yes sir, No sir." The south knows how to respect people and I just don't understand how you can KILL a tree. The latest I've heard is the injection is spreading, rapidly. It could easily kill other things on campus because of how big the dose was. BUT if it gets into our water system, Mr. Updyke could be faced with attempted mass murder. I really hope your disrespect was worth it to end up in prison for life. (Could thing Dad retires in a few short months :D).
I know everyone just thinks of Toomer's as a tree and it doesn't mean anything but Toomer's is to Auburn as Ugga is to UGA and National Championships are to Alabama. If you take these things away from these schools it's not a laughing matter. This tradition has been around for years and years and years. It's a place to take your kids too, your grandkids too, to get proposed to, and to take pictures at to remember the victory of a huge game. I know this stuff is getting repetitive within my blog and everyone else's comments on Toomer's. As Jay Gouge says,
"It is understandable to feel outrage in reaction to a malicious act of vandalism. However, we should live up to the example we set in becoming national champions and the beliefs expressed in our Auburn Creed."
If some of you do not know already, Auburn is what I consider my home. I know it sadness my parents but they know how much this place means to me. It's not about the professors or classes (like it should be), it's not about the school/university (it's a close second), but it's about the people I have met here and what they/it (the town) has done for me. This place has given me so many opportunities that the small town I'm originally from, never could have given me. I grew up an Alabama fan because I was a Daddy's little girl. Until, I started applying to colleges. Everyone from my hometown was "going to the University of Alabama, no doubt". That was their school. Well, I had NO intentions of keeping in touch with ANYONE I went to high school with so I chose the polar opposite, Auburn University. I visited the campus one weekend that my mom had to come for continuing education. I took a tour by myself, walked around downtown, got some Toomer's Lemonade and realized what a spectacular place this town was and I didn't know a soul at this point. Anyways, three years later and if it wasn't for Auburn and the people in it I never would have gotten my life back and become myself again.
On my AU Knowledge test this week, we were asked to describe these six traditions: Tiger VI/Spirit, Aubie, "Hey" Day, Tiger Walk, Spirit Walk, and last but certainly not least Rolling Toomer's Corner. I thought it was kind of a joke to study those traditions because they are such a big deal of my life already I didn't need to know anything else about them. BUT when I got to "Hey" Day and the description beside it read:
"...this day is symbolic of the year-round friendly atmosphere in Auburn."
It made me think about how deep these traditions run in Auburn people. This is how Rolling Toomer's Corner read:
"After any Auburn athletic victory, fans march up to the intersection of Magnolia Ave. & College St. (known as Toomer's Corner) & roll the trees with toliet paper on the campus side of the corner. Tradition began when the cheerleaders would announce the score to the townspeople on the step of Langdon Hall after which the rolling started. Toomer's Corner was named after Sheldon Toomer, longtime operator of Toomer's Drug Store, which is known for it's lemonade. This is where campus ends and the town begins." That last sentence means so much more than it really shows. Yes, Auburn is a university inside a small town, but where Toomer's meets is how this whole place is connected; around FAMILY! If you go to Toomer's by yourself, it won't matter because you will make friends there because we are all there to celebrate with family.
I love rivalries! I love sports! But this Old South rivalry is getting extremely out of hand. My PaPa has heard me say numerous of times, "I hate that town, I can't stand it, I will never have anything to do with it." I could never say I hate that place now because I would never want to ruin someone's tradition. I will just politely say, "I don't care for their football team." In an article on ncaafootball.fanhouse.com, Clay says we should take the year off. I am completely behind him. Maybe with the break the rivalry will settle back down. I don't understand why everyone is so hostile. Alabama won the National Championship in 2009 and Auburn won it in 2010. Can we just say, SEC domination??
My parents always taught me to respect people. I use to get in so much trouble if I didn't say "Yes ma'am, No ma'am, Yes sir, No sir." The south knows how to respect people and I just don't understand how you can KILL a tree. The latest I've heard is the injection is spreading, rapidly. It could easily kill other things on campus because of how big the dose was. BUT if it gets into our water system, Mr. Updyke could be faced with attempted mass murder. I really hope your disrespect was worth it to end up in prison for life. (Could thing Dad retires in a few short months :D).
I know everyone just thinks of Toomer's as a tree and it doesn't mean anything but Toomer's is to Auburn as Ugga is to UGA and National Championships are to Alabama. If you take these things away from these schools it's not a laughing matter. This tradition has been around for years and years and years. It's a place to take your kids too, your grandkids too, to get proposed to, and to take pictures at to remember the victory of a huge game. I know this stuff is getting repetitive within my blog and everyone else's comments on Toomer's. As Jay Gouge says,
"It is understandable to feel outrage in reaction to a malicious act of vandalism. However, we should live up to the example we set in becoming national champions and the beliefs expressed in our Auburn Creed."
AND BECAUSE AUBURN MEN AND WOMEN BELIEVE IN THESE THINGS
I BELIEVE IN AUBURN AND LOVE IT!
Monday, February 7, 2011
Super Bowl Sunday
I had a few friends over for the game yesterday and it was a pretty divided house. One of my friends is from Pittsburgh and his Mom is a huge Steelers fan (she was at the game, lucky). So it was a lot of fun to help someone else pull for their team.Seeing how my major is events, it's always fun to plan and host events. Seeing people happy makes me happy even if I do like to have things my way. Let's just say it's a good thing I'm still in college for this stuff. I am a terrible planner of food. I either have WAY too much or too little of something else. This Catering & Events class this semester should help me manage that better. :) The party was still a lot of fun and nice to have so many friends around.
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| ^^Awful Commercials yesterday^^ |
Another thing I love about the Super Bowl is it's the end of football season. That means it's one step closer to MARCH MADNESS!!! That is by far my favorite month of the year. Now, I do not watch college basketball because every year I have watched it, my bracket is so bad. The years I don't watch, until March, I get second place every year. I've seen a few games so I'm hoping it's not so bad this year.
I know this wasn't like my normal blogs but just some thoughts while I have some free time. ha
Until Next Time,
Kayla
Sunday, December 5, 2010
SEC Championship
Hello friends!
If you don't know me you might need to know that I am a huge Auburn fan. Being a student and all I think it's an obligation. ;)
This weekend was a blast! My boyfriend and some of our friends headed to Atlanta on Friday to start the celebration of making it to the SEC Championship. Saturday, more of our friends came to Atlanta to help keep the celebration going. The Marta station (Atlanta tram system) is close to B (my boyfriend) 's parent's house. We all headed there and proceeded to wait on the tram. My brother (being the country boy that he is) says, "Is it a big train?" His girlfriend and I bust out laughing and tell him he's got to get out more. The tram was packed but we sported our colors loud and proud. There were thousands of people at the tram station, both Auburn and South Carolina fans. As the South Carolina fans started to yell "GAME" "COCKS" "GAME" "COCKS" and on and on, an Auburn fan started Bodda Getta and a huge WAR EAGLE, HEY!!! It was the start to a great day!
We finally made it to downtown! Another side note for those of you who do not know me, I'm obsessed with cities: the buildings, the people, the atmosphere, etc. etc. I cannot wait to live in Atlanta one day! Anyways, we had lunch in the CNN center where it was a complete ZOO!! After lunch, it was time to head to the Georgia Dome! My borther's girlfriend and another one of my friends got lucky enough to win the lottery (student tickets) and the rest of us had to find tickets on our own. Well, lucky for B and I, my brother plays football at Auburn University. He is only red shirted this year and plays on the scout team but it still has its perks. My brother landed three tickets to the SEC Championship and gave the other two to B and me. WHAAA HOO!!!! Sooo, we waited in the players will call for an hour and thirty minutes. It was crazy but so worth the wait. We got third row seats, right in front of the cheerleaders, in the Auburn end zone, and behind Emory Blake's family!! OH how I love my little brother!!!!
So needless to say, we won the game, all the players came over to our section because we were in the parents section and we had the best night of our lives. Well, as much fun as we can have to be only a few weeks away from turning twenty-one. Toomer's got rolled and was the best I had seen EVER!! I only got to see pictures until we got back this morning and they were trying to get it all out of the tree and I witnessed how crazy it must had been last night.
Well, I hope all of you had a great weekend and were able to experience some of these things (if you are an Auburn fan). Finals week is starting tomorrow and I could not be more distracted. Thankfully my hard test is Tuesday and Thursday. I hope everyone continues to have a blessed day and week. There are sure to be many great stories this week because yes, it may be finals week but my friend is turning twenty-one and we are having a Tacky Christmas Sweater party! YAY!
War Eagle!
If you don't know me you might need to know that I am a huge Auburn fan. Being a student and all I think it's an obligation. ;)
This weekend was a blast! My boyfriend and some of our friends headed to Atlanta on Friday to start the celebration of making it to the SEC Championship. Saturday, more of our friends came to Atlanta to help keep the celebration going. The Marta station (Atlanta tram system) is close to B (my boyfriend) 's parent's house. We all headed there and proceeded to wait on the tram. My brother (being the country boy that he is) says, "Is it a big train?" His girlfriend and I bust out laughing and tell him he's got to get out more. The tram was packed but we sported our colors loud and proud. There were thousands of people at the tram station, both Auburn and South Carolina fans. As the South Carolina fans started to yell "GAME" "COCKS" "GAME" "COCKS" and on and on, an Auburn fan started Bodda Getta and a huge WAR EAGLE, HEY!!! It was the start to a great day!
Well, I hope all of you had a great weekend and were able to experience some of these things (if you are an Auburn fan). Finals week is starting tomorrow and I could not be more distracted. Thankfully my hard test is Tuesday and Thursday. I hope everyone continues to have a blessed day and week. There are sure to be many great stories this week because yes, it may be finals week but my friend is turning twenty-one and we are having a Tacky Christmas Sweater party! YAY!
War Eagle!
Kayla
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