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LSU/AUBURN FIRE GAME
Posted on 10/23/10 at 10:39 am
Posted on 10/23/10 at 10:39 am
What year was the building on fire behind Tiger Stadium? Thanks in advance. 
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Posted on 10/23/10 at 10:40 am to geauxdaddy72
it was in Auburn.... 98, I believe.
Posted on 10/23/10 at 10:40 am to geauxdaddy72
quote:I think that was in Auburn i want to say mid=90's
What year was the building on fire behind Tiger Stadium?
Posted on 10/23/10 at 10:47 am to lowspark12
It was 1996; I was at the game sitting on the 49 yard line....on the Auburn side. My rep (an Auburn alum) had season tickets and invited me to stay the weekend and go to the game with him. The fire captivated the first 10 minutes of the game; no one was watching the game; we were all watching the fire. From our vantage point on the opposite side, it looked like the stadium was on fire. The way it looked on TV was exactly the way it looked in the stadium. The people on that side didn't even know about the fire at first, because it was behind them. When they saw and heard everyone on our side screaming and pointing, they finally looked back, saw the fire, and practically no one in the stands was watching the game!
When the fire was out, I turned my attention to the game. I was really hard to stifle myself from cheering in the midst of the Auburn crowd, but I was cheering on the inside!
When the fire was out, I turned my attention to the game. I was really hard to stifle myself from cheering in the midst of the Auburn crowd, but I was cheering on the inside!
Posted on 10/23/10 at 10:49 am to Fearthehat0307
it was in 96 that the barn burned
Posted on 10/23/10 at 10:50 am to geauxdaddy72
1996. The only game I've been to at Auburn. I had great seats, but in the middle of the Auburn alumni section. I don't get much from other fans' misfortunes, but the misery on their faces at the end of the game is something I'll never forget!
Posted on 10/23/10 at 10:50 am to geauxdaddy72
'96 I was there for that one...
Posted on 10/23/10 at 10:53 am to BamaTiger
I didn't see you there!! You must have not been in my section!
Posted on 10/23/10 at 11:14 am to DenverTigerMan
Story
I remember ESPN showing the flames and smoke above the corner of the stadium, and fans on the circular ramps were watching it instead of the game.
Posted on 10/23/10 at 11:17 am to TheRoarRestoredInBR
That was exactly how it happened. We didn't watch the first ten minutes of the game because we couldn't take our eyes off the fire.
Posted on 10/23/10 at 11:37 am to DenverTigerMan
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Was the stadium on fire? Is concrete that flammable? How were the fans going to escape? And just why in the name of Al Del Greco can’t Auburn make a field goal?
Posted on 10/23/10 at 12:30 pm to TH03
Among the many thoughts of the Auburn faithful that day!
Posted on 10/23/10 at 1:08 pm to DenverTigerMan
someone(s) left a grill unattended.
Posted on 10/23/10 at 1:11 pm to DenverTigerMan
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The way it looked on TV was exactly the way it looked in the stadium. The people on that side didn't even know about the fire at first, because it was behind them.
This. I was in the AU student section and had no clue about the fire since it was behind us.
And it was the old women's basketball practice gym that burned. Known in AU as the "Hot Box" since it was a VERY VERY old building that did not have air conditioning.
Posted on 10/23/10 at 1:15 pm to geauxdaddy72
Lets burn it down again this year!
Posted on 10/23/10 at 1:17 pm to geauxdaddy72
The PA at the game kept announcing "Remain calm. The fire is outside the stadium."
I was watching the game, NOT the fire.
I was watching the game, NOT the fire.
Posted on 10/23/10 at 1:34 pm to Red Stick Tigress
and Auburn smelled like
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