Saturday, August 16, 2008

Release of the pigeons at Auburn

Some Auburn fans have quibbled that the release of the pigeons prior to each game is not one of college football's great traditions. But I say it's one of the best. What happens is they release the pigeons an hour or so before game time from neighboring Opelika, and the pigeons then fly to Jordan-Hare Field and do a circle around the stands, sometimes purposefully leaving their droppings on the visiting fans. Or so they've been trained to do...

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