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Thursday, April 15, 2010

A-Day: Things you need to know

Interested in coming to A-Day? This is the post for you.

Auburn will hosts its annual A-Day Game at Jordan-Hare Stadium at 2 p.m. ET. Tickets are $5 and can be bought at the Auburn ticket office now or at the stadium on game day. Student admission is free provided you can present an Auburn Ignited card.

Here are some other facts about the game:
  • The game will feature four 12-minute quarters with the team being split into a blue and white squad.
  • The game will be televised live by ESPNU. It's on Auburn/Opelika radio on WKKR 97.7 FM.
  • A Punt, Pass and Kick contests for children ages 8-13 will be held on the football practice field behind the athletic complex from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET. The winners from each age group will be recognized on the field at Jordan-Hare Stadium during halftime of the A-Day game.
  • The Tiger Fan Fest, featuring inflatable games, sponsor sampling, face painting, and appearances by the Auburn cheerleaders, Tiger Paws and Aubie will be located on the Athletic Complex Football Practice Fields from 10:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. ET. Entrance to the punt, pass and kick competition and Tiger Team Village is located off Biggio Drive.
  • Gene Chizik and players will sign autographs on the field following the game.
  • Public parking will be available at the old Auburn Credit Union lot northwest of the stadium and the hayfields on South Donahue. Tiger Transit will run from 10 a.m. ET until 2 hours post-game from the Hay Fields to Beard-Eaves-Memorial Coliseum
  • Fans can get a look at the new Auburn Arena from noon to 1:30 p.m.ET. and from 4 to 6 p.m. ET by entering the main entrance of the basketball arena from the north side.
Looking for even more information? Go to the Auburn athletics Web site by clicking here.

8 comments:

Unknown said...

Sounds like a fun day.

Why are all the times on here in Eastern?

Anonymous said...

Because most of his readers live in the Eastern time zone.

Anonymous said...

Because he works for a newspaper in the eastern time zone.

Andy Bitter said...

Anonymous beat me to it. Twice.

Unknown said...

Ok, so in hindsight I guess it was a pretty dumb question.

It's just that when you're talking about something that isn't on TV and can only be experienced by being there (i.e. the punt, pass, and kick competition) I would just think that you would use the time zone that that event is in.

However, since the game is on TV and you're in Eastern time it would be pretty confusing if you used two different time zones within one post.

I don't have any data to back this up but I wouldn't be surprised if most of the readers of this blog are in the Central Time Zone since it is an Auburn blog. So in that sense I do challenge Anonymous' first comment. I could be wrong about that as well though.

Seriously though, A-Day is going to be fun.

AUsome mom said...

I'd like to get to the Credit Union parking lot early to park, but then I'm not sure I can walk the distance to Toomers from there. Wish Tiger Transit would run back & forth from Toomers to Donahue. :(

Oh well, the weather will be nice and I can't wait to see my Tigers!!

Tar Heel Tiger said...

Eastern Time Zone rules! ;-)

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the info, Andy!

And, Anonymous is AWESOME!!!