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'''Baker Blast''' celebrates the first home game of the [[football]] season (as distinguished from [[Homecoming]], the first home game against an [[Ivy League]] opponent]]. The Athletics Department provides free shirts and booze to students (though said booze is not allowed inside [[Wien Stadium]]). Columbia usually wins this game as its always against a nonconference whipping boy (like Fordham, every other year).
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'''Baker Blast''' was an organized event celebrating the first home game of the [[football]] season. Started in 1990 to increase student attendance at games other than [[Homecoming]], the event featured free t-shirt giveaways and alcohol, and enjoyed sponsorship by the [[Athletics Department]]. However, in the aftermath of [[Bakergate]], it's unclear to what extent the "Baker Blast" branding has survived.
  
 
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[[Category:Athletics events]]
[[Category:Athletics]]
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[[Category:Defunct traditions]]
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Latest revision as of 20:42, 1 December 2013

Baker Blast was an organized event celebrating the first home game of the football season. Started in 1990 to increase student attendance at games other than Homecoming, the event featured free t-shirt giveaways and alcohol, and enjoyed sponsorship by the Athletics Department. However, in the aftermath of Bakergate, it's unclear to what extent the "Baker Blast" branding has survived.