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Sleeping Outside AC for Basketball Games
Posted on 1/30/09 at 12:15 pm
Posted on 1/30/09 at 12:15 pm
Anyone old enough to remember getting in line outside the AC (before the PM was added) the day before basketball games? Equipped with sleeper sofa mattresses, beer and plastic (because of the misty rain) we slept in line for a Kentucky game in the mid-80s. Dale Brown brought a tray full of cut up steaks (hopefully they were extras and not what was left on plates!) for us after an event inside and thanked us for our support. It was a great time and luckily we didn’t suffocate under the plastic.
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Posted on 1/30/09 at 12:16 pm to lsufan504
That is AWESOME!
Posted on 1/30/09 at 12:51 pm to lsufan504
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Sleeping Outside AC for Basketball Games
Were you a student then? Just curious.
Posted on 1/30/09 at 12:52 pm to lsufan504
i remember sleeping outside for basketball games last week.
Posted on 1/30/09 at 1:46 pm to lsufan504
Yes, LSU/Kentucky. I believe John Williams took a pass from tipoff and dunked on the first play. Place went nuts. We used to bring sofas, ice chests etc...Lost my voice that day. Great memorie of the Assembly Center
Posted on 1/30/09 at 2:06 pm to lsufan504
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Dale Brown brought a tray full of cut up steaks (hopefully they were extras and not what was left on plates!)
That was the spoiled meat that Mike refused to eat.
Posted on 2/2/09 at 8:14 pm to lsufan504
Oh, here comes the flood of memories.
I camped out on the ramp for every big game from the beginning of the 80-81 season until the end of the 91-92 season. In the early days, I tried bringing a sleeping bag and a lawnchair, but eventually realized that they were useless. As much as I wanted to, I could never get any sleep, so I gave up the pipe-dream of trying to sleep. Some people would actually set up tents. We would spend the time drinking, throwing the football on the ramp, and playing tapes on the ghetto blaster.
Even for lowly mid-week games, I always got to the assembly at least 3 hours before tip-off. The doors would open 2 hours before the game started, but I had to make sure that I got my favorite seats for me and the girlfriend. They were on the center aisle, 3 rows from the floor. Those seats don't even exist anymore, since they pushed the front edge of the student section back. The student section used to go all the way to the floor.
I camped out on the ramp for every big game from the beginning of the 80-81 season until the end of the 91-92 season. In the early days, I tried bringing a sleeping bag and a lawnchair, but eventually realized that they were useless. As much as I wanted to, I could never get any sleep, so I gave up the pipe-dream of trying to sleep. Some people would actually set up tents. We would spend the time drinking, throwing the football on the ramp, and playing tapes on the ghetto blaster.
Even for lowly mid-week games, I always got to the assembly at least 3 hours before tip-off. The doors would open 2 hours before the game started, but I had to make sure that I got my favorite seats for me and the girlfriend. They were on the center aisle, 3 rows from the floor. Those seats don't even exist anymore, since they pushed the front edge of the student section back. The student section used to go all the way to the floor.
Posted on 2/2/09 at 10:03 pm to lsufan504
I remember that. Fortunately I didn't have to camp out since I was in the pep band.
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