re: What was so great about the 79 USC vs. LSU game

I was sophomore that year also.In those days students got in the game with student ID - no student tickets. It was general admission first come first serve for the students. I was in line at the student gate 4 hours or so before kickoff and it was packed & electric all afternoon before we even got into the stadium.

The only thing I could compare it to during my years at LSU was the last basketball game of the season that year (or next) on a Sunday afternoon against Kentucky for the SEC title. Kyle Macy hit a jumper at the buzzer to win it - but thousands of us students camped out on the Assembly Center concrete concourse the night before. It was wild all night long.