re: What's the LOUDEST single moment you have ever heard in Death Valley?

I think most of you are very young. Yes, it could be louder in Tiger Stadium with 25,000 fewer people. I've watched games there for 52 years. There was a rawness to Tiger Stadium back then. There were fights in the stands at every game; we drank our whisky straight; and you peed into a trench in the floor of the bathrooms.

There're a number of loudest moments:

1) 1959 when Billy Cannon shook off Jake Gibbs at midfield to break free for the goal line
2) 1969 when George Bevan broke through the line to block Auburn's extra point that would've tied the game. A 21-20 final, and Auburn had Heisman winner Sullivan playing
3) 1970 each of the three times Notre Dame turned the ball over on downs inside the LSU 10 yard line--ND playing with 3 All Americans on defensive line and with Tom Gatewood and Joe Theisman
4)1976 when Rusty Domingue blocked the last Nebraska field goal attempt that left us tied 6-6 against the #1 team
5)1979 Southern Cal game when Gajan broke off tackle for a 40 yard run down west sideline toward the south
6)the earthquake game
7)'07 Florida, each of the last three times LSU converted 4th downs and then when we scored to go ahead.
8) '09 Florida when LSU was ready to take the field to open the game--this one is because there was a reverberation in the sound that made my ears hurt. I didn't need a seismograph.

When Ricky-Jean blocked the field goal to go to OT against Bama.


Loudest single reaction I've ever heard. And it lasted for 3-4 minutes. It was raining Coke and water in the student sections from all the delirious people throwing their drinks.

Friday, November 23, 2007, at the end of triple OT. Arkansas 50, LSU 48. Hog fans went nuts.

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LOUDEST single moment you have ever heard in Death Valley?

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probably when JPW sneaked in, to seal the west in 2008

1972 lsu vs ole miss. bert jones pass to davis
into the end zone as horn goes off. there was one second on clock after previous play ;lsu was inside the ten yard line. ole miss fans thought game was over but there was one second on clock.
tigers win 17-16

this moment is preserved on lsu cd thats been out
for some time...it was the most excited john ferguson ever sounded and lsu crowd went wild;ole miss fans would not leave.

a sign was erected on 61 hwy just south of woodville,ms by ole miss fans it said:
"you are now entering louisiana turn your clocks back one second"

Earthquake game.

I was literally afraid I might suffer some long term hearing loss.

LSU-UGA 03 when Skyler caught the TD, i was sitting on the second row behind the UGA bench and had already got Greg Blue to give me the bird from so much shite talking(i was 17). the student section looked like the waves of the ocean, awesome sight

Earthquake game..the best part was I was standing next to my wife and could not hear her for what seemed fifteen minutes

Skylar Green's TD catch vs Georgia in '03 without a doubt.....Could actually feel the sound waves.....Had a hard time hearing for almost 2 days...