re: Outrageous moments in Tiger Stadium history?

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John P
Mechanical Engineering
May 1998

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thank you for your service, sir.

eta damn i wish i could fit that all into the OP

a much lesser outrageous moment but i loved it when the UF buses rolled in a few hours before kickoff in 2007 and teabow was in classic 'teabowing' mode on the floorboard in the front of the bus as it passed by.

The Tennessee bus getting "rocked" for the Katrina game in 2005. A series of things led to the event. First of all, Fat Phil did his best to get the game moved away from Baton Rouge. He whined about hotel rooms, he wined about Hurricane Rita, and Tiger fans were furious and out for blood.

At that time, the opposing team bus would actually ride down "Victory Hill" before taking a left at the stadium to go to the visitor lockerrom. I think all of the teams liked it as it got the players in game mode. I've been flipped off and taunted by many opposing players on those buses over the years, as they seemed to enjoy as much as the LSU fans loved giving it back to them. Somehow that game, there was a mishap on the timing of the LSU team walking down the hill and the Tennessee bus arriving to drive down the hill. LSU players were walking down the hill at the time the Tennessee bus arrived. The Tennessee team buses had to stop and wait for the LSU team buses to drop off its players and clear out of the way. Well the UT buses are now several hundred feet away from the fan barricades and police monitoring. Tailgating LSU fans see the Tennessee buses sitting at a standstill and the angry mob (remember Phil tried his best to get the game moved away from Tiger Stadium) surrounded the buses. What happened next is up for debate, as some say the crowd simply shouted obscenties, some say the crowd "rocked the buses" back and forth by pushing on the outside, and some say that bottles and rocks were thrown at the buses.

Soon after that night the gameday logistics were changed so that the opposing team buses no longer drive down Victory Hill as they now sneak into Tiger Stadium on the South side.

when was the famous 'march for miles'?

wasn't that started by a frequent poster on here? lsubeatles or something?

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2005 Arkansas Game
Was in the front row of the South End Zone. Arkansas was about to punt from that end zone. Timeout was called and the kicker stayed out on the field. During the time out a nasty looking coonass wearing nothing but a pair of bib overalls comes out of the stands. He was holding a roasted pig head stuck to the end of a tree branch and starts taunting the punter saying - We gonna get you! You gonna fumble etc. The punter was freaked out. You could see the look on his face.
Sure enough they came back from the timeout and he dropped the snap and in the process of trying to knock the ball out of the back of the EZ was tackled into the chain link fence literally 3 feet in front of me for a safety.
One of the craziest things I've seen there that nobody ever talked about but it's a true story.

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I can't verify the events happening during the timeout, because I was not in the South endzone, but that safety happened with about 15 seconds left in the half. LSU won that game by 2 points and advanced to Atlanta.

Wasn't this that punter?

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my dad swears up and down that in the late 50's when Ole Miss would play in BR, that every year, Ole Miss would run around the entire stadium with a Rebel flag. When it got in front of the student section, frat stars of 50's would jump out of the student section, and commence to fighting cheerleaders for that flag

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I know a guy that actually did this. In either 1963 or 1964.

He lived in the stadium, so once he got the flag away from the Rebel cheerleader, he was able to disappear into the student section and get to his dorm before the cops could get a good look at him.

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2001 Auburn Eye Stomp Game
Auburn kicker vs the band for LSU. Damon Duval was Auburn's kicker. Game was postponed until 12/1/01 because of the 911 attacks. This was the game Auburn was penalized 15 yards for stomping on the Eye of the Tiger before the game started. Red Stick Tigress
Onside kick to open game was perfect reply. Tubbs' reaction was priceless.Garmisch Tiger

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This was the first time Auburn played at TS after the "Cigar Game". Tons of LSU fans were handing out cigars before the game. I was only 14 and had a cigar given to me (I still have it with the score written on it's packaging). After we won, tons of LSU fans went on the field and smoked cigars. The cloud of smoke rose above the stadium in a way that I'll never forget.

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This shite went down in the late 30s. People weren't such pussies then.

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i remember having a flask strapped to my ankle in 1986 and after getting my ticket ripped in half being called out by a gate marshall who yelled out "HOLD UP. WHATS IN YOUR PANT LEG".

i said "uh..my leg?" and he said "GOOD ANSWER..GO ON IN!"

That awful '79 rainy and cold Bama game. In the south endzone with 3 other people under a sheet of plastic. Worked great, except we didn't notice the plastic was slowing filling with water. In the 3rd Q the plastic ripped and we were drenched with gallons of icy water. Stayed til end of game anyway.