re: Outrageous moments in Tiger Stadium history?

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1997 Florida Gator Sign did not go as planned Student section steals Work 'em Silly sign from 2 Gator fans and rips it to shreds. DreadDub We always rehash the story here of the 1997 Florida game and the guy who brought the big Gator sign over by the student section and it got stolen. He looked to the cops for help and they just laughed at him.

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Yeah, he threw it into the student section and everybody ripped it to pieces. It was great.

I know that guy and have a great story about him from the same day. GameDay was in town and it was just when it was starting to get big (it was not completely crazy like it is now). Anyway, Corso made his pick and said the Tigers would get killed and would need a hurricane to come through in order to level the playing field. The morning part of the broadcast ended and I just happened to see Corso walking toward the Indian mound area in the street with another guy from the set trailing him as I walked back to our tailgate spot. He probably couldn't do that now. Anyway, out of nowhere comes John with a can of silly string (I have no clue why he had that) and he goes to spray it on Corso, but it didn't have much left and more liquid stuff came out than anything. He runs off and Corso (with a pissed off look on his face) says, "You little Motherf******!", while brushing off whatever was on his clothes. Swear to God. It took me a few seconds to process what I had just seen, but God did I have a good laugh.