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For those in Tiger Stadium for the ‘97 Florida game (airing now on SECN)

Posted on 8/1/19 at 6:23 pm
Posted by Hot Carl
Prayers up for 3
Member since Dec 2005
59443 posts
Posted on 8/1/19 at 6:23 pm
How loud was that place when the defense took the field up 14-0 after Tommy Banks’ touchdown? I was there for the ‘07 game, which was loud AF. How did they compare?
Posted by DEG
Atlanta
Member since Jul 2009
10549 posts
Posted on 8/1/19 at 6:25 pm to
It was my senior year at LSU and I was in the student section. What a night.
Posted by Fightin Okra
Member since Nov 2016
5683 posts
Posted on 8/1/19 at 6:25 pm to
It was loud the entire game. Only west side upper deck but it roared the entire game
Posted by Nutriaitch
Montegut
Member since Apr 2008
7863 posts
Posted on 8/1/19 at 6:26 pm to
‘97 game was seriously loud.

but more impressively, it was sustained all night long.

‘07 came in spurts (especially after the USC score).
‘97 was relentless.
Posted by DeafJam73
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2010
18579 posts
Posted on 8/1/19 at 6:34 pm to
One of my first memories. I was 5. My parents had season tickets. I don’t remember the game itself much. I just remember the place fricking exploded when we won.
Posted by wickowick
Head of Island
Member since Dec 2006
45833 posts
Posted on 8/1/19 at 6:36 pm to
I was in the student section, it was very loud and I was as drunk as the stadium was loud. I remember riding the field and jumping the chain link fence. My leg got hung on the fence and the though went though my mind that if I didn’t get over the fence at that point, I would be crushed by the crowd behind me
Posted by Bestbank Tiger
Premium Member
Member since Jan 2005
71638 posts
Posted on 8/1/19 at 6:37 pm to
Was in the student section and there were times I couldn't hear the band.
Posted by Tiger in Gatorland
Moonshine Holler
Member since Sep 2006
9090 posts
Posted on 8/1/19 at 6:38 pm to
I was a student at the time; lived in the grad student apartments across the street. It was absolutely insane and the only thing else I could compare it to is 03 UGA. I seriously doubt that games get that loud anymore.

Stormed the field after the game too!
Posted by p&g
Dixie
Member since Jun 2005
12995 posts
Posted on 8/1/19 at 6:46 pm to
Amazing


That 80k seat tiger stadium > today’s
Posted by Spec1
Lost but making good time
Member since Jan 2015
1983 posts
Posted on 8/1/19 at 6:54 pm to
All eyes on 3!
Posted by rattlebucket
SELA
Member since Feb 2009
11545 posts
Posted on 8/1/19 at 7:22 pm to
Pandemonium. That was worth rushing the field for. We couldn't believe it. Watch spurrier flabbergasted was the best part.
Posted by gptigers
East Tennessee
Member since Dec 2010
223 posts
Posted on 8/1/19 at 7:30 pm to
It was loud AF and the most intense game I ever watched in TS. I was a student trainer and got to watch the entire game from the side line...about 10 yards from DiNardo's hip the whole time. At times it was so loud in TS that I would yell to another person standing right next to me and he couldn't hear what I was saying.

I still get goosebumps when I think about the start of the 4Q...
This post was edited on 8/1/19 at 8:46 pm
Posted by DanglingFury
Living the dream
Member since Dec 2007
20450 posts
Posted on 8/1/19 at 7:38 pm to
I was a junior in the student section. For me that game will never be topped as a stadium experience.
Posted by Hetfield
Dallas
Member since Jun 2013
7146 posts
Posted on 8/1/19 at 7:41 pm to
I happened to go this game & was on the 20 yard line home side. Loudest outdoor college game I have ever been to. It was absolutely insane. Unreal.

This new generation of fan will never experience anything like that again. And that is unfortunate. No cell phones. No social media. No posing for pics. Just everyone focused on the game.
This post was edited on 8/1/19 at 7:47 pm
Posted by JPinLondon
not in London (currently NW Ohio)
Member since Nov 2006
7855 posts
Posted on 8/1/19 at 7:45 pm to
Of all the games I have seen in Tiger Stadium, and elsewhere, when it is all said and done...

this was probably the Greatest of them ALL!!

Posted by Wildabeast
North Texas
Member since Feb 2005
3024 posts
Posted on 8/1/19 at 7:47 pm to
I was in the band for that game, and I was at the '07 game as well.

I give the '97 game the edge because of a primal intensity that was there from start to finish.

When Banks scored it was insane, but in the 4th when we interceped the ball on a 3rd and long(Raion Hill or Mark Roman) it was the single loudest individual moment I've ever heard in a stadium.

Posted by 2geaux
Georgia
Member since Feb 2008
2615 posts
Posted on 8/1/19 at 8:22 pm to
Watching. If this game were played with todays rules on hitting, both defenses would be short handed and suspended for the next game.
Posted by AaronDeTiger
baton rouge
Member since Jun 2014
1558 posts
Posted on 8/1/19 at 8:30 pm to
I was 9 years old. I remember when they tore down the goal post and the student section carried them up to where the NEZ scoreboard is and almost through them out of the stadium. People were pulling up the grass to take home.
Posted by entmd2002
Lufkin, TX
Member since Dec 2010
188 posts
Posted on 8/1/19 at 9:26 pm to
It was priceless to watch the old ball coach throw his visor into the turf. For some reason I had a feeling we were going to win that game when we had no chance per the Pondens
Posted by Big EZ Tiger
Member since Jul 2010
24297 posts
Posted on 8/1/19 at 9:36 pm to
I read this article about Steve Spurrier's career and his wife's support and in the article, it said the only time she was ever unnerved on a road trip was when LSU fans starting shaking their bus in 97. Enough said.

It was a magical day from the tailgating to the end of the game. There was just something in the air even though LSU was getting picked to get clobbered with Cecil the Diesel breaking his leg the week before.




This post was edited on 8/1/19 at 9:39 pm
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