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LSU drumline during offensive plays back in the day? When/why did it stop?

Posted on 8/13/14 at 3:55 pm
Posted by FAF
NOLA
Member since May 2014
1427 posts
Posted on 8/13/14 at 3:55 pm
I watched a little of the 1987 game vs UF on ECL last night and every time Hodson dropped back to pass, the drumline started playing.

Did the coaches tell the band that it helped tip off the defense when they played it every time Hodson dropped back?

Run/pass? Listen for the drums!
Posted by NorthshoreTiger76
Pelicans, Saints, & LSU Fan
Member since May 2009
80163 posts
Posted on 8/13/14 at 3:56 pm to
fans didn't curse back then different times
Posted by lsufball19
Franklin, TN
Member since Sep 2008
64509 posts
Posted on 8/13/14 at 3:58 pm to
feel like the NCAA made a rule against the band playing during a play
Posted by Tigercat
Tacoma, WA
Member since Feb 2004
4518 posts
Posted on 8/13/14 at 4:01 pm to
SEC specifically has a rule that the band can only play after a play is whistled dead up to the point where the center is over the ball.
Posted by High C
viewing the fall....
Member since Nov 2012
53751 posts
Posted on 8/13/14 at 4:06 pm to
quote:

fans didn't curse back then different times


I was there. I heard cursing.
Posted by Thorny
Montgomery, AL
Member since May 2008
1907 posts
Posted on 8/14/14 at 10:57 am to
I was in the band in those days. The drums played on every play, not just passes.

The drums playing during plays have been replaced with the 2nd and 3rd down cheers, which didn't exist until the 90s.

GEAUX TIGERS
Posted by MetryTyger
Metro NOLA, LA
Member since Jan 2004
15580 posts
Posted on 8/14/14 at 12:06 pm to
I remember hearing it at my first ever LSU game when I was a little kid against Auburn in 1969, when I was a freshman at LSU in 1982...

I miss it. "GOOOO !! rum bum rum bum ba-bum
GOOOO !!! rum bum rum bum ba-bum GOOOO big tigers GOOOO !!! rum bum rum bum ba-bum....

Now it's a quick pre-game derivation...
Posted by BRTIIGER58
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2011
470 posts
Posted on 8/14/14 at 12:27 pm to
Hell yeah! Used to love that cheer when we put together a long drive. Good old days.
Posted by LSUGrad9295
Baton Rouge
Member since May 2007
33448 posts
Posted on 8/14/14 at 12:31 pm to
Thank God the rules about the band playing during plays have changed. There is nothing more annoying than going to a high school football game and hearing the band play whenever they want to, as if there isn't even a game going on. I am all about bands and I love them...but your job is not to play during game action. You are NOT the main attraction.
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