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LSU GrandDad 
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houston, texas
Member since Jun 2009
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| re: LSU vs FLA 1997 Do you remember? (Posted on 10/4/12 at 9:15 am to cybertiger53)
what a game. i remember it well; i hope some of you young posters watched this. it is one, AND ONLY ONE, example of great.lsu football before saban and should kill these myths..
myth #1 lsu football history started with saban
myth #2 saban inherited no talent from dinardo
it really does piss me off when people completely discount LSU football before saban. LSU made saban. yes, he began an era where only excellence was acceptable. but the TAF and the adm finally understanding the beneficial economics of paying top dollar for top coaches and buildng great facilities are the long term causes of our programs rise. saban was not near the coach he is now. he grew and LSU gave him the big school stage to do so.
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2007lsuno1
LSU Fan
Marietta, GA
Member since Aug 2009
5454 posts
| re: LSU vs FLA 1997 Do you remember? (Posted on 10/4/12 at 9:17 am to LSU GrandDad)
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what a game. i remember it well; i hope some of you young posters watched this. it is one, AND ONLY ONE, example of great.lsu football before saban and should kill these myths..
myth #1 lsu football history started with saban
myth #2 saban inherited no talent from dinardo
it really does piss me off when people completely discount LSU football before saban. LSU made saban. yes, he began an era where only excellence was acceptable. but the TAF and the adm finally understanding the beneficial economics of paying top dollar for top coaches and buildng great facilities are the long term causes of our programs rise. saban was not near the coach he is now. he grew and LSU gave him the big school stage to do so.
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ynlvr
LSU Fan
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2009
501 posts
| re: LSU vs FLA 1997 Do you remember? (Posted on 10/4/12 at 9:21 am to cybertiger53)
Drove in from Birmingham for the game. Yelled so much at that game I couldn't talk for three days following. Loudest event I can remember witnessing in TS. DEFENSE! Dinardo crowning achievement.
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NorthEndZone
LSU Fan
Member since Dec 2008
1766 posts
| re: LSU vs FLA 1997 Do you remember? (Posted on 10/4/12 at 9:34 am to cybertiger53)
I've been to approximately 225 games in Tiger Stadium and that was the only time I ever went on the field.
What was funny was how security (25 or so EBR police and a few others in those pre-9/11 days) tried for a few seconds to hold back the flood of students onto the field. Once they gave up, the non-students also started going on the field. After about 5 minutes of that was when I climbed on a folding chair that everyone was using and jumped the fence (cyclone in those days). Security was just standing around by that time. 
ETA: Go to around the 11:00 mark of the video linked in the OP. The guy trying to go on the field a few seconds early at the 11:05 mark and getting pushed back
This post was edited on 10/4 at 9:39 am
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2007lsuno1
LSU Fan
Marietta, GA
Member since Aug 2009
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| re: LSU vs FLA 1997 Do you remember? (Posted on 10/4/12 at 9:43 am to NorthEndZone)
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NorthEndZone
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I've been to approximately 225 games in Tiger Stadium
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Go to around the 11:00 mark of the video linked in the OP. The guy trying to go on the field a few seconds early at the 11:05 mark and getting pushed back
Noticed that as well.
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CITWTT
LSU Fan
baton rouge
Member since Sep 2005
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| re: LSU vs FLA 1997 Do you remember? (Posted on 10/4/12 at 9:46 am to cybertiger53)
Way too well. Seeing the Gator fans pre-game talking shite out thier mouths non-stop and some that was beyond shite. I kinda of knew LSU was going to win beforehand. The post-game look of absoulute shock on thier faces was a great thing to see, and I taunted a small group of thier dejected fans on the little patch of ground at the Wendys where they had retreated to lick thier wounds. I yelled at them to get thier pompous asses back to Florida and take thier smug coach with them. The greates scene on the tube I watched on was Spurrier jerking his visor down his neck.
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cybertiger53
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Member since Sep 2012
152 posts
| re: LSU vs FLA 1997 Do you remember? (Posted on 10/4/12 at 10:06 am to LSU GrandDad)
Exactly! Glad you enjoyed the video!
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LSUSaintsFan86 
New Orleans Saints Fan
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2009
2280 posts
| re: LSU vs FLA 1997 Do you remember? (Posted on 10/4/12 at 10:07 am to cybertiger53)
I was there broski.
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DisplacedTigerEKU99
LSU Fan
Covington, LA
Member since Oct 2005
629 posts
| re: LSU vs FLA 1997 Do you remember? (Posted on 10/4/12 at 12:48 pm to cybertiger53)
I may have to break out my #3 jersey for Saturday!
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Weaver 
Southeastern LA Fan
Mandeville, LA
Member since Nov 2005
19439 posts
| re: LSU vs FLA 1997 Do you remember? (Posted on 10/4/12 at 1:03 pm to cybertiger53)
I could have gone, but I was so pissed after the Auburn game I didn't go. I was pissed that night.
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BRAVEHEART
LSU Fan
Member since Aug 2012
572 posts
| re: LSU vs FLA 1997 Do you remember? (Posted on 10/4/12 at 2:46 pm to Bmath)
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Grew up in Biloxi, Ms before the arrival of LSU bandwagoners.
Bandwagoners.
You mean the "Cheesers?"
Hereby defined as those arrogant, self righteous, self centered, entitled and relatively new fans of the program with the "It's my money and my ticket and I'll do whatever the hell I want" attitude. Don't really care about L.S.U. football that much but HAVE to be in that stadium every Saturday because it's a status symbol.
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JaxTigah 
Georgia Fan
Jackson, MS
Member since Dec 2009
1488 posts
| re: LSU vs FLA 1997 Do you remember? (Posted on 10/4/12 at 2:55 pm to Weaver)
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I could have gone, but I was so pissed after the Auburn game I didn't go. I was pissed that night.
That could be a good lesson for all of the pessimists around here (not calling you one if you are not). Don't let one thing spoil the enjoyment of another.
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oOoLsUtIgErSoOo
LSU Fan
Louisiana
Member since Aug 2006
16131 posts
| re: LSU vs FLA 1997 Do you remember? (Posted on 10/4/12 at 3:16 pm to JaxTigah)
That's one of my earlier memories of LSU football. I had been to games before thatbut usually watching the band come down the hill was the most exciting parts of those games.
I remember that game like it was yesterday though. Kevin Faulk/Herb Tyler, the fonky script of the "LSU" in the end zone, the goal post coming down. That game was complete awesomeness. The score was 28-21 right?
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oOoLsUtIgErSoOo
LSU Fan
Louisiana
Member since Aug 2006
16131 posts
| re: LSU vs FLA 1997 Do you remember? (Posted on 10/4/12 at 3:17 pm to oOoLsUtIgErSoOo)
If most of the posters on this site came from that era of LSU football, this would be a much better place.
Fans today are spoiled brats who probably didn't give a crap about LSU then.
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Bmath
LSU Fan
TX
Member since Aug 2010
2916 posts
| re: LSU vs FLA 1997 Do you remember? (Posted on 10/4/12 at 3:36 pm to BRAVEHEART)
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You mean the "Cheesers?"
I haven't really decided the true cause of it. Some areas of the MS coast have some La penis envy. Also, many of these people were already Saints fans and it probably just seemed natural for them to fall in line with LSU fans when the Saints got good too.
I always end up talking to someone when I go home that probably couldn't find BR on a map that talk about how much they love the tigers.
I am starting to understand where some schools fan bases alumni have such a high sense of elitism.
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Coon2000
LSU Fan
America
Member since Sep 2010
282 posts
| re: LSU vs FLA 1997 Do you remember? (Posted on 10/4/12 at 3:43 pm to geauxcoco)
What a game. Unbelievable game plan. Great team... Dinardo's shining moment. I remember the look on Dinardo's face when the team bus pulled in. I knew we were going to win.
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RaccoonsDerriere
LSU Fan
Austin, TX via Patterson, LA
Member since Oct 2005
39 posts
| re: LSU vs FLA 1997 Do you remember? (Posted on 10/4/12 at 4:07 pm to LSUMJ)
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- the "work em silly gators" sign pregame
That was hilarious. I like to mention this story when people ask about TS. I also still have my bag of grass.
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TigerB8
LSU Fan
Marietta, GA
Member since Oct 2003
2537 posts
| re: LSU vs FLA 1997 Do you remember? (Posted on 10/4/12 at 4:10 pm to cybertiger53)
Yep....was there...in the stands and on the field after the game!
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fleaux
LSU Fan
section 0
Member since Aug 2012
1734 posts
| re: LSU vs FLA 1997 Do you remember? (Posted on 10/4/12 at 4:19 pm to TigerB8)
yep still have a jar of grass taken from the field after the game .....
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Tigris
Colorado Fan
In a van by the river.
Member since Jul 2005
4740 posts
| re: LSU vs FLA 1997 Do you remember? (Posted on 10/4/12 at 5:53 pm to cybertiger53)
Great day to be a Tiger fan. My nephew and I made it to the field from the upper deck. I was pulling up grass from the Eye of the Tiger, heard a commotion, and looked up to see a goal post coming at me at a good clip. Just barely dove out of the way. Someone got hurt pretty badly if I remember right. Anyway, I've got the ticket stub framed surrounded by purple and gold grass from the field.
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