re: 1997 UF-----Anti-Roll Call

11 years old, wanted to play in my youth football game instead of going. dad and i (long time season ticket holder) gave tickets away, lost my kiddie game, and needless to say, we were both pissed that we were missing this as we caught the second half at home. oh well i was in the student section for UF-LSU in 07

Live in NO and I had a 5:00 AM flight Sunday morning to Charlotte, NC & did not want to go to the game, but had invited a friend and his son to go so could not back out - son had never been to Tiger Stadium and really wanted to go - Driving up I told them I NEVER LEAVE TIGER STADIUM UNTIL THE GAME IS OVER, but with the early flight we might leave early if the game got out of hand. As we were arriving home in NO the next morning just before I was to catch my flight I told my friends son that he could not have picked a better first time in Tiger Stadium. What a night and what a game.

I was 12 years old and really was at the game, still is the best game i've ever been to and i really don't see anything topping it. the national titles were great but this was the crowining moment in my childhood football memories and i don't think anything will be able to surpass it

$26...I miss those days...now it's like $260 for upper deck singles.

I was driving from Savannah to Atlanta listening to a very weak WWL signal. We completely lost reception in the 4th quarter, and I did not find out until a couple of angst-filled hours later that the Tigers had hung on to win.

I still have that Sunday morning's Advocate.

I was in Canada, visiting my future in-laws for the first time. I didn't know we'd won until I think the following Monday on the drive back when we stopped at a gas station in upstate NY and I got some podunk paper. There was a one paragraph story about the win...I still remember hollering and stuff when I read it in the store.

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See link for something related to that night and our family that I wrote about that night years later as UF/LSU approached in 2009.LINK

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Some great fans in your family. Very touching story. Thanks for posting.

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Underway on nuclear power, punching holes in the Pacific Ocean protecting your crazy asses so you could have this RANT!

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Thanks for your service, sir!!



I ALMOST missed the game, because...

I was a senior in Mechanical Engineering and my girlfriend had surgery on Thursday or Friday. She was still groggy from the meds but in pretty bad pain.

I spent Friday night with her at her family's in Mandeville/Covington. Saturday morning, we watched ESPNGameDay in their living room, with her on the couch. I recall Spurrier saying, outside of Tiger Stadium (likely tape from Friday walk-through) "Why is ESPN here? Isn't Michigan playing today?"

I was gritting my teeth!! Nine consecutive losses and I'd really, really, really had ENOUGH!! She saw me getting fired-up. But I was there to take care of her.

Then she said "sweetie, you should go to the game if you want to, my Mom will take care of me."

I think I scooted out of there like a lightning bolt!! Nothing against her, but I did NOT wanna miss that game!!!

I got the first down marker!!! My Dad took out his pocket knife, cut the long part of the marker off the pole, gave it to an uncle & told him to go one way, we got the big orange circle & headed the other way. Figured at least one of us would get out with a piece. Worked out great, both pieces came home. THe top part is hanging on a wall in my house. We had to laugh pretty hard the next week when we saw the little puney replacement markers.

G E A U X T I G E R S!!!