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I remember when....
Posted on 12/3/09 at 9:03 pm
Posted on 12/3/09 at 9:03 pm
Tiger Stadium used to be that loud( LIKE OREGON'S STADIUM) but not anymore. It seems like it has become more of a "thing to do" than real fans staying til the end and screaming til they could not scream anymore. Why is this? It is the coaches? Is it the underperformance of the team? What you say rant? LMK 
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Posted on 12/3/09 at 9:08 pm to TampaCajun1399
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It is the coaches? Is it the underperformance of the team?
This.
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Is it the spoiled fanbase?
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Is it the ticket price increases?
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Is it the recent success making Tiger Stadium the "place to be seen" rather than a mecca for true P&G blooded Tiger fans
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Is it that they've cracked down on bourbon smuggling?
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Is it that the admissions standards have increased, and weeded out the drunked coonasses who came for a year, cheered (and vomited) their guts out in the student section and then failed out?
Posted on 12/3/09 at 9:10 pm to TampaCajun1399
high ticket prices, less booze, more rules in the stadium, with tailgating, etc
Posted on 12/3/09 at 9:10 pm to Luke4LSU
We have become too commercial. That is the one thing I miss about the old days.
Posted on 12/3/09 at 9:11 pm to TampaCajun1399
It's a combination of things. The fans that used to make Tiger Stadium consistently deafening got bought out. Ticket prices and TAF "contributions" forced people to give up their season tickets. A lot of the people that go now are there for the social experience. That is why the stadium started to empty Saturday in the 3rd quarter with us only up by ten. People leave if they think we're going to lose. People leave if they think we're going to win. I don't see why they even bother showing up.
The other part to equation is accessibility of the Tigers to the general public. In the 90s and earlier if you wanted to SEE the tigers play, with the exception of a few occasions, you actually had to go to the stadium. Now every game is televised. It's much easier to stay home, get tanked, watch it on TV, and skip the traffic.
Play on the field has something to do with it, but I don't think as much as other things do. Thanks Skip!
The other part to equation is accessibility of the Tigers to the general public. In the 90s and earlier if you wanted to SEE the tigers play, with the exception of a few occasions, you actually had to go to the stadium. Now every game is televised. It's much easier to stay home, get tanked, watch it on TV, and skip the traffic.
Play on the field has something to do with it, but I don't think as much as other things do. Thanks Skip!
Posted on 12/3/09 at 9:11 pm to Luke4LSU
those all sound about right I just miss it badly. Home field advantage was always a part of Tiger Stadium and sadly it seems to be disappearing. I mean how can people seriously leave at the mid way point of the 4th quarter against Ar-Kansas? I was a little sick to my stomach seeing this and hearing the announcers pointing it out!!!
Posted on 12/3/09 at 9:15 pm to TampaCajun1399
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I was a little sick to my stomach seeing this and hearing the announcers pointing it out!!!
what section were you in?
Posted on 12/3/09 at 9:17 pm to Elleshoe
unfortunately I can only make it to one or two games a year cause of work and money. I live in tampa, Fl. I wish I could make it to all of them but when I am there I do not sit down.
Posted on 12/3/09 at 9:17 pm to TampaCajun1399
It was loud at the end of the Ark game last week.
Posted on 12/3/09 at 9:19 pm to TampaCajun1399
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TampaCajun1399
I remember when you were not such a lying douche. Get off this board you little Florida fig.
Posted on 12/3/09 at 9:20 pm to Saint Slidell
ha ha ha I hate florida with a passion and there is no reason to lie about something like this. Thanks for your useless input.
Posted on 12/3/09 at 9:29 pm to Skooter
Skooter is about as right as anybody. There are lots of answers, but his are, IMHO, right on. No question we're spoiled. It wasn't that long ago that a trip to the Chick Fil-A Bowl was the highlight of the year. We screamed at every game because it seemed like we were mostly the underdog. It's the price of success, guys. I remember the dark days. I'll take a winning season and some lazy fair-weather fans over that any day.
Posted on 12/3/09 at 9:31 pm to TampaCajun1399
It was pretty f'n loud during the Arky game. And the UF game in '07 is one of the loudest in college football history.
Posted on 12/3/09 at 9:34 pm to Choctaw
I guess it just did not seem as loud thru the tv but I am glad to hear it was. I do remember how loud it was for Fl 07 I got the F YOU TEBOW recorded on my phone cause it came thru loud and clear on the broadcast. ha ha ha
Posted on 12/3/09 at 9:35 pm to TampaCajun1399
LSU football is primarily about the tailgate now. The game is an afterthought, sadly.
Posted on 12/3/09 at 9:36 pm to TampaCajun1399
I think it's still loud before everyone starts leaving early.
Posted on 12/3/09 at 9:36 pm to Festus
the tailgates are awesome, but that was just foreplay not too long ago.
Posted on 12/3/09 at 9:38 pm to TampaCajun1399
Posted on 12/3/09 at 9:38 pm to TampaCajun1399
you know, I find this concept of taking away home field advantage in the name of the almighty dollar perhaps in the form of less Ws fascinating.
If I were AD, Chancellor, HC, or TAF, I would use every possible modality to get the stadium filled with loud excited fans. Heck, I would even give away 100 or so per game through some fan process showing their true colors. The way y'all describe LSU is what I sensed at my first UT game a few years after their 98 MNC. Not a good comparison.
If I were AD, Chancellor, HC, or TAF, I would use every possible modality to get the stadium filled with loud excited fans. Heck, I would even give away 100 or so per game through some fan process showing their true colors. The way y'all describe LSU is what I sensed at my first UT game a few years after their 98 MNC. Not a good comparison.
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