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re: LSU Fun Facts/Trivia
Posted on 5/9/13 at 1:14 pm to ProjectP2294
Posted on 5/9/13 at 1:14 pm to ProjectP2294
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What's the deal with the cannons on campus? I know they're special, just don't remember why.
Sherman donated them, but I think it was after the Civil War. IIRC, they were confederate cannons that were captured by Sherman's forces in South Carolina or Georgia (don't remember that part).
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Posted on 5/9/13 at 1:18 pm to RileyTime
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Seems low
Definitely seems low. But then again, they could say its visited by more than 5,000 people annually and it would still be true.
Posted on 5/9/13 at 1:34 pm to WITNESS23
Laville Hall is named for Germaine Laville, a female USMC corporal killed in a training accident at Cherry Point USMC Air Station during WW2.
The trees in the Memorial Oak Grove were planted in memory of LSU students killed during WW1. Their names are on plaques at the base of each tree.
The law building was once called the Leche Law Building until Governor Leche was sent to Angola on corruption charges. The same goes for Pleasant Hall, once called Smith Hall.
The Plantation Room used to make the best California club sandwich I've ever eaten.
The trees in the Memorial Oak Grove were planted in memory of LSU students killed during WW1. Their names are on plaques at the base of each tree.
The law building was once called the Leche Law Building until Governor Leche was sent to Angola on corruption charges. The same goes for Pleasant Hall, once called Smith Hall.
The Plantation Room used to make the best California club sandwich I've ever eaten.
This post was edited on 5/9/13 at 1:35 pm
Posted on 5/9/13 at 3:38 pm to jimbeam
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Sherman ran the school at one time. Donated the cannons
Sherman was the first Commandant (President) and Professor of Engineering - the bronze rifled cannon in front of the ROTC building were donated by him and supposedly fired at Ft Sumpter....
also, Sherman had a hand in getting LSU the original Pentagon Barracks (on the State Capital grounds) when the Army left Baton Route in the 1870's....
Posted on 5/9/13 at 3:39 pm to vl100butch
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supposedly fired at Ft Sumpter
That's what I had thought, but I wasn't sure.
Posted on 5/9/13 at 4:29 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
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The law building was once called the Leche Law Building until Governor Leche was sent to Angola on corruption charges. The same goes for Pleasant Hall, once called Smith Hall.
LA politics
Posted on 5/9/13 at 4:42 pm to WITNESS23
LSU only school to have a player drafted number 1 in all 3 big sports, 4 if u count girls basketball
Posted on 5/9/13 at 4:56 pm to L S Usetheforce
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LSU's first bowl game was the Bacarid Bowl in Havana Cuba vs Havana University in 1907. The Tigers won 56-0.
I believe the first ncaa bowl game outside of the USA also.
Posted on 5/9/13 at 5:11 pm to LSULyle00690
I believe 5 with softball
Posted on 5/9/13 at 5:13 pm to WITNESS23
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The law building was once called the Leche Law Building until Governor Leche was sent to Angola on corruption charges. The same goes for Pleasant Hall, once called Smith Hall.
LA politics
Posted on 5/9/13 at 5:27 pm to WITNESS23
Former Vice-President Hubert Humphrey earned his Masters Degree from LSU.
Posted on 5/9/13 at 5:44 pm to NorthLaTigerFan
In 1958 (seven years before Gatorade was created on the campus of Florida), Bengal Punch was served to LSU’s team.
Posted on 5/9/13 at 5:47 pm to JAXTiger16
The nickname "fighting tigers" actually came from a group of civil war soldiers that fought in louisiana.
Our colors, purple and gold, were derived from Mardi gras. That other team down south got the green.
Our colors, purple and gold, were derived from Mardi gras. That other team down south got the green.
Posted on 5/9/13 at 5:53 pm to ProjectP2294
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What's the deal with the cannons on campus?
Those were the cannons used to fire shots at Fort Sumter during the Civil War. (1861)
LSU Cannons
This post was edited on 5/9/13 at 5:59 pm
Posted on 5/9/13 at 6:17 pm to WITNESS23
We're on Mike VI but we've really had 8 (maybe 9) live tigers, fun fact
Posted on 5/9/13 at 8:29 pm to RoyaleWithCheese
LSU holds the NCAA basketball single season scoring average record for each class:
Freshman- Chris Jackson
Soph/Jr./Sr.- Pistol Pete
Freshman- Chris Jackson
Soph/Jr./Sr.- Pistol Pete
This post was edited on 5/9/13 at 8:30 pm
Posted on 5/9/13 at 11:28 pm to JAXTiger16
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The nickname "fighting tigers" actually came from a group of civil war soldiers that fought in louisiana.
Close, came from Confederate Soldiers from LA that fought in the Army of Northern Virginia. Good book on them- "Lee's Tigers" by Terry Jones
Posted on 5/9/13 at 11:47 pm to LSU_PETE_2012
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Definitely seems low. But then again, they could say its visited by more than 5,000 people annually and it would still be true.
im sure there's no way that you could accurately estimate how many people visit mike's cage each year as there is no entrance fee to see him or any other means of keeping track. How could anyone determine how many people visit him during a football saturday for example? unless someone stood there all day and counted every person that walked towards his cage to look at/for him
Posted on 5/10/13 at 12:33 am to LSUROCKS52
LSU won the 1949 Boxing National Championship.
Posted on 5/10/13 at 12:40 am to LSU Delts
Does anyone know who the first African American basketball at LSU was?......
I didn't think so....
It was Collis Temple Jr!!!
I didn't think so....
It was Collis Temple Jr!!!
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