re: Most personal LSU moment

Pushing my 83 yr old Dad in a wheelchair across the south parking lot into Tiger Stadium and up four ramps to his seats on the east sideline...with assistance he was able to walk slowly up the portal ramp to his seat just in time to hear the golden band play pregame one last time...he couldn't really see far away at that point so during the game I would give him the play by pay...to hear the crowd noise and feel the heat and humidity of Tiger Stadium on his skin (it was an afternoon game and overcast so it was not too hot)...that was what mattered to him...he told me if he died then and there he would have been fine with that...that was my Dad's last time in Tiger Stadium and he passed away a couple years later.

In 2011 I took my 7 y/o granddaughter to her 1st LSU game with her mom, she's a grad too, they live in Birmingham. It was homecoming so we went to the parade, my daughter's sorority house tea, we spent the whole day on campus. She got her face painted, got some souvenirs, then when we went up the ramp of the PMAC to see the band come down, it was 5 deep, I tried to hold her up, but she couldn't see. A guy in front of me turned around and saw the struggle, I told him it was her 1st game, he cleared a path to the rail so she saw it all.

We were playing W. Kentucky, we sat in the north end zone next to the band and the Golden Girls, she loved the game, she was into it. In the 4th quarter it was getting chilly, the Tigers were well ahead and she was shivering a little. I told her we could go since she was cold, she said "please let me see the Tigers score one more time". We stayed and a few minutes later they scored right in front of us.

The next morning at breakfast she was still excited, I asked her what was the best part, the parade, the treats, face painting, the band, the Golden Girls, the game?"

She said "winning, of course". A Tiger was born.

I have only visited once, but it was a pretty special experience. It was for the LSU vs UF game in 2015. During my trip to the U.S I met a couple champion blokes wearing LSU shirts at a bar in Nashville. After a few fireballs and callin baton rouge requests they invited my mates and I to their tailgate for the florida game we were attending.

On game day, we cracked open our first beers at 7am and shortly after headed down to chimes for a dozen more beers and my first taste of gator meat. At around 12pm we headed down to campus and had a look around before heading over to the tailgate we were invited too. On arrival we were greeted with gumbo, an iced slide of tequila and unlimited beers. We met some awesome people at the tailgate including Jarrett lee and another ex QB who also coached brandon harris and took us to meet some of the players as the team walked down victory hill.

After the tailgate, we headed on into the stadium. The stadium was electric being a top 5 matchup and as the sun found its home in the western sky, It was saturday night in death valley. With a half time lead and the crowd pumping we decided to head over to the student section and found 3 empty perfect seats. With the game tied in the 4th, the mad hatter pulled one of his best and dominigue ran in a fake fg for the win.

We headed down to bogeys after the game where we had beers with a few players from the 2011 team which was an awesome way to finish off the day .

Sorry for the novel, but that was an experience I will never forget.

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Great moment, no doubt.

Mine was a baseball game with my son (then age 14) in 2011 vs CSF. We were in the front row along the bullpen area. Gausman was on the mound and the Tigers got a tough 7-6 W. After the game Gausman came back to by the bullpen area to get his carry bag. My son got a foul ball during the game and with the baseball and sharpie in hand asked him if he would sign the ball. W/O hesitation he did and they chatted for a moment or two. Class act all around and it made my son's day. Now as a rising Jr at NCSU, he still has that BB in a small clear-case on his dresser.