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re: Share some of your experiences you had with your father
Posted on 10/20/11 at 1:22 pm to Hammond Tiger Fan
Posted on 10/20/11 at 1:22 pm to Hammond Tiger Fan
My Dad for some reason always took me to Ole Miss games when they were in Baton Rouge. My First ever Tiger Stadium football game was the '64 Ole Miss game. The only problem was my Dad always like to leave early. 6-7 minutes left to go to "Beat traffic". So during the '72 Ole Miss game I begged for us to stay because I knew we were going to win. He indulged me until 2 minutes were left and he made us go. I heard the thunderous roar as we were making our way around the stadium to our car and some guy with a radio tells us that we won on a miracle play. I stared at my dad but he just kept on walking to the car. I have never, ever left early when I am the one driving because of that.
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Posted on 10/20/11 at 1:28 pm to Hammond Tiger Fan
Here is my greatest LSU memory with my dad. I was at home watching the ninth inning of the College world series game against Miami--you know---the Warren Morris Homerun game. He came in bitching about the fact that I hadn't mowed the grass yet and I was wasting the whole day watching "TV". 
You can't pick your parents
You can't pick your parents
Posted on 10/20/11 at 1:33 pm to Dan
Took me to my first game when I was in elementary. I have been brainwashed ever since that time. Tiger Stadium at night makes a HUGE impression on the mind of a youngster! His passion made me the LSU fan I am today.
We went to the LSU/Florida game -a few yrs back he bitched and moaned the whole game. We had many turnovers but still won the game but it was a miserable experience to be sitting next to him the whole game. I should have got up and watch the game from the corridor. :)( Still love him but geezzzzz)
Listened to LSU/Notre Dame on radio many, many years ago and I remember he ranting around the house for weeks that the "refs cheating us out of the game". 3-0 I think.
It is almost as bad listening to him while we watch on TV. I will no longer watch games with him unless we are the Overwhelming favorite to win the game. Recently he decided not to watch any games because he thinks he might get a heart attack. He also will not listen to commentators because they are all idiots and he would rather hear his own commentary. :)
He went to he Troy game and begged to leave the whole game with a great friend of his but ended up staying and seeing the greatest comeback in LSU history.(cold rain etc) Are there any other dads that are almost 70 yrs old that act this way? It is very peculiar to me. lol
We went to the LSU/Florida game -a few yrs back he bitched and moaned the whole game. We had many turnovers but still won the game but it was a miserable experience to be sitting next to him the whole game. I should have got up and watch the game from the corridor. :)( Still love him but geezzzzz)
Listened to LSU/Notre Dame on radio many, many years ago and I remember he ranting around the house for weeks that the "refs cheating us out of the game". 3-0 I think.
It is almost as bad listening to him while we watch on TV. I will no longer watch games with him unless we are the Overwhelming favorite to win the game. Recently he decided not to watch any games because he thinks he might get a heart attack. He also will not listen to commentators because they are all idiots and he would rather hear his own commentary. :)
He went to he Troy game and begged to leave the whole game with a great friend of his but ended up staying and seeing the greatest comeback in LSU history.(cold rain etc) Are there any other dads that are almost 70 yrs old that act this way? It is very peculiar to me. lol
This post was edited on 10/20/11 at 1:40 pm
Posted on 10/20/11 at 1:39 pm to Dan
My dad was in Tiger Stadium the night Cannon made "The Run". Problem was, they sold beer in TS back then and my dad made most ill-timed "Beer Run" in history. He heard the crowd react, got his beer and reentered the stadium just in time to see Cannon cross the goal line.
He began taking me to LSU games in the mid 60s. Got to sit in one of those box seats behind the entrances - west side about the 35 yard line. I was spoiled. I still get the same feeling when I first enter the stadium today (I'm 57) as I did when my dad first took me to a game (age 10). When I quit getting that feeling I quit going. Don't see that happening any time soon.
He began taking me to LSU games in the mid 60s. Got to sit in one of those box seats behind the entrances - west side about the 35 yard line. I was spoiled. I still get the same feeling when I first enter the stadium today (I'm 57) as I did when my dad first took me to a game (age 10). When I quit getting that feeling I quit going. Don't see that happening any time soon.
Posted on 10/20/11 at 2:02 pm to NorthTiger
Me and my dad watched the LSU Bama game when JR hit D Bowe for the win in Tuscaloosa and he got so rowled up he ran outside and threw beer up everywhere.. last season we spent together before he passed, he was a great tiger fan turned a lot of people on to LSU Football!!
This post was edited on 10/20/11 at 2:03 pm
Posted on 10/20/11 at 2:05 pm to NavyLSUAlum
My dad is a minister, but a great LSU fan. We had a church function for the '72 Ole Miss game, but we were listening to the second half on the radio on the way home. That game got so exciting at the end he had to pull over by te Krispy Kreme on Plank Road to listen to the end of the game. When we scored we all were screaming and hollering in the car. The patrons of the doughnut shop were looking at us like we were idiots. That was a great memory.
We also were sitting in the stands in the North End Zone during the monsoon for Miami. That was the most miserable I have ever been for a football game, but my Dad would not leave until the end of the game. Another great memory.
We also were sitting in the stands in the North End Zone during the monsoon for Miami. That was the most miserable I have ever been for a football game, but my Dad would not leave until the end of the game. Another great memory.
Posted on 10/20/11 at 2:05 pm to LSU CWF8
watched the Arkansas game two years ago while my grandpaw was dying in the next room. He died early that morning, around 3:00 AM, I think.
Posted on 10/20/11 at 2:06 pm to Hammond Tiger Fan
The first Bertman National Championship I was putting up a wooden fence in the rain and shot a nail through my finger 2 minutes after he said to be careful or I was going to shoot a nail through my finger. I used the game excuse to go in and watch for a few minutes while I jumped up and down about to cry from the pain without him knowing he was right!!!!! I just put on gloves after and said I wanted to be careful!!! 
Posted on 10/20/11 at 2:17 pm to Hammond Tiger Fan
The only time i ever recall giving or receiving a hug from my Dad was on L. Turner's delayed blitz sack in the Sugar Bowl.... It has yet to happen agian.
Posted on 10/20/11 at 2:18 pm to scubafeet
I've been tailgating with my father(entire family as well) for every single game I've attended in tiger stadium(have season tickets since 1980) He started bringing me at the age of 6 and I'm in my 30's now. Have made lots of great memories. I have started the same tradition with my two young sons (4 & 5) and hope to have many great times with them as well. It won't be the same for me when he reaches an age where he can no longer attend.
Posted on 10/20/11 at 2:20 pm to scubafeet
My dad was at my house watching the Kentucky game in 04. He hot pissed when they scored late in the 4th and left. After the hail mary, he called asking wtf happened and how jack hunt scored.
Posted on 10/20/11 at 2:26 pm to bg22
I do not watch games with my Dad anymore. He curses too much and acts like a fool!!! 
Posted on 10/20/11 at 2:27 pm to Hammond Tiger Fan
When I was a kid I never understood what my dad was doing when we watched LSU games on TV. I literally thought he was nuts and embarrassing.
He would pace back and forth during close games, stand inches from the TV during a big play, and shout "come on baybay!" Now, after graduating and being as big of a fan I find myself doing the same exact thing.
My wife walks in and looks at me like I am crazy. My brother-in-law always ends up getting me a beer to calm my nerves. Must be genetics.
He would pace back and forth during close games, stand inches from the TV during a big play, and shout "come on baybay!" Now, after graduating and being as big of a fan I find myself doing the same exact thing.
My wife walks in and looks at me like I am crazy. My brother-in-law always ends up getting me a beer to calm my nerves. Must be genetics.
Posted on 10/20/11 at 2:49 pm to Bmath
I was with my dad in tiger stadium for the uF game in 97 and in the PMAC with him when Stro and Jabari Smith and crew upset #1 Arizona. We didn't miss a home game together for about 6 years while I was in junior/high school.
Watching on tv is another story. Plenty of profanities and he still won't let my mom forget that she made him miss the 96 baseball championship game.
Watching on tv is another story. Plenty of profanities and he still won't let my mom forget that she made him miss the 96 baseball championship game.
Posted on 10/20/11 at 2:50 pm to Bmath
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He would pace back and forth during close games, stand inches from the TV during a big play, and shout "come on baybay!"
Bmath...I am your Father
Posted on 10/20/11 at 3:12 pm to Utah Tiger
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He )went to he Troy game and begged to leave the whole game with a great friend of his but ended up staying and seeing the greatest comeback in LSU history.(cold rain etc
I know it may not count, but that my sons first LSU game I brought him to.... at half time I was like, lets go.... he said, dad we never get to come, lets stay... so we stayed and yeah... it was worth it.
Posted on 10/20/11 at 3:14 pm to Tiger Ryno
My dad was nothing more than a casual football spectator. My brother and I joke sometimes that we sure wish Dad was a big LSU fan like we are, then today we wouldn't be forced to buy season tickets for over face from sellers.
Miss my dad though, wish he could come to a game with me.
Miss my dad though, wish he could come to a game with me.
Posted on 10/20/11 at 3:16 pm to Hammond Tiger Fan
to you dad
Posted on 10/20/11 at 3:19 pm to Hammond Tiger Fan
Too many to list here. We mostly just watched basketball on t.v., and nothing out of the ordinary stands out about any incident in particular, but my memories of going to LSU football and baseball games with him are good ones.
Other than LSU tailgating for football games, I rarely ever saw my dad's college friends or watched him drink a beer. So that was nice. I also loved to play touch football with all the other kids by where we would park on the LSU rugby fields while the adults would cook burgers and listen to the pregame radio show.
Alex Box was just Alex Box. I guess the #1 experience I remember with my dad there was when Rich Cordani hit that HR against SCAL in the 1990 regional. It was for baseball what watching the Earthquake Game TD to Fuller was for football in terms of me watching LSU games with my dad in our seats.
Other than LSU tailgating for football games, I rarely ever saw my dad's college friends or watched him drink a beer. So that was nice. I also loved to play touch football with all the other kids by where we would park on the LSU rugby fields while the adults would cook burgers and listen to the pregame radio show.
Alex Box was just Alex Box. I guess the #1 experience I remember with my dad there was when Rich Cordani hit that HR against SCAL in the 1990 regional. It was for baseball what watching the Earthquake Game TD to Fuller was for football in terms of me watching LSU games with my dad in our seats.
Posted on 10/20/11 at 3:22 pm to Hammond Tiger Fan
My dad was a huge fan, his brother was on the 58 team. In those days we did not so much watch as listen to game on KWKH. Our joke was to have a pillow in front of the radio in case we had to dive for a fumble. Miss him greatly. Wish he could have been around for 03 ans 07.
I carry it on with my son. First time he probably ever heard me cuss was the 03 NC game. When that final blitz took down Jason white, it was something like "kill that SOB"
I carry it on with my son. First time he probably ever heard me cuss was the 03 NC game. When that final blitz took down Jason white, it was something like "kill that SOB"
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