re: When did the "go to hell" chants start?

From Wikipedia:
Top-ranked LSU defeated sixth-ranked, rival Ole Miss, 14–0 in a game dominated by defense and penalties. 68,000 fans packed Tiger Stadium to watch the Tigers win their first game against the Rebels since 1950. Ole Miss was LSU's most bitter rival at the time, and fans who heard and read about the Chinese Bandits and Billy Cannon wanted to see them first-hand. "It's not a rivalry because somebody says it is," said Cannon, "or because you've been playing against a team for a long time. It's a rivalry when two good teams meet and either one could walk out the winner. This was a rivalry."[34] Banners were strung around the LSU campus with the words "Go to Hell, Ole Miss." Later, a plane dropped leaflets on campus that read "Go to Hell, LSU." Some thought Dietzel was responsible, hoping to fire up his team for the game, but he denied responsibility."

When I was a student at LSU in 1970 a P.E. teacher named Bill Bankhead told us he was one of the cheerleaders in 1958 and that was when they started using it. My memory is a bit vague, but I think he even said that he was the first to use it.

Started LSU in 1955. It was being used then or started shortly thereafter.

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30 minutes prior to kickoff, Tiger Stadium was already packed with the crowd split down the middle between Tigers and Rebels.

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Doubtful

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I can still hear it today just as well as when I sold drinks up and down the stadium in the mid sixties

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Me too!

Did you sell for Mr. Vickers?

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Ben Dover

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member since 2005

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I graduated from LSU when LSU won the first national title in Billy Cannon's junior year

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So, when you were about 70 you joined tigerdroppings and adopted the alias "Ben Dover"

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Did you sell for Mr. Vickers?

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I can't remember the guys name but if memory serves me we used to get 25¢ a cup which was $6 a tray...went downstairs and paid $5 for the refill tray. We made $1 a tray profit ...a lot at that time for a 16 year old. If I was quick enough and hit the refill line just right, I made good money. Those were great times.

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We made $1 a tray profit ...a lot at that time for a 16 year old.

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If I remember correctly, they sold beer back then. I wasn't old enough to sell beer but that was where the money was to be made. As people got drunker toward the end of the game, they would leave bigger tips. Especially if LSU was winning...

Panty raids occurred at least through 1972, and maybe '73 as well. There was also an annual food fight in one or more of the cafeterias on the Thursday evening before the Ole Miss game. In '72 or '73, some idiot posted a sign just outside of Pentagon Cafeteria announcing a food fight at 6:00 p.m. Of course the cafeteria workers saw the sign and locked everyone in promptly at 6:00 when the first dinner roll was launched signaling the beginning of the food fight. They proceeded to take names of the students who were taking part in the food fight before they were allowed to leave.

I think it is great for the rivalry. It is also great for the SEC when both teams are good but even in the 80's & 90's when both teams were down it was always a great game to watch