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why does lsu number the five yard line? tia

Posted on 9/17/09 at 8:24 pm
Posted by thundax
bossier
Member since Jul 2009
2 posts
Posted on 9/17/09 at 8:24 pm
nm
Posted by Tmon225
Member since Jun 2009
7250 posts
Posted on 9/17/09 at 8:25 pm to
why not?
Posted by blueridgeTiger
Granbury, TX
Member since Jun 2004
20208 posts
Posted on 9/17/09 at 8:26 pm to
That's the way Huey Long wanted it!
Posted by wizziko
New Jersey Nets Fan
Member since Jan 2006
35881 posts
Posted on 9/17/09 at 8:27 pm to
Les Miles can't count
Posted by BT
North La
Member since Aug 2008
9766 posts
Posted on 9/17/09 at 8:28 pm to
Wolves not sheep
Posted by BlackHelicopterPilot
Top secret lab
Member since Feb 2004
52833 posts
Posted on 9/17/09 at 8:29 pm to
They had a little extra paint and thought..."why the hell not?"
Posted by ultratiger89
Houston, Tx
Member since Aug 2007
3033 posts
Posted on 9/17/09 at 8:31 pm to
been that way since I can remember (1967)
Posted by LSUBASEBALL06
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Jul 2005
3407 posts
Posted on 9/17/09 at 8:32 pm to
its unlike any other in the country so why not?

I like it that way. It looks good.
Posted by FightinTiga
Pumpkin Center
Member since Feb 2009
20745 posts
Posted on 9/17/09 at 8:33 pm to
Old school,unique.
Posted by LSUBCSCHAMPS11
Member since Jan 2009
2003 posts
Posted on 9/17/09 at 8:35 pm to
cause how else would the band do their thing?
Posted by ksayetiger
Centenary Gents
Member since Jul 2007
68262 posts
Posted on 9/17/09 at 8:38 pm to
the ncaa is looking at making it 5 yards for a first down. lsu is a proactive school
Posted by Kajungee
South ,Section 6 Row N
Member since Mar 2004
17033 posts
Posted on 9/17/09 at 8:46 pm to
Because 3 yards would be awful silly
Posted by Minnesota Tiger
Member since Oct 2005
4414 posts
Posted on 9/17/09 at 8:57 pm to
Some schools dot the I. Some paint 5 on the 5 yard line.
Posted by KILLhottytoddy
Member since Dec 2005
5661 posts
Posted on 9/17/09 at 9:01 pm to
Just our way of stickin' it to the man.
Posted by guttata
prairieville
Member since Feb 2006
22504 posts
Posted on 9/17/09 at 9:06 pm to
Nobody said LSU had the smartest players. How would they know how to run a 5 yard out?
Posted by huckiewin
Ft Myers Fl.
Member since Mar 2005
1131 posts
Posted on 9/17/09 at 9:09 pm to
tradition
Posted by lsufan_26
Member since Feb 2004
12559 posts
Posted on 9/17/09 at 9:09 pm to
Nice first post
Posted by Fewer Kilometers
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2007
36007 posts
Posted on 9/17/09 at 9:13 pm to
Napoleonic Code.

Posted by SJS101
Member since Oct 2007
2794 posts
Posted on 9/17/09 at 9:16 pm to
quote:

Napoleonic Code.


My favorite answer so far.
Posted by Coastal Tiger
Along the vanishing Louisiana coast
Member since Apr 2005
2131 posts
Posted on 9/17/09 at 9:19 pm to
Because they can.
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