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Anyone Recall if This Happened (ref LSU-FSU '82)?
Posted on 10/6/11 at 10:09 pm
Posted on 10/6/11 at 10:09 pm
I was told this afternoon that LSU started the tradition of throwing oranges onto the field during the LSU-OM '70 game (one where we won 61-17) in view of an Orange Bowl bid.
Now fast forward to '82. With the Orange Bowl on the line we defeated FSU 55-21 (this was the game where a dense fog settled on the field in the 2nd half). Apparently, FSU brought their mascot (Chief Osceloa and horse). When he appeared on the field during the 2nd half he was apparently pelted with oranges to the point where he had to take cover under the SE stands.
Can anyone confirm if this happened? I was in the student section and don't recall seeing it.
Now fast forward to '82. With the Orange Bowl on the line we defeated FSU 55-21 (this was the game where a dense fog settled on the field in the 2nd half). Apparently, FSU brought their mascot (Chief Osceloa and horse). When he appeared on the field during the 2nd half he was apparently pelted with oranges to the point where he had to take cover under the SE stands.
Can anyone confirm if this happened? I was in the student section and don't recall seeing it.
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Posted on 10/6/11 at 10:11 pm to AlwysATgr
Yep...I Was there as a ten year old boy with my Dad.
Posted on 10/6/11 at 10:15 pm to LSUBlitzkrieg
I was in the student section, didn't see it.
Posted on 10/6/11 at 10:16 pm to AlwysATgr
I don't remember the horse. But, Risher, Hilliard and Martin were awesome. Too bad we lost to Tulane later. 
Posted on 10/6/11 at 10:17 pm to KyleK
Game had to be stopped on multiple occasions and LSU was ultimately flagged for Unsportsmanlike Conduct.
Posted on 10/6/11 at 10:17 pm to LSUBlitzkrieg
That's weird.
I was also there as a 10-year old with my dad.
Incredible atmosphere for that game.
I was also there as a 10-year old with my dad.
Incredible atmosphere for that game.
Posted on 10/6/11 at 10:18 pm to glassman
Was there in the student section. Oranges rained down on the field, but I dont remember them bringing a horse. And if they did, it would not have come to the other side where we were. The oranges didnt start til the latter part of the game.
Posted on 10/6/11 at 10:19 pm to AlwysATgr
Was also in student section, don't remember Chief getting pelted (could have happened, I had depleted the Jack Daniels supply by then) but do remember the oranges raining down as the blowout progressed. Didn't Chief come out on the field in the pregame with his flaming spear and Mike ran over and broke it? Crowd was in a frenzy. Had a friend run to a payphone to call his bookie to double his bet on the Tigers - no way we were going to lose that game.
Posted on 10/6/11 at 10:22 pm to AlwysATgr
I was there, and the oranges mainly came late in the game. It was pretty cool looking seeing them rain down on the field from the student section. 
Posted on 10/6/11 at 10:25 pm to AlwysATgr
The raining oranges were featured on the nightly news, I remember that part quite well.
Posted on 10/6/11 at 10:26 pm to Jeff
Hey Jeff - don't suppose you took any photos of this did you? 
Posted on 10/6/11 at 10:28 pm to AlwysATgr
I was there and remember it clearly.
The "chief" on the horse was a comlete setup. He was not really from Fla. State. It was an LSU guy dressed up like a "Seminole" and he did ride a horse. The Tiger mascot pulled him off and pretended to stick him with the lance the rider had been carrying.
Later in the game, the crowd was throwing oranges onto the field.
The "chief" on the horse was a comlete setup. He was not really from Fla. State. It was an LSU guy dressed up like a "Seminole" and he did ride a horse. The Tiger mascot pulled him off and pretended to stick him with the lance the rider had been carrying.
Later in the game, the crowd was throwing oranges onto the field.
Posted on 10/6/11 at 10:31 pm to VOR
This !
Posted on 10/6/11 at 10:33 pm to VOR
Now it's coming back to me -- you are right, the "Chief" and the Mike encounter did appear to be staged. But it did get the crowd pumped up when Mike pseudo-stabbed Chief and then broke the spear over his knee.
Posted on 10/6/11 at 10:34 pm to AlwysATgr
Posted on 10/6/11 at 10:34 pm to LSU77
That was also the fog game. Hilliard had like 160 yds. Lots going on that night.
Posted on 10/6/11 at 10:34 pm to Big_Al_316
quote:
The oranges didnt start til the latter part of the game.
The oranges started raining down almost immediately. If memory serves, Hilliard scored the first touchdown. Oranges were already pelting the endzone and Dalton by the time he got within 5 yards of paydirt.
Poor Mark Jeffers (who was in the Tiger costume) was the target of a lot of the oranges. He said he got hit dozens of times.
But no, I don't remember the horse.
Posted on 10/6/11 at 10:36 pm to AlwysATgr
quote:
When he appeared on the field during the 2nd half he was apparently pelted with oranges to the point where he had to take cover under the SE stands.
I was there. It was before the game started. Funniest thing I've ever seen in Tiger Stadium.
Posted on 10/6/11 at 10:42 pm to AlwysATgr
oranges were thrown, rumor had it that some of them were frozen solid and/or orange croquet balls. I don't remember anything about the mascot.
Posted on 10/6/11 at 10:46 pm to LuckySo-n-So
Oranges started after first touchdown, fans were warned. More oranges after the 2nd TD, Tigers penalized 15 yards. 3rd TD oranges flew, but not as many. Once the game got out of hand, the oranges were flying almost constantly. I was sitting on the east side behind the FSU bench. By the end of the 3rd Qtr, you could barely make out the upper deck. When the tigers scored it looked like the foggy sky was raining oranges.
On the way to the game, it seemed like there was someone selling sacks of oranges on every corner.
On the way to the game, it seemed like there was someone selling sacks of oranges on every corner.
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