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re: What year did you REALLY start following LSU? - stole from SECr

Posted on 11/21/12 at 8:21 pm to
Posted by makinskrilla
Lafayette, LA
Member since Jun 2009
9727 posts
Posted on 11/21/12 at 8:21 pm to
2001- freshman year at lsu
Posted by SanFranTiger
Dallas, TX
Member since Sep 2003
4890 posts
Posted on 11/21/12 at 8:23 pm to
Born in 1966. Remember listening to games on am radio. First game I remember listening to on the radio was season-opening tie with Nebraska 6-6 in 1976, my oldest brother's freshman year at LSU.

First game i went to in person was 2 weeks later vs Rice. Terry Robiskie ran a lot and LSU won 31-0.

In 1985 I stepped foot on the field for the first time as a member of TGBFTL!

Posted by H-Town Tiger
Member since Nov 2003
59039 posts
Posted on 11/21/12 at 8:41 pm to
1981 I got into LSU basketball when they went on a ride to the Final Four. Been a fan ever since, but really started following football in 82.
Posted by TriumphTiger
Alpharetta, GA
Member since Sep 2007
10186 posts
Posted on 11/21/12 at 8:49 pm to
Moved to Louisiana in 1981 when I was 11. I paid attention somewhat to LSU immediately. Alan Risher was the first player I remember and Jerry Stovall was the first coach. I loved listening to Tiger Tracks with Jim Nasium on WFMF out of Baton Rouge (I lived in New Iberia). I started at LSU in 1988 and didn't become a full-time fan until then though.
Posted by KnuteMiles
Member since Jan 2005
447 posts
Posted on 11/21/12 at 8:52 pm to
1960
Posted by mlge69
Carencro, Louisiana
Member since Aug 2006
52 posts
Posted on 11/21/12 at 8:54 pm to
1959, and I'm old too.
Posted by Wild Thang
YAW YAW Fooball Nation
Member since Jun 2009
44181 posts
Posted on 11/21/12 at 9:05 pm to
The Hall of Fame bowl loss against Syracuse. We were all watching the game while having New Year's Dinner at my grandma's house. I think that was '88.

I was 7, and even though we lost, I was hooked with all the adults screaming at the TV.

And that's what is so cool for me. My first game paying attention to, we lost. And then we sucked till '95. shite, the Dinardo years were awesome for me.

Amazing where we are now during my life.
Posted by OnTheGeaux
Har Tavor
Member since Oct 2009
3067 posts
Posted on 11/21/12 at 9:06 pm to
Always wore LSU gear as a child/kid in Vidalia... but i guess around age 11 I became a true fan. An awareness of what LSU meant and the gravity of Purple & Gold hitting the heart. Knowing the players, listening to every game.

My first LSU game was that same year (1979), road trip to Jackson with family and friends to see a close win over Ole Piss.

First LSU game in TS was the following year against most hated Ole Piss. A blowout win and an a TS experience that cemented LSU forever.

Enrolled as a student in 1986 and have attended at least one home game every year since then (which was rather difficult at times during a U.S. Navy career).

Posted by nycajun
Nothin' could be finer.....
Member since Dec 2004
18183 posts
Posted on 11/21/12 at 9:08 pm to
1961
Posted by gdtym
Houma, LA
Member since Jan 2008
467 posts
Posted on 11/21/12 at 9:21 pm to
Same exact game for me. First time in Tiger stadium with my son and his 10 year old friend. My wife got the tickets and bowed out. Haven't been the same since, lol.
Posted by melonheadla
New Orleans Positiger
Member since Dec 2007
553 posts
Posted on 11/21/12 at 9:22 pm to
1957- I was 12. Tigers finished 5-5. But then, the next year. . . . !!!!!
Posted by Whiskey Man
St Somewhere
Member since Nov 2012
910 posts
Posted on 11/21/12 at 9:26 pm to
1977, in the 8th grade. Charles Alexander was the RB. Been hooked ever since.
Posted by Curtiselwood
NOLA - The Big Dirty
Member since Sep 2004
241 posts
Posted on 11/21/12 at 9:27 pm to
Born in 1970, raised a Tiger Fan, remember 1st game in Tiger Stadium, LSU vs Wake Forest 1978, sat in the North End Zone in Box Seats above the tunnel. First Big Game I remember attending LSU vs FLA State, 1982 LSU 55 Fla State 21, we threw Oranges on the Field. That game sold me!
This post was edited on 11/21/12 at 9:28 pm
Posted by lsutigerbandfan
Amite, Louisiana
Member since Mar 2011
1274 posts
Posted on 11/21/12 at 9:35 pm to
1959
Posted by webstew
B-city
Member since May 2009
1267 posts
Posted on 11/21/12 at 9:37 pm to
Dec. 5th, 1970. Geaux to Hell Ole Miss!
Posted by the crue
Chackbay-Thibodaux
Member since May 2008
3966 posts
Posted on 11/21/12 at 9:40 pm to
1984, some of the 1st players i remember were sammy martin, jeff wickersham, & eric martin, watching games with my dad
This post was edited on 11/22/12 at 11:17 am
Posted by WHS
walker LA.
Member since Feb 2006
3089 posts
Posted on 11/21/12 at 9:51 pm to
1997

I was at the game when we beat Florida and I even had the grass from mid feild in a cup up until a few years ago when my mom through it away

My dad was a high school footall coach so we got in for free and set in the north endzone.
Posted by Gulffisherman
Bogalusa
Member since Oct 2009
3531 posts
Posted on 11/21/12 at 9:53 pm to
1961 LSU vs Ole Piss. LSU wins 10-7 in what Pepsodent Paul (showing my age) said was a game better than Halloween night. My dad made me keep the ticket stub-still have it!
This post was edited on 11/21/12 at 9:54 pm
Posted by KyleK
Mandeville
Member since Oct 2011
30 posts
Posted on 11/21/12 at 9:54 pm to
1969 is when I started going regularly. Didn't realize how special it was at that time until the 80's. It's finally come full circle again :)
Posted by TexTiga
SugarLand , Tx
Member since Oct 2007
2538 posts
Posted on 11/21/12 at 9:58 pm to
Prolly around 1970
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