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re: Anybody See a Football Game in Tiger Stadium with No Upper Decks?
Posted on 3/15/13 at 9:46 am to 777Tiger
Posted on 3/15/13 at 9:46 am to 777Tiger
One of the nice things bout the old TS was that it was always packed & no one left at half time to go party outside. If those fans were still around intact, the new TS would be 10 times more intimidating. That was the TS that The Bear made his famous comments bout, as well as the DT from S.Cal.And, of course, very very few 1:00 pm kickoffs.
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Posted on 3/15/13 at 10:18 am to Keltic Tiger
Did not the game used to start at 8 p.m.? or was it 7:30?
Posted on 3/15/13 at 10:20 am to TenTex
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...watching LSU beat Ole Miss on the last play of the game with a Bert Jones TD pass!
I was at that game, a kid at the time, sitting with my dad and brother, 10 rows up in the middle of the end zone seats where the play happened. I've bled purple since that moment.
This post was edited on 3/20/13 at 4:53 pm
Posted on 3/15/13 at 10:23 am to TenTex
damn, our stadium used to be beautiful 
Posted on 3/15/13 at 10:30 am to TenTex
Yep, my first one at age 6 - Oct. 25, 1969.
LSU 21 Auburn 20. The day my veins turned gold and my blood purple.
We sat in the lower SEZ behind the left pole of the goalposts, the end zone was painted orange with blue "A U" letters. Saw Andy Hamilton catch a halfback pass from Jimmy Gilbert on the first play from scrimmage to our end zone. Had to put my fingers in my little ears. :)
Never forget driving up Airline Hwy past the Snake Farm, Roussel's, Bluebird's, and Hopper's :)
LSU 21 Auburn 20. The day my veins turned gold and my blood purple.
We sat in the lower SEZ behind the left pole of the goalposts, the end zone was painted orange with blue "A U" letters. Saw Andy Hamilton catch a halfback pass from Jimmy Gilbert on the first play from scrimmage to our end zone. Had to put my fingers in my little ears. :)
Never forget driving up Airline Hwy past the Snake Farm, Roussel's, Bluebird's, and Hopper's :)
This post was edited on 3/15/13 at 10:32 am
Posted on 3/15/13 at 10:54 am to jackpfjr
8PM during 60's! Yeah, saw A&M several years (all wins), 69 BAMA, then all 74-77 as student.
Remember used to have band night some games where several bands on field same time for beautiful HT show back then!
Paging Dr. # &^%$$, please report to gate #$%, anyone remember this?
Remember used to have band night some games where several bands on field same time for beautiful HT show back then!
Paging Dr. # &^%$$, please report to gate #$%, anyone remember this?
Posted on 3/15/13 at 10:59 am to jhhingle
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jhhingle
Anybody See a Football Game in Tiger Stadium with No Upper Decks?
8PM during 60's! Yeah, saw A&M several years (all wins), 69 BAMA, then all 74-77 as student.
Remember used to have band night some games where several bands on field same time for beautiful HT show back then!
Paging Dr. # &^%$$, please report to gate #$%, anyone remember this?
Yep! Also do you remember the drum cadence/song that TGBFTL played when LSU had the ball in between plays?
It went something like: "GOOOO...dum dum dum dum-ta-dum GOOOOO...dum dum dum dum-ta-dum...GOOOO
big Tigers GOOOOO...dum dum dum dum-ta-dum
Also miss Tiger Rag being played after every Tiger TD. Sadly, looks like that is in the past.
The beginning drum cadence before Pre-Game/Hold That Tiger used to be slower also....
Posted on 3/15/13 at 11:39 am to liquid rabbit
The more the merrier.
Posted on 3/15/13 at 12:10 pm to TenTex
I used to walk around in the parking lots before games selling souvenirs from around '77-'82. Carrying that heavy arse board with pennants and pins. Anybody remember those?
Posted on 3/15/13 at 12:19 pm to TenTex
Of course, I saw some when it was a horse shoe.
Posted on 3/15/13 at 12:23 pm to TenTex
Im in. Saw my first LSU game in 1965 and a beating of Tulane by I believe 62 -0 and was hooked ever since. I believe it was my high school year in 1977 or 1978 when the first expansion the original upper West end was started. 
Posted on 3/15/13 at 12:24 pm to arcannon
Arcannon, Definitely remember seeing those boards with all the souvenirs. I remember my Mom buying me one of the little Tiger Football men that you would pin to your clothes.
Posted on 3/15/13 at 12:37 pm to Nuts4LSU
Nuts4LSU
Here's a link to the Advocate article and the picture. No photoshop, real picture of Bert Jones TD beating Ole Miss. The Advocate
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Something about that second picture in your post seems wrong, though. The south end zone appears to be all one level without two separate decks, and the outside of the south end looks wrong. It looks like the north end but that's not how the real thing looks. Is that second photo real? It looks like an artist's rendering or a photoshop.
Here's a link to the Advocate article and the picture. No photoshop, real picture of Bert Jones TD beating Ole Miss. The Advocate
This post was edited on 3/15/13 at 12:39 pm
Posted on 3/15/13 at 12:50 pm to TenTex
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Something about that second picture in your post seems wrong, though. The south end zone appears to be all one level without two separate decks, and the outside of the south end looks wrong. It looks like the north end but that's not how the real thing looks. Is that second photo real? It looks like an artist's rendering or a photoshop.
Here's a link to the Advocate article and the picture. No photoshop, real picture of Bert Jones TD beating Ole Miss. The Advocate
I believe he was talking about the second picture in the original post. It's definitely not correct. Must be an artist's rendering. South endzone is not correct.
Posted on 3/15/13 at 12:56 pm to TenTex
I remember it well. I was a Boy Scout usher in section 1 - southeast corner. Most of the people seated in that section were visiting fans.
Posted on 3/15/13 at 12:58 pm to cajunsax62
ETA, Nevermind, y'll are talking about the first pics.
This post was edited on 3/15/13 at 1:02 pm
Posted on 3/15/13 at 1:00 pm to cajunsax62
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I believe he was talking about the second picture in the original post. It's definitely not correct. Must be an artist's rendering. South endzone is not correct.
Here's the source from where I found that image, hope this helps explain. LINK
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Aerial view of Tiger Stadium post-1953 renovation, via Louisiana Desitinations
Tiger Stadium was a concrete building and its exterior neo-classical. The expression of the structural bays provided a pleasant rhythm on the façade which wrapped the single-height bowl. The white concrete color palette and the arched structural bay was reminiscent of the original Yankee Stadium, with the symmetry of the single bowl bringing a further harmony to Tiger Stadium. Unfortunately, the continuity of this original exterior was broken in 1978 when an 11,900-seat second deck was built atop the west side of the stadium.
This post was edited on 3/15/13 at 1:01 pm
Posted on 3/15/13 at 1:13 pm to jhhingle
Wasn't it " Dr # @&$+ , please call the medical exchange " ?
Posted on 3/15/13 at 1:26 pm to tigernchicago
Also my freshman year, and a member of Tiger Band. The ground shook during pregame when we were on the field, with only 68,000 (stadium-published capacity)fans in attendance (over 70,000 in reality.) When Davis caught the pass the stands exploded! We played music in the stands for 30 minutes after the game, and nobody left. The only empty seats were in the Ole Miss section! 
Posted on 3/15/13 at 1:29 pm to ElderTiger
Yeah, that's what it was; the memeory gets a bit foggy sometimes!
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