I'm curious to know more about the earthquake game...

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1. Was the resulting earthquake a product of the crowd noise, jumping of fans, or both?

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i'm guessing more of the jumping. but there was plenty of both.

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2. For anyone at the game, did anyone feel anything?

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i went back home to Pineville immediately after the game. didn't hear anything about an earthquake until I was back in Baton Rouge on Monday.

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How come we have not been able to produce the same result?

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102k at the beginning but only 50k at the end.

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4. Is it possible to produce an earthquake again?

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fix 3

What made the earthquake game itself unique is that the actual event that caused the earthquake (the touchdown) was the final end result of a lot of build up during what had been an otherwise very frustrating night.

The entire game had been very frustrating for the LSU offense. A very stout Auburn defense had held LSU very much in check all night and had beaten up Tommy Hodson pretty good. When LSU got the ball with about 6:00 left at about their own 30 yard line, everyone could sense that this was LSU's last chance to do something. Then, LSU very methodically moved the ball down the field…narrowly converting a 4th down to keep the drive alive deep inside Auburn territory. Then to add to the frustrations, Eddie Fuller actually DROPPED a wide open pass in the end zone that would have put LSU ahead….then after 2nd and 3rd down failed, LSU had one play left on 4th down….everyone knew it was do or die on that play…Hodson got drilled and just got the pass off in the nick of time….and Fuller leaped up in the back of the end zone high….and just came back down in bounds. All of that buildup and the series of events that led up to it all just kinda erupted all at once. It would be a hard set of circumstances to duplicate.

And yes, gutter minds, it was very similar to a sexual release…..a looong build up, a couple of near misses, then a huge climax.

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1. Was the resulting earthquake a product of the crowd noise, jumping of fans, or both?

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I've told this story before, but my memory of that game is this. We sat in the Northeast corner, very far away from the game winning td. When the ball was passed I couldn't really see if it was caught or not, but the entire North Endzone jumped at the same time. I swear it was synchronized jumping on the first leap.

It's possible the "earthquake came from the jumping.

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. The stadium was filled to a capacity of roughly 80,000 that game

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LSU was losing 6-0 with less than 2 minutes to go. One other memory I have is that everytime late in the game that we would have to punt, people would be leaving and some LSU fans was mocking the losers with no faith, "Where are you going Tiger fans? Why are you leaving?"

Now there wasn't near the exodus that we saw in 2014 vs Miss State, but some people were leaving nonetheless.

Pretty sure Eddie did not drop the pass on first down. He was out of the back of the end zone when he caught it. Tigers ran the same play on 4th down. Both knew where the ball was going when they saw the coverage and both made sure it was caught in bounds.

Otherwise, the poster is correct. Very frustrating night for the offense. The defense was outstanding and shutdown an otherwise solid Auburn offense. Reggie Slack was a good QB and they had a solid running game. The sad part is that the Tigers declined immediately thereafter. This was their last winning season until 1995 under Dinardo.

I was in the nosebleed with a buddy and a bunch of well-dressed older ladies were in front us. When Fuller caught the pass, I spilled bourbon & coke all over one of them. She grabbed me, hugged me (I just about fell down,) and planted a big old kiss on my cheek.
I don't think that's what caused the seismograph to register, but it's still a great TS memory.

Everyone forgets i think how close Hodson was to getting sacked. A split second longer he is down and game is over

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Possibly the most boring LSU game ever until then.

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3. The stadium was filled to a capacity of roughly 80,000 that game. Today for the big games we are putting in roughly 102,000 people in the stadium. How come we have not been able to produce the same result?

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I ask myself this same question. If the seismic activity actually was caused by Tiger Stadium, I'm sure we (or some other school/team) would have at least matched it.

I think it was one of three things:

A. Actual plates or earth movement and it was a coincidence it happened during the game.
B. A faulty reading.
C. The LSU media/advertising department being very creative and decided to come up with a little folklore to make LSU sound cool.

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1. Was the resulting earthquake a product of the crowd noise, jumping of fans, or both?
I know I jumped when he caught it and I assume many others did. It had to be the jumping, beacuse we have had it louder in the stadium before.

2. For anyone at the game, did anyone feel anything? Because I jumped and landed at that time - no.

3. The stadium was filled to a capacity of roughly 80,000 that game. Today for the big games we are putting in roughly 102,000 people in the stadium. How come we have not been able to produce the same result? It would take a sudden, unexpected game winning play. Not like a field goal, more like a blue grass miracle play.

4. Is it possible to produce an earthquake again?

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see #3