25 years ago tonight the Bandits beat #1 Shiny Pants, 28-21

Game was the loudest I’ve ever been to and it was that way all night.

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Amazing night. Only time I’ve rushed the field and would never do it again. I wish I still had the piece of goal post padding I acquired.

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Same

I was there that night. The atmosphere was crazy. Wife and I flew in from Miami for the game. I think I was the only one not dressed in orange and blue. The fans were an arrogant bunch much like their coach. Beating them that night was so damn satisfying. Of course the flight back home to Miami was a lot of fun.

Florida and Spurrier had dominated LSU for so long...including a 56-13 arse kicking the year before...that there was very little thought before the game LSU could win. Even though LSU was ranked #14. The narrow escape at Vandy coupled with losing Collins for the season further reinforced that thought. If anyone tells you today they were confident LSU would win BEFORE the game they are full of shite.

LSU received the opening kickoff and went on a great drive. Faulk nearly broke a long TD run on the 3rd or 4th play of the drive. LSU eventually got inside the 20 (largely on the back of Faulk) where they brought in Rondell Mealy...who immediately fumbled on his first carry. It felt like all the air had been let out of the stadium and LSU blew its chance gain early moment. The collective thought was "shite! There went our shot. Now Florida is going to do what Florida always does to us...kick our arse".

But that didn't happen. LSU got a sack and forced a punt. Faulk nearly broke the return for a TD and Herb Tyler ran it in from 40 one play later. A few plays after that Johnson threw his first Int to Donaldson...who nearly returned it for a TD. That set up LSU's second TD a play later to go up 14-0 and Tiger Stadium all collectively looked at each other and said "Holy shite! Could this happen tonight?" No one sat down the rest of the game.

That game is on a vhs tape somewhere. That, or there is an old vhs porno lying around because I'm pretty sure at one point I used the label "LSU v Florida 1997" to conceal the actual contents of the tape

Watched highlights of that game during the offseason

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Game was the loudest I’ve ever been to and it was that way all night.

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One of my Top 5.

Old School Crowd......Real and authentic College Football atmosphere.

The only "Noise" needed were the collective voices of LSU students, fans and TGBFTL. (Not this fake and sanitized BS that the LSUAD has forced upon the masses currently )

I was there. Loudest game in tiger stadium

Damn sure was, by far the loudest game I've ever been to. It was rockin all night, sounded like every person in the stadium was screaming in "your" ear. I couldn't hardly talk for a couple days, lol. That last drive by Florida the noise was unbelievable and when LSU held, pandemonium ensued. Student section ran over and did the gator chomp at the Florida fans , people tearing up turf and tearing down the goal posts.

NEZ seats and rushed the field. I still have the plastic drink cup with some blades of grass from the end zone in it. That was also the last game I’ve attended in Tiger Stadium. Part of me never wants to go back because it will never be like that again.

Was this the game where Spurrier had a meeting with the team the night before and said something like “Let’s score our 50 and get the hell out of here”?