re: Coming to Tiger stadium for Tennessee game

I’m a lifetime LSU fan and Alum, but raised our kids in Des Moines. So blessed with experiencing Tiger Stadium (hundreds of times) and Kinnick Stadium. Best Iowa memory was being at the first Penn St - Iowa game with a buddy who was a PS Alum. This was Peen Stu’s inaugural year in the Big 10 in the late 1990s. Only stadium I know where the stadium stairs lead directly onto the field. We entered a gate on the wrong side of the stadium and couldn’t get to our seats after over indulging at a tailgate party. So we walked straight onto the field. No one stopped us. The Penn St players came out of the tunnel gathering at the goal post waiting for the signal as this was the Big 10 televised game of the week on ABC. So we start banging shoulder pads and ran onto the field to the sideline. Again…no one questions us or throws us out of the stadium. So we remained on the sideline the entire 1st half next the the PS cheerleaders and did push ups with the Nittany Lion mascot each time they scored (20 -0 at halftime). Start running with the team back toward their tunnel at halftime and my buddy tries to give ole Joe Paterno a “good half performance” pat on the back. He and his escorting a sheriff both gave us that “who the F are you look”. Decided we better find our seats in the stadium for the 2nd half before we get thrown out of the stadium.

Only in Iowa with the nicest people in the world can you walk onto the playing field and never be questioned.