re: For the Old Timers. What was it like living in Tiger Stadium?

North stadium (#225) freshman year ('66 - '67, $81/ semester) and then South stadium (#339) soph0more and junior years ('67 - '69, $119/semester). Neither room had AC, but we had a big box fan sitting on an ironing board to get it to window height, but it wasn't that bad. In the winter, we never turned on the radiator. The heat from the pipe going to the third floor was more than enough and we never closed the windows in the winter to keep the room from overheating. Was never in the room for gameday except after the game. People have asked me "How could you study?", but who was in the room during a ball game?! Only 6 games a year, and the rest of the year, there was nothing going on in the stadium. On game day, there were some hamburger stands outside and they would start cooking about 8:00 am and the aroma would start making it into your room. Back then, freshmen had to have Saturday classes and I had an engineering drawing class from 8:30 - 11:30, so that cut into some of my game day activities. This was before the PMAC was built and we had to take 2 years of ROTC. As freshmen. we had to go to the first game with our ROTC units in pajamas, and everyone was drunk as skunks (shaved heads and all). Also, haven't seen any mention of the Ole Miss panty raids which occurred every year during Ole Miss week. Like I said, this was before the PMAC, and that was just a big open field. At night, hundreds would be gathering there to go to the girls' dorm and collect panties. Campus police cars would chase them across the field and you could see guys running in the headlights. Also. the football team used to practice on the field and there locker room was in the stadium - no secrets.

I wouldn't change the experience for anything.