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re: 1997 Independence Bowl
Posted on 11/21/22 at 9:50 pm to Toucan Sam
Posted on 11/21/22 at 9:50 pm to Toucan Sam
I was in Pecan Island for a high school basketball game that night. I remember me and my dad listening to it on the car radio.
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Posted on 11/21/22 at 9:57 pm to Toucan Sam
I was there. Awesome trip, but absolutely the coldest I've ever been in my life... totally unprepared.
Posted on 11/21/22 at 10:00 pm to Toucan Sam
I was there it was cold
Posted on 11/21/22 at 10:06 pm to Toucan Sam
Absolutely, it was my first game. I was 6 and I can definitely remember that freezing rain all game long.
Posted on 11/21/22 at 10:08 pm to Toucan Sam
The Poulan/Weed Eater Independence Bowl
1995 Independence Bowl vs Nick Saban and Michigan State
1995 Independence Bowl vs Nick Saban and Michigan State
This post was edited on 11/21/22 at 10:15 pm
Posted on 11/21/22 at 10:09 pm to Toucan Sam
I remember the streaker in the 3rd quarter...well he had underwear on... 
Posted on 11/21/22 at 10:11 pm to Toucan Sam
My first LSU “away” game. We drive back to br afterwards. It was the coldest rain I’ve sat through for a game.
Posted on 11/21/22 at 10:15 pm to Toucan Sam
I had just gotten married and convinced my wife to attend. Stayed the night before the game up there and had a blast.
Game was awesome and I was so scared to ask off for work that we drove home after the game and got home at 3:30AM.
Game was awesome and I was so scared to ask off for work that we drove home after the game and got home at 3:30AM.
Posted on 11/21/22 at 10:25 pm to Toucan Sam
I know I was there and I was pumped about making the Independence Bowl, but that’s about all I remember. It was a long time ago.
Posted on 11/21/22 at 10:38 pm to Toucan Sam
Remember watching the game on TV in south Louisiana.
Rondell Mealey running for 222yds. Faulk was injured.
Tons of LSU fans with flags and heavy jackets in the stands.
LSU player blowing up the ND punt returner on a return attempt.
LSU streaker in a purple speedo.
Revenge from the regular season loss in Tiger Stadium. Very fun game.
Rondell Mealey running for 222yds. Faulk was injured.
Tons of LSU fans with flags and heavy jackets in the stands.
LSU player blowing up the ND punt returner on a return attempt.
LSU streaker in a purple speedo.
Revenge from the regular season loss in Tiger Stadium. Very fun game.
Posted on 11/21/22 at 10:41 pm to Toucan Sam
I was there, cold as hell and sleeting, great game, nobody left early
Posted on 11/21/22 at 10:41 pm to Toucan Sam
That was my first lsu game. I remember 'parts' of it vividly
It was cold as shite
We were very young, very drunk, and probably very obnoxious
It was cold as shite
We were very young, very drunk, and probably very obnoxious
This post was edited on 11/21/22 at 10:49 pm
Posted on 11/21/22 at 10:50 pm to Toucan Sam
Got hot chocolate and gumbo under the end zone and both were as cold as the air by the time I got to my seat.
Sat with the best friend I've ever had and his wife and we all froze.
Lost my Pal ten years ago this month to ALS.
Helluva Ball Player.
Sat with the best friend I've ever had and his wife and we all froze.
Lost my Pal ten years ago this month to ALS.
Helluva Ball Player.
Posted on 11/21/22 at 11:36 pm to Toucan Sam
Had my starter jacket on still freezing in the snow lol.
Posted on 11/22/22 at 2:00 am to Toucan Sam
I was at LSU then and went to my grandparent’s 50th anniversary party that night. Most of us at party didn’t want updates and I recorded game on old VCR.
Got back to apartment and watched replay after somehow successfully avoiding updates all night. Roommate got home while I was in 3rd quarter and asked if he could watch rest of game. So I knew then we won and removed the nerves.
Probably the last time able to do that in today’s world.
Got back to apartment and watched replay after somehow successfully avoiding updates all night. Roommate got home while I was in 3rd quarter and asked if he could watch rest of game. So I knew then we won and removed the nerves.
Probably the last time able to do that in today’s world.
Posted on 11/22/22 at 4:38 am to Toucan Sam
Yeah....because of course they came to my hometown the very year I finally got out of this dump. I had joined the military a few months earlier, so I had to watch the game from Orlando, FL. And, thankfully, they are too good now to have to come back and play here.
Fun fact....20 years later, I find myself living back in Shreveport, and LSU plays Notre Dame again in a bowl game. Where? Orlando! So, I took my wife (a confused young woman raised Catholic and roots for Notre Dame as a result) to Orlando, thinking it will be great to be in warm weather and watch LSU beat up on ND. Well, it didn't go my way at all. Cold, rainy, windy weather made for it miserable to sit through the game, and that was compounded by ND beating our arse.
It was a sort of full circle moment for me. Glad that guy coaching ND in the Citrus Bowl found a better team to coach for!
Fun fact....20 years later, I find myself living back in Shreveport, and LSU plays Notre Dame again in a bowl game. Where? Orlando! So, I took my wife (a confused young woman raised Catholic and roots for Notre Dame as a result) to Orlando, thinking it will be great to be in warm weather and watch LSU beat up on ND. Well, it didn't go my way at all. Cold, rainy, windy weather made for it miserable to sit through the game, and that was compounded by ND beating our arse.
It was a sort of full circle moment for me. Glad that guy coaching ND in the Citrus Bowl found a better team to coach for!
This post was edited on 11/22/22 at 5:10 am
Posted on 11/22/22 at 4:59 am to Toucan Sam
I remember payback for the loss to Notre Dame earlier in the season. In the Independence Bowl, LSU's offensive line played very well. That was a cold Winter as I recall.
Posted on 11/22/22 at 5:09 am to Toucan Sam
My memory is of how great the atmosphere of the whole city of Shreveport was that weekend. Fan base was so happy to be in a bowl game again after the dark ages of the 90’s.
Posted on 11/22/22 at 5:26 am to Toucan Sam
For those of you that attended the game, what were the Notre Dame fans like before the game?
Posted on 11/22/22 at 7:13 am to Toucan Sam
I drove about 4.5 hours from Hammond to the game and then back to Hammond right after.
I was a lot younger then so it didn't seem like a stupid thing to do at the time.
I was a lot younger then so it didn't seem like a stupid thing to do at the time.
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