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re: Off season topic- 1970's LSU football let's hear about it
Posted on 7/29/23 at 1:24 pm to Curtis Lowe
Posted on 7/29/23 at 1:24 pm to Curtis Lowe
quote:I There were a couple of 80’s references too so I thought we were talking 70’s and 80’s. Sorry.
no, John Ferguson was the Voice of the Tigers in the 1970s.
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Posted on 7/29/23 at 1:26 pm to jimlsu1
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1979 USC game. I wish many of the younger people here understood what that game was really like. Still my greatest game. And we lost.
No piped in music. No Boosie. No vulgar chants - well I guess I’ll leave that alone.
It was BY a MILE the most intense and loudest game in the history of LSU sports. I’m sorry if you don’t believe me and frankly do t care.
That freaking penalty was a JOKE. LSU was an excellent team that season.
LSU lost to Bama in a monsoon 3-0 and lost to USC on a terrible penalty call.
Bama, tOSU and USC were neck and neck for 1. Bama got it but it could have gone to USC. USC beat tOSU by a point in the Rose Bowl otherwise, tOSU would have gotten the edge.
I for one am happy about the voting bias bull crap
But the most painful was the loss to Tulane for me.
Posted on 7/29/23 at 1:26 pm to jhhingle
My first memory of LSU was 1980 or 1981 orange bowl with Alan Risher as our qb. I do remember Jerry Stovall was the coach but reading about the death of Bo Rein it makes sense now why Stovall was the Coach and now very long after the early 1980's season. I did forget about Charles Alexander in my original post. He is probably the one tiger from 1970's i wish i could have seen in his college days.
Posted on 7/29/23 at 1:30 pm to FLBooGoTigs1
It was loud and much more easy going. Got in by having student ID punched.
Third year law students had a reserved section. Had derby and cane to wear/carry.
People stayed until end.
Third year law students had a reserved section. Had derby and cane to wear/carry.
People stayed until end.
Posted on 7/29/23 at 1:37 pm to jimlsu1
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1979 USC game. I wish many of the younger people here understood what that game was really like.
Still my greatest game. And we lost.
That USC team had a sick level of talent, even by USC standards. Ronnie Lott, Joey Browner, Jeff Fisher (would become head coach of the Titans and the Rams) Hoby Brenner, Charles White and Marcus Allen. Coached by John Robinson, who would be a special senior assistant to Coach O on the 2019 NC team.
Posted on 7/29/23 at 2:42 pm to FLBooGoTigs1
LSU was a top 12 team. Bert Jones was great and did well in the NFL. Jones was considered a top qb in the NFL.
Posted on 7/29/23 at 3:04 pm to FLBooGoTigs1
LSU had decent talent in the ‘70’s but had horrible coaching.
Posted on 7/29/23 at 3:15 pm to FLBooGoTigs1
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Leonard Marshall
More in the 80's. He was a freshman in 79.
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Richardson (LB)
More in the 80's. Redshirted in 78, freshman in 79. Did his damage in the 80's.
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AJ Duhe
Yep. You finally got a guy the is representative of the 70's football program at LSU
Posted on 7/29/23 at 3:31 pm to FLBooGoTigs1
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My first memory of LSU was 1980 or 1981 orange bowl with Alan Risher as our qb.
That was the Orange Bowl on New Year's night 1983, at the end of the 1982 season.
Posted on 7/29/23 at 3:38 pm to FLBooGoTigs1
I was a student 1966-1970 but went to most games until I left BR in 1984.
Mike still roared from his cage near the visitor's portal.
Our student IDs weren't punched, we just showed them to get in. Also to Pete Maravich's BB games. If everyone who says they went to Pete's games actually did, it would be over 100,000 people. The Cow Palace held more like 5,000-6,000 at most.
The football games were awesome ~ it was a magical time to be a fan. Still is, just different. Bo Rein's death really hit me hard. We had such hope...
Mike still roared from his cage near the visitor's portal.
Our student IDs weren't punched, we just showed them to get in. Also to Pete Maravich's BB games. If everyone who says they went to Pete's games actually did, it would be over 100,000 people. The Cow Palace held more like 5,000-6,000 at most.
The football games were awesome ~ it was a magical time to be a fan. Still is, just different. Bo Rein's death really hit me hard. We had such hope...
Posted on 7/29/23 at 3:53 pm to FLBooGoTigs1
Oh gosh, where to start?
Riding to the game, arriving 4 hours before kickoff. Easily finding a parking spot in one of the Student Union lots. Tiger Lair burger and fries, grab Candy at the news stand and then walk to the stadium.
We played a lot of “who are they” teams. You could always buy a pennant of the opposing team at the shops outside TS. In college in the early 80’s I had all those teams, and Dad’s 1955 LSU pennant, all around the ceiling of my dorm room. Oregon, Wyoming, ElPaso St. (or something like that) etc. I don’t know where they are now.
The 70’s was truly the pivotal decade to me. In 1970, there’s no such thing as cable. In 1979, anyone who was someone had cable and we were waiting with bated breath over this new network; something about 24 hours of nothing but sports.
In 1970, the men still wore suits and the women wore dresses and high heels to games. By 1979, much of that had disappeared.
1970, if you were a doctor and was on call, it was “DOCTOR, number 387, please call medical exchange.” I remember looking at my Dad and saying “they’ll be calling my number one day”. I remember that announcement one game, and this doctor in a suit and tie behind us telling his wife, “ I hope they don’t call my number tonight.” By 1979, they all had beepers and that went away.
1970, smoking was allowed in TS. By halftime, it looked like a chimney with all the smoke rising out of TS, especially if it was a muggy night. Even today, if I’m on the LSU campus and I walk by someone smoking, my mind instantly goes back to those Saturday nights. IIRC, by 1979, smoking had been banned.
I feel blessed to have been a part of that era. Carson, Alexander, Woodly, Ensminger, etc. many I don’t remember the names of.
I’ll post more as I think of them.
Edit: “help Mac pack” (I didn’t like that, neither did Dad). Men with no shirts on, with beards and long sideburns leaning out of their TS dorm windows hollering GEEEAAAAUUUUXXXXX TIIIIIIIIIIGERRRRS!!”
Riding to the game, arriving 4 hours before kickoff. Easily finding a parking spot in one of the Student Union lots. Tiger Lair burger and fries, grab Candy at the news stand and then walk to the stadium.
We played a lot of “who are they” teams. You could always buy a pennant of the opposing team at the shops outside TS. In college in the early 80’s I had all those teams, and Dad’s 1955 LSU pennant, all around the ceiling of my dorm room. Oregon, Wyoming, ElPaso St. (or something like that) etc. I don’t know where they are now.
The 70’s was truly the pivotal decade to me. In 1970, there’s no such thing as cable. In 1979, anyone who was someone had cable and we were waiting with bated breath over this new network; something about 24 hours of nothing but sports.
In 1970, the men still wore suits and the women wore dresses and high heels to games. By 1979, much of that had disappeared.
1970, if you were a doctor and was on call, it was “DOCTOR, number 387, please call medical exchange.” I remember looking at my Dad and saying “they’ll be calling my number one day”. I remember that announcement one game, and this doctor in a suit and tie behind us telling his wife, “ I hope they don’t call my number tonight.” By 1979, they all had beepers and that went away.
1970, smoking was allowed in TS. By halftime, it looked like a chimney with all the smoke rising out of TS, especially if it was a muggy night. Even today, if I’m on the LSU campus and I walk by someone smoking, my mind instantly goes back to those Saturday nights. IIRC, by 1979, smoking had been banned.
I feel blessed to have been a part of that era. Carson, Alexander, Woodly, Ensminger, etc. many I don’t remember the names of.
I’ll post more as I think of them.
Edit: “help Mac pack” (I didn’t like that, neither did Dad). Men with no shirts on, with beards and long sideburns leaning out of their TS dorm windows hollering GEEEAAAAUUUUXXXXX TIIIIIIIIIIGERRRRS!!”
This post was edited on 7/29/23 at 3:58 pm
Posted on 7/29/23 at 4:18 pm to ChiefCornerstone
Tiger Stadium was electric and no one left. USC '79 is the greatest atmosphere in Tiger Stadium history. If you were there, you know.
Posted on 7/29/23 at 4:42 pm to FLBooGoTigs1
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Listened to many tiger games against Tulane on the radio early 80's. I still remember that WR Zeno guy from Tulane.
Reggie Reginelli can still eat a bag of dicks for the 1982 game
Posted on 7/29/23 at 4:55 pm to jimlsu1
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1979 USC game.
I was 16 years old and went to this game with my brother. I had been going to games since I was 9 but that night Tiger Stadium slapped me in the face with what a special place it is on a Saturday night. I have never heard it louder. Ronnie Lott for USC played in a lot of games both in the pros and school and even points to that game as being the craziest and loudest atmosphere he ever played in.
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"It's probably the only time in my life I was intimidated by the crowd. A lot of great players have played in that stadium, but I don't know if any team has walked into that stadium and dealt with what we went through. From the time we landed to the time we left, I don't know if a team has ever gone through that. Every one of us left that night saying 'that was a game,' but I still think about it that way. I haven't been in an event like that at any level of football. Out of all the games I've ever played in, I've never been in anything like that, and I am including my Super Bowls in that assessment."
- NFL Hall of Famer, Ronnie Lott, speaking about Southern Cal's 1979 visit to Tiger Stadium. That Trojan team may have been the greatest college football team of all time, with three members now in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. They hung on, with the help of a terrible officiating call, to beat a heavy underdog LSU team 17-12.
Posted on 7/29/23 at 4:58 pm to FLBooGoTigs1
Who was the running back that would whip everyone’s arse?
Posted on 7/29/23 at 5:02 pm to FLBooGoTigs1
I would say 70's and 80's. LSU was feared even though they weren't a powerhouse. We relied mostly on an aggressive opportunistic defense that kept us in games against the big boys then every once in a while the offense came through but everyone knew they better bring their A game to Tiger Stadium. And people were just Tiger fans not National Championship fans. The Stadium rocked no matter the score and if they lost we got ready for the next game. It was just about being in Tiger Stadium and cheering for the Tigers. Those days are gone unfortunately. There was something about being an underdog who always had a chance due to the culture of defense. Check out 1979. Lost to #1 USC on a phantom face mask 17 - 12 and also lost to #5 Alabama 3-0 at home. Major underdogs in both games.
Posted on 7/29/23 at 5:03 pm to Curtis Lowe
quote:GOAT
John Ferguson
Posted on 7/29/23 at 5:15 pm to dstone12
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Who was the running back that would whip everyone’s arse?
Art Cantrelle
Posted on 7/29/23 at 5:32 pm to FLBooGoTigs1
Bert Jones the original number 7
Posted on 7/29/23 at 5:33 pm to mcspufftiger7
Art Cantrell
In fact did kick everyone’s arse!
In fact did kick everyone’s arse!
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