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re: Off season topic- 1970's LSU football let's hear about it
Posted on 7/29/23 at 12:21 pm to FLBooGoTigs1
Posted on 7/29/23 at 12:21 pm to FLBooGoTigs1
Tiger Stadium with 68,000 seats was louder and more intimidating then than it is today.
Back then, you didn't have the massive number of channels that you do now, so a TV game (especially a night game) was a huge deal.
Andy Hamilton was a stud at WR. He could take your best DB and make him look like a clown.
Charles Alexander had fantastic 1977 and 1978 seasons. Against Oregon in 1977, Alexander rushed for 237 yards and scored 4 TDs. The Tigers lost the 1977 season opener at Indiana, who were coached by Lee Corso. (Yep, that guy.) They would go on to play in the Sun Bowl against Stanford (coached by Bill Walsh) losing 24-14. Alexander rushed 31 times for 197 yards. He would rush for 1,686 yards in 1978.
Back then, the Tigers played Tulane annually, usually on the last game of the regular season. The 1973 Tulane - LSU game at old Tulane Stadium drew nearly 87,000 fans, the largest crowd to see a Tulane - LSU game at the time. Back then, the teams played for the Tulane / LSU rag. You also had the wheelbarrow race in uptown New Orleans after each game, where fans of the winning team would ride in wheelbarrows pushed by fans of the losing team.
Back then, you didn't have the massive number of channels that you do now, so a TV game (especially a night game) was a huge deal.
Andy Hamilton was a stud at WR. He could take your best DB and make him look like a clown.
Charles Alexander had fantastic 1977 and 1978 seasons. Against Oregon in 1977, Alexander rushed for 237 yards and scored 4 TDs. The Tigers lost the 1977 season opener at Indiana, who were coached by Lee Corso. (Yep, that guy.) They would go on to play in the Sun Bowl against Stanford (coached by Bill Walsh) losing 24-14. Alexander rushed 31 times for 197 yards. He would rush for 1,686 yards in 1978.
Back then, the Tigers played Tulane annually, usually on the last game of the regular season. The 1973 Tulane - LSU game at old Tulane Stadium drew nearly 87,000 fans, the largest crowd to see a Tulane - LSU game at the time. Back then, the teams played for the Tulane / LSU rag. You also had the wheelbarrow race in uptown New Orleans after each game, where fans of the winning team would ride in wheelbarrows pushed by fans of the losing team.
This post was edited on 7/29/23 at 1:23 pm
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Posted on 7/29/23 at 12:35 pm to EastBankTiger
Listened to many tiger games against Tulane on the radio early 80's. I still remember that WR Zeno guy from Tulane. Yes for the younger cats we listened to LSU football on the radio. 
Posted on 7/29/23 at 12:56 pm to EastBankTiger
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Tiger Stadium with 68,000 seats was louder and more intimidating then than it is today.
That's what I miss the most. It was the intense atmosphere of fan and student noise volume, combined with an unencumbered GBFTL. Old School LSU football with rabid fans in the Coliseum that were actually there to watch the Tigers play.
Tailgating was just a fun warm-up, but was secondary to the actual game.
Many of these "Old School Rabid LSU Fans" have been priced out and the Coliseum is now predominately filled with Corporate Season Ticket Give-A-Ways, (The ones with no connection to the University and the ones that leave early) "See and Be Seen/Wine & Cheese" attention whore types and a new breed of spoiled rotten students with a sense of entitlement.
There's still a few "Old School Rabids" in the crowd, but not enough, so you only get the "Old School Atmosphere" once every other season in the Alabama game or some other big SEC game that makes it to the Nocturnal hours.....
Posted on 7/30/23 at 1:47 am to EastBankTiger
Good stuff
Posted on 7/30/23 at 2:22 am to EastBankTiger
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Tiger Stadium with 68,000 seats was louder and more intimidating then than it is today.
Someone correct me on the specifics but TS's capacity was expanded in '77 with the addition of the first west side upper deck to around 76K. We actually put 83K in TS for the '83 Washington game. Afterwards, the fire marshall implemented controls to preclude that from recurring.
The original west side upper deck was replaced in the early 2000s to match the since added east side upper deck.
Posted on 7/30/23 at 9:30 am to EastBankTiger
In 1972 LSU destroys a good Auburn team in Tiger Stadium 35-7 behind Jones' passing, a powerful running game and a punishing defense. Auburn would finish the season 11-1, ranked #5.
IMO this was the pinnacle of success for Charlie McClendon, and probably the best football game, from start to finish, ever played by an LSU team
IMO this was the pinnacle of success for Charlie McClendon, and probably the best football game, from start to finish, ever played by an LSU team
Posted on 7/30/23 at 4:22 pm to EastBankTiger
You right it was always packed and the tailgating was way better!! Good ole days
Posted on 8/2/23 at 8:22 pm to EastBankTiger
quote:All you grasshoppers that THINK you know what loud is.... this is a fact ^^^^^.
Tiger Stadium with 68,000 seats was louder and more intimidating then than it is today.
See: LSU 28, Notre Dame 8 LINK I was there. Magical... and loud!!
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