re: GameDay- Old Guy - Back in the day there we no day games, TS sat about

Grateful I got to witness a little bit of this as a kid in the early 80s. Without TV timeouts, the game was much more enjoyable in person. And night games made them much more comfortable, especially in September.

Baum's bakery was a staple in the ads. I always wondered how many people needed a doctor during the game. It was constantly repeated needing a doctor.

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But who was DJing?!?!

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JP Richardson, The Big Bopper.

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60k ish. No tailgating, a lot of tobacco smoke (TS lights engulfed), the smell of bourbon. A bag of peanuts, a program, a coke in a paper cup and maybe a pennant. A flask or two, everyone dressed to the 9s. Mike paraded about in his cage. No silly light displays, no silly fireworks, no silly music - just the GBFTL [and they were AWESOME). Did I mention parking and traffic - nary a problem

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I remember those days. The cheerleaders road on the top of Mike’s cage as they were circling around the field. Good days and a much simpler time. No social media. The game was where it was happening on Saturday night’s

I remember those days

This is easily the most white supremacist post I have seen in years.

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60k ish. No tailgating, a lot of tobacco smoke (TS lights engulfed), the smell of bourbon. A bag of peanuts, a program, a coke in a paper cup and maybe a pennant. A flask or two, everyone dressed to the 9s. Mike paraded about in his cage. No silly light displays, no silly fireworks, no silly music - just the GBFTL [and they were AWESOME). Did I mention parking and traffic - nary a problem

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I’m in my late 30s and saw the last vestiges of that version of Tiger Stadium as a kid.

My family dressed up for the games. I couldn’t wear shorts, t-shirts, or hats. Pat Henry, the LSU track & field coach, sat behind us and he wore a suit and tie to every game.

we have seats on the west side and I remember one pine tree sticking up over the east side bowl and the tall lights on the east side pre upper deck.

The old scoreboard would scroll the words of what Dan Borne had just said “Tyler’s pass to Foster incomplete. 3rd down Tigers”

Games went a lot faster without TV, it smelled like bourbon, and most games were at night. My earliest day game memory is getting thrashed by florida in the middle of a heavy rain storm.

Oh, and the stadium was way louder with 76,000 fans than the 102,000 or whatever it is now.

Tailgating was getting the folding lawn chairs out of the back of the station wagon and using the actual tailgate as a table while feasting on a bucket of KFC.

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Tailgating was getting the folding lawn chairs out of the back of the station wagon and using the actual tailgate as a table while feasting on a bucket of KFC.

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Hell that’s how we tailgated in the 90’s.