re: Memories of Wisconsin

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My trip to see LSU play Wisconsin in Madison when I was a student at LSU (early 1970s) was epic. I have never, in any venue before or since, seen such fan animosity toward our team and fans as that day in Madison. When our team ran onto the field, they were pelted with booze bottles, beer cans, cold drinks, fruit, etc. It was pretty embarrassing for them.

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That's true. However the animosity was based on the well-publicized fact that LSU's team was 100% melanin-challenged at the time. The UW student newspaper made a huge deal about this during the preceding week. Lora Hinton would only sign with the Tigers the following year, in 1971. We hosted Wisconsin the same year and after the game the Badger football players made the point that the LSU players were very sportsmanlike and didn't deserve the criticism of the previous year.