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Rank the era’s, Death Valley was the best to worst?
Posted on 11/16/25 at 9:02 pm
Posted on 11/16/25 at 9:02 pm
1997 to 2012 - electric astmospheres that could not be matched by anyone sporting event
(I became a fan in late 90s, so can’t vouch for prior)
2012 - 2019 - great, but a notch down
2020 to present - a shell of the past, hopeful it comes back.
(Corporate, piped in music, rules on tailgating, people leaving early to beat traffic, NIL, negativity from everyone)
50s? 60s? 70s? 80s?
(I became a fan in late 90s, so can’t vouch for prior)
2012 - 2019 - great, but a notch down
2020 to present - a shell of the past, hopeful it comes back.
(Corporate, piped in music, rules on tailgating, people leaving early to beat traffic, NIL, negativity from everyone)
50s? 60s? 70s? 80s?
This post was edited on 11/16/25 at 9:03 pm
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Posted on 11/16/25 at 9:06 pm to jwingert77
Not sure what NIL has to do with the stadium atmosphere..
Posted on 11/16/25 at 9:09 pm to jwingert77
Agree on 97. That Florida game that year was amazing
Posted on 11/16/25 at 9:11 pm to Hamma1122
quote:
Product is down
I would argue the product is better. Much more parity
Posted on 11/16/25 at 9:11 pm to jwingert77
1970s.
1979 vs USC and we should have beaten them.
1979 vs USC and we should have beaten them.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 9:12 pm to jwingert77
NIL,
- I bet there’s a lot of people that lost interest with it
-following players from when they were in high school in recruiting and after 3 plus years of following them, you get to see them. Now you have to relearn a whole set of players in a few months. You have know history of them, or even know there name fully until a couple games.
- I think it takes some of the passion out for some, which I think can lead to not caring as much come game day. It’s a part, but not the reason the atmosphere is scaled back
- I bet there’s a lot of people that lost interest with it
-following players from when they were in high school in recruiting and after 3 plus years of following them, you get to see them. Now you have to relearn a whole set of players in a few months. You have know history of them, or even know there name fully until a couple games.
- I think it takes some of the passion out for some, which I think can lead to not caring as much come game day. It’s a part, but not the reason the atmosphere is scaled back
Posted on 11/16/25 at 9:14 pm to jwingert77
I can say when I was there for the 84-87 seasons, it was damn good. Loud as hell, always packed, good teams, the band got and kept the crowd engaged. Hard to imagine it better. (Yes, I may be a little biased). I did also have season tickets til 98, so I did experience lesser times as well.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 9:17 pm to jwingert77
You can mark this down as gospel in any sport. The farther a team gets away from the average Joe fan being the vast majority of the seating and gets filled with corporate money, the less ravaging it will be. Those are just facts. It’s why every Super Bowl is lame as far as stadium atmosphere
Posted on 11/16/25 at 9:19 pm to jwingert77
quote:
Corporate, piped in music, rules on tailgating, people leaving early to beat traffic, NIL, negativity from everyone)
Add every game on television and the affordability of massive TVs also added to recent times. The stadium was always packed and load for nearly every game in the 80s because many games weren’t on TV. And a lot of folks still didn’t have ESPN in rural areas.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 9:19 pm to TigersJump
This and that the mid 90s to early 2000s team had that level of uncertainty about what could happen in the game that made it exciting for the fans. IMO that’s what made it such a great atmosphere.
This post was edited on 11/16/25 at 9:22 pm
Posted on 11/16/25 at 9:25 pm to jwingert77
2001-2004 was the best
Posted on 11/16/25 at 9:27 pm to Keese187
2003 to 2019 is as good an era as any ever. Just because it’s not amped every game playing nobodies doesn’t mean it’s down.
2003 against Georgia, as good as it ever has been
2007 Florida, good as ever
Bama, Auburn, list goes on and on
If the product is good, the atmosphere is good.
I wish most would quit this shite about how down it is. It’s more corporate for sure and some games are not electric, but any big game where it matters and the crowd is needed, LSU Tiger Stadium is on point
2003 against Georgia, as good as it ever has been
2007 Florida, good as ever
Bama, Auburn, list goes on and on
If the product is good, the atmosphere is good.
I wish most would quit this shite about how down it is. It’s more corporate for sure and some games are not electric, but any big game where it matters and the crowd is needed, LSU Tiger Stadium is on point
Posted on 11/16/25 at 9:33 pm to Mr Roboto
Cause a lot of folks like myself are losing interest completely
* I guess to better explain my point of view comes from players prior to the NIL wanted to be LSU Tigers, dreamed of being LSU Tigers and now that it’s become a business I look at them the same way I do the Saints.
I have interest in the Saints, yes, but college football was special to me because players loved the school the way I did and continue to now.
I don’t feel that connection to the players anymore and frankly it sucks.
* I guess to better explain my point of view comes from players prior to the NIL wanted to be LSU Tigers, dreamed of being LSU Tigers and now that it’s become a business I look at them the same way I do the Saints.
I have interest in the Saints, yes, but college football was special to me because players loved the school the way I did and continue to now.
I don’t feel that connection to the players anymore and frankly it sucks.
This post was edited on 11/16/25 at 9:39 pm
Posted on 11/16/25 at 9:35 pm to jwingert77
This is 2014 bama and Ole Miss erasure. Two legendary environments.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 9:38 pm to dru5
Lol not quite Florida 1997 would blow those 2 games out with 20k less people
Posted on 11/16/25 at 9:43 pm to Hamma1122
Not comparing it to 1997, unc.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 9:50 pm to Keese187
quote:
the mid 90s to early 2000s team had that level of uncertainty about what could happen in the game
We’ve found ourselves in a number of uncertain games over the last few years, and people still leave
So is the difference now the expectation that we SHOULD win (which was not present 25 years ago) or something more organic (traffic, widespread availability of broadcast, a society more accustomed to instantaneous gratification and creature comforts, etc?)
I think a little of both
This post was edited on 11/16/25 at 9:51 pm
Posted on 11/16/25 at 10:28 pm to TigersJump
quote:
You can mark this down as gospel in any sport. The farther a team gets away from the average Joe fan being the vast majority of the seating and gets filled with corporate money, the less ravaging it will be. Those are just facts. It’s why every Super Bowl is lame as far as stadium atmosphere
What “corporate money” do you think is filling seats in Tiger Stadium?
Posted on 11/16/25 at 10:36 pm to jwingert77
It has gotten worse after the addition of the south end zone expansion and cell phones/social media being more prevalent. Everything has to be instant gratification, short attention spans, and not caring unless a national title is on the line. It’s a damn shame really.
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