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How did you 80s baws watch games?
Posted on 12/22/25 at 5:16 pm
Posted on 12/22/25 at 5:16 pm
In honor of Cholly Mac’s Tangerine Bowl victory…
back in the day when only my rich friends had cable and before we could afford tickets, I was relegated to listening to football games on the radio in BR. Didn’t WJBO broadcast it? I won the Sports Shorts trivia show one day in elementary school but my dad gave me the answer. Anybody remember JBO sports shorts?
I also remember listening to the 79 USC game on the front porch of my grandmother’s house in college town and could faintly hear the crowd in realtime along w the Radio.
did you guys get to attend as kids or radio/tv only?
back in the day when only my rich friends had cable and before we could afford tickets, I was relegated to listening to football games on the radio in BR. Didn’t WJBO broadcast it? I won the Sports Shorts trivia show one day in elementary school but my dad gave me the answer. Anybody remember JBO sports shorts?
I also remember listening to the 79 USC game on the front porch of my grandmother’s house in college town and could faintly hear the crowd in realtime along w the Radio.
did you guys get to attend as kids or radio/tv only?
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Posted on 12/22/25 at 5:18 pm to Russianblue
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The game was broadcast by Mizlou, which meant that individual stations carried the game (CBS in Baton Rouge, ABC in New Orleans, NBC in Alexandria, for example) as opposed to a particular network (ABC, CBS or NBC).
The game was broadcast by Mizlou, which meant that individual stations carried the game (CBS in Baton Rouge, ABC in New Orleans, NBC in Alexandria, for example) as opposed to a particular network (ABC, CBS or NBC).
This post was edited on 12/22/25 at 5:25 pm
Posted on 12/22/25 at 5:20 pm to Russianblue
Yellow first down line is THE GREATEST innovation in football broadcasting since they’ve been televising games.
Posted on 12/22/25 at 5:23 pm to Russianblue
WWL radio in NOLA.
Then Jefferson Pilot and Tigervision years later.
Then Jefferson Pilot and Tigervision years later.
Posted on 12/22/25 at 5:23 pm to Russianblue
I was a kid/teenager in the 80’s. My only experience watching lsu football in 80’s was about 3-4 games in person. I do remember seeing them on Jefferson pilot sports but think that was mid-late 90’s of which I was in college and attended in person.
Posted on 12/22/25 at 5:23 pm to Russianblue
In the 60's and 70'sWe used to listen to the games on the radio at my grandfather's camp. Twenty people huddled around a radio,
When LSU scored or made a great play you could hear people cheering up and down the bayou. It was one of the great memories from my childhood.
When LSU scored or made a great play you could hear people cheering up and down the bayou. It was one of the great memories from my childhood.
This post was edited on 12/22/25 at 5:25 pm
Posted on 12/22/25 at 5:24 pm to Russianblue
Tigervision TYFYS
Posted on 12/22/25 at 5:25 pm to Russianblue
Either the radio or had to pay for tiger vision
Posted on 12/22/25 at 5:25 pm to Russianblue
In person mostly. TV broadcast games were few and far between. Otherwise, mostly radio on the games we didn’t attend.
Posted on 12/22/25 at 5:26 pm to Russianblue
If we were lucky our game was on Jefferson-Pilot on a broadcast channel. Otherwise, for home games there was Tigervision. Early PPV. You went to the cable office and rented a filter to place between the cable feed and your tv. It let you see a really crappy broadcast of the game. And we were excited and grateful that was available to us.
Posted on 12/22/25 at 5:27 pm to Russianblue
unless you were in attendance you had to listen to even some conference games on the radio into the early to mid 2000’s. IIRC 2009 was the first season all 12 games were carried on some form of regular TV.
This post was edited on 12/22/25 at 9:42 pm
Posted on 12/22/25 at 5:27 pm to Classy Doge
Yeah. Tigervision was the way. Started in 1982. Before that it was radio only unless the game was on a national/regional broadcast. Usually it was the Alabama game and/or Ole Miss game that was televised plus bowl games.
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TigerVision was the LSU Athletics Department’s in-house pay-per-view broadcast, which provided live coverage of select non-network-televised LSU football games from 1982-2013.
From 2009-13, games to be offered on TigerVision were announced as early as 12 days prior to the game’s date, or as late as the Sunday prior to the game. Under the SEC television agreement at that time, only one game per season was offered.
Additionally, TigerVision broadcasts were offered only to cable outlets inside the state of Louisiana and on ESPN’s GamePlan package outside of the state.
Overall Record: 64-21 (.753)
Home Record: 47-11 (.810)
Road Record: 17-10 (.630)
This post was edited on 12/22/25 at 5:28 pm
Posted on 12/22/25 at 5:34 pm to Russianblue
Could only afford listening in the kitchen with my Dad on WWL 870.
Got to LSU in 1978 & watched every home game in person.
Did get to Jackson one of those years for the OM game. Hate for LSU from that fanbase was rabid then, will only intensify over the next few decades.
Crazy that Jackson in some years, they played a doubleheader with Bammer/State College in the other game.
Got to LSU in 1978 & watched every home game in person.
Did get to Jackson one of those years for the OM game. Hate for LSU from that fanbase was rabid then, will only intensify over the next few decades.
Crazy that Jackson in some years, they played a doubleheader with Bammer/State College in the other game.
Posted on 12/22/25 at 5:37 pm to Russianblue
quote:I won the Sports Short contest one morning.
I won the Sports Shorts trivia show one day in elementary school but my dad gave me the answer. Anybody remember JBO sports shorts?
The question was "Lou Gehrig started his consecutive games played streak of 2,130 consecutive games, which stood as an MLB record for 56 years, when he started a game at first base because the regular first base starter had a headache.
What was the name of the regular starting first baseman Gehrig substituted for?"
Spoiler Alert: Answer below.
Answer: Wally Pipp
Posted on 12/22/25 at 5:38 pm to NorthEndZone
Right, but for those of us who were just coming off the miracle on ice age, and didn’t have cable until the 90s, Tigervision only happened at a friend’s house.
I actually remember plotting a way to spend the night with a buddy of mine who had cable because I knew I could talk his dad into buying the game on TigerVision, ??
I actually remember plotting a way to spend the night with a buddy of mine who had cable because I knew I could talk his dad into buying the game on TigerVision, ??
Posted on 12/22/25 at 5:40 pm to Russianblue
Others will have to clear out the fog but as I recall . . .
- The NCAA negotiated TV games such that there were only 1 or 2 games broadcast live. This was challenged by OU and UGA who won the court case. Afterwards, ESPN came on the scene.
- The LSU-USC '79 game was broadcast by ESPN on a delayed basis I think.
- In the early 80s, LSU unveiled Tiger Vision which broadcast games on PPV.
- By mid-80s more and more games were televised by ESPN and Jefferson Pilot (infamous 11 AM games). Ron Franklin on ESPN Sat night games was the gold standard.
- The NCAA negotiated TV games such that there were only 1 or 2 games broadcast live. This was challenged by OU and UGA who won the court case. Afterwards, ESPN came on the scene.
- The LSU-USC '79 game was broadcast by ESPN on a delayed basis I think.
- In the early 80s, LSU unveiled Tiger Vision which broadcast games on PPV.
- By mid-80s more and more games were televised by ESPN and Jefferson Pilot (infamous 11 AM games). Ron Franklin on ESPN Sat night games was the gold standard.
Posted on 12/22/25 at 5:43 pm to Russianblue
13 inch black and white tv. And you had to have antenna just right. And you had to put a book of matches under the dial. If that didn't work, you had to put alluminum on the antenna.
Posted on 12/22/25 at 5:52 pm to Russianblue
In person
Posted on 12/22/25 at 6:16 pm to Russianblue
Same way I'm going to "watch" the next playoff games, on radio.
If it's not free TV I'm going to pay to watch it.
Of course, you can always go to a bar and watch it with others and have a blast. I think it speaks to the idea more so of the desire to have it on your phone while you shop at Walmart than for most people who still consume this stuff as a leisure activity.
If it's not free TV I'm going to pay to watch it.
Of course, you can always go to a bar and watch it with others and have a blast. I think it speaks to the idea more so of the desire to have it on your phone while you shop at Walmart than for most people who still consume this stuff as a leisure activity.
This post was edited on 12/22/25 at 6:18 pm
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