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Anybody else in the student section UF game 1997
Posted on 6/11/12 at 2:21 pm
Posted on 6/11/12 at 2:21 pm
Some Florida fans held a big sheet with a taunt message on it by the student section. It got rip to shreds and police laughed at UF fans for crying about it?
Cool story off the day I bet
Cool story off the day I bet
This post was edited on 6/11/12 at 2:23 pm
Posted on 6/11/12 at 2:22 pm to thelawnwranglers
i don't even.........
Posted on 6/11/12 at 2:29 pm to thelawnwranglers
Was in the student section, but don't really recall this...
Posted on 6/11/12 at 2:31 pm to thelawnwranglers
I was there, but don't remember anything along those lines. BTW...this post is very timely.
Posted on 6/11/12 at 2:32 pm to thelawnwranglers
The craziest part was that the police on duty that day were german police. How they could even enforce american law I dunno
Posted on 6/11/12 at 2:32 pm to thelawnwranglers
I was there ... don't remember this.
Posted on 6/11/12 at 2:34 pm to thelawnwranglers
quote:
Anybody else in the student section UF game 1997
nope, I remember seeing you sit there by yourself
Posted on 6/11/12 at 2:35 pm to thelawnwranglers
I was in the student section that day* and I remember this. The UF guy ran around from the south end of the stadium to taunt closer to the student section and someone ran after it and caught him and took his sign.
*99% sure that it was the UF game. I know the story is correct, just not sure of the team. Getting too old.
*99% sure that it was the UF game. I know the story is correct, just not sure of the team. Getting too old.
Posted on 6/11/12 at 2:36 pm to thelawnwranglers
I was there and remember it vividly. The student section was packed early before the rest of the stadium and some visitors from the Florida section came all the way to the student section and held up a huge sign made out of a sheet--I think it said "Work 'Em Silly Gators" or something of that sort. An LSU student runs up from behind grabs it and throws it into the student section. The sign is never seen again. The Florida fans go to the LSU police, but what were they going to do? Guess they told them that it was a stupid thing to do.
Posted on 6/11/12 at 2:48 pm to thelawnwranglers
I was on the field for the 4th quarter!!!
Don't hate!!!
Don't hate!!!
Posted on 6/11/12 at 2:48 pm to thelawnwranglers
Was there at the game and like a dumbsh*t, I left in the 4th quarter.
Posted on 6/11/12 at 2:49 pm to thelawnwranglers
"work em silly gators"
Posted on 6/11/12 at 4:50 pm to thelawnwranglers
The best game ever in the student section. I was there.
Don't remember the banner though.
Don't remember the banner though.
Posted on 6/11/12 at 4:52 pm to thelawnwranglers
I was there in the SS. This absolutely did happen. Tiger Stadium was mostly empty except for SS. It must have been about 5:30.
Auburn and Florida games that year were two of the best atmospheres ever at Tiger Stadium.
I can't believe we lost to Ole Miss on Jefferson Pilot the week after the Florida win. What we were even doing playing at that time slot?
Auburn and Florida games that year were two of the best atmospheres ever at Tiger Stadium.
I can't believe we lost to Ole Miss on Jefferson Pilot the week after the Florida win. What we were even doing playing at that time slot?
Posted on 6/11/12 at 8:11 pm to thelawnwranglers
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Some Florida fans held a big sheet with a taunt message on it by the student section. It got rip to shreds and police laughed at UF fans for crying about it?
Cool story off the day I bet
thelawnwranglers, interesting to see this here tonight; coincidentally, I'm here in New Jersey, about a half-hour south of you on I-287.
I'm glad to hear so many folks remember that event. It was quite an adrenaline rush, but I can tell y'all the details if you are interested:
-- I spotted them coming over from around the East Side, 30 or 40 yard line (far-side), near the top (pre-east-side-upper-deck)
-- I told my friend Nick (nicklsu on Tiger Rant) that "there's no way they are coming over to the LSU Student Section to taunt us... where the f#ck do they think they are... Vanderbilt??"
-- But closer and closer they got, I was watching every step they made as they rounded the curve and got closer.
-- I mean, seriously, we may have lost nine in a row to Florida, including a couple humiliating games, BUT this was STILL the LSU STUDENT SECTION
-- PLEASE?!?!?!
-- We were around the middle of the Student Section, maybe 1/3 of the way between the goal post and the band; I grabbed Nick and said "back me up"
-- we got on the rounded walkway, 1/3 of the way up and I scooted through the Student Section I calmly passed them looking away from them so as to not let them know I knew they existed.
-- I got behind them and they didn't notice me, I was maybe 20 feet back
-- I trotted down to their location... they were standing on benches with an empty bench between them
-- I hopped over a bench and landed on the empty bench and amazingly, they still didn't notice me - I assume the 10,000 angry students were more on their mind - plus I think Nick was distracting them also, in front but not too close to cause them to react.
-- so now, I approached from behind and I had a big smile because I knew it would be EASY (since I was STILL undetected)
-- I snatched the sheet/sign from behind with every bit of strength I had, but it came out of their grasp so very easily (I thought they were clutching it tightly, but apparently not)
-- I started running, behind them and up... I got a huge lead as I bolted for the safety of the student section (gosh darn that element of surprise is mighty advantageous)
-- I became aware of my insurmountable lead on them and I assumed they'd not be charging the 10,000 students, so I turned around, taunted them and waved the sign at them
-- then I all but dove into the student section and tossed the sheet into the air and it was promptly shredded.
-- they next part ranks slightly behind my wedding day, graduation day, the final space shuttle launch, and a few other special moments in my life... some huge guy puts me on his shoulders and walks me down to the corner of the student section and you guys all gave me a friggin' wonderful ovation... damn that was cool, thanks!!
-- back in my seats, a really cute girl hugged me and handed me a piece of the sign
-- a few months later, that fragment was hung around my neck for my graduation from LSU Mechanical Engineering in May 1998
Posted on 6/11/12 at 8:22 pm to thelawnwranglers
I was there and I remember. It was about an hour or more before kickoff. Not even sure the band had come in yet. Gator fan comes all the way up in the NEZ with a sheet that said 'Work em silly Gators. He was waving it and a LSU student went behind him and stole it. The student section went crazy. Good times
ETA JP Awesome
ETA JP Awesome
This post was edited on 6/11/12 at 8:27 pm
Posted on 6/11/12 at 9:46 pm to thelawnwranglers
I was there and remember it like it was yesterday.
Posted on 6/12/12 at 9:18 am to thelawnwranglers
That was the first game I had ever attended. I was a senior in highschool. I stayed with some firends in that dump called Kirby Smith. I dont rememebr the sign, but I remember the goal post making its way to the top of the stadium. Good thing the cops got there, it was definitely about to be tossed out the stadium.
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