re: Do you remember your first game in Tiger Stadium?

Good post.

My first game, fresh off the bus from California, was LSU vs Mississippi State, 1987 -- my freshman year at LSU.

My friend was affiliated with the Boy Scout usher program and got me in.

I vividly remember the smell of bourbon hitting me as I passed through the gate.

My friend was stationed in the goldback seats around the 45 YL.

As we stood there, I remember being shocked at the old men sitting there. They way there were non-chalantly mixing drinks. Then as the game proceeded and they got drunk, the cussing started.

Those old guys were arguing with each other (Hodson! NO, Guidry!) and cussing a blue streak.

Never before had I seen such passion at a sporting event nor had I seen so many intoxicated people in one place brazenly violating a rule.

Right then, I knew I was home.


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