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Midfield Eye of the tiger.
Posted on 10/27/14 at 1:25 pm
Posted on 10/27/14 at 1:25 pm
When did LSU first add the eye of the tiger to Midfield? What was there before? Nothing? I know the endzones used to be checkerboard 
Edit:
Upon further research, I found some cool pics
Edit:
Upon further research, I found some cool pics
This post was edited on 10/27/14 at 1:34 pm
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Posted on 10/27/14 at 1:29 pm to MeetTheFarkers
IIRC, that was added during Saban's tenure. It was "LSU" in block letters before that.
Posted on 10/27/14 at 1:31 pm to MeetTheFarkers
Here's a good article on the topic: LINK
quote:
It wasn’t until the early ’90s that the Tiger Eye was suggested, Fasbender said. It was a big hit with LSU fans.
When Gerry DiNardo was named head coach in 1995, he scrapped the Tiger Eye in favor of an “LSU” in the middle of the field. When Nick Saban took over in 1999, he brought back the iconic Eye.
Posted on 10/27/14 at 1:34 pm to MeetTheFarkers
The end zones looked much sweeter then too.
This post was edited on 10/27/14 at 1:36 pm
Posted on 10/27/14 at 1:40 pm to MeetTheFarkers
think it started in stovall's era (early 80's)
eta: I think I'm wrong. definitely at least mid-late 80's though
eta: I think I'm wrong. definitely at least mid-late 80's though
This post was edited on 10/27/14 at 1:57 pm
Posted on 10/27/14 at 2:02 pm to MeetTheFarkers
Those screen shots really show how shitty it was to watch games on tv. How times have changed. 
Posted on 10/27/14 at 2:05 pm to MeetTheFarkers
The eye definitely appeared in the 1980's and most people thought it was cheesy because of the tie-in with the song "Eye of the Tiger". If I remember correctly, it didn't last long and no one really missed it.
Posted on 10/27/14 at 2:12 pm to MeetTheFarkers
It came about after the Rocky 3 movie in 1982. Apollo Creed told Rocky he needed to get the "eye of the tiger" in order to defeat Clubber Lane. The main song in he movie was Eye of the tiger from Survivor. Thought is was corny when they first used it, but like it now.
This post was edited on 10/27/14 at 2:14 pm
Posted on 10/27/14 at 4:09 pm to MeetTheFarkers
The eye was the standard setup during the Arnsparger, Hallman (except for 1993, when the centennial logo was used) Saban and Miles years. Under Arnsparger, the logo was off center, so that the eye was between the left 45 and the 50.
Under Archer, there was a Louisana state outline, so that they could remove any specific reference to LSU during the filming of "Everybody's All American" in 1987. After that, nothing was in the center of the field for the rest of Archer's tenure.
Dinardo's year had the block LSU as described earlier.
Before all of that, in the 70s, LSU used to have a checkerboard with purple and gold on one side and the visiting teams colors on the other. They also put the visiting team's initials in the South end zone using the font used during the Arnsparger/Hallman/Saban years. That used to be a pretty common thing, but nobody does it now.
GEAUX TIGERS
Under Archer, there was a Louisana state outline, so that they could remove any specific reference to LSU during the filming of "Everybody's All American" in 1987. After that, nothing was in the center of the field for the rest of Archer's tenure.
Dinardo's year had the block LSU as described earlier.
Before all of that, in the 70s, LSU used to have a checkerboard with purple and gold on one side and the visiting teams colors on the other. They also put the visiting team's initials in the South end zone using the font used during the Arnsparger/Hallman/Saban years. That used to be a pretty common thing, but nobody does it now.
GEAUX TIGERS
Posted on 10/27/14 at 5:08 pm to MeetTheFarkers
I was undergrad from '84-'88 and I distinctly remember it being there on more than one occasion... not sure about '84, but from '85 on I remember it being there... not sure when it was scrapped... I'm glad it's back and hope it never goes away.
This post was edited on 10/27/14 at 5:10 pm
Posted on 10/28/14 at 1:50 pm to MeetTheFarkers
The eye was definitely there during the Arnsparger years.
Posted on 10/28/14 at 2:17 pm to MeetTheFarkers
quote:
I liked the old block letters.
This post was edited on 10/28/14 at 2:26 pm
Posted on 10/28/14 at 2:20 pm to MeetTheFarkers
There's a lot of wrong info in this thread. It started in the early 1980s, shortly after the song by Survivor and continued for the remainder of Arnsparger's tenure. Archer stopped using it (it wasn't a years-long tradition at the time). Hallman brought it back. DiNardo stopped using it (he thought that LSU should use mid-field to advertise the school's name and replaced it with a bland-looking white "L-S-U"). Saban brought it back. Miles is the first coach to keep it for two consecutive coaches.
This post was edited on 10/28/14 at 2:23 pm
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