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1979 LSU vs usc
Posted on 5/18/20 at 10:23 am
Posted on 5/18/20 at 10:23 am
The athletic as an oral history of that game by Bruce Feldman....The story goes USC team at a theatre watching a movie and after movies over the team starts to walk out they open up the doors there's a bunch of fans yelling tigerbait tigerbait.....another story about the walkthrough on Friday afternoon at Tiger stadium over 5,000 people yelling and spitting at them according to quarterback Paul McDonald....who also says that the night before the game he couldn't sleep and the trainer gave him a muscle relaxer and a sleeping pill and according to McDonald he didn't really wake up until the second quarter of that game
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Posted on 5/18/20 at 10:30 am to siberian tiger
my daddy said he threw a car battery at John Robinson but missed
Posted on 5/18/20 at 10:30 am to siberian tiger
Was purely epic night in TS. That ending was incredibly upsetting for everyone there. Fist and only time I’d ever heard my father cuss .
Posted on 5/18/20 at 10:32 am to siberian tiger
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another story about the walkthrough on Friday afternoon at Tiger stadium over 5,000 people yelling and spitting at them
I also heard a bunch of Tiger fans cursed out little girls while hurling piss balloons and fecal matter at their mothers.
Those Tiger Fans.......smh.
Posted on 5/18/20 at 10:59 am to siberian tiger
Everything was awesome that night but the final score
Posted on 5/18/20 at 11:12 am to siberian tiger
I was there! First big game my freshman year. I wasn't really aware of the craziness that is Saturday Night in Death Valley until that night! What an unforgettable experience! Legendary for all LSU fans.
Benji Thibedeaux did not facemask McDonald!
Benji Thibedeaux did not facemask McDonald!
Posted on 5/18/20 at 11:28 am to siberian tiger
There was a pep rally on the parade grounds and one of the players announced that the USC team should be arriving soon at the stadium to do their walk through. So many of us ran to the stadium and that is why there were so many of us there when the USC buses arrived
Posted on 5/18/20 at 12:56 pm to siberian tiger
Ironically, John Robinson, then USC's coach, would be Senior Consultant for the Tigers last year for their NC run.
Marcus Allen, then a Sophomore, would also be on LSU's sideline much of the year.
Marcus Allen, then a Sophomore, would also be on LSU's sideline much of the year.
Posted on 5/18/20 at 1:01 pm to siberian tiger
An ole miss fan at work said he’ll never go back to Baton Rouge because LSU fans threw glass bottles at him and he walked out of the stadium and saw people pissing in the streets.
I can’t make this shite up.
I can’t make this shite up.
Posted on 5/18/20 at 1:05 pm to siberian tiger
The thing about this game that doesn't translate to young Tiger fans is the REGIONAL aspect of this game. In 1979, the US was far more regional and this matchup was a chance for a provincial program like LSU to have a shot at the the big West Coast powerhouse. It really was a point of state pride that doesn't even exist anymore. There isn't a sense of regional or state pride anymore like there was at that time.
I was at the game as a wee lad and the hype leading up to the game was epic. The Jim Nasium stuff on the radio had me ready to punch them in the metaphorical face. It was fever-pitch in LSU-like a Bama game would be now, but with a real Southern chip-on-our-shoulder element that does not exist today. Different times .
I was at the game as a wee lad and the hype leading up to the game was epic. The Jim Nasium stuff on the radio had me ready to punch them in the metaphorical face. It was fever-pitch in LSU-like a Bama game would be now, but with a real Southern chip-on-our-shoulder element that does not exist today. Different times .
Posted on 5/18/20 at 1:09 pm to siberian tiger
The better team lost that night.
Posted on 5/18/20 at 1:32 pm to siberian tiger
One of the best games Ive been to in Tiger stadium and been to many !!
Posted on 5/18/20 at 5:49 pm to siberian tiger
I was there...there has never been another game that has come close to what that night was like in that stadium...
Posted on 5/18/20 at 5:55 pm to siberian tiger
In 79 we had the heartbreaking losses to USC, Bama, and Fla. St but we had an exciting win in Jackson over Ole Miss with a great ending
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LINK
Posted on 5/18/20 at 6:25 pm to siberian tiger
Then they beat us and flew home high diving each other.
It’s like whenever the rant plays SVP’s tiger stadium experience. It was loud, the fans were rabid, and we lost.
“Rhaegar fought nobly, Rhaegar fought valiantly, and Rhaegar died.”
Shitty outcome no matter how you slice it.
It’s like whenever the rant plays SVP’s tiger stadium experience. It was loud, the fans were rabid, and we lost.
“Rhaegar fought nobly, Rhaegar fought valiantly, and Rhaegar died.”
Shitty outcome no matter how you slice it.
This post was edited on 5/18/20 at 6:26 pm
Posted on 5/18/20 at 6:33 pm to siberian tiger
First time seeing the tigers play with my dad we sat in the south end zone 
Have that game on dvd
Have that game on dvd
Posted on 5/18/20 at 6:39 pm to siberian tiger
A few years before I was born. I 've heard so much about this game.
Frick it. I'm watching it tonight.
USC at LSU 1979
SEP 29 (SAT) 7:30 PM
After research.
Frick it. I'm watching it tonight.
USC at LSU 1979
SEP 29 (SAT) 7:30 PM
After research.
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Amazingly, the game was not televised live because USC would have surpassed the NCAA limit of five televised games on ABC in two seasons. It was on three times in 1978 and already had national TV games set that season for UCLA and Notre Dame.
Instead, ABC nationally televised No. 14 Ohio State at No. 17 UCLA in the afternoon and regionally televised USL and Arkansas State from Jonesboro, Arkansas, at 11:50 a.m.
This post was edited on 5/18/20 at 6:56 pm
Posted on 5/18/20 at 7:37 pm to siberian tiger
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The athletic as an oral history of that game by Bruce Feldman....The story goes USC team at a theatre watching a movie and after movies over the team starts to walk out they open up the doors there's a bunch of fans yelling tigerbait tigerbait.....another story about the walkthrough on Friday afternoon at Tiger stadium over 5,000 people yelling and spitting at them according to quarterback Paul McDonald....who also says that the night before the game he couldn't sleep and the trainer gave him a muscle relaxer and a sleeping pill and according to McDonald he didn't really wake up until the second quarter of that game
Loudest game I’ve ever attended and everything else that went on was flat out a defining moment for LSU. That Notre Dame game in ‘71 was my senior year. It was also awesome as well.
The game in ‘82 versus FSU was one of the wilder ones I recall as well.
I missed UF in ‘97, but I watched it multiple times since. It was wild.
I was at UF in ‘07 and all of Bama home games except the last one the last 30 years.
Out of all those, the one that sticks out and may have resulted in hearing loss was USC in ‘79. Think of a Duke student section during a UNC basketball game with 78000+ screaming the whole time. It was like that.
For a single moment though, the 1988 Auburn game may be the single moment etched in my every senses. That game was a defensive gem, but actually kind of boring. My wife felt sick so we decided to start walking down with a few minutes left. She couldn’t make it out and had to stop at the ladies room so I stood by a concession stand and watched the end of the game on one of those old TV monitors. I can’t explain to you how scared I got because it really felt like the stadium was going to come down on us. My wife came out of the rest room with a bewildered look on her face.
We talked about that game for many years.
Posted on 5/18/20 at 7:52 pm to siberian tiger
I was living in the North Stadium Dorms on the 4th floor, I left during that game and ran back to my dorm
room under the North Stadium Seats, probably for booze.... All you did was show your ID as a student and you could leave or re-enter the game at any time. That was a different time. In the rooms though, I remember being amazed that the place wasn't shaking like a leaf. Huey laid that roof in some solid hard concrete. You could tell a game was going on, no way you could study for a test but it was surprisingly quiet in my dorm room. The crowd was insane,earthquake level. I have never seen anything like it LSU got threats and penalized for the noise - delay of game.
room under the North Stadium Seats, probably for booze.... All you did was show your ID as a student and you could leave or re-enter the game at any time. That was a different time. In the rooms though, I remember being amazed that the place wasn't shaking like a leaf. Huey laid that roof in some solid hard concrete. You could tell a game was going on, no way you could study for a test but it was surprisingly quiet in my dorm room. The crowd was insane,earthquake level. I have never seen anything like it LSU got threats and penalized for the noise - delay of game.
Posted on 5/18/20 at 9:29 pm to siberian tiger
A great atmosphere, didn't see many fans leave at halftime.
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