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Why No More Earthquake Games?
Posted on 8/3/20 at 1:15 am
Posted on 8/3/20 at 1:15 am
I just watched the Earthquake Game again. I was there in 1988. That may have been the loudest few seconds in Tiger Stadium history, although many others have come pretty close. During the broadcast, they were interviewing a geologist who listed a number of reasons why Tiger Stadium would not register on the seismograph again, one of which had to do with the configuration of the stadium. Tiger Stadium held 79,000 + in 1988 with a west side upper deck. It holds 102,000 + now with east , west and south upper decks. What is it about the configuration of the stadium that will not allow us to make the earth move again?
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Posted on 8/3/20 at 1:25 am to geauxpurple
I remember Reading somewhere that it has registered since it’s just not as big a deal.
Posted on 8/3/20 at 3:30 am to geauxpurple
quote:It has nothing to do with the configuration.
What is it about the configuration of the stadium that will not allow us to make the earth move again?
It has everything to do with the people sitting in the configuration.
79,000 back in 1988 were louder and much more raucous than the 102,000 of current day; many of whom are of the Free Corporate Tickets, See and be Seen, No real connection to the University, Leave at half-time, Gotta beat the traffic, Go back to their tailgate for more alcohol snowflake newbie category......
Posted on 8/3/20 at 7:24 am to geauxpurple
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What is it about the configuration of the stadium that will not allow us to make the earth move again?
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they were interviewing a geologist who listed a number of reasons why Tiger Stadium would not register on the seismograph again
I'm confused. Did he not give the reasons?
Posted on 8/3/20 at 8:12 am to geauxpurple
I was at that game as well. It was not the loudness of the stadium but the fact that people jumped in unison when the touchdown was scored. That set off the seismograph in the geology department. My guess is the way the new East upper deck was designed and put in place that had to do with the configuration. The old East upper deck was basically straight up where the current one is more slanted.
Posted on 8/3/20 at 8:47 am to geauxpurple
Hardly anybody in the stadium at the end of games when a monumental event would happen!
Posted on 8/3/20 at 9:14 am to geauxpurple
Are football fans fatter today than 1988?
Posted on 8/3/20 at 9:46 am to geauxpurple
I’d be willing to be that these games had something register: UGA 2003, UF 2007, Auburn 2007, Bama 2012, OM 2014
Posted on 8/3/20 at 10:04 am to geauxpurple
Probably has happened since but it’s not as cool of a story. Or the meter was updated
Posted on 8/3/20 at 10:34 am to geauxpurple
Was a junior at LSU that year and at the game. Also studying geology. The seismograph was on loan to LSU and is no longer there. It was sensitive enough to detect heavy traffic flow on Florida Blvd and Government. There were other big plays that registered, but none so much as that one. One of the geology TA's noticed the spike when he checked the graph on Monday morning after the game, then checked the time and saw it coincided with the TD. The story made it to Tuesday's edition of The Daily Reveille and grew from there. (I still have my old, yellowed copy of the paper somewhere amongst all my boxes of stuff from college.)
This post was edited on 8/4/20 at 12:28 pm
Posted on 8/3/20 at 10:41 am to geauxpurple
There's a zero percent chance Auburn or Florida 07 didn't register.
Posted on 8/3/20 at 11:49 am to geauxpurple
The fan base.
Posted on 8/3/20 at 12:38 pm to geauxpurple
I watched as well, thought I heard them say two things:
1) the seismographs are no longer operational, was some federally funded program in the ‘80’s.
2) the structure of the stadium back then was conducive for “vertical sound waves” or something like that and the since expansion has messed with that conducive setup up...whatever that means?
My own theory to add...no one in 1988 had their heads buried in their cell phones...all attention on the game.
1) the seismographs are no longer operational, was some federally funded program in the ‘80’s.
2) the structure of the stadium back then was conducive for “vertical sound waves” or something like that and the since expansion has messed with that conducive setup up...whatever that means?
My own theory to add...no one in 1988 had their heads buried in their cell phones...all attention on the game.
Posted on 8/3/20 at 5:53 pm to geauxpurple
I saw the SEC Rewind episode too and wish I remember exactly what he said. He said it did have something to do with the configuration combined with the jumping up and down by the fans. The configuration part confused me because as far as I know the lower bowl of Tiger Stadium has stayed the same in the years since. It was an interesting tidbit and if they air that episode again I will record it.
Posted on 8/3/20 at 7:33 pm to geauxpurple
Everyone was stomping on the bleachers. No one does that anymore.
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