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Louisiana St. vs LSU
Posted on 6/18/21 at 7:12 am
Posted on 6/18/21 at 7:12 am
Looking at the old baseball clip posted, it reminds me that I’ve noticed plenty of older clips, polls, announcers (most recently Verne) etc would always refer to us as the now almost defunct, “Louisiana St.” as opposed to “LSU.” When did the “LSU” abbreviation become more commonplace and generally accepted than “Louisiana St?”
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Posted on 6/18/21 at 7:16 am to lesgeaux
I’d imagine early 90s, but it wasn’t really until 20 years ago that it was more official when branding became important. Football got away from the big endzones and went to the Geaux font.
Posted on 6/18/21 at 7:22 am to lesgeaux
Late 1970s is when they started putting LSU on the football helmets. Maybe, that contributed???
Posted on 6/18/21 at 7:26 am to The Hurricane
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more official when branding became importan
This probably has the most to do with it. LSU rolls off the tongue much easier, smaller to print, etc.
Posted on 6/18/21 at 7:28 am to lesgeaux
Baseball America still refers to LSU as Louisiana State.
Posted on 6/18/21 at 7:31 am to lesgeaux
Verne would say the full school name during touchdowns most of the time no matter who the school was.
Posted on 6/18/21 at 7:34 am to lesgeaux
As someone who was not born in Louisiana or has ever lived in Louisiana, but has become a huge LSU fan, my question is, when did the fanbase drop the official nickname of Fighting Tigers in favor of the more ubiquitous name of Tigers?
Fighting Tigers is what separates LSU from every other Tiger team out there.
I would like to see the baseball team wearing a jersey where the words Fighting Tigers are written in cursive across the front. Think that would be an awesome look.
Fighting Tigers is what separates LSU from every other Tiger team out there.
I would like to see the baseball team wearing a jersey where the words Fighting Tigers are written in cursive across the front. Think that would be an awesome look.
Posted on 6/18/21 at 8:08 am to Jay Quest
"Fighting Tigers"
Posted on 6/18/21 at 8:12 am to Jay Quest
They are actually The Fighting Bengal Tigers” but I have not heard that for decades.
Posted on 6/18/21 at 8:17 am to Jay Quest
Fighting Tigers originated from Louisiana Tigers, confederate shock troops. Probably not going to be very popular these days, sadly.
Posted on 6/18/21 at 8:17 am to lesgeaux
Are we the only state school that abbreviates our name? Guess I never thought about it
Posted on 6/18/21 at 8:18 am to MItiger92
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Are we the only state school that abbreviates our name? Guess I never thought about it
Seem to hear ASU for Arizona St pretty often
Posted on 6/18/21 at 8:19 am to tigerfan in bamaland
More likely to see jerseys with “Non-Binary Tigers” across the front given the current state of the university admins
Posted on 6/18/21 at 8:20 am to lesgeaux
lol
Posted on 6/18/21 at 8:25 am to geauxtigers33
Love when Verne would say “ taking on the fighting Tigers of Louisiana state.”
Posted on 6/18/21 at 8:30 am to MItiger92
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Are we the only state school that abbreviates our name? Guess I never thought about it
FSU, TCU, UCLA, USC come to mind.
Posted on 6/18/21 at 8:35 am to The Hurricane
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I’d imagine early 90s, but it wasn’t really until 20 years ago that it was more official when branding became important. Football got away from the big endzones and went to the Geaux font.
How old are you?
I promise you that LSU has always been called LSU, since before Huey Long was governor. And my wife has a photo of her dad as a freshman in 1954 wearing a sweater that says LSU. And I went to LSU in the 80's and I can promise you that we were referred to in the media as LSU. The endzones have always said LSU.
Not sure I understand anything about your post.
Posted on 6/18/21 at 8:37 am to TexasTiger89
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They are actually The Fighting Bengal Tigers” but I have not heard that for decades.
Again, wrong. The official nickname is Tigers.
Fighting Tigers is an unofficial nickname.
Bengals is nowhere to be found.
You people.
Posted on 6/18/21 at 8:44 am to Slippy
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I promise you that LSU has always been called LSU
Negative. In print media we were always referred to Louisiana St. until LSU made a concerted effort to brand LSU. I think it was early 80s. I might have been in the 70s, though.
Posted on 6/18/21 at 8:55 am to The First Cut
wrong. "Fight for LSU" our official fight song was written in the 40's. The name LSU has been used by LSU students and fans for many decades. I have many prints of the name LSU used by the school and also news articles from back before 1950's. When I was growing up in the 60's I never heard anyone from Louisiana call LSU anything but LSU. Also Vern pissed off a lot of us by referring to LSU as Louisiana State.
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