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*** ANYONE REMEMBER "Big Red" ?? ***
Posted on 10/19/08 at 9:29 am
Posted on 10/19/08 at 9:29 am
.. when I was a kid I remember going to LSU games and always heard this guy hollering TIGER BAIT that seemed to resonate throughout the stadium. I would always ask my dad (R.I.P.) who that was hollering and he would tell me it was "BIG RED". Does anyone know what happened to him or is he still around or was my dad making up the whole thing ?
This post was edited on 10/19/08 at 5:25 pm
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Posted on 10/19/08 at 9:37 am to lsutigerfan14
Not sure what decade you were a kid in but I remember going to games in the 70's, sitting on the east side, & hearing some guy with a RESOUNDING voice always giving the "TIGER BAIT" to opposing teams. Not sure if it was the same guy but he was a huge part of tradition. To this day, I still holler "TIGER BAIT" when the opposing team comes on the field, it is what I grew up knowing & it stuck. I wish more people held to the tradition & would give up the boo-that's pretty generic & lame.
G E A U X T I G E R S!!!
G E A U X T I G E R S!!!
Posted on 10/19/08 at 9:39 am to TIGERFANZZ
I was born in 1978. I started going to games in the early 80's and yes you are right, it was TIGER BAIT he was yelling. I swear you could hear him across the stadium.
Posted on 10/19/08 at 9:45 am to lsutigerfan14
That's the same guy. Don't know if my Dad ever knew the guys name but, as a kid, visiting Mike's cage before the game, watching pre=game warm ups, & hearing that guy TIGER BAIT the opposing team was always an awesome experience.
G E A U X T I G E R S!!!
G E A U X T I G E R S!!!
Posted on 10/19/08 at 9:49 am to lsutigerfan14
I remember him at the basketball games when i used to go to them. Im sure he has passed on but always a great Tiger Fan he was.
Posted on 10/19/08 at 9:55 am to LSUFANDS
someone has to know the history of BIG RED. this is TD.com, a cornucopia of useless facts !! 
Posted on 10/19/08 at 10:01 am to lsutigerfan14
I remember seeing him at baseball games.
Class of 71
Class of 71
Posted on 10/19/08 at 10:48 am to lpotterusa
i guess Chris Guillot has taken his place these days !
Posted on 10/19/08 at 10:51 am to lsutigerfan14
He used to sit in the north end zone....and show up at some practices...
he would always show up as soon as the stadium opened....
i don't remember hearing him after i graduated though (1975)....
he would always show up as soon as the stadium opened....
i don't remember hearing him after i graduated though (1975)....
Posted on 10/19/08 at 10:57 am to lsutigerfan14
Sid Crocker and Big Red - Some great memories growing up as a Tiger fan. I do know Big Red was delivering the Times Picayune in Baton Rouge - came to the house and asked my folks if they wanted to renew their subscription. I thought that was soooo cool.
Posted on 10/19/08 at 10:58 am to buckgibbens
does he have a name ?? i'd like to find out who he was.
thanks
thanks
Posted on 10/19/08 at 11:11 am to lsutigerfan14
Dont know him personally but used to sell peanuts in Tiger Stadium from 77-80 and would always go to the North End Zone before games to sell just to hear him. Started going to basketball games in 78 and he was even louder in the closed roof and smaller Assembly Center. He was a legendary fan and there should be some type of memorial to him on his Tiger Stadium seat. I believe he would be at an age that is more than likely he has passed on and if so R.I.P. Big Red you were a true Tiger and if he is still among us God Bless.
Rudy40
Rudy40
Posted on 10/19/08 at 12:58 pm to Rudy40
I remember even that you could hear him over the radio broadcasts in the late 60's and 70's. I remember hearing him in the Stadium through 81 as a student but don't remember hearing him after I graduated.
Posted on 10/19/08 at 1:01 pm to lsutigerfan14
we should induct him into the T.D. Hall of Fame !
Posted on 10/19/08 at 1:58 pm to lsutigerfan14
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we should induct him into the T.D. Hall of Fame
I second that motion!
I also think that we should honor "Big Red" & bring back his battle cry of "TIGER BAIT" when the opposing team comes out. Lose the "Boo", Big Red didn't boo!
G E A U X T I G E R S!!!
Posted on 10/19/08 at 2:44 pm to TIGERFANZZ
Lungs of leather-you could hear him all over the PMac, and he was not a young man, even in the late 70's.
Posted on 10/19/08 at 2:53 pm to Icansee4miles
He was a delivery person for the Morning Advocate - I believed he passed away in late 89 or early 90.
Posted on 10/19/08 at 3:27 pm to skinny domino
I remember hearing him as a kid. I didn't know he sat in the north endzone though.. I guess I just assumed he sat around us in the south endzone because it sounded like he was sitting close by. He wouldn't just yell "Tiger Bait" like we are used to hearing it now.. he had a distinct way of yelling it that set him apart from everybody else. I can still hear him today
Posted on 10/19/08 at 3:36 pm to Tigress
what happened to Guillot?
I seem to remember the legend was he had been at LSU for ten years because he couldn't pass a foreign language.
i hope he made it
I seem to remember the legend was he had been at LSU for ten years because he couldn't pass a foreign language.
i hope he made it
Posted on 10/19/08 at 3:46 pm to skinny domino
quote:
I believed he passed away in late 89 or early 90
I'm glad he passed on before witnessing the hell that was the Hallman years.
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