re: 15 years ago tonight the greatest game in Tiger Stadium history took place: LSU 28,Fla 24

Boy, was that a fun game to be at. Good old days at Death Valley!

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I was at that game and yes was one of the greatest games ever in Tiger Stadium for sure! . But USC vs LSU 1979 was the greatest game I hv personally seen in Tiger Stadium to this day and I hv been to most of what fans feel were the best.

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I missed the ‘97 UF game but watched it. I did see 2007 UF, SC ‘79 and many many others. There were so many raucous games between Ole Miss and Tulane where the stadium was insane. For the money USC 1979 is far and away the most intense and loudest game for 4 quarters that I have ever experienced. It was like the last drive of the UF game for 4 quarters. That’s the best way I can describe it.

I remember that... I am old...

I ate some outrageously good tacos that night

I called Bodog at the half of that game. We were trailing. I had been drinking heavily. I had $5500 in my account. Told them I wanted to bet it all on LSU 2nd H.
Those cheeky bastids made my take LSU -5.5, -6, and -6.5 in the second half. Didn’t matter though. All 3 hit

I get what you’re saying but Florida was a 4 loss team in 07. By comparison we were a 3 loss team in 97 so framing it in that way is a bit of a double standard. Great game though, I just think it’s a little glamorized because it was Miles best game and people who really believed in him kind of romanticize it and hold it up there for that reason. Not saying you’re a Miles guy but the games aura has been elevated because of the fans who came up during that era.

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I get what you’re saying but Florida was a 4 loss team in 07.

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This is pretty disingenuous.

Florida was the defending national champion, had the shoe in favorite for the Heisman in Tebow at quarterback, and was still ranked in the top 10 for this game despite losing the week before.

Hell, losing that game to Auburn only raised the stakes because Florida’s chance to defend their title was absolutely on the line, and Tebow and the entire team played that way.

Meyer had UF as one of if not the premier program in the country, we were playing a game ranked #1 for the first time in nearly 50 years and the night atmosphere was incredible.


I’m actually surprised at how many people seem to be minimizing how insane that game was.

I was at UGA in 03 and many of the other games being talked about and we can all have our own personal favorites but to pretend UF 07 isn’t a shoe in as one of the best games ever played in Tiger Stadium is nonsense.

Florida 97 was the defending champ as well and Tebow wasn’t a returning starter in 07, it was the 6th start of his career when we played em. And if our coaches don’t blow the Auburn game we’re undefeated going into the 97 game vs the #1 team in the country in Florida.

I was in Talladega AL for the fall NASCAR race. A group of us from LA were camping on Talladega blvd and that Saturday night the blvd was rocking, but us LSU fans were all camped around a TV holding our breath. I still remember the collective yells all around when LSU pulled that one out. When the game was over, the LSU fans partied a little harder that night.