re: 1982 Florida State @ LSU ( The night it rained Oranges )

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They just weren't well-enough coached to navigate the schedule.

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Our coach was a banker at the time he was hired. Think about that.

I was 28 years old sitting at home listening to the game on the radio. We are used to having every game on TV. Not so back then. Since I had grown up listening to John Ferguson call LSU games this night I decided to record the game so I would also have a copy of a Ferguson-called game. I luckily picked a good one. Every few years I get out the recording and listen to portions of it just for the thrill. It's like watching the Warren Morris home run ..... every time is as fresh and exciting as the first time.

the weird thing is we lost to lowly Miss St the week before and lowly Tulane the week after

I am good friends with the FSU QB in this game, Kelly Lowrey. I love hearing him tell his stories of his experiences in TS. He says there is nothing like it or close to it. He was standing by Mike's cage pre-game when they got Mike to roar. Kelly said he almost peed in his pants. He kept having to dodge oranges the whole game.

I'll never forget watching the fog pour over the rim of the North EZ on to the playing field.

Hell, it was great just watching a game without a five minute commercial break every four plays.

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Hell, it was great just watching a game without a five minute commercial break every four plays.

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Games in the stadium feel so freaking disjointed now.

Sorry... we just could not stop that dude....grrrrrrrr. But losing to Tulane in 1982 was way worse......

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Sorry... we just could not stop that dude....grrrrrrrr.

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or Olando Lundy

This is one of them game where we will always be shaking our heads.

Good Times

My 5th football season at LSU. Yeah, I crammed a 4 yr. engineering degree into 5 yrs...LOL.

What Jack Daniels allowed me to remember is how great the student sections was that night.