re: A much better "on this date" The 1982 Florida State game. Fog, oranges,...

What a fun game to watch live in Death Valley and damn that was fun throwing those Oranges onto the field!

This was my first LSU game and as a little kid it was just unreal. Will never forget that night.

One of the best games ever. Our seats were in the North endzone, 10 rows up. The fog settled into a cloud about a third of the way up the stadium. When the oranges started flying, it looked like they were raining out of the cloud. Then the players started throwing them back up into the stands. We caught it from both directions.

I was at the '82 Fla State game in the student section. The sky rained naval oranges. One hit a cheerleader square in the gut and doubled her over. Students poured over the wall and rushed the field. I saw a cop shove a girl down into the turf. Then a dude swung and hit that cop so hard, his hat dropped straight down to the ground wgere his feet were, while he landed on his back. The cop was knocked out cold. After that, they broke out the night sticks and went after the whole crowd on the field. Hard to believe that was 37 yrs ago. It was a wild night.

The night it rained oranges. I was a student at LSU at the time. That is my most lasting memory of my days in the student section.

I remember the game. Winner of the game was to get an invite to the Orange Bowl, loser to the loser bowl.

We carried bags of oranges in. Every score we pelted the field. Fog came in 2nd half and couldn’t see across the field.

I remember reading a quote in the paper next day where Bowden complained about the oranges. “Why did they let students carry in so many oranges? What did they think they were going to do with them? Eat them?”

Great memories! That was one of the most exciting years in LSU football and one of the most frustrating. We had no business losing to Miss State, tying Tenn, and most especially losing to Tulane! But the wins were fantastic- Florida, Bama on the road and FSU at home, all top ten teams when we played them.

I was there sophomore year field was pelted with oranges and fog rolled in during the second half.

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I was at the Earthquake game, the 97 and 07 Florida games, 2000 Tennessee and a ton of others. But this was simply amazing. Had to be there to understand.

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Same here. Was my freshman year and is still my favorite experience in TS.

Not just the fog but the way it rolled in over the top of the stadium . Reminded me of the scene from Ten Commandments and the fog of death.