re: A Question to the Old Timers - Is the Vibe Similar to USC circa 79

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I listened on the radio I was a freshman at an LSU system school it was so loud you could not hear the radio announcers .

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I listened on radio and it was incredible. The atmosphere was different then for a variety of reasons.

The stadium can still get loud but it isn't start to finish crazy like it was back then.

I totally identify with ALL of this... but i still remember that game clearly - amazing place. I can't imagine any other game coming close but hopefully this next one will

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Woverw

Same vibe? Hard to say. The problem with these "old timer" questions is that I was so drunk game day back then I don't know how I felt. Now that I've been sober for 25yrs. it's like you're asking me to access another personality.

One thing I do remember is that Tiger Stadium on a Saturday night was a huge advantage for us against any ranked team. Whole lotta magic!

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I don't think the VIBE is the same. I was 13 and was a HUGE USC fan. Rode the greyhound bus from Shreveport and sat with my cousin in the student section. Left the game a HUGE LSU fan.

I know CSB

That LSU team was mediocre at best. Valiant effort, but the real LSU team played out throughout the season. In their defense, it was a strange season where after the Alabama game in '78 it was announced that McClendon would ahem, "retire" after the '79 year, plus their was a brtual schedule with Southern Cal and Florida State (11-0 in regular season) as non-conference team.

The Miles haters and Sabanistas can knock this LSU team all they want,but they are ignorant.An LSU win Saturday would not be "shocking" in the least.

yea, the vibe was similar, not the hype tho. today's media saturates the coverage of events. but usc coming to town in those days was like notre dame coming to town. every red blooded LSU fan was pumped regardless of the "chances of winning". it's hard to be exact recalling big games in Tiger Stadium over the last 50 some odd years but other than curly's time and spurrier's when he invented the passing game in the sec, LSU has stepped up big time. beating bama saturday would be no surprise to me, none at all.

Enjoying all us old timer remarks...very accurate. I was a soph that year and have been to tons of games before, then and since. Without question, the most electric Tiger Stadium has ever been. Not only so load you could not hear the guy next to you, but in unison chants of 78k fans with hot boudin, tiger bait, push me back, etc...getting goose bumps with the memories.

The biggest difference to this BAMA game...our talent is closer to BAMA vs the talent gap to USC. All the "we are going to get whipped" talk on the rant for this game is actually comical. The USC week, their was this strange optimistic build up toward more of an attitude of "this is our shining moment to shock the college football world".

If LSU players, coaches and fans go into the BAMA game with that attitude Sat night, we will WIN!

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NO. That LSU team was not near as good as this one. AND IMO this Bama team is not near as good as the 79 USC team.BEFORE THIS game LSU has a shot. Not many people thought the 79 LSU team had a chance.

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That's exactly right. We were lowly LSU and they were mighty USC. It was more like "The Mouse That Roared" or "David and Goliath" than "Clash of the Titans".

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footage of the so-called phantom face mask

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Nothing phantom about it

Facemask

However, there WAS movement from the whole right side of the USC line before the play that should have killed the play before it began.

Right side of line moved

Also, look at the replay, USC's QB threw the ball backwards, to an offensive lineman.....Should have had a grounding call also, and offsetting penalties.

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Charles White was avg. Well over 100 yds. a game and we shut him down.

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Was there with Dad and Brother.

I would'nt exactly say we shut him down....I think he went for about 180 yards but LSU D got a couple of turnovers and stiffened in Red Zone.

That LSU team was pretty damn good and sprinkled with NFL talent on both sides of ball. USC was as good as hyped. All Americans all over the place.

The thing I remember the most is the way LSU played with heart.

A few of my favorite Tigers who starred that night: George Atiah(spelling?) nose gaurd was a beast. Chris Williams cornerback with pick. Leroid Jones was solid at RB....Woodley and Ensminger. Benjii Thibodaux with unfortunate face mask that was the difference.

LSU Won the re-match a few years later in the Colliseum 16-0! Wasnt at that one though.

Series tied 1-1.

I was in the student section of the USC game that year. Most fun and intense football game I have ever been to. They had to make us leave the stadium after the game! The difference in this year's LSU-Bama contest is that the talent difference between the two teams was greater for the USC game. LSU was truly David against Goliath. We were there while the Trojans got off the bus, and we were rocking the bus back and forth! We made a line/gauntlet for the USC players to walk through and we Tiger Baited the sh$t outta them! Man, they were some big mofos though!! Someone in the north stadium dorm hung a giant condom from their window! That was hilarious! The caliber of talent on our team this year, gives us a much better chance of winning against a Bama team that, top-to-bottom, is not as strong as that USC team was. ALL OF YOU IN THE STUDENT SECTION FOR THIS GAME - MAKE US PROUD BY SCREAMING LOUD!! This one needs to be for the memory books too, and you can talk about this game with your grandkids, like us old farts remember the USC game. Let's win though!! No moral victories here!!