re: Alex Box atmosphere

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Seems I remember his last name was Waguespack and there ended up being some kind of BS between LSU admin and him. Don't remember the details but sure seem to remember it upset the LSUBB faithful when they stopped using him.

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It was Kenny Kleinpeter, but yeah, there was a bit of BS about within the administration, and it did very much so upset a lot of the Tiger faithful.

He was mostly doing it as a volunteer. They were only paying him $35 per game, but he didn’t mind doing it for that. But it was a sudden “pull out the rug from underneath him” kind of deal. They suddenly sprang it in him that they wanted to save the money and just move on by using recordings of his music.

He felt a little jaded about it, but he handled it professionally. The details leaked out to the local press (I believe the Advocate did a write up on it), and a lot of fans were upset about it. He was a fan favorite.

I believe that when Skip was interviewed about it, he added something about how he preferred the live music play because he could tell the crowd fed a little bit off of it that way.

I can’t remember exactly, but I believe it was the Coach’s Committee that were the ones paying him, and whom ultimately decided to save the money and discontinue with Kenny.