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Had dinner with a Florida player
Posted on 11/6/17 at 10:22 pm
Posted on 11/6/17 at 10:22 pm
From 97, he said his best and most impressive memory of playing in the sec was lining up next to Mike in pre game and the way the crowd willed us to victory. Said that it was the atmosphere was better than the 96 championship game and he wished florida had the same atmosphere.
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This post was edited on 11/6/17 at 10:23 pm
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Posted on 11/6/17 at 10:25 pm to LSUTigerBait07
Hard to believe that we’ll more than likely never see Tiger Stadium this way again. Really do miss the good ole days.
Posted on 11/6/17 at 10:32 pm to LSUTigerBait07
We should bring back that tradition. It was really cool. Screw Peta or any other complainer. It's just a few minutes and Mike could use the rush before heading back into his multi-million dollar habitat. No harm done.
Posted on 11/6/17 at 10:35 pm to LSUTigerBait07
I have to agree, that was a hell of an atmosphere...one of my top memories as well. however, to say that Florida hasn't had that atmosphere in their stadium was probably just being nice.
Posted on 11/6/17 at 10:42 pm to Spankum
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I have to agree, that was a hell of an atmosphere...one of my top memories as well. however, to say that Florida hasn't had that atmosphere in their stadium was probably just being nice.
The Swamp was awesome back in the Spurrier days and is still good and loud, but he might not just be saying that to be nice about Tiger Stadium. Jesse Palmer was on that team and said the same thing. In fact, Spurrier was quoted as saying the only time his wife ever became unnerved on a road trip was when LSU fans started shaking the bus they were all on. 97 was no joke.
Posted on 11/6/17 at 11:15 pm to Big EZ Tiger
EZ for you to say!
Posted on 11/6/17 at 11:26 pm to The LGBM
Can't speak for Florida but I went to the game this weekend with some Bama fans and this was the convo
Bama guys: the crowd was loud, much louder than usual.
Me: pshhhh that was not loud
Bama guys: Not Death Valley loud, it's never death valley loud.
Bama guys: the crowd was loud, much louder than usual.
Me: pshhhh that was not loud
Bama guys: Not Death Valley loud, it's never death valley loud.
This post was edited on 11/6/17 at 11:31 pm
Posted on 11/6/17 at 11:55 pm to Big EZ Tiger
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We should bring back that tradition. It was really cool. Screw Peta or any other complainer. It's just a few minutes and Mike could use the rush before heading back into his multi-million dollar habitat. No harm done.
Abusing an animal just so you can get a thrill is pretty shitty. Mike will never be subjected to that treatment again, as it should be.
Posted on 11/7/17 at 12:11 am to Paul Allen
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Hard to believe that we’ll more than likely never see Tiger Stadium this way again
wasn't there for the game in 97 but tell me if Tiger Stadium wasn't as good or better in 07 for the Florida game?
Posted on 11/7/17 at 12:53 am to GeauxBayouBengals
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Abusing an animal just so you can get a thrill is pretty shitty.
Exactly what abuse, and what treatment?
Rolling in a cage around the stadium? Honest question… do you think Mike needs to be scared to roar?
This post was edited on 11/7/17 at 12:54 am
Posted on 11/7/17 at 12:54 am to GeauxBayouBengals
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Abusing an animal just so you can get a thrill is pretty shitty.
Your definition of abuse and my definition of abuse are very different. If we have a beautiful rare animal, we might as well show it to the largest gathering of people where he lives. I don't recall anyone saying Mike needed therapy for a handful of trips inside the stadium every year (and they didn't force him into the cage, he either decided to get in or he didn't).
Posted on 11/7/17 at 3:10 am to Spankum
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however, to say that Florida hasn't had that atmosphere in their stadium was probably just being nice
Gotta disagree- I wasn't impressed with The Swamp all that much; I have Tiger Stadium to compare it to... The vibe is simply not as passionate or savage; the roar from everybody making noise on a crucial third down is just not as loud, not as low, not the same- I know I make Gaytor jokes, but really and truly the pitch is higher, it's not such a deep, guttural, primal rumble as it is in Tiger Stadium ... We can make that noise even when its down to 30,000 die-hards who don't give a shite about beating traffic.
As a musician, no homer, but no place else is making that note...
Posted on 11/7/17 at 3:16 am to Spankum
quote:was just thinking the same thing.
I have to agree, that was a hell of an atmosphere...one of my top memories as well. however, to say that Florida hasn't had that atmosphere in their stadium was probably just being nice.
Posted on 11/7/17 at 3:19 am to StadiumDormRat'72
All depends on the game you witnessed at the swamp- it can get every bit as loud as TS- I can’t really speak to the tone of the sound that you reference though.
Posted on 11/7/17 at 5:18 am to LSUTigerBait07
Yep, so many stories like that. Times change and we'll just have to start picking more intimidating rap songs. 'Welcome to the Jungle' should also continue to be intimidating.
Posted on 11/7/17 at 6:47 am to Big EZ Tiger
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The Swamp was awesome back in the Spurrier
To each their own. I was there in 97 when #1 FSU came in, UF was defending NC. It was an amazing atmosphere. Was also there this year for the LSU game and it was pretty loud as well.
TS when on is on, but admittedly is not every game. True for most stadiums I’m sure.
Posted on 11/7/17 at 7:11 am to LSUTigerBait07
I didn't have the chance to be at the '97 Florida game - my closest comparison for that era is the "Bring Back the Magic" game, Auburn 1995. In that game, the crowd had a weight to it - a downward force. I have no doubt the crowd was a difference maker in that extremely close contest.
Flash forward to 2007 Florida. Probably the high water mark for the "Tiger Stadium" experience - Heck, I lived on campus in the late 80s, and I had never seen anything like the atmosphere for 2007, all the events, the band going in, etc. The game itself? Forget about it.
That's the game we'll be remembered for in the history books (that one, USC 1979 and Ole Miss 1959).
If you weren't there, it is almost impossible to describe the din for Florida 2007 - the crowd just at pauses in the action was still extremely loud. The USC score was announced shortly after a positive play for LSU - I can remember that 100k collectively held their breath - when Stanford was announced as either leading (or maybe the game was over), it wasn't like the crowd made a noise (again, already pretty much as loud and raucous I had ever experienced, and I sat in the student section in the '80s
) - it was like we all invoked that sound from an infernal plane.
And, I know from experience that at field level, the crowd noise is amplified, so I can't even imagine what they felt on the field at that moment.
Flash forward to 2007 Florida. Probably the high water mark for the "Tiger Stadium" experience - Heck, I lived on campus in the late 80s, and I had never seen anything like the atmosphere for 2007, all the events, the band going in, etc. The game itself? Forget about it.
That's the game we'll be remembered for in the history books (that one, USC 1979 and Ole Miss 1959).
If you weren't there, it is almost impossible to describe the din for Florida 2007 - the crowd just at pauses in the action was still extremely loud. The USC score was announced shortly after a positive play for LSU - I can remember that 100k collectively held their breath - when Stanford was announced as either leading (or maybe the game was over), it wasn't like the crowd made a noise (again, already pretty much as loud and raucous I had ever experienced, and I sat in the student section in the '80s
) - it was like we all invoked that sound from an infernal plane. And, I know from experience that at field level, the crowd noise is amplified, so I can't even imagine what they felt on the field at that moment.
This post was edited on 11/7/17 at 7:12 am
Posted on 11/7/17 at 7:29 am to Big EZ Tiger
quote:
We should bring back that tradition. It was really cool. Screw Peta or any other complainer. It's just a few minutes and Mike could use the rush before heading back into his multi-million dollar habitat. No harm
6 people downvoted this.
Why?
Posted on 11/7/17 at 7:59 am to Ace Midnight
UGA 03 was the best I have been to. The whole week leading up to the game felt like it was a national championship game.
Posted on 11/7/17 at 8:11 am to TigerNlc
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UGA 03 was the best I have been to.
Lots of folks who were at UGA 2003 and Florida 1997, but were not at Florida 2007, list those as top experiences and I cannot dispute that.
I started going to games in the late 70s (my first game was Florida, ironically, enough, back when we owned them). I can only say that I've been to some great ones - Florida 2007 is in its own category.
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