re: I remember being a young man and thrilled with 6-4-1 and a trip to Shreveport

Two great things about the 97 I-Bowl:

1. Went to take a leak and missed back to back KO return touchdowns.

2. Sign after the game - "Last year we didn't get any Booty, but this year we're Faulking everybody."

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Two great things about the 97 I-Bowl:

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LOL! I was @ that also vs MS & Lil Nicky but was the 96 I Bowl? I think we played ND in 97/98 I-Bowl?

Bro, I couldnt agree more... Damn, I hope we gan pull it off this year!!! Growing up we always lost, I remember just praying we would win... And being thrilled when lsu went 6-4-1 and finally made it to a bowl game

I remember a time when our greatest victories were moral victories 83 Orange Bowl, LSU-USC 79.

ThIs is why I do not want a Playoff system. Those players and us fans felt something special by winning in Shreveport. A playoff system would diminish those wins for schools trying to build a program, and for us fans of those schools.

DiNardo really doesn't get the proper credit he deserves. He made us relevant.

I set a timer on my watch to countdown to the kickoff of the Independence Bowl.

I picked the absolute worst time to be a student at LSU: Fall of 1990 to Spring of 1995. Five losing seasons, no bowl games.

Sid I remember when tickets were free ... and I also remember them going "up" to $2!

My husband also camped out for our PoulanWeedeater Independence Bowl tickets. And it was freezing cold. AND they sold beer in the stadium!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THIS is a special year!

i spent the night in the parking lot as well for tickets. they left the stadium open back then, so we got to play some pick up football on the TS field. it was awesome

still have the poulon weeedeater banner i stole from the stadium

I landed my first 'real' job post-grad from LSU a year 1/2 before that Indy Bowl...I mentioned at a staff meeting how excited I was about the game, and the Big Boss let me off early to drive over to a friend's house to watch kick off. Everyone at work was pissed that he'd told me I could leave early, but none of the dumb fricks thought it worthwhile to mention the big game to him (he was from Michigan and a HUGE LSU fan).

The Big Boss and I were kindred souls in that we were LSU fans with loooooon memories. He was *cough* a bit older than I (moved to La. during the 60s)...but my parents were his age, so I had been reared on tales of 'long ago' games that were a part of his experience. I mean, I wasn't at any games in the late 50s through early 70s, but my parents were...and those were the bedtime stories I fell asleep to. Even if I was a babe-in-arms in the 70s, I can tell you almost play for play what happened in most games from that era...and those from the decades before I was born. And there was a large gap between my siblings and myself...so on top of my parents' tales from 'long' ago, I was fed tales from the late 70s and early 80s when my siblings were at LSU...the famous USC game and the Washington game where oranges fell from the sky...and Tommy Hodson's first year...yeah, I was a 'kid', but I was as good as there.

So the Indy bowl is a fun memory. But it's a mid-point bump in the entire memories I have of this program.