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re: Is Death Valley still as deadly?
Posted on 7/13/08 at 8:44 pm to tigerjohnny
Posted on 7/13/08 at 8:44 pm to tigerjohnny
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when did they quit putting mike by the visiting teams tunnel?
I think you might be confused because he wasnt there last year, that was only because he was a new Mike and they didn't think he was ready for such a large crowd. He will be there next year I am pretty sure
i think he was there near the end of the season. I know Mike V was outside the locker rooms the year before
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Posted on 7/13/08 at 8:57 pm to Sammich
quote:100 percent correct!
Chances of winning are not good for any opponent.
Posted on 7/13/08 at 9:03 pm to Duzz
Despite being 14-1 at Tiger Stadium, famed Alabama head coach Bear Bryant once remarked that "Baton Rouge happens to be the worst place in the world for a visiting team. It's like being inside a drum."
Posted on 7/13/08 at 9:04 pm to Duzz
"Death Valley in Baton Rouge is the loudest stadium I've ever been in."[3] In 2002, Miami (Ohio) coach Terry Hoeppner said of Tiger Stadium, "That's as exciting an environment as you can have ... we had communication problems we haven't had at Michigan and Ohio State."
Posted on 7/13/08 at 9:04 pm to Duzz
Survey after survey has concluded that Tiger Stadium is the most difficult place for a visiting team to play, including surveys by the College Football Association in 1987, The Sporting News in 1989, Gannett News Service in 1995, and Sport Magazine in 1998.[6] More recently, in 2007, ESPN named Tiger Stadium "the scariest place to play," saying that "Tiger Stadium is, by far, the loudest stadium in the country."
Posted on 7/13/08 at 9:08 pm to Duzz
After the Florida game I was wakling out and ran into a dazed James Carville walking by himself. We stopped and asked him what he thought of the atmosphere and he said it was the 2nd most intense he has ever seen it. And thats comming from a LSU fan that has been around for awhile.FWIW
Posted on 7/13/08 at 9:09 pm to Duzz
I've had the fortune to go to a lot of the SEC schools. The Swamp and Neyland Stadium are pretty loud, but I don't think it gets any louder than at Tiger Stadium," LSU quarterback Matt Mauck said. "You get a big play in a big game, and I don't know if it's the alcohol kicking in or what, but you can't even hear yourself talk."
Loud? When LSU upset Auburn in 1988, the fans cheered so loudly and stomped their feet with such force that the geology department seismograph registered earth movement ... for 20 minutes.
Loud? When LSU upset Auburn in 1988, the fans cheered so loudly and stomped their feet with such force that the geology department seismograph registered earth movement ... for 20 minutes.
Posted on 7/13/08 at 9:12 pm to Duzz
The Bulldogs couldn't beat LSU in two games away from home last season, 17-10 in Baton Rouge and 34-13 in the SEC Championship game in Atlanta. Now, they get the Tigers between the hedges before a sold-out crowd of 92,746.
"As far as momentum, it helps," quarterback David Greene said. "Especially if we can make some big plays early on and get the crowd into it. Having home field advantage always helps in that sense. Plus, being on offense you want to audible and it's a lot easier to hear at home then it is in LSU's stadium."
Georgia safety Thomas Davis says LSU is the loudest stadium he's ever played in. Tailback Tyson Browning said Death Valley lived up to its name playing before a hostile crowd of 92,251, the largest to see a game in LSU history.
"Man, it definitely will take their crowd out of it because that was the craziest atmosphere I ever played in," tailback Tyson Browning said. "I'm not saying that won the game for them but that definitely helped them a lot. It's great to be here now having our fans and that support behind us."
"Baton Rouge is more of a hostile crowd," defensive tackle Gerald Anderson said. "That stadium was loud from the opening kickoff to the last play of the game."
Georgia coach Mark Richt remembered that LSU's fans actually got louder after Tyson Browning took a screen pass 93 yards for a touchdown with 4:10 left to tie the game.
"I'll never forget when we scored that long touchdown, the crowd didn't get quiet, the crowd got louder and more intense and that's what our people need to do too," Richt said.
"As far as momentum, it helps," quarterback David Greene said. "Especially if we can make some big plays early on and get the crowd into it. Having home field advantage always helps in that sense. Plus, being on offense you want to audible and it's a lot easier to hear at home then it is in LSU's stadium."
Georgia safety Thomas Davis says LSU is the loudest stadium he's ever played in. Tailback Tyson Browning said Death Valley lived up to its name playing before a hostile crowd of 92,251, the largest to see a game in LSU history.
"Man, it definitely will take their crowd out of it because that was the craziest atmosphere I ever played in," tailback Tyson Browning said. "I'm not saying that won the game for them but that definitely helped them a lot. It's great to be here now having our fans and that support behind us."
"Baton Rouge is more of a hostile crowd," defensive tackle Gerald Anderson said. "That stadium was loud from the opening kickoff to the last play of the game."
Georgia coach Mark Richt remembered that LSU's fans actually got louder after Tyson Browning took a screen pass 93 yards for a touchdown with 4:10 left to tie the game.
"I'll never forget when we scored that long touchdown, the crowd didn't get quiet, the crowd got louder and more intense and that's what our people need to do too," Richt said.
Posted on 7/13/08 at 9:15 pm to Duzz
The band plays the first note of the fight song and more than 90,000 fans rise to their feet, captivated and transformed by what they are about to see. The energy, the noise and excitement level hit another gear as the players charge through the uprights and prepare to take the field of battle. As the game begins the fans create an atmosphere unlike any other in college football, raising their level of intensity as the magnitude of the game heightens with every turn.
This could only be a Saturday night in Tiger Stadium.
For the college football fan, it doesn't get any better than Tiger Stadium, also known as Death Valley. Already considered one of the loudest athletic venues in the world, an additional 11,600 seats were added prior to the 2000 season, creating an even more hostile environment for its visitors with its current capacity of 91,600.
LSU averaged better than 90,000 fans per game a year ago and ranked fifth in the nation in attendance for the third straight season. Tiger Stadium had over 90,000 fans attend six home games in 2002, including 92,012 for the Alabama game, the second-highest attended game in school history. The record of 92,141 fans that witnessed LSU defeat Auburn to claim the 2001 SEC West title still stands.
"Saturday Night in Tiger Stadium..."
"It's Saturday Night in Death Valley and here come your Fighting Tigers of LSU."
Hearing those words from public address announcer Dan Borne' as the Tigers enter the stadium brings chills to even the casual LSU football fan. Seven nights a year Tiger Stadium becomes the sixth largest city in the state of Louisiana as over 91,000 fans pack the cathedral of college football to watch the Tigers play.
For LSU fans, there's nothing better than spending a night in Tiger Stadium. LSU home football games are events talked about year round. For opponents, it's another story as Tiger Stadium is an intimidating venue that has been called one of the most dreaded road playing sites in all of college football. Seating 91,600 fans and nicknamed "Death Valley," poll after poll have proclaimed Tiger Stadium as one of the greatest sites anywhere for a college football game.
In 1998, Sport Magazine named Tiger Stadium "the most feared road playing site in America." And in 1996, ESPN named LSU's pre-game party the best in all of America. Those surveys supported the previous polls by Gannett News Service in 1995, The Sporting News in 1989 and the College Football Association in 1987 that show Tiger Stadium to be the most difficult place for a visiting team to play.
Most recently, the Sporting News ranked Tiger Stadium as the sixth best college football stadium in America in a poll of college football coaches and fans, while Sports Illustrated's Rick Reilly, in a column debating college football vs. pro football, penned that "College football is LSU's Tiger Stadium at night."
Now the fifth largest on-campus stadium in college football, Tiger Stadium is considered one of the loudest athletic arenas in the world. Three years ago, an additional 11,600 seats were added with the addition of the east upper deck to bring the capacity to 91,600. In addition to the new east upper deck, 70 skyboxes, called "Tiger Dens" were built giving Tiger fans luxury accommodations. The addition of the 11,600 seats marked the first expansion to Tiger Stadium since 1978 when the west upper deck was completed.
Last year, in just the third season in the expanded stadium, LSU averaged 90,307 fans a contest, the fifth-highest total in college football in 2002. It also marked back-to-back years in which the Tigers averaged over 90,000 fans a contest in Tiger Stadium, a first in school history. Six of LSU's seven home games in 2002 were played before 90,000-plus crowds in Tiger Stadium in 2002, including a season-best of 92,012 against Alabama on Nov. 16.
This could only be a Saturday night in Tiger Stadium.
For the college football fan, it doesn't get any better than Tiger Stadium, also known as Death Valley. Already considered one of the loudest athletic venues in the world, an additional 11,600 seats were added prior to the 2000 season, creating an even more hostile environment for its visitors with its current capacity of 91,600.
LSU averaged better than 90,000 fans per game a year ago and ranked fifth in the nation in attendance for the third straight season. Tiger Stadium had over 90,000 fans attend six home games in 2002, including 92,012 for the Alabama game, the second-highest attended game in school history. The record of 92,141 fans that witnessed LSU defeat Auburn to claim the 2001 SEC West title still stands.
"Saturday Night in Tiger Stadium..."
"It's Saturday Night in Death Valley and here come your Fighting Tigers of LSU."
Hearing those words from public address announcer Dan Borne' as the Tigers enter the stadium brings chills to even the casual LSU football fan. Seven nights a year Tiger Stadium becomes the sixth largest city in the state of Louisiana as over 91,000 fans pack the cathedral of college football to watch the Tigers play.
For LSU fans, there's nothing better than spending a night in Tiger Stadium. LSU home football games are events talked about year round. For opponents, it's another story as Tiger Stadium is an intimidating venue that has been called one of the most dreaded road playing sites in all of college football. Seating 91,600 fans and nicknamed "Death Valley," poll after poll have proclaimed Tiger Stadium as one of the greatest sites anywhere for a college football game.
In 1998, Sport Magazine named Tiger Stadium "the most feared road playing site in America." And in 1996, ESPN named LSU's pre-game party the best in all of America. Those surveys supported the previous polls by Gannett News Service in 1995, The Sporting News in 1989 and the College Football Association in 1987 that show Tiger Stadium to be the most difficult place for a visiting team to play.
Most recently, the Sporting News ranked Tiger Stadium as the sixth best college football stadium in America in a poll of college football coaches and fans, while Sports Illustrated's Rick Reilly, in a column debating college football vs. pro football, penned that "College football is LSU's Tiger Stadium at night."
Now the fifth largest on-campus stadium in college football, Tiger Stadium is considered one of the loudest athletic arenas in the world. Three years ago, an additional 11,600 seats were added with the addition of the east upper deck to bring the capacity to 91,600. In addition to the new east upper deck, 70 skyboxes, called "Tiger Dens" were built giving Tiger fans luxury accommodations. The addition of the 11,600 seats marked the first expansion to Tiger Stadium since 1978 when the west upper deck was completed.
Last year, in just the third season in the expanded stadium, LSU averaged 90,307 fans a contest, the fifth-highest total in college football in 2002. It also marked back-to-back years in which the Tigers averaged over 90,000 fans a contest in Tiger Stadium, a first in school history. Six of LSU's seven home games in 2002 were played before 90,000-plus crowds in Tiger Stadium in 2002, including a season-best of 92,012 against Alabama on Nov. 16.
Posted on 7/13/08 at 9:16 pm to Duzz
After a victory before a national television audience on ESPN in 2001, ESPN sideline reporter Adrian Karsten said, "Death Valley in Baton Rouge is the loudest stadium I've ever been in. There are very few stadiums in America worth a touchdown, but the Bayou Bengals certainly have that advantage in Tiger Stadium"
Posted on 7/13/08 at 9:18 pm to Duzz
In 2000, the first year of the Saban era, the goal posts came down twice. Immediately after the Tigers upset then No. 11 ranked Tennessee 38-31 in overtime, the capacity crowd of 91,682 spilled onto the field of Tiger Stadium to celebrate the victory. Hundreds of students lined the sidelines and the back of the north end zone as the Tigers' held the Vols scoreless in overtime for the victory.
The goal posts came down again in the final home game of the season as the Tigers' posted a 30-28 win over Alabama, their first victory over the Crimson Tide in Tiger Stadium since 1969.
The goal posts came down for the first time in 1997 as all of America witnessed one of the most explosive nights in the history of the grand ol' stadium when the Tigers upended No. 1-ranked Florida before a national television audience. A sea of Tiger fans swamped the floor of Tiger Stadium as both goal posts came crashing down -- a scene that was replayed countless times in college football highlight shows.
Perhaps the most famous moment in Death Valley history took place on "The Night The Tigers Moved the Earth," Oct. 8, 1988. When Tiger quarterback Tommy Hodson threw to Eddie Fuller for a winning touchdown against Auburn, the explosion of the crowd was so thunderous that it caused an earth tremor that registered on a seismograph meter in LSU's Geology Department across campus.
The goal posts came down again in the final home game of the season as the Tigers' posted a 30-28 win over Alabama, their first victory over the Crimson Tide in Tiger Stadium since 1969.
The goal posts came down for the first time in 1997 as all of America witnessed one of the most explosive nights in the history of the grand ol' stadium when the Tigers upended No. 1-ranked Florida before a national television audience. A sea of Tiger fans swamped the floor of Tiger Stadium as both goal posts came crashing down -- a scene that was replayed countless times in college football highlight shows.
Perhaps the most famous moment in Death Valley history took place on "The Night The Tigers Moved the Earth," Oct. 8, 1988. When Tiger quarterback Tommy Hodson threw to Eddie Fuller for a winning touchdown against Auburn, the explosion of the crowd was so thunderous that it caused an earth tremor that registered on a seismograph meter in LSU's Geology Department across campus.
Posted on 7/13/08 at 9:20 pm to Duzz
"I stood in Tiger Stadium and I thought, 'This is what the Colosseum in Rome must have been like.'" -- Ed Simonini, Texas A&M linebacker.
"It was like the Colosseum in Rome and we were the Christians." -- The late Bobby Dodd of Georgia Tech.
"Unbelievable, crazy. That place makes Notre Dame seem like Romper Room." -- Brad Budde, USC lineman.
"It makes a body tingle. These folks go berserk when the band marches on the field. A huge roar is heard for the invocation, for heaven's sake. They not only know the words to the national anthem, they sing them, loudly. And when the Tigers win the toss...there are tears of ecstasy." -- Douglas Looney, Sports Illustrated describing a Saturday night in Death Valley.
"Baton Rouge happens to be the worst place in the world to be a visiting team." -- The Late Paul "Bear" Bryant, head coach of Kentucky, Texas A&M and Alabam
"It was like the Colosseum in Rome and we were the Christians." -- The late Bobby Dodd of Georgia Tech.
"Unbelievable, crazy. That place makes Notre Dame seem like Romper Room." -- Brad Budde, USC lineman.
"It makes a body tingle. These folks go berserk when the band marches on the field. A huge roar is heard for the invocation, for heaven's sake. They not only know the words to the national anthem, they sing them, loudly. And when the Tigers win the toss...there are tears of ecstasy." -- Douglas Looney, Sports Illustrated describing a Saturday night in Death Valley.
"Baton Rouge happens to be the worst place in the world to be a visiting team." -- The Late Paul "Bear" Bryant, head coach of Kentucky, Texas A&M and Alabam
Posted on 7/13/08 at 9:20 pm to Duzz
My dad said he talked to a die-hard Texas fan whose daughter went to LSU yesterday. He said the guy told him he went to the 2004 opener against Oregon State to see what football at his daughter's school was like. He said it was the most incredible thing he has ever witnessed in college football when they raised the 2003 NC flag. He talked about how it kept pouring and pouring, but the fans just kept getting louder and louder. I was there also, and I still remember how bonkers it went when the lightning struck. I couldn't hear the band at all. What a great game!
This post was edited on 7/13/08 at 9:21 pm
Posted on 7/13/08 at 9:57 pm to Bobby Moore
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Perhaps the most famous moment in Death Valley history took place on "The Night The Tigers Moved the Earth," Oct. 8, 1988. When Tiger quarterback Tommy Hodson threw to Eddie Fuller for a winning touchdown against Auburn, the explosion of the crowd was so thunderous that it caused an earth tremor that registered on a seismograph meter in LSU's Geology Department across campus.
As far as famous moments in Tiger Stadium, it's hard to top the 1959 Halloween Game with the Cannon runback. Still rates as perhaps the most famous college football play ever. (And that isn't to take away anything from the Earthquake game).
Posted on 7/13/08 at 10:36 pm to Duzz
We have not lost a Saturday night game in Tiger Stadium since the 2002 game against the nutsnorters. 
Posted on 7/13/08 at 10:50 pm to Bobby Moore
quote:
"I'll never forget when we scored that long touchdown, the crowd didn't get quiet, the crowd got louder and more intense and that's what our people need to do too," Richt said.
I will never forget that moment. It gave me chills.
Posted on 7/13/08 at 10:51 pm to Duzz
It's still deadly, but we have a lot of soft fans these days.
Posted on 7/13/08 at 10:52 pm to Sammich
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Please correct me if I'm wrong. In the last 3 seasons, LSU has lost only 2 games at home-Tennessee in 2005 and Arkansas in 2007. We were undefeated at home in 2006 ( 2 losses away at Auburn & Florida ). In fact, we have not lost a Saturday night game since....2002 ( Alabama?) Wow! I am ready to stand corrected since I am only going by my currently enebriated mind
The Arkansas game ended at night.
Posted on 7/13/08 at 11:13 pm to GoldenBoy
It's one of the toughest. But it seems like many of the people now go because it's "the place to be and be seen". Those types want to be there so they can go to work Monday and tell everyone they were at the game. Just look at how many hit the exits early.
Posted on 7/13/08 at 11:22 pm to 001LSU fan in SC
mike was just too young last year, he will be right there waiting for our opponents as they exit the tunnel this year!
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