re: It Never Rains in Tiger Stadium

It is very good and an easy read.

Wasn't that a song from the early 70's by Albert Hammond?

To appreciate the book you really have to look at the time it is set in overall and the people. It's small town Louisiana kids for the most part . You have John Ed, there's Ramsay Dardar. There's passion for the game, because of the game. The there is abrupt loss. One minute you are the center of attention, adored by the crowd. Then you turn your pads in because that part of your life is over and transitioning into real adulthood begins. It's a culture shock in more ways than one.

It's about brotherhood when you are so exhausted that your team mates carry you off the field because they genuinely love you and you don't have the strength to get off it yourself. It's about loss.....Ramsay Dardar's experience. It's about a coach who is more than a coach to these guys....he's their second father and those guys loved him....they really did, I had a cousin who played in the mid 1970's and even as an adult he would call Cholly Mac when he had challenges and Charles McClendon was never too busy to take his calls

John Ed Bradley played at the end of an era. They were under no illusions about playing on Sundays....at least most of them. Most were kids you had never heard of high school, from small towns that were hard to get to who got to the big city of Baton Rouge and played before 70,000 people and for a little while were treated as genuine heros off the field. But one day it ends and in the case of these kids....young men it's the greatest period of their life. Notoriety, adulation and freedom.

Then in January of their fourth year it ends...

This book was a gift given to me. I read and enjoyed it. Not sure where the book is at the moment.

There were down parts about leaving ball behind, but overall enjoyed it. My first game as a Tigers fan was 1979 vs USC, the same era in the book.

"2004 Oregon St may be the worst."

Yea, but it was the most fun!!!!!!!!

It rained pretty hard against Southern Carolina one year--2008 or 09? Vs the Ol' Ball Sack aka Darth Visor. Leslie ran one of his patented fake field goals

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Lots of see thru shirts and shorts from the LLOTS

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Wet beavers everywhere.

1/2 the people in this thread couldn’t even read the OP you expect them to read an entire book?

If you wee at LSU during Bradley’s era it really hits home. Knowing and knowing of the players he talks about makes it particularly poignant

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If you were at LSU during Bradley’s era it really hits home. Knowing and knowing of the players he talks about makes it particularly poignant

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Poignant book and I felt for the guy because my brother, who was his teammate for four years, walked away into life after football with ease.

That said, my brother’s helmet is still displayed prominently in his home all these years later. Forever LSU!