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re: It Never Rains in Tiger Stadium
Posted on 9/20/22 at 8:10 pm to elprez00
Posted on 9/20/22 at 8:10 pm to elprez00
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I was a student. We never left the stands. We were beyond soaked.
Lots of see thru shirts and shorts from the LLOTS when play resumed.
I was in the student section as well. I’ll never forget just making out with random chicks sitting next to me. It was pretty wild.
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Posted on 9/20/22 at 8:23 pm to Broham
I really enjoyed the book. JEB is a class act. I was honored to have met him.
Posted on 9/20/22 at 9:14 pm to GeauxO19
Good read. For the reference, cliffs work just as well. Basically, ‘play above the elements’.
Posted on 9/20/22 at 9:47 pm to Sandtrap
And ULM one year
Posted on 9/20/22 at 9:49 pm to ForLSU56
I remember the heavy rain against FSU in 1991. I got my cousin’s car stuck in a ditch before the game. After the game, my cousin and I went to Parker coliseum to make a pay phone call. When my uncle found us, I bout had hypothermia. Got home and was shivering under two blankets.
Posted on 9/20/22 at 9:56 pm to GeauxO19
Miami 1988. You had to be there to appreciate how stormy it was. Would never have been finished in today’s sports world.
It was on ESPN and the announcers even noticed how the wind shifted into the faces of LSU each time they got the ball.
The Hurricanes were an apt opponent that night.
It was on ESPN and the announcers even noticed how the wind shifted into the faces of LSU each time they got the ball.
The Hurricanes were an apt opponent that night.
Posted on 9/20/22 at 10:15 pm to 91TIGER
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I'm sure there were others but these were some heavy rains !
One of the most fun games I’ve ever been at was when we played Auburn several years ago. We were at the top of the lower bowl and it had been raining all day. Seemed like the only people left in the stands were the ones who may only get to come to one or two games a year, so they really appreciate just having an opportunity to be in TS watching our boys. So, while the student section and the chair-backs were practically empty, wasn’t anything driving us out. Everyone started out with ponchos on but by the 2nd quarter everyone was soaked anyway and there really was no point- they just made ya hot and sticky. So we all were drenched and screaming at the top of our lungs and getting poured on. Jeremy Hill was absolutely KILLING Auburn and we were in a frenzy having the time of our lives. I can still hear the announcer say “Welcome to Death Valley, where the chance of rain is…” and everyone left in the stands screamed “NEVER!!!!”
I’ve been to quite a few awesome games in TS, but I never felt like I did that night. The camaraderie was palpable. Everyone was brothers and sisters and we laughed, screamed, and carried on like we all had known each other all our lives. It was nice to get a glimpse of what I imagine the games were like before the commercialization and corporationism college football has become… when fans were just fans because we love our team and truly, TRULY appreciate and love Death Valley and each other.
Posted on 9/20/22 at 11:31 pm to LSUBogeyMan
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It’s a decent read. If it wasn’t about LSU I’m not sure I would have finished it.
Agree with this.
Posted on 9/21/22 at 12:27 am to LSU_connoisseur
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Yes thoroughly enjoyed it. Highly recommended. Surprised at some of the comments. Obviously a little too insightful and deep for some. It is not your Rah Rah football story.
Exactly. The book was the story of JEB’s personal journey and the fact that “I loved it too much.”
Obviously this thread has attracted the mouth breathers whining that it wasn’t a shallow rah-rah football book of locker room anecdotes.
Posted on 9/21/22 at 12:55 am to El Tigre Grande
quote:I remember that game like it was yesterday.
Miami 88'
"Hurricane" like rain.
The Monsoon didn't stop Steve Walsh from passing the Tigers into oblivion 44-3, but as a true militant die hard back then, I didn't leave early.
Jimmy Johnson was the Miami Head Coach.
My buddy, former Tiger Band sousaphone player and Mike the Tiger Mark Jeffers, was the Tiger Stadium Manager at the time, so I was able to get in the stadium and watch Walsh and the Hurricanes practice on Friday before the game.........
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Posted on 9/21/22 at 3:59 am to 91TIGER
Fake news
Posted on 9/21/22 at 4:01 am to 91TIGER
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No, but I've sat thru some monsoons in Tiger Stadium;
That was God crying over our coaching frailty.
Posted on 9/21/22 at 6:50 am to GeauxO19
Awesome book.
As a former athlete and obviously a Tiger fan it hit home on many different levels. He gets into his upbringing, with his dad as his coach, being recruited by Charlie Mac, the ups and downs of his time at LSU, and the struggles of moving on from a life of football.
Really great read.
As a former athlete and obviously a Tiger fan it hit home on many different levels. He gets into his upbringing, with his dad as his coach, being recruited by Charlie Mac, the ups and downs of his time at LSU, and the struggles of moving on from a life of football.
Really great read.
Posted on 9/21/22 at 9:15 am to rockynoggin
I thought he came off like the line from Jason isbell song, a boys last dream and man’s first loss. It shows how players leave the game in which they’ve played all their lives, all the hard work to get to ( lsu) and there’s a clock it will hit midnight.
Posted on 9/21/22 at 9:29 am to 777Tiger
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he seems like a strange, depressed guy at the time
The guy was a starter for LSU, worked for the Washington Post and is a multiple published author. I get that depression is organic and usually not related to circumstances, but compared to most of us he's led a charmed life. It was hard to read page after page of essentially Poor Me.
Life is hard for everybody. Some more than others, but nobody escapes serious challenges, even football heroes. I didn't find anything revelatory in the book. I really wanted to like it, but I put it down without finishing it.
Posted on 9/21/22 at 9:34 am to GeauxO19
If you go in understanding that the book is not about football, you won't be disappointed.
Posted on 9/21/22 at 9:35 am to timlan2057
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Obviously this thread has attracted the mouth breathers whining that it wasn’t a shallow rah-rah football book of locker room anecdotes.
Some balance would have been nice. Surely his time there wasn't all angst and navel gazing.
Posted on 9/21/22 at 9:38 am to PapaPogey
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Oregon St may be the worst
I ran on the field at halftime….and was subsequently kicked out oh highchool a few weeks later
That streaker was legendary, but i don't think it was halftime. I thought it was during the delay.
Posted on 9/21/22 at 9:42 am to 91TIGER
Must have been mistaken.
That was high humidity!
That was high humidity!
Posted on 9/21/22 at 10:27 am to notbilly
I remember that after the 04 Oregon St. Game..Les Miles commented in his post game presser that there was a "Stiff Dew" before play began. Then he just gave that Lester miles smirk...classic Coach Miles
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