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re: JOHN FERGUSON- VOICE OF THE TIGERS
Posted on 7/23/12 at 7:45 pm to wallowinit
Posted on 7/23/12 at 7:45 pm to wallowinit
Remember when Sid Crocker was the Voice of Tiger Stadium? (Pre-Dan Borne) TGBFTL used to yell up to him in the third quarter "Hey Sid! What's the attendance?!" He would the announce "For my friends in the band tonight's attendance is..."
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Posted on 7/23/12 at 8:23 pm to LSUDonMCO
Some of my favorite Sid Crocker announcements that I can remember went something like these.
"Doctor #131, Please call Medical Exchange.
"There is a white chevrolet impala in the south stadium parking lot license #137A214, your lights are on, your engine is running, and your car is locked.
In 1974 the Tigers played Utah in the final game of the season, following the Tulane game which was normally the final game. It was about 32 degrees at gametime with a light drizzle.
When the Tigers ran out of the tunnel to begin the game Sid announced them as:
"Ladies and gentleman, Here come the Frozen Tigers of LSUUUUUUUUU.
Posted on 7/23/12 at 8:35 pm to vjp819
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Doctor #131, Please call Medical Exchange.
LOL was just about to post this.
Hats off to Sid Crocker.
John Ferguson will always be the voice of the Tigers to me..
Posted on 7/23/12 at 8:54 pm to BigLSUNut
"Alexander ROARS around the right side and is stopped for no gain"
"Here's a little counter reverse option to the right. The play works but it gains nothing. "
He was the king !
"Here's a little counter reverse option to the right. The play works but it gains nothing. "
He was the king !
Posted on 7/23/12 at 10:23 pm to OldTigahFot
I had the opportunity to sit and talk to him one to one basically for an hour a couple of years before he passed. That guy was money. He still, at that age had a great voice, and i listened intently to every story he told about his past experiences with LSU. An evening I will never forget.
Posted on 7/23/12 at 10:24 pm to atltiger6487
That's the way I remember him too.... used to sit in the car and listen to night games on WWL in the 60s and even as a kid I knew he was about five seconds behind the action. TS was about the coolest and most mysterious place I could imagine... John Ferguson helped make it that way for me.
Posted on 7/23/12 at 10:55 pm to bdnc
Great link. Brought back great memories. Thanks
Posted on 7/23/12 at 11:54 pm to LSUINKC
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JOHN FERGUSON- VOICE OF THE TIGERS
Posted on 7/24/12 at 7:35 am to MetryTyger
Yes! The drum cadence- whatever happened to that? It had the crowd in it the whole time the Tigers had the ball- bring that back!!!
Posted on 7/25/12 at 9:17 am to LSUINKC
John Ferguson's voice was LSU football to me growing up, still brings back vivid memories - for some reason, I remember how he always said "peenalized"; made fun of it until I found out it was the correct pronunciation. After calling some HS games on the stadium PA, I'll never criticize a play-by-play guy again.
And from the band, directed to the press box:
"Hey Sid - are you a turtle?"
And from the band, directed to the press box:
"Hey Sid - are you a turtle?"
This post was edited on 7/25/12 at 9:27 am
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