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Listening to the games on the radio in the old days
Posted on 8/18/10 at 7:35 am
Posted on 8/18/10 at 7:35 am
Anybody else out there like me that grew up listening to the Tiger games on the radio?
Back in the 70's when I was growing up, we'd go to a game or two a year in person and some games were live t.v. But most of the games we'd listen on the radio.
No matter where I was on Saturday night, I'd try to find a radio - at a campground, a wedding reception, wherever. I can still remember trying to dial it in through the static if we were off camping or something far away.
If I remember right, at some point they would play the replays early on Sunday morning and I'd get to watch the games then.
Back in the 70's when I was growing up, we'd go to a game or two a year in person and some games were live t.v. But most of the games we'd listen on the radio.
No matter where I was on Saturday night, I'd try to find a radio - at a campground, a wedding reception, wherever. I can still remember trying to dial it in through the static if we were off camping or something far away.
If I remember right, at some point they would play the replays early on Sunday morning and I'd get to watch the games then.
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Posted on 8/18/10 at 7:37 am to Methuselah
quote:
Anybody else out there like me that grew up listening to the Tiger games on the radio?
<<<<<<<This guy
Posted on 8/18/10 at 7:37 am to Methuselah
Listening to John Ferguson was like being there. At least it seemed that way. Yeah, WWL was the place to be on Saturday nights. At least until Mac packed... then it began to get a bit more dicey.
Posted on 8/18/10 at 7:43 am to JawjaTigah
In the early 80's we moved to California and to listen to the games my dad would call my aunt in Lafayette (long distance was ridiculously expensive back then) and she would leave her phone by the radio. We would put the earpiece of our phone next to a microphone attached to our stereo system so we could hear the games. I was just a kid so I have no idea what my dad was paying for the long distance but it had to be high...
Posted on 8/18/10 at 7:49 am to JawjaTigah
My dad played for Auburn, but my brother and I were born in Louisiana. For whatever reason, my brother fell in love with Bear and Bama, because they seemed to be on TV every weekend. I, on the other hand, was born a Fightin Tiger. My dad was less than impressed with either of our choices.
lol
This SEC combination made for some interesting fist fights in the back yard.
My brother wound up graduating from South Alabama and marrying a former Aubie cheerleader.
I went to USL and lucked up and convinced a Cajun girl to marry me.
We have made whatever game is in Baton Rouge either Auburn or Bama every year since the late 80s.
lol
This SEC combination made for some interesting fist fights in the back yard.
My brother wound up graduating from South Alabama and marrying a former Aubie cheerleader.
I went to USL and lucked up and convinced a Cajun girl to marry me.
We have made whatever game is in Baton Rouge either Auburn or Bama every year since the late 80s.
Posted on 8/18/10 at 8:01 am to Methuselah
I remember as a kid in the late 70s and early 80s listening to the games on the radio with my grandpa and grandma at my grandparents house.
Those are fond memories that waken in my heart a tender glow....
Those are fond memories that waken in my heart a tender glow....
Posted on 8/18/10 at 8:03 am to Methuselah
I have around a dozen or so that I recorded. The Notre Dame game in Tiger Stadium is one of the best. I have been trying to get the time to get some made but as yet haven't gotten around to it. But one thing is certain...John Ferguson was THE VOICE OF THE TIGERS..
Posted on 8/18/10 at 8:05 am to Gus Tinsley
Me!!!! Used to listen all the time. But I was lucky enough to be at that Notre Dame game. I will never forget it.
Posted on 8/18/10 at 8:17 am to Methuselah
+1 
Posted on 8/18/10 at 8:26 am to Methuselah
Who else "tailgated" in their own driveway bc the radio was the only source and car was the loudest?
And by "tailgated" I mean, as kids, opened all the car doors on moms mini-van and blared the game while tossing the pigskin in the yard?
And by "tailgated" I mean, as kids, opened all the car doors on moms mini-van and blared the game while tossing the pigskin in the yard?
Posted on 8/18/10 at 8:40 am to Methuselah
I can still remember listening to the 2 point try in 59 when Cannon, according to the refs, didn't get in the endzone. I can remember laying in my bunk at jump school listening to the Bear and his wishbone beat Charly Mac's Tigers in 67.
I don't think my Dad and missed listening to a game as a kid growing up.
I don't think my Dad and missed listening to a game as a kid growing up.
Posted on 8/18/10 at 8:54 am to JawjaTigah
quote:I agree with this.
Listening to John Ferguson was like being there.
I'd have a heart attack when he would say "Iiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnn - tercepted" or "Iiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnn - complete".
Posted on 8/18/10 at 9:03 am to tigerpawl
The good ol' days? I still listen to LSU football on the radio if LSU isn't playing on CBS or ESPN, which would be almost half the games. I like getting some bush-hogging done while Jim Hawthorne calls the game. And I look forward every spring to listening to about 2 or 3 dozen baseball games on the radio. Call me old fashioned, but there is a charm to listening to a game while getting some work done around the farm.
Posted on 8/18/10 at 9:07 am to Methuselah
I became hooked as a little kid when my Dad took me to my first game in person - Oct. 25, 1969
LSU 21 Auburn 20, the day I became a Tiger.
This started my life-long allegiance. I listened to just about every game in the 70's with John Ferguson, many with my Dad. And then when I entered as a freshman at LSU in 1981, I of course attended every game til graduation; and have attended many since.
But there was something about the way John Ferguson's rich voice painted a picture of Saturday nights in Death Valley, with Walter Hill in the background (and on the "Charlie Mac Show".) I grew up listening to the exploits of Bert Jones, Tommy Casanova, Brad Davis, Mike Miley, Carl Otis "KAO" Trimble, Charles Alexander, Carlos Carson, Hokie Gajan, etc. I can remember in Septemeber 1979 turning down a double date to listen to the USC game, and shedding a couple of tears at the end.
I will never forget that decade 1969-1979...
LSU 21 Auburn 20, the day I became a Tiger.
This started my life-long allegiance. I listened to just about every game in the 70's with John Ferguson, many with my Dad. And then when I entered as a freshman at LSU in 1981, I of course attended every game til graduation; and have attended many since.
But there was something about the way John Ferguson's rich voice painted a picture of Saturday nights in Death Valley, with Walter Hill in the background (and on the "Charlie Mac Show".) I grew up listening to the exploits of Bert Jones, Tommy Casanova, Brad Davis, Mike Miley, Carl Otis "KAO" Trimble, Charles Alexander, Carlos Carson, Hokie Gajan, etc. I can remember in Septemeber 1979 turning down a double date to listen to the USC game, and shedding a couple of tears at the end.
I will never forget that decade 1969-1979...
Posted on 8/18/10 at 9:08 am to Methuselah
Grew up in Maryland in the 80s and we didn't have cable. but my parents, both LSU grads, had an old Panasonic radio that could pick up the LSU radio broadcast on a clear night if we sat on the roof of the garage.
You can guess where I spent cold, Saturday nights growing up.
You can guess where I spent cold, Saturday nights growing up.
Posted on 8/18/10 at 9:10 am to MetryTyger
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I will never forget that decade 1969-1979...
Oh... and don't forget the 28-8 Notre Dame game.
This post was edited on 8/18/10 at 9:11 am
Posted on 8/18/10 at 9:11 am to MisterGreenjeans
always listened to the games on the radio....
some vivid memories...lsu-notre dame 1970 at home with my parents after completing basic and AIT...amazingly enough this game was NOT on tv...
lsu-notre dame 1971 on american forces radio at 2AM in germany
lsu-rice 1979, the season opener during a very long drive from ft collins, co to ft sill, ok.....
some vivid memories...lsu-notre dame 1970 at home with my parents after completing basic and AIT...amazingly enough this game was NOT on tv...
lsu-notre dame 1971 on american forces radio at 2AM in germany
lsu-rice 1979, the season opener during a very long drive from ft collins, co to ft sill, ok.....
Posted on 8/18/10 at 9:31 am to Methuselah
I don't mind listening to a game on radio except over the past few year Hawthorne has gotten so negative it makes me want to reach through the radio and strangle his a$$...
Posted on 8/18/10 at 9:37 am to vl100butch
The two games that stand out to me are:
79 USC referees would not let USC lose
83 Tulane game loss after beating the snot out of FSU the week before.
79 USC referees would not let USC lose
83 Tulane game loss after beating the snot out of FSU the week before.
Posted on 8/18/10 at 9:40 am to tigerfan in bamaland
Wow you'll couldn't get into Auburn or LSU back then when it was even easier than it is now? Maybe you should have spent more time studying and less time fistfighting
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