Offseason thread: the 2004 Oregon State home opener

I remember it was hot as balls before the rain.

I remember it being really hot and I had a young couple behind be cheering for Oregon State and they asked me how long will this last and I turned and told them it could be 30 minutes or it could be 3 days..lol

I remember Alexis Serna.

One of the hotter tailgating days.

Don’t remember the streakers, but, do remember the rain beginning to pour as the national championship flag was being raised.

The higher the flag was raised, the harder it rained. And, the louder the crowd got.

The streakers, the heat, the heaven-sent rain, and Alexis Serna missing all 3 extra point attempts in his college debut, the last was in OT and cost OSU the game. Serna won the Groza award the next year and never missed another PAT in college...Death Valley will do that to a young kicker. Oh yeah, he also doinked a FG attempt off the upright in the South end zone.
And the Banner, of course.

Serna had one of the worst games in Tiger Stadium history

I remember thinking that the cop shouldn’t have eaten so many donuts. Wrong I know but I’m honest if nothing else.

I remember a young Erin Andrews debuting for ESPN on the sidelines (if I'm not mistaken)

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I remember thinking we were going to lose our first game of the year when Jamarcus Russell threw the ball too high over Skyler Green on 4th and goal.

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That in 2004 Saban put in a true freshman in a tight game shows how little he thought of Marcus Randall.

2004

Low key one of the best games in tiger stadium history.
Student section was lit with whiskey pregame taped under the bleachers, my buddy got a handjob from some slut in the stands pregame, i remember girls wearing white shirts, good times