re: Question for the older Tiger Fans:

I grew up going to games in 80s 90s. Those were the good old days.

Snuck liquor in in boots also people had what looked like a radio but actually was a decanter to hold liquor got the boy scouts drunk those were the days

People have always chanted BS when there has been a blatantly bad call

—-I call BS on this “always” comment

I was at LSU in the late 60s, and have had season tickets ever since. The main difference I see is that in the 60s and 70s and 80s, apart from the frat areas, students went to the games primarily to see football, with social interaction as an enjoyable byproduct. Today it seems that football is secondary.

I meet your criterion of an older Tiger fan; saw my first game in TS in 1969 as a junior, so here's my perspective.

I went to most of the home games in 69, 70, and 71. The worst I saw was some drunk students and not too many of those. As others have said, GTH OM GTH was about the most objectionable thing heard.

I never lived close enough after graduating to attend games regularly but was able to get to a few big ones; USC '79, the Florida State Orange throwing game, and a few others. I just remember those being loud.

I have not been to a home game since the STTDB chanting started and I don't even remember the "a-hole, a-hole". I remember "Na Na Na Na Hey Hey Good bye" at the end of games and GTH OM.

Compared to what I read on here about today's game experience I got to think it was a more wholesome, family type experience 40 years ago. It was just a different time; you know before the mid-90's when Bill Clinton made oral sex a topic for middle schoolers. I'm not bringing politics into this conversation but that period just seems to be an inflection point in the mores of the country - at least as I look back over the late 60's to today.

Yes times have changed, was nice seeing nuns in full habit yelling “go to hell Norte Dame, go to hell” !!!!

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got the boy scouts drunk those were the days

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You're a sick man.

Man! I am WAY late on responding here, but as I recall from my days in the mid-eighties the chants and cheers were nowhere near as obscene as STTDB. I was in band in 86 and 87 and we used to chant (at least those of us in the trumpet section) "S H O W show your tits!" as we went up the ramp to the band seating section after playing pre-game outside the stadium. And of course, there was always "Geaux to hell, Ole Miss! Geaux to hell!" And occasionally (okay always) on a bad call you could hear thousands of folks chanting "bullshite!" But that was about as far as it went. Those chants were even considered taboo back then by the establishment.

Unfortunately, it has gone beyond the pale now with completely crude chants that truly have no thoughtfulness or merit. The "STTDB" essentially exists for shock value and allows the lowest common denominator of intellectual capacity to be openly displayed. It sickens me.

"Geaux to hell, Ole Miss" was always chanted in fun and just to irritate the rednecks from Oxford. They responded in kind with their own version and we had a bit of fun with each other without being abusive.

The "bullshite" chant makes perfect sense even today when there's a bad call. Can't argue that one.

But the "STTDB" chant is just unimaginative and in poor taste all the way around. That chant has no excuse nor any redeeming qualities. It's nothing more than crude, vulgar, profane, and childish. One would think that folks who attend a university could come up with something better than this.

As a Boy Scout in the 60’s, we used to escort fans to their seats. I remember getting tips for carrying their flasks. There might have been an occasional fight but not often. Worst you’d hear is “Go to hell Ole Miss”.