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re: Rant nostalgia thread - what do you remember from your early days as a Tiger fan
Posted on 9/17/14 at 9:34 am to TigerBlood17
Posted on 9/17/14 at 9:34 am to TigerBlood17
My Dad was in the Navy, so we moved several times. We would listen to the games on the car radio. Earliest memory was his love for Jimmy Taylor.
When he was discharged, we moved back to La, in BR. Dad took me and several of my younger bros to our first game in TS in the South end zone. I was 12 at the time. The year was 1958. We made all the home games that National Championship season. I still remember the first time I saw those gold and white uniforms running out of the tunnel. A championship my first season, WOW! Good Times.
When he was discharged, we moved back to La, in BR. Dad took me and several of my younger bros to our first game in TS in the South end zone. I was 12 at the time. The year was 1958. We made all the home games that National Championship season. I still remember the first time I saw those gold and white uniforms running out of the tunnel. A championship my first season, WOW! Good Times.
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Posted on 9/17/14 at 9:45 am to Good Times
Was at the '58 and '59 games as a kid and of course remember the punt return. But what I also thought was pretty cool as a youngster was the huge birthday cake brought out on the field at halftime to commemorate the 100th anniversary of LSU just a couple of months away.
Posted on 9/17/14 at 9:47 am to Methuselah
First game my dad took me to was the 1984 Tulane brawl game. It was a wild first game experience for a 9 year old. Mike the Tiger did a halftime show wearing a Michael Jackson jacket and danced to Beat It and at one point took a Tulane jersey or banner and wiped his arse with it and stomped it into the ground. Across the way where the Tulane fans were, they held up a huge banner that said something about LSU being "too sweet for sugar", basically saying they were too gay to get invited to the Sugar Bowl. Yeah, nothing like it is today. Oddly enough, I don't remember the fight. Maybe we cut out a few minutes early.
The thing I'll never ever forget about going to the games in those games is the shitty, ancient look and smell of the inner bowels of the stadium's bowl combined with the smell of popcorn. Smells like LSU, and I hope they never renovate the inside of that thing. Although we have season tickets now in the East upper, so I guess it doesn't really matter now.
The thing I'll never ever forget about going to the games in those games is the shitty, ancient look and smell of the inner bowels of the stadium's bowl combined with the smell of popcorn. Smells like LSU, and I hope they never renovate the inside of that thing. Although we have season tickets now in the East upper, so I guess it doesn't really matter now.
Posted on 9/17/14 at 9:55 am to Methuselah
We had just moved to California in September of 1964. My dad had an old Philco radio that he kept on his workbench in the garage. It could pick up WWL in the evenings, and my dad would go into the garage to listen to LSU games on that radio. My older brother and I would tag along with him and listen to LSU games with our dad in that garage.
My first LSU game was the 1968 Sugar Bowl when LSU played Wyoming. We were in New Orleans visiting the grandparents for Christmas, and dad got 4 tickets. We went to the game at old Tulane Stadium. What is crazy is that I remember more about 2 players from the Wyoming team than what I remember about the players from LSU. I remember the Wyoming placekicker, Jerry DePoyster, because he went on to kick for the Oakland Raiders, and we were Raider season ticket holders. And I remember Jim Kiick from his playing with the Dolphins. The only LSU player I remembered was Nelson Stokley.
The next LSU game I attended was my first in Tiger Stadium. It was the first home game of the 1977 season against Rice. LSU won 77-0.
My first LSU game was the 1968 Sugar Bowl when LSU played Wyoming. We were in New Orleans visiting the grandparents for Christmas, and dad got 4 tickets. We went to the game at old Tulane Stadium. What is crazy is that I remember more about 2 players from the Wyoming team than what I remember about the players from LSU. I remember the Wyoming placekicker, Jerry DePoyster, because he went on to kick for the Oakland Raiders, and we were Raider season ticket holders. And I remember Jim Kiick from his playing with the Dolphins. The only LSU player I remembered was Nelson Stokley.
The next LSU game I attended was my first in Tiger Stadium. It was the first home game of the 1977 season against Rice. LSU won 77-0.
Posted on 9/17/14 at 9:59 am to Methuselah
"Primetime"....strutting his stuff at LSU basketball games.
Posted on 9/17/14 at 10:00 am to Methuselah
I remember selling peanuts. Making tons of money and getting into the games for free.
Posted on 9/17/14 at 10:30 am to Methuselah
I remember darkness...lots of darkness, and then a blinding light. Then some Dr. spanked me on the butt and I started crying.
Seriously though, I remember listening to LSU baseball on the radio in the summer on my grandpa's farm. I remember my first game in the PMAC, we beat Tennessee (I was 4, so I just remember it being loud and being excited to be around that many people wearing purple since it was always my favorite color).
I also remember my first game in Tiger stadium, sitting in the Auburn section the year after the Howard debacle. The Auburn fans were merciless and spiteful towards a 15 year old kid and his little sister all game, and then we made the interception in the back of the end-zone and my dad grabbed my arm and we sprinted down the aisle into the tunnel where we found LSU fans to celebrate with.
Finally, I remember showing up to Gate 7 five hours before kickoff, and standing from the time they let us into the student section until the moment we stormed the field on October 11, 1997, the first time LSU ever beat the #1 team in Tiger Stadium.
Seriously though, I remember listening to LSU baseball on the radio in the summer on my grandpa's farm. I remember my first game in the PMAC, we beat Tennessee (I was 4, so I just remember it being loud and being excited to be around that many people wearing purple since it was always my favorite color).
I also remember my first game in Tiger stadium, sitting in the Auburn section the year after the Howard debacle. The Auburn fans were merciless and spiteful towards a 15 year old kid and his little sister all game, and then we made the interception in the back of the end-zone and my dad grabbed my arm and we sprinted down the aisle into the tunnel where we found LSU fans to celebrate with.
Finally, I remember showing up to Gate 7 five hours before kickoff, and standing from the time they let us into the student section until the moment we stormed the field on October 11, 1997, the first time LSU ever beat the #1 team in Tiger Stadium.
Posted on 9/17/14 at 10:45 am to LSU03
Craig Burns and Tommy Casanova doing the reverse on the kickoff...
This post was edited on 9/17/14 at 10:46 am
Posted on 9/17/14 at 10:49 am to MirrOlure
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And the Crowd never left at halftime & was LOUD!!
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MirrOlure
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2010
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47 posts
THAT was the conclusion to your 47th post.
do us all a favor and stay away
This post was edited on 9/17/14 at 10:50 am
Posted on 9/17/14 at 10:57 am to soccerfüt
1962 having to march in our PJ's and stand until LSU scored with our heads shaved covered by that damn beanie! Good times!
Posted on 9/17/14 at 11:11 am to RustyTiger
"After the 03 championship at school the next day, I was really confused as to why not many other people were really excited."
You went to school the next day
Guess myself and any other students who cared were in NOLA
Love the post about cracking the top 25 in the 90s. Watching the #20 team play a close game vs an unranked school was huge cause just maybe they might move below us one spot... lol
Getting excited about ordering games on TigerVision, until about midway through 1st quarter when we were getting pounded.
Favorite live memory from those days, Eddie Kennison 100 yd punt return vs Moo St. ORRRRR watching student section get drenched with cups of coke after a score (remember it being funny smelling coke, not sure why????)
You went to school the next day
Guess myself and any other students who cared were in NOLA
Love the post about cracking the top 25 in the 90s. Watching the #20 team play a close game vs an unranked school was huge cause just maybe they might move below us one spot... lol
Getting excited about ordering games on TigerVision, until about midway through 1st quarter when we were getting pounded.
Favorite live memory from those days, Eddie Kennison 100 yd punt return vs Moo St. ORRRRR watching student section get drenched with cups of coke after a score (remember it being funny smelling coke, not sure why????)
Posted on 9/17/14 at 11:15 am to Methuselah
Ushering as a Boy Scout I actually got to see Billy Cannon make The run that Halloween night. As a child we would "watch" the radio and listen to JC Police call the games and if we lost, Sundays were like someone died in the family. As a freshman at LSU watching the game in pajamas with a ROTC "haircut" in the student section... And haven't grown up yet!
Posted on 9/17/14 at 11:32 am to Methuselah
I remember how bad things were under Curley Hallman. I was a kid then.
When Gerry Dinardo was hired, I vividly remember the buzz that was generated when he said in his introductory press conference that he wanted to "bring back the magic" to Tiger Stadium. That, along with the return of the white jerseys at home, and the signing of Kevin Faulk brought a lot of excitement to LSU Football that a young kid, like me, had previously never experienced. I remember seeing brief highlights of Faulk on the news during his days at Carencro. It was almost mythical. I remember being glued to the radio, listening to the Auburn game, as we took down Terry Bowden's team, who was previously unbeaten, that night in Tiger Stadium, and Troy Twillie sealed the victory with his interception. The magic did indeed return that night. That was the beginning of the first winning season of my life as a Tiger. It was a fun one.
When Gerry Dinardo was hired, I vividly remember the buzz that was generated when he said in his introductory press conference that he wanted to "bring back the magic" to Tiger Stadium. That, along with the return of the white jerseys at home, and the signing of Kevin Faulk brought a lot of excitement to LSU Football that a young kid, like me, had previously never experienced. I remember seeing brief highlights of Faulk on the news during his days at Carencro. It was almost mythical. I remember being glued to the radio, listening to the Auburn game, as we took down Terry Bowden's team, who was previously unbeaten, that night in Tiger Stadium, and Troy Twillie sealed the victory with his interception. The magic did indeed return that night. That was the beginning of the first winning season of my life as a Tiger. It was a fun one.
This post was edited on 9/17/14 at 11:42 am
Posted on 9/17/14 at 12:20 pm to Methuselah
I was 10 years old listening to my dad's radio,LSU was playing auburn the earthquake game could barely hear after the TD!!
The UAB lost it was my wife's 1st game we had so much fun that day then we lost she was happy about going to the game didn't understand why I was so upset the whole ride home she kept jiber jabbering it was the 1st and only time I wanted to Ray Rice her!
The UAB lost it was my wife's 1st game we had so much fun that day then we lost she was happy about going to the game didn't understand why I was so upset the whole ride home she kept jiber jabbering it was the 1st and only time I wanted to Ray Rice her!
This post was edited on 9/17/14 at 12:30 pm
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