re: Rewatching ‘97 Auburn game and TS was amped

80K+ fans back then and tailgating wasn’t a separate event. Now you have $100k fans and many others who never intend to go in the stadium. Back then you didn’t have all the paid lots so people had plenty options to park. Fans stayed the whole game and tailgated after too.

I was a student at LSU and my bro from USL came to that game and was like "Oh- so THIS is real college football."

He moved to BR and has been there for the last 25 years.

How was it possible LSU lost 3 games in 1997? That was a great team from top to bottom, and had that epic upset of Florida.

Sorry, but I was also at that game and it was not irrelevant that we lost that ‘97 home game to Auburn. NO ONE on Auburn’s D wanted a piece of Cecil Collins that night. Never seen a back in a single game as unstoppable as he was that night. Over 200 yds rushing, if I recall correctly. The whole stadium is yelling “Run the dam- ball” on 3rd and 1 late in the 4th and Dinardo has Herb Tyler roll left and he throws an incompletion. We make that first; we win the game. Incredibly frustrating. “RUN THE DAM- BALL!”

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Am I supposed to believe that postgame traffic wasn’t an issue then? Maybe the stadium should downsize a bit. Even so, 100K now can’t match the volume of 80K 25 years ago.

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Of course, this topic has been beat to death, but what the hell.... For me, the biggest difference is that the true blue collar LSU fans have been priced out of Tiger Stadium, which is now populated more than ever by corporate types (i.e. those who can afford the seat licenses, etc.) who want a fun night out but don't like to be inconvenienced by hot weather, traffic, etc. Sure, they want LSU to win, but they're not diehard fans who will sit and support the Tigers through thick and thin.

Of course, the stadium expansion has made the traffic situation worse, and the quality of TV broadcasts today is exponentially better than what it was 20 years ago, giving people more of an excuse to stay home and not deal with the hassle involved with seeing a game in person. Lots of things involved here, and I don't think there is any one solution.

…and Cecil was running behind arguably the greatest guard in Tiger history, Alan Faneca, consensus All-American, 2021 Canton inductee. Frustrating still after 24 years.

In hindsight there were a lot of similarities between DiNardo and Orgeron, Joe Burrow and one magic season notwithstanding.

Dad took me to that game when I was in like 6 or 7th grade, best sporting event I had ever been to - knew then and there who my team was and where I’d be going to school

I was at the game and this is one of the games I think of most often, despite all the other heartbreakers I’ve seen since 1987, the start of my Tiger fandom.

The biggest question for me is, “Why not go for it on 4th and 2 late in the 4th Quarter? We had been tearing up that Auburn D-Line the entire gaMe, and you’re going to tell me we couldn’t pick up two yards and get the first? If we convert there, we could pick up another first down, then run out the clock. Instead, we punt the ball and Dameyune Craig crams it down our throat and we lose.

If we win this game, (and all the others we won), we go to Atlanta, even with the Ole Miss loss. We probably would have beaten Tennessee, too.

frick Cecil Collins. There has never been a more overrated piece of shite to play for LSU before or since.