re: Tiger Stadium--it was 40 years ago this month...

Even back then they wore jhorts (blurry guy in the 4th pic).
They were called cutoffs back then...I remember going with my parents to see John Denver, in concert at the Assembly center when they were building it thinking that was the steepest upper section i had ever seen

That's correct, although I was in the Tiger Band at that time, and didn't have to worry about it. The students in the stadium dorms had to go outside their rooms and into the designated entrances to get in. The good thing about student entry at that time was that all you needed was your student ID and you were in-entry to all athletic events was included in your tuition.

Tuition was $118 per semester and it stayed that way for two years before it was raised for me, 1972-1973.

I just looked up my fee bill for first semester of 1972. Full-time university fees (which included the activity fee) was $160. Room in Tiger Stadium was $108 for the semester; meal plan was $210.

Total of $478. That didn't include books, of course. It was expensive to go to college!

A bargain at any price!

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Total of $478. That didn't include books, of course. It was expensive to go to college!

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Looking at this makes me want to puke

I lived in west stadium in 66/67. I think it cost $93 a semester. I was on the third floor or fourth floor just over an entrance gate for the stadium.

For those of you who read/make comments about piss balloons being thrown at opposing fans........

I was aware that some balloons were tossed out of some of those windows..... There was a rumor, that I never confirmed, that some may have been piss balloons.

It's interesting that piss balloon comments are still around 50 years later.

Aaahhhhhhh, the "Good Ole Days" of one unified Tiger Stadium Architecture style.

Today, it's four separate and distinct styles, none of which blend in and match the others.

* North Tiger Stadium. (Looks Good. No Complaints. Love the Lighting)

* South Tiger Stadium. (The FEMA trailers and Out- Houses up top, totally destroy the architectural aesthetics. They need to be totally removed or completely covered front and back by an Arched Facade. Even the addition of a few more rows of seats would work to conceal the eyesore. The off-set "Great White Wall" is an architectural eyesore. There are no windows in the bottom rows of the facade, just empty rectangular holes. No tiles or brick pavers on the ground, just gross raw concrete. All embarrassingly Bad!)

* West Tiger Stadium. (Not that bad by itself, but has nothing even remotely resembling the North and South architecturally. Don't know what "They" were thinking when the decisions were made on the West Side. And those personal "Family Last Name" gates and "LSU Overlord" entrances have to go. Over the top tacky and cheap)

* East Tiger Stadium. (An eyesore then and still an eyesore in 2015. At very minimum, at least put up the Stone Column/Wrought Iron West Side look, so the two sides will match.)

We fully realize that all of this has no interest to many on here, but there ARE many LSU Alums and Fans that do want a unified TS look. Check out the thread on the SEC Rant and take a look at what's going on at other SEC Institutions of Higher Learning......

In an early 90's fall semester, I live in Beauregard Hall at The Pentagon. LSU decided that was a good time to replace the basement insulation. The first floor got so hot from the boilers, you could not walk barefoot. We had to run the AC just to breathe. The water in bathrooms was scalding hot and untouchable.

They finally came and removed the padlocks from our windows so we could air out for comfort. It was the first time in my life I knew what it was like to go days without showering or bathing. I eventually found some buddies in Kirby-Smith that let me use their shower, after having to "cloth bathe" for days.

Ahhh, the good ole days at LSU... where you lived decades behind the times, just because, bitches!

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What a dump!

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I lived in North Stadium in the early 80s. Yeah, pretty much a dump by then but I think it is so cool that I actually lived in Tiger Stadium for a year!