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When did LSU start painting the tigers eye on the field?
Posted on 11/3/26 at 6:46 am
Posted on 11/3/26 at 6:46 am
Was watching Addai run through Bammer in 04 highlights…… had me thinking about this…. No asking Chat GPT want to know from tReal LSU fans.
Posted on 11/3/26 at 6:50 am to Revorising
Early 90s
Dinardo then changed it to the LSU I believe. And Saban brought it back.
I’m 99% sure about the start time but the Dinardo and Saban part is memory so could be off a few years.
Dinardo then changed it to the LSU I believe. And Saban brought it back.
I’m 99% sure about the start time but the Dinardo and Saban part is memory so could be off a few years.
Posted on 11/3/26 at 6:52 am to Revorising
I think it was 83, definitely the early 80s, but Dinardo switched to the block LSU logo, and Saban switched it back to the Eye of the Tiger
Posted on 11/3/26 at 7:06 am to Revorising
The song “eye of the tiger” came out in ‘82 (Rocky 3 movie) and I’m pretty sure we had it on the field the next year…my Sophomore year.
Posted on 11/3/26 at 8:11 am to Tigerstark
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Early 90s
wrong
it was on the field under arnsparger in the 80's
Posted on 11/3/26 at 8:13 am to mdomingue
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I think it was 83, definitely the early 80s, but Dinardo switched to the block LSU logo, and Saban switched it back to the Eye of the Tiger
yup. i know it was on for 84 for sure.
Posted on 11/3/26 at 8:15 am to Genestealer55
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The song “eye of the tiger” came out in ‘82
yep
I thing Oregon st was the opening game that year...
Posted on 11/3/26 at 8:34 am to Dissident Aggressor
It's cool and unique. I would like to see the Tiger from the helmets on the field. That's is a great Logo.
Posted on 11/3/26 at 8:35 am to Genestealer55
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The song “eye of the tiger” came out in ‘82 (Rocky 3 movie) and I’m pretty sure we had it on the field the next year…my Sophomore year
That’s the way I remember it too.
Posted on 11/3/26 at 9:17 am to TigerBR1111
It used to be painted off center, to the left of the 50, too. I think ‘83 was the first year because it wasn’t on the field in the ‘82 Florida State oranges game that’s floating around YouTube. I guess it could have been on the field earlier that year, but LSU stopped painting midfield in the early ‘70s and didn’t do it regularly again until the eye appeared in the early ‘80s.
It wasn’t on the field for the ‘83 opener against Florida State but it was for Alabama later in the ‘83 season. Enjoy the white Alabama helmets from that game, too.
LSU-Alabama 1983
It wasn’t on the field for the ‘83 opener against Florida State but it was for Alabama later in the ‘83 season. Enjoy the white Alabama helmets from that game, too.
LSU-Alabama 1983
This post was edited on 11/3/26 at 9:19 am
Posted on 11/3/26 at 9:28 am to Fat Bastard
1983 was the first time I ever remember seeing it.
Dinardo brought back the whites as part of the "bring back the magic" campaign in the 90s
But the last time the eye of the tiger was on the field was in 1985.
We had a big purple Louisiana at the 50 in 85 or 86 for a minute
And we still just had the block "LSU" at the 50, and "TIGERS" in the endzone for Dinardo's whole tenure if I recall.
Then Saban brought back the eye of the tiger and the, I don't know what you call it font for the LSU in the endzones.
Dinardo brought back the whites as part of the "bring back the magic" campaign in the 90s
But the last time the eye of the tiger was on the field was in 1985.
We had a big purple Louisiana at the 50 in 85 or 86 for a minute
And we still just had the block "LSU" at the 50, and "TIGERS" in the endzone for Dinardo's whole tenure if I recall.
Then Saban brought back the eye of the tiger and the, I don't know what you call it font for the LSU in the endzones.
This post was edited on 11/3/26 at 9:30 am
Posted on 11/3/26 at 9:28 am to Domeskeller
We wore purple tops in that game....Interesting.
Posted on 11/3/26 at 9:30 am to TheSearch
Saban brought the big block LSU endzones which were awesome
Posted on 11/3/26 at 9:39 am to TheSearch
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We had a big purple Louisiana at the 50 in 85 or 86 for a minute
From my recollection, they did that because of the filming of Everybody’s All American. Pretty certain the school name in the movie was fictitious so they wanted midfield to be generic.
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