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re: Which decade was Tiger Stadium at its peak?
Posted on 9/19/25 at 3:08 pm to Dissident Aggressor
Posted on 9/19/25 at 3:08 pm to Dissident Aggressor
1. Before cellphones and every game on tv.
2. The Saban years
3. The Dinardo years
TS is good a few times a year nowadays other than that it’s nothing special. In all fairness it’s probably that way at most schools today.
2. The Saban years
3. The Dinardo years
TS is good a few times a year nowadays other than that it’s nothing special. In all fairness it’s probably that way at most schools today.
This post was edited on 9/19/25 at 3:11 pm
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Posted on 9/19/25 at 3:17 pm to AncientArousal
For people who prefer relying on data informed decision making, I don’t think there’s a more well reasoned answer than when it rained oranges and when The Earth moved.
Posted on 9/19/25 at 3:21 pm to AncientArousal
Posted on 9/19/25 at 3:21 pm to AncientArousal
Reputation generation doesn’t necessarily mean it was peak.
From the people a little older than I, they say the 03 Georgia game was the greatest crowd intervention any had been a part of.
I wasn’t there so I can’t comment on it, but I can say the golden years of LSU football from a success standpoint were from 01-2014
From the people a little older than I, they say the 03 Georgia game was the greatest crowd intervention any had been a part of.
I wasn’t there so I can’t comment on it, but I can say the golden years of LSU football from a success standpoint were from 01-2014
Posted on 9/19/25 at 3:27 pm to young man tiger
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so the stadium was oacjed with salt of the earth m hard core fans.
If the stadium is not full with Exxon employees and guys who sharpen bulldozer blades for a living, it’s not a good crowd.
LOL
Posted on 9/19/25 at 3:31 pm to AncientArousal
2000-2010.
We had Championship teams and not enough bandwidth in Tiger Stadium to make it worth trying to get on your phone.
We had Championship teams and not enough bandwidth in Tiger Stadium to make it worth trying to get on your phone.
Posted on 9/19/25 at 3:36 pm to Morpheus
for a time period, late 60s to early 70s, I was at OM 72, but the absolute best I've ever seen Tiger Stadium was USC 79.
In this era you're lucky if once or twice a year you get the true Tiger Stadium experience.
In this era you're lucky if once or twice a year you get the true Tiger Stadium experience.
Posted on 9/19/25 at 3:48 pm to Ace Midnight
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the 70s. The 1979 USC game finally placed it in the minds of the national sportswriters as a very special place.
I would have posted this if not already posted. I don't think anyone sat down the entire game and there was a constant roar. At least, that's the way I remember it. Much more corporate now.
Posted on 9/19/25 at 3:50 pm to AncientArousal
I could smoke on the concourse during the 2000s.
So yeah, 2000-2010 for me.
So yeah, 2000-2010 for me.
Posted on 9/19/25 at 3:57 pm to notiger1997
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If the stadium is not full with Exxon employees and guys who sharpen bulldozer blades for a living, it’s not a good crowd.
LOL
People who act like "society types" just started coming to football games are funny. If anything, the crowd now is probably more working class than it ever was.
Posted on 9/19/25 at 3:59 pm to BilltheTiger
Yeah I wasn't there for that one in 79' but it would be hard to compete with that 2007 game vs Florida I'd have to think.
I guess anyone that was at both could compare I assume.
I guess anyone that was at both could compare I assume.
Posted on 9/19/25 at 4:03 pm to AncientArousal
2000s.
I can chime in here because I have been going to the games since 1966.
Some of the loudest games I have been to were when the stadium held 67,500 people. 1971 Notre Dame was off the charts. 1972 Ole Miss was the first version of the Earthquake game. 1979 USC (first upper deck was one year old) was the greatest and most intense game that we lost.
That said, I consider Tiger Stadium at its very peak to be the night of the 2007 Florida game.
I can chime in here because I have been going to the games since 1966.
Some of the loudest games I have been to were when the stadium held 67,500 people. 1971 Notre Dame was off the charts. 1972 Ole Miss was the first version of the Earthquake game. 1979 USC (first upper deck was one year old) was the greatest and most intense game that we lost.
That said, I consider Tiger Stadium at its very peak to be the night of the 2007 Florida game.
Posted on 9/19/25 at 4:12 pm to Ace Midnight
Posted on 9/19/25 at 4:24 pm to Tiger Ugly
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Two of the loudest games ever in that Old stadium were in the 70's - Notre Dame 71 and USC 79.
I'm going to add vs Ohio State in 87'. One of the loudest games I remember. Earle Bruce held OSU in the tunnel and wouldn't come out first. Crowd was absolutely apeshit. Tom Tupa was the QB and punter. When he went under center on the first drive, the crowd got so loud he just looked to the sideline and tapped his hands to his ear holes like "I can't hear". Getting chill bumps reliving it.
Posted on 9/19/25 at 5:10 pm to AncientArousal
70s
Posted on 9/19/25 at 5:33 pm to TwinDad2002
My parents’ first date was Notre Dame 1971 so I would not be here without that so much respect to that time period. I was at lsu from 1998-2004 (undergrad AND grad school to clarify!!!) and experiencing the Saban turnaround after Dinardo, the 9-11 season and Katrina season is have to say definitely the 2000s. It’s the only decade, thus far, where we won the NC twice so there should not be any debate.
Posted on 9/19/25 at 5:33 pm to AncientArousal
When it was pretty much SRO in 70’s to mid 80’s. When no one left early, and everyone yelled. When the student section was a crazy, loud orgy of sweat, liquor and barf.
When cable arrived it was the beginning of the end. Modern tech has lessened the experience of the “old deafening Death Valley”
When cable arrived it was the beginning of the end. Modern tech has lessened the experience of the “old deafening Death Valley”
Posted on 9/19/25 at 5:36 pm to KLSU
00-03 were fun because there were visible changes in the product on the field and the fan base in general had a sense that something special was coming.
80s were memorable for me because the energy and environment of the stadium was organic. There was no piped in music. You could feel the rhythm of the crowd respond to the team. Like the stadium itself was alive.
80s were memorable for me because the energy and environment of the stadium was organic. There was no piped in music. You could feel the rhythm of the crowd respond to the team. Like the stadium itself was alive.
Posted on 9/19/25 at 5:46 pm to FriscoTiger
Man I hate people goofing around on their phones when something more important is happening in real life
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