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re: Ole Tulane Stadium
Posted on 4/10/20 at 12:34 pm to blueridgeTiger
Posted on 4/10/20 at 12:34 pm to blueridgeTiger
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Damn near - been attending LSU games since 1949.
It’s awesome we have some old folks that know how to hang on TD.
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Posted on 4/10/20 at 6:11 pm to The Boat
I'd love to see photos if anyone has them.
Posted on 4/10/20 at 8:14 pm to choupiquesushi
quote:The attendance is the effect, not the cause.
players could also enroll in UC much cheaper than regular and still be eligible. recruits showing up to games with 15k in attendance killed football...
UC made it easier to keep players eligible. But they ratcheted up the admission standards after the basketball scandal (football, not basketball, actually paid the long-term price for that). ACTs <23 had to go through this faculty review process to be admitted and numbers were limited. They ratcheted them up the first time in 1950, relaxed them when Pittman came to town in the late 1960s, and the pushed them back up in the late 1980s.
The admissions are a little more reasonable now. But coaches have to keep up grad rates, so they are pretty conservative about bringing in many suspect students.
Posted on 4/10/20 at 11:25 pm to Liger43
The lower bowl was likely concrete and had been there since the 1920s, but the upper deck was basically supported by a lifesize, steel, Erector set. It was quite susceptible to rust as others have indicated, and Tulane lacked the resources to keep it in shape and painted to protect it. Especially so once the Superdome was close to being completed and in the later years.
Dave Dixon's book is quite interesting. He was a Tulane alumnus, I believe. It's worth a read.
And one of the Willow Street end.
Dave Dixon's book is quite interesting. He was a Tulane alumnus, I believe. It's worth a read.
And one of the Willow Street end.
Posted on 4/10/20 at 11:39 pm to EastBankTiger
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After both teams cleared the field, Tulane came out to practice...and the few fans still left gave them a bigger cheer than the Saints got all day. Stories circulated after the game that someone called in a bomb threat to the Saints' locker room. Supposedly, the person who answered said, "we'll investigate if it goes off."
That is probably what NOPD would say now if someone called in a bomb threat during a Tulane game.
Posted on 4/11/20 at 7:59 am to RedPop4
Just think how pissed the NIMBYs would be if that side of toolame's new stadium was even close to that size?
Posted on 4/11/20 at 9:55 am to Liger43
Lot of great memories at Tulane/Sugar Bowl Stadium. Went to quite a few games with my Dad beginning in the early 50’s. My first “date” was in the stadium in 1958; I was 12. Was there for Tulane, Sugar Bowls, NFL, 3 Super Bowls & concerts including J. Giles Band & ZZ Top.
Opened on 1926, seating about 25,000. Couple of expansions increased that to 86,000 over the years. Demolition began in 1979.
Opened on 1926, seating about 25,000. Couple of expansions increased that to 86,000 over the years. Demolition began in 1979.
Posted on 4/11/20 at 11:14 am to tigernnola
They should have saved the wrought iron gates and the facade with the sugar cane.
Put them on display at the Reily center. And eventually incorporate them into Yulman.
Put them on display at the Reily center. And eventually incorporate them into Yulman.
Posted on 4/11/20 at 11:23 am to Liger43
Saw Vanderbilt-Tulane there in 1971.Near the end they announced Jim Pittman had died of a heart attack on sidelines of TCU-Baylor.
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