ttigermike

I think the only way to compare tiger stadium on Saturday night today is compare to other top football programs who are trying to keep fans interested and entertained. I believe lsu stacks up at the top. But you cannot compare to the late 50's thru the 80's.when it was rowdy and craziness unexpected sometimes prevail ed. student section in the 70's was at least twice what it is now and along with the band had sections starting on the 40 yard line.

Ronnie lott usc vs lsu '79.."i haven't been in an event like that at any level of football and
I am including my super bowls in that assessment"

john robinson coach usc 1979 vs lsu

his description of tiger stadium sept 29,1979

"it makes notre dame look like romber room."

the difference for lsu is we have a winning coach
who has stayed at lsu.

history will show lsu has not had elite coaches
stay at lsu. the best coaches in lsu football
all left at a point when they could have stayed
at lsu. the exception is les miles.

going back to the 1930's lsu had biff jones.
he had lsu near the top of the polls when he was
run off by huey long. he went on to put nebraska
on the football map

1960's paul dietzel's leaving at his prime
put lsu behind bama and a long run for the bear

1980's arnsparger if lsu administration had worked with him may have set lsu for good run
instead he went to florida.

2000's saban leaves. again lsu can not keep
a great coach.

then miles comes after saban. he has had two chances to go back to michigan. he is the
only elite coach to stay at lsu.

look at the coaches in sec history with most
wins. lsu coaches not very well represented.

for the first time we have had stability with
a coach really committed to lsu long term and
is winning at an all-time level at lsu

wake forest 1960

i remember stepping from the portal and
seeing tiger stadium under the lights

there was not a large crowd...i believe it was
high scool band nite...to fill seats high school bands were invited...we ate at hatcher mess hall
across from east side of tiger stadium.

i had to wear a tie and nice sweater

in 70's and early 80's student section was huge
for big games. that like so many things: the oranges thrown at florida state...rushing the
field after ole miss game in '70 (before fences)
the overall rowdiness..poking mike in front of the student section half a dozen times..will
never happen again

the amount of booze in the stadium was a lot more years ago at night games.visiting teams dodged whiskey half pints.

modern security and the change in the makeup
of the type of fans in stands have changed
the experience some for the good and some
like tv time outs constantly are just part of the
times we live in.

most of the people on this board are out of touch with reality.even sabin lost at least 3
games every year he was at lsu but one.

...but when i look at how many posts some have
i say get a life!

the penalty which had auburn decided to take would have changed both down and distance for lsu.

i believe lsu had to wait to see what auburn would do. the field goal unit was ready on sideline...but you would not want offense removed
from field with 3rd down coming up .

when auburn decided to decline the penalty the field goal unit was sent in and i thought he had enough time with good snap and hold

lsu used its last time out on previous play with clock run down.

to me the real problem where the penalties which
seemed to disrupt almost every phase of lsu's game.

yesterday i listened to lynn rollins two hour
tiger sports show. over 80% of callerscomplaining
about jlee playing time and how they have lost respect for les miles.

i go to a christmas party last weekend everybody
complaing about jefferson,lee or about off.

this is so different from last two bcs championships. the tiger faithful were excited
and positive ....the fan base was in a frenzy.

many or complaining about the rematch.

the lsu tigers are on top of the college football
world and are on the cusp of becoming the number one football program in sec. when this team beats bama they may be recognized by some as one of the greatest teams ever!

but, if you listened to many tiger fans you would find that hard to believe!

lsu beat tulane (sec champion in 1949)
21-0 to give them victories over 3 conference
champs

we will know in january.....we have maybe five
games left to play . way to early....the back side
of the schedule has always seperated out the great
teams from good lsu teams.

if this team wins sec championship and beats a good stanford or oklahoma team we may say they are
the best;but one slip to arkansas and things
could turn out different.