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re: Is Death Valley still as deadly?
Posted on 7/13/08 at 11:43 pm to im4LSU
Posted on 7/13/08 at 11:43 pm to im4LSU
Wasn't Mike there for the Florida game?
"The tiger is real. You know that there’s a live tiger on campus at LSU. And that they parade it around before games. And that you’re going to see it. But seeing it registers the lunacy of the whole event at a level that only the visual can really deliver: it’s a live goddamn tiger in its own bizarre cage/car, staring out at all the fresh meat it could possibly ever want from behind mesh and generally looking very, very unimpressed with the whole affair. The crowd loses all sense when it arrives, bringing LSU pregame out of the realm of mere “pep” and into a conflation of sport and primitive totem worship."
"When the “Four Corners Salute” gets cranking, it’s like listening to a 747 made entirely of fired clay crashing into a field of shattered glass. Getting a snap off effectively is in itself a game ball-worthy achievement. Combined with the orgy going on outside the stadium for five miles in any direction, it’s the gold standard for any other college gameday experience. Any of them. It is peerless in terms of demonstrated intensity, lunacy, commitment, flair, and menace."
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"The tiger is real. You know that there’s a live tiger on campus at LSU. And that they parade it around before games. And that you’re going to see it. But seeing it registers the lunacy of the whole event at a level that only the visual can really deliver: it’s a live goddamn tiger in its own bizarre cage/car, staring out at all the fresh meat it could possibly ever want from behind mesh and generally looking very, very unimpressed with the whole affair. The crowd loses all sense when it arrives, bringing LSU pregame out of the realm of mere “pep” and into a conflation of sport and primitive totem worship."
"When the “Four Corners Salute” gets cranking, it’s like listening to a 747 made entirely of fired clay crashing into a field of shattered glass. Getting a snap off effectively is in itself a game ball-worthy achievement. Combined with the orgy going on outside the stadium for five miles in any direction, it’s the gold standard for any other college gameday experience. Any of them. It is peerless in terms of demonstrated intensity, lunacy, commitment, flair, and menace."
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This post was edited on 7/13/08 at 11:49 pm
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Posted on 7/14/08 at 1:13 am to Panthera Tigris
quote:
Please correct me if I'm wrong. In the last 3 seasons, LSU has lost only 2 games at home-Tennessee in 2005 and Arkansas in 2007. We were undefeated at home in 2006 ( 2 losses away at Auburn & Florida ). In fact, we have not lost a Saturday night game since....2002 ( Alabama?) Wow! I am ready to stand corrected since I am only going by my currently enebriated mind
Actually, since mid 2001, LSU has lost 4 home games: Bama in '02, UF in '03, UT in '05, and Arky in '07, and the last 2 were in OT.
Posted on 7/14/08 at 6:20 am to UnclassyStudent
From Terry Bowden:
Back in 1993, in my first game in Baton Rouge, La., as the head coach at Auburn, [LSU's live mascot Mike the Tiger] scared the hell out of me with about the loudest roar I've ever heard seconds before we were to run out of the tunnel for the game. There is an old joke about wearing red coaching pants on the sidelines during a tough game because of how bloody it was going to be and not wanting to alarm the players. Well, let's just say, I could have used some brown pants on the sideline that day. ...
Back in 1993, in my first game in Baton Rouge, La., as the head coach at Auburn, [LSU's live mascot Mike the Tiger] scared the hell out of me with about the loudest roar I've ever heard seconds before we were to run out of the tunnel for the game. There is an old joke about wearing red coaching pants on the sidelines during a tough game because of how bloody it was going to be and not wanting to alarm the players. Well, let's just say, I could have used some brown pants on the sideline that day. ...
Posted on 7/14/08 at 6:26 am to Duzz
quote:
I was wondering. Alot of people say they hate to play Saturday Night, LSU Tiger Stadium. Is that any longer true? IS death valley still as fear as it was back in the days?
We basically broke the record for stadium noise against UF, and that game will probably keep it forever.
So yeah, I think we still have it.
Posted on 7/14/08 at 10:36 am to Volvagia
quote:
The Arkansas game ended at night.
Yes, a FRIDAY night.
Posted on 7/14/08 at 11:02 am to Duzz
I'm kinda worried about a pussification of DV that seems to be creeping along...tired of people in the stands telling me to sit down! 
I'm worried about the possibility of someone telling me to put my Crown Royal away. 
I'm worried about the possibility of someone telling me to put my Crown Royal away. 
Posted on 7/14/08 at 11:29 am to TigerB8
hell yeah its deadly, but its those damn PR "image conscious" people that are offended if a bunch of drunk students dance around and say "you suck".
ohhh noooo!!!!! thats what even allows this question to not be laughable.
ohhh noooo!!!!! thats what even allows this question to not be laughable.
Posted on 7/14/08 at 11:39 am to tigerinridgeland
quote:You, sir, are a class A #1 dumbass.
The only thing that made LSU any good was when the glorious Longhorns would take pity on the mental invalids of Louisiana and come to BR to beat your arse.
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