I have a picture of Jerry Stovall and me when LSU played North Carolina in, I am guessing, mid 60's, at Chapel Hill. I can't find it, if I do I will post. Until sex that was the high point of my life.
LSU baseball team, circa 1890-1900 LSU baseball team, circa 1890-1900 LSU baseball team, circa 1890-1900 -- Pentagon Barracks in back 1908 LSU baseball team on East Cemetery Hill Gettysburg, P.A.
That guy with the "Y" who looks like Al Swearingen from Deadwood . . . why the "Y"? Look, Art Garfunkle is leaning on him . . . and Geraldo is standing beside Art . . .
Pictures of LSU students in the LSU Corps of Cadets LSU students, 1898 -- note the "LSU" on the uniform collars of the cadets LSU cadets circa 1890-1900 LSU cadets circa 1890-1900 LSU cadets, cannon, and dog, 1897 LSU cadets circa 1890-1900 LSU Corp of Cadet's Prize Company, 1887. President's Residence is the mansion on the right. LSU cadets circa 1890-1900 -- Pentagon Barracks in back LSU cadets and band circa 1890-1900 -- Pentagon Barracks in back 1909 -- LSU cadets and band with Pentagon Barracks and Garig Hall in background LSU Corps of Cadet's Parade Band circa 1890-1900-- note the "LSU" on the drum in the middle
Here is the 1909 LSU basketball team. Remember, basketball had only been invented in Dec. 1891. 1909 LSU basketball team (with Hill Memorial Library, Garig Hall, Irion Hall, and Alumni Memorial Hall in distance)
Papier-mache tiger mounted on automobile at the LSU-Arkansas football game played in Shreveport in 1921. LSU won 10-7.
Louisiana Governor and U.S. Senator Huey "The Kingfish" Long (assassinated at age 42 on Sept. 10, 1935 in the Louisiana State Capitol). Huey P. Long talking with referees at LSU football game in Tiger Stadium, ca. 1930. Huey Long sings as LSU Band plays aboard train bound for LSU football game ca. 1930. Huey Pierce Long poses in front of a special train carrying LSU students and fans to a football game From an article in the LSU Reveille: ...Long added 10,000 seats to the 13,000-seat [Tiger] stadium by 1934. For his love of LSU football, he even arranged for students to ride the train for reduced fares for out-of-town games. Roy King, assistant director of bands, said Long’s interest in the LSU band changed it from a military ceremonial band to the “Show Band of the South” under the direction of Castro Carazo, whom Long hired. Long introduced the purple and gold colors and increased the band to nearly 250 members, according to the LSU Department of Bands Web site. ... Long composed songs for the band with Carazo, such as “Darling of LSU” and “Touchdown for LSU,” which the band still plays at every game. ... Daily Reveille - Huey P. Long?s legacy, impact still linger
Huey Long was Governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932... on Oct. 3, 1931, LSU had it's first night game in Tiger Stadium. Note that Notre Dame stadium didn't get lights until the late 1990s.
