I don't begin to get how anyone would not support renaming the stadium. 5 national god damn championships. We have exactly 1 NC that wasn't under Skip's reign. What don't you get about that?
First, it's not the stadium, it's the field. Second, the street is already named after him. I bet he is just fine with that. In a certain way, it's better in that you have to know a little history of LSU to understand why the street is named after him instead of the grass.
I'm somewhat surprised we didn't name the new stadium the Skip Bertman Stadium. Hard to imagine somebody doing more for a program than what Skip did for LSU baseball. Skip did a lot more for LSU baseball than Maravich did for LSU basketball, and we named our basketball arena after Pete
It's pretty common in football too. Just in the SEC, you have: Auburn: Pat Dye Field at Jordan-Hare Stadium Arkansas: Frank Broyles Field at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium Florida: Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at Florida Field Kentucky: C.M. Newton Field at Commonwealth Stadium Miss State: Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field Missouri: Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium Ole Miss: Vaught-Hemingway Stadium at Hollingsworth Field Tennessee: Shields-Watkins Field at Neyland Stadium Vanderbilt: Vanderbilt Stadium at Dudley Field Others include: Florida State: Bobby Bowden Field at Doak Campbell Stadium Clemson: Frank Howard Field at Memorial Stadium Oklahoma: Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium at Owen Field Nebraska: Tom Osborne Field at Memorial Stadium
That's why i used the phrase "somewhat surprised" I'm just glad we didn't name the new stadium Bertman-Box, I'm not a fan of the double-name stadiums like: Bryant-Denny (originally Denny Stadium, legendary coach Bear Bryant added later) Jordan-Hare (formerly Cliff Hare Stadium since 1949, legendary coach Shug Jordan added later) Vaught-Hemingway (originally Hemingway stadium, legendary coach Johnny Vaught added later) etc
I think it's fine and don't understand the uproar. I look forward to the day we see Les Miles Field at Tiger Stadium. I'll sit back and eat some popcorn now.
