Is any one out there planning to kidnap something from Tulane as a fitting end to the traditional rivalry. If I remember correctly, when I was a student someone stole the stone Tulane University monument from St Charles avenue and deposited it in front of the student union.:hihi: I bet there's some sort of banner hanging on the outfield fence at Turchin or something begging to be kidnapped and relocated...Any Ideas out there? It's our last chance at mischief. ...and it's Halloween !! opcorn:. http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs//archives/10423
Students revive state rivalry, tradition [SIZE=+1]A[/SIZE]s the LSU Tigers stormed the football field for the first time this season, a 60-year-old tradition was unfurled for the first time in nearly 20 years. On Sept. 1, when LSU took on the Green Wave of Tulane for the fist time in five years, the Tiger Rag made a return appearance to center field. The Tiger Rag, or “Victory Flag,” as it is known at Tulane, is a satin flag divided diagonally, featuring the two universities’ logos and colors, with the Louisiana state seal in the center. It represents two respected institutions and the traditional rivalry between them. The rivalry began in 1893, when LSU met Tulane on the field for its first football game. From 1893 to 1938 the rivalry between the schools increased, going from harmless pranks to a riot in Tiger Stadium when raging fans from both teams took the field kicking and swinging after the Wave defeated the Tigers on Nov. 26, 1938. In 1940, the student body presidents created the flag for good sportsmanship between the universities. The Tiger Rag was born as a truce between the campus communities to focus on the game and to let the players decide who had the better team. This tradition also kept the fans in their seats by awarding full “bragging rights” to the victor, who would possess the flag until next season. LSU was the first to win those rights on Nov. 29, 1941, when the Tigers defeated the Green Wave 19-0 in New Orleans. Bernie Moore was head coach for that game, and fullback Walter Gorinski led LSU to victory. LSU’s record against Tulane in the period from 1941 to 1982, when the flag was being passed from school to school, was 33 wins, six losses and three ties. However, this tradition ended when the flag vanished in the early 1980s. Tulane records say the flag was destroyed in a fire at the school’s University Center, but some believe the flag was stolen and remains intact to this day as someone’s trophy. Colonial Flag and Banner and Designs by Wilson made the 2001 replica of the Tiger Rag using archive photos. The new Tiger Rag will be passed back and forth from winner to winner, just as the original was. LSU and Tulane shared ownership of the Tiger Rag until the student body president and team captains of Tulane passed the flag to those of LSU on Saturday. LSU will have custody of the flag until the teams meet again. The groups involved in the return of the Tiger Rag include LSU Student Government, Tulane Student Government, Tiger Athletic Foundation, LSU Office of University Relations, LSU Office of the Dean of Students, LSU Archives in Hill Memorial Library, Tulane Archives and LSU Sports Information.
My Paw Paw was a cadet at LSU in the '30s. He used to tell stories about how they would distribute small wooden clubs to each cadet on the train down to NO for the game-for the annual post game fights outside the stadium. :hihi:
I read in Peter Finney's book that during WWII, there was a fight that broke out in Tiger stadium during the Tulane game... on the field. The two bands would take turns playing the National Anthem. When that would happen, the people fighting would stop (out of patriotic duty) and hold their hands over their hearts. When the song would end, the fighting would resume. This gave the State police time to remove people from the field and eject them from the stadium. When order was restored inside Tiger Stadium, the fight relocated across Nicholson drive, in the experimental sugar cane fields (where the golf course is). The time of year was December, the last game of the season. There was a freeze and the Tigers and Greenies were beating each other with FROZEN sugar cane !!! Those must have been the days. :thumb:.
So no one's got any plans? We still have to pay them back for letting the Tiger loose on campus that time.:wink:. Hmmmmm...
for halloween dress up like borat and throw dollar bills at all of their fans so theyll leave finally us alone. yes i am nine.
Years ago the Agriculture students did a class project in which they compared the color, germination time, growth rate, environmental requirements, etc. of various grasses with the type of grass that composed the turf at Tulane stadium. Then they timed it just right when Tulane had a few games in a row on the road...and snuck in and planted "LSU" with the grass seed in large block letters between the twenty yard lines. It went unnoticed because the ground crew cut the grass the day before the games...and when they did cut the grass, they were too late !! LSU was plain as day embedded in the turf at Tulane Stadium.:hihi:. Maybe someone can plant "62-0" on Tulane's campus or in Turchin field. (any other ideas?)
