WVU fans perspective on Tiger Stadium

You kidding me. Post a bull snort comment and people are going to call you on it. You guys pampered? Come on do that stuff on the Rant. The ones who get flamed are the ones that don't think it through. Try to remember it is still a bunch of kids playing a game the next time you watch.

 

I'm sure that the 8 p.m. kickoff led, in large part, for the mass exodus before the end of the game. The game didn't end until around 11:45, so one was looking at being stuck in traffic for another couple of hours. Again, if folks live in Baton Rouge, that's not a huge deal.

But for out-of-towners, about to drive 450 miles home the next day, it was likely a problem. I made the mistake, for instance, of taking my five-year-old daughter. She slept through the first half, and I left at halftime--and I NEVER leave a game early, but well, there are limits, aren't there? My nine-year-old wasn't thrilled.

Oh, and another minor point. Many would suggest that a "full day and half a night of drinking" make Tiger Stadium more lively, but I'm not so sure about that. I witnessed more than an few passed out fans in the stands. It must suck to have paid for tickets and then not see a play of the game, for fear of vomiting all over yourself and those around you. A guy on the row below me was completely out.

All of those things, coupled with the anemic, inept offense, helped clear the stadium early. I'm practically bowing my head in shame for leaving the game early. It was decided that it may be a while before my younger child sees an LSU game in person...

 

I woke up at 7pm friday night after sleeping from 1pm. I went play softball at pelican park in carencro (got killed 15-6), went to work, (drove from lafayette to galliano and back) got back at 1130am saturday, went tailgate and stayed until 0:00 on the clock and drove back home. got back at 1am, so I was up from 7pm friday til 1am sunday. no excuse to leave early. I pay too much damn money to leave before it's over and this game wasn't over until 0 on the clock. WV only needed one pick six, or fumble or long run from Devine to get the win.

I did not see many WVU fans, but they did get loud when they scored TD #2. But, then we started booing and drowned them out. :milesmic: :lol:

 

I've been attending games in Tiger Stadium as a student and season ticket holder for over 30 yrs. That doesn't count the many years as a boyscout seating fans. The change in Tiger stadium after TAF took over the seats is much more drastic than I ever thought it would be. Today's wine and cheese yuppie fans make Tiger stadium sound like a library compared to the good ole days. TAF has done many great things for LSU and LSU football, but the Tiger stadium of old that you read about is dead and buried. The loudest crowds of today can't hold a candle to the most silent crowds of 15 yrs ago.

 

Took my daughter to her first game in TS, I had told her this would be an experience to remember the rest of her life (like it was for me). While she enjoyed the game and traditional fanfare associated, I may have overstated how imposing TS really is/was. To me it just didn't reach the excitement level of years past.This is ashamed, my kids and theirs will never know what it was truly like to be in a rowdy stadium cheering for the Tigers they love and support. I'm bringing my son to the Tennessee game, he's in the military and this is the first game he has ever been able to attend (it was his wish to go before being deployed again in November) and I'm concerned that it will be a let down for him after all the years of purple and gold slighted stories I have told. They called it DEATH VALLEY for a reason, the place where opponents dreams die hard, hope that holds true for my son to witness first hand.

 

I attended the game with my 4 yr old daughter. I worked until 3:30pm and went home for a quick shower and change before heading to the game. We both hung in there until the clock read zero even though I had to get up at 3:30am and head to work Sunday morning. It's the exact same thing as the crowd noise. It started at the same time and for the exact same reasons. 15yrs ago a game against WVU with such a close score could have started at midnight and you wouldn't have seen such a mass exodus. It's an entirely different crowd in TS these days. Even in close score big time games it empties out after the 3rd quarter. Where it used to be a passion for those filling the seats it is now more of a social event.

 

I have been a fan "forever", only saw the LSU-UNC game in Chapel Hill in mid 60's. Realistically, I will never make it to Tiger Stadium.

This is a sad thread to me. I have watched parts of a lot of games on tv, and from afar, the change at TS is noticeable. I doubt we could or even can get back to the "good ole days" (I am sure there are problems there, too) but it makes one long for the rowdies and full crowds till the end.

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Hey everyone, so I guess I'll be the first WVU fan to post here

I didnt get to go to the game, but a have many friends in the WVU Marching Band that made the trek down. They were incredibly impressed with Tiger Stadium and the LSU Fans. They said it's the only place they've been where they got booed and the middle finger when they went in, and cheers and applause when they left. They said you are all really great and the atmosphere was electric. It was the biggest stadium any of them had been to since we went to the 2008 Fiesta Bowl, and LSU fans kept it loud.

I watched it on TV and I could tell our boys were a bit shaken up by the loudness. I sincerely enjoyed playing a quality program like LSU (instead of Coastal Carolina, Marshall or UNLV) Even though we lost. We look forward to seeing you at Mountaineer Field next year. And you all are welcome at my tailgate anytime.

 

I'm one of those that stays until the end of every game. At around 10:00 in the 4th quarter I just looked at my wife and said I'm ready to go. That has never happened to me before. It was 20-14 with plenty of time left, yet I felt I wasn't going to see anything I hadn't already in the first 3.75 games. Drained is a pretty good way do describe it.