It is the stuff of legend.
A packed Tiger Stadium. A physical, defensive game between two Southeastern conference powerhouse football teams. A score of Auburn-6, LSU-0, late in the fourth quarter. Watch this short video of the last drive; your heart will race.
The crowd reaction was so loud, it actually registered on a campus seismograph: LSU geologists were downright stunned.
One question LSU fans have been debating ever since is whether it was caused by the crowd noise or the simultaneous jumping up and down of more than 80,000 people.
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’88 was the same year we lost to Ohio State. LSU tied OSU in ’87. Going into the BIG ONE tomorrow night, LSU is 0-1-1 against the Buckeyes.
GEAUX TIGERS! TAKE THE ‘SHIP!!
Fun! Why did LSU not wear white jerseys*?
Of course, LSU’s loss that season was in Ohio Stadium [where I witnessed such (I also witnessed OSU tie LSU in Baton Rouge the prior season).
Go Buckeyes!
* OSU chose to not wear white for this BCS NC game, so, each team is to wear its “home” uniform; I expected such; nonetheless, I’m disappointed. I hope to not care in about fifty one and a half hours from now!
Jim,
In 1982, the NCAA changed its jersey rule, requiring teams to wear dark colored jerseys for home games. So the Tigers did so from 1983 – 1994. Gerry DiNardo petitioned the NCAA in 1995 to change the rule and won. Later the SEC adopted a league rule that the home team could wear what ever color they wanted.
Thanks, Jason; I’d obviously forgotten that the Tigers wore purple jerseys when I was privileged to experience a game in their stadium — it was a daytime game, though (T.V.).
“Buckeye Nation” will surely be well-represented in the Superdome, but, to be sure, it’s a home game for LSU. I expect an “instant classic”!
Regardless, mega-kudos to you and your fellow dog-bloggers; your site is incomparably edifying … I even enjoy the Bayou Bengal stuff!
Thanks, Jim. Do you live in Ohio?
Indeed; Toledo — home of Toledo Reformed Theology Conference, which, as is annually true, features excellent teachers. The one I most look forward to this year (Ides of March weekend) is Kenneth Gentry; until your posts last March, I’d not known of him. I’m currently reading his Before Jerusalem Fell; Dr. Gentry’s excellent scholarship and writing unequivocally make the case that Revelation was written by A.D. 70.
I look forward to Dr. Gentry’s forthcoming commentary on Revelation [Divorce of Israel (original "working title": Tale of Two Cities)]; indeed, I hope to contribute financially to the project!
BJF is among dozens of books I’ve read since the day after the Debacle in the Desert (1/8/07, the day following OSU’s embarrassment via the Gators). Many of them were written by Covenant Theologians (among the best: O. Palmer Robertson’s Israel of God R.C. Sproul’s The Last Days According to Jesus, and Kim Riddlebarger’s A Case For Amillenialism), but, my pursuit is of New Covenant Theology and concomitant understanding of eschatology. Your 3-4-4 thread (and Preterist Amillenarian thread) is typically excellent!
I’m an attorney; Deo volente (nevertheless?!), my dream of Greater Toledo New Covenant/Biblical Theology Fellowship will become a reality! By-the-way, I lived in Columbus for a decade and earned two degrees at Ohio State; the Buckeyes were an idol; now, just a strong diversion (surely you can relate!).
OSU 27 LSU 18
Jim,
I can fellowship with Fide-o-tized Buckeyes any day. God bless you.
Thanks, Jason; same to you. By-the-way, I just sent — for the “umpteenth” time — the link to your March 13 post, Does The Bible Mean What It Says? Immediately thereafter, I watched the Top Ten Plays (so far); it’s safe to predict that Holliday will account for (a) highlight(s) tomorrow night! As to Dorsey, I hope that Glenn’s no more of a standout than was Ken (five years ago)!
Correction (my previous comment): January 9 (the game was played on January 8).