Obviously we couldn't not do 1987. I was in Kindergarten here so I don't have any personal memories to share. Let's hear your favorite memories and most legendary anecdotes.
Who here went to the Sugar Bowl?
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I saw 3 away games that year:Who here went to the Sugar Bowl?
Obviously we couldn't not do 1987. I was in Kindergarten here so I don't have any personal memories to share. Let's hear your favorite memories and most legendary anecdotes.
Who here went to the Sugar Bowl?
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It was a great season. The Penn State game might have been the loudest blowout in Dome history. We had what, 18 years of supressed rage that was excised that day.Obviously we couldn't not do 1987. I was in Kindergarten here so I don't have any personal memories to share. Let's hear your favorite memories and most legendary anecdotes.
Who here went to the Sugar Bowl?
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Penn State. Freeze option to Rob Moore, first play of the game. Touch down! My ears are still ringing.
Loudest I have ever , ever heard the dome.
I was there for that too. Pretty closeOwens for 2 was even louder.
I went to the Sugar Bowl. First time I saw people openly urinating in public (on Bourbon Street). First street I ever walked down that smelled distinctly of urine (also Bourbon Street). I think it is a great place to go to if you drink. If you don’t...it isn’t quite as appealing.
It was very close and hard to differentiate. I think the difference might be that the Penn State explosion was at the start of the game, when everyone was 100% and ready to go. The WVU explosion was at the end of a close, long., very exciting game when some people were perhaps not 100% strong in energy or voice.I was there for that too. Pretty close
Have you considered the possibility that you damaged some hearing between the start of the PSU game and the end of the WVU game?I was there for that too. Pretty close
It was very close and hard to differentiate. I think the difference might be that the Penn State explosion was at the start of the game, when everyone was 100% and ready to go. The WVU explosion was at the end of a close, long., very exciting game when some people were perhaps not 100% strong in energy or voice.
I hope we have another contender or two coming this season.
Obviously we couldn't not do 1987. I was in Kindergarten here so I don't have any personal memories to share. Let's hear your favorite memories and most legendary anecdotes.
Who here went to the Sugar Bowl?
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Coach Mac left Gregory in the game when it was a blow out. Ugh.1987 was the year I got married. My wife and I actually planned to attend the Penn State game between the wedding ceremony and reception. The date didn't work so we missed the Colgate game instead. I think that was the game Ted Gregory was injured. I firmly believe if Ted was fully available for the Sugar Bowl that SU would have won going away.
Besides the exciting games, the season and dome were fun. We still had the Dome Ranger. I think even the Beast of East was still attending games. I think M&T Bank had spirit buttons for each game that were generally pretty corny. Y94 and its morning dj Big Mike promoted the team avidly. There was a parody song the week of the Penn State game, "The Lion Weeps Tonight," to the tune of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight." Another parody song was "Donny Mac, You're My Quarterback." That song was played for Don at the Orange Pack luncheon the Tuesday before the game much to Don's embarrassment.
1987 was exciting and it was fun to be part of it. My hearing has almost recovered from the Penn State and WVU games.
I hate the SEC, moreso now that I live in the south, and am no Auburn fan, but, to be fair to them, 'War Eagle' and the game day probably alcohol influenced 'War Damn Eagle' have been an Auburn montra for generations. It is completely normal for my wife, an alum, to say it to anyone she sees wearing Auburn clothes. It's the same as 'Go Orange' or 'Go Cuse' to us.It was a great season. The Penn State game might have been the loudest blowout in Dome history. We had what, 18 years of supressed rage that was excised that day.
I went to the Sugar Bowl. First time I saw people openly urinating in public (on Bourbon Street). First street I ever walked down that smelled distinctly of urine (also Bourbon Street). I think it is a great place to go to if you drink. If you don’t...it isn’t quite as appealing.
Ran into a lot of Auburn fans before the game, walking the streets of the city. They were very cocky and dismissive of Syracuse. A lot of them wore buttons that said ‘Piss On Syracuse’. That was a mistake. Shortly after those buttons came out, Syracuse fans started wearing ‘F*uck Auburn’ buttons. They were shocked. Really thought they were somehow better than us.
They liked to say ‘War Damn Eagle’ to us, like it was a clever saying. How stupid.
After the game, most of the Auburn fans were in shock that their coach was such a coward and disgusted with his decision to not try to win but settle for a meaningless tie. No one in the stadium thought he would do something so senseless and lame. It is a shame the game ended that way. It featured some great players on both sides and some of the most violent collisions and hits I have ever seen in one game.
On New Year’s Eve, there is a big celebration in NO at Jackson Square, with live music and fireworks. It was pretty fun but shortly after midnight, most of the crowd, including us, headed towards downtown. It was packed with people, all walking down the street together. Suddenly everyone stopped. I looked ahead and saw why. There was a violent knife fight going on between two guys, with the crowd opened into a circle and the fighters inside it. I think a policeman eventually arrived and broke it up and we were able to resume our journey to our hotel.
But as we made a turn, there was a series of ear splitting bangs. A guy was firing shots from a pistol at another guy. Maybe 10 yards from us. Some froze, some ran. We ran. Later we read stories in the paper about both incidents.
That place is a little too wild for me.
We were down 17-0 at home to BC the week before the WVU game, but ended up winning 45-17.
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