Louisiana State University - Gumbo Yearbook (Baton Rouge, LA)

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The Golden Band Resounds In Tigerland Under the direction of Nicholas Rouse, the Tiger Band cranks up for marching season two weeks before school starts for the fall semester. Working from 8:30 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. there are full band rehearsals with and without instru- ments and sectionals seven days a week. The band, consisting of approxi- mately 275 students, practices one hour a day six days a week, except on football Saturdays when they practice for two hours. Musicians are considered a little eccentric occasionally. That ' s prob- ably the impression passersby get during the band ' s early practices. Not everyone is born knowing how to make snap turns without turning his head. Rouse solves this problem with a spoon holding a hard-boiled egg while marching at the same time. Although band members have been known to complain about long rehearsals, rain, and hot weather, they continue to march down the hill on football Saturdays and continue the Tiger Rag tradi- tion. 1. Anyone can audition to become a band member, including entering freshmen and graduate stu- dents. (Scnultz) 2. Cheryl Schllhab twirled a set of sabers, special knives that the Tigerettes use. (Sdmhz) 3. The Golden Girls, consisting of 16 members, practiced six days a week. (Daniel)

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Football . continued Unbelievably, the Florida con- test began in the same way the Rice game had. Before the touted Gators had broken a sweat, the Tigers had sprinted to a 29-0 lead, via four TD ' s and a safety. Sold indeed were the Tiger partisans on this team when the eventual 36-14 SEC shocker was history. LSU ' s first win over Florida since 1973. Then came the try to win a road game. The inability to win a game out of Louisiana had captured the fancy of Tiger teams since the dry spell struck in 1974. In fact, only Rice in Shreveport and Tulane in New Orleans in 1975 saved the Tigers from going victory-less on the road since 1973. The Indiana game that opened the ' 77 season extended the streak. The upcoming foe was Vander- bilt (a team with the ability to get sky-high for good teams, which LSU had developed into, and a knack of losing to losers). Whatever the case, Vandy was ready, LSU wasn ' t and the Tigers found them- selves behind 0-15 midway in the third quarter. It appeared that the sleeping Tigers would keep their oblivious road streak intact. Then, characteristically of this team, the Bengals exploded. In fact, they turned Tiger. A 0-15 deficit became a 28-15 victory at Nashville - and the Tigers ' road streak was shattered. 1. LSU played Vanderbilt in Nashville in 1977 the Tigers ' first appearance at ancient Dudley Field since 1957. (Schultz) 172 Main Ingredients

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Football . . . continued Had LSU defeated Kentucky in 1977 ' s version of the LSU Home- coming, the Tigers would have probably finished the year with a great record. But this is not what happened. A parade of glaring, gigantic errors turned a 13-7 Kentucky lead into a 33-7 Kentucky runaway. The game produced more if ' s than the record crowd of 71,495, and LSU saw its 2-0 SEC record suffer a 33- 13 tarnishing. Sugar Bowl hopes also vanished, along with the num- ber eleven national ranking the Tigers had built in the UPI poll. 1. Mike the Tiger showed Bill Conti, the composer of the musical score for the film Rocky, around at the Homecoming game. (Zietz) 2. The lingering remains from the Homecoming Decorations con- test waited for the trash collectors. (Daniel) 174 Main Ingredients