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

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Traveling Tigers Continue a Tradition The Tiger fan, like many other genera, comes in a variety of spec- ies. There are die-hard Tiger fans and Tiger fans through heredity. And there are alumni Tiger fans who begin arriving as much as a day in advance of home football games the Traveling Tigers. Not only do the Traveling Tigers arrive early for home games, they also establish temporary residence in their specially designated area behind Alex Box Stadium, making a weekend of LSU ' s Saturday night special. The Traveling Tiger tradition began in the early 1960 ' s when one family arrived in a mobile home and parked by the stadium for the weekend. The idea caught on and soon the stadium lot began to look a little like an overnight trailer park. The open field behind Alex Box Stadium was shelled and designated for this fast-growing species of Tiger fan. On any weekend of a home game, the Traveling Tigers begin arriving on Friday. This informal organization includes former LSU athletes, parents of athletes, and LSU alumni. Fans of opposing teams are welcomed to the Travel- ing Tigers ' plot. Saturday s take on a picnic atmosphere - - barbecues, picnics, shooting the breeze, horseshoes, and, of course, football. After the game, some of the cam- pers pack up and disappear down I- 10 while others spend another night at their weekend retreat and leave on Sunday. But they ' ll all be back for the next Saturday night kick-off. Lin l IS Jp b f fcitl h! v f OkM 176 Main Ingredients

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Festivities Highlight Homecoming Week Homecoming 1977 was a success eveiywhere but on the football field this past October. Homecoming week. October 9- 1 5. began Monday with a rah. rah. sis boom bah as 29 groups partici- pated in the Tiger Tantrums chant competition. The Tiger Roar pep rally held that Thursday was the highlight of the pre-game activities. It featured an appearance by Bill Conti. com- poser of the musical score for Rocky and an LSU graduate, and the music of Dejeans Olympia Brass Band and Blackie Forrester and the Cajun Aces. The winning chant from Tiger Tantrums. as well as a fireworks display, were also presented at the pep rally. An Almost Anything Goes games competition was held with over 30 teams competing. Acacia Fraternity combined a first in this competition with a first in the fra- ternity decorations division to win the sweepstakes title for the third year in a row. Kappa Kappa Gamma won the chant competition, with Chi Omega winning the sorority decorations division, Acadian Dorm, the inde- pendent singles division, and Home Economics and Industrial Technol- ogy departments, the doubles divi- sion. The Homecoming Committee, chaired by Larry Hoskins, crowned Judy Fousch Homecoming queen during the halftime festivities. Missy Crews. Lynn Herring. Jenni- fer Jarrell. and Cindy Whitten were named to the court. 1. Junior Judy Fousch was crowned queen of the 1977 Homecoming extravaganza in October. 2. Onlookers admired Chi Omega ' s sorority -winning Homecoming decoration entry. (Photos by Dan- id) TXOER GUMBO f n 1 1 LJ I (J 1 IPLjckUuck 22E Shred BuLLpup iTor L.gs Gr ; d I P ON 32., Tide T n 7 (| p orpLe GoLd.) 7 BuLLpup, I e. R i e e lean Green v a v e -BLend With And itasRed ou-r Tide AddS RebeL YeLL. -LRGNIrPPC-

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on 1. Traveling Tiger motor homes filled up acani lots for the Tiger borne games. (Rayner) 2. An LSL ' alumnus directed traffic in the Traveling Tigers ' parking lots. (Schuhz) 3. Ardent Tiger sup- porters set up camp in the field next to .Alex Box Stadium. (Rayner) 4. Coach Mac explained. We haven ' t been lucky the last mo or three years, We haven ' t had a break at all Somewhere this thing has got to go the other way. Sooner or later it ' s got to turn. I ' m counting on it. I ' m telling you. (Schultz) 5. LSL overcame a 21 point lead to beat Ok Miss in a televised thriller. ( Zietz ) Football . . .continued Patsies can do wonders to heal a wounded team. In 1977. Oregon became LSD ' s midseason patsy. Although falling behind early, the Tigers regained control enroute to a 56-17 thrashing of the Ducks. The game saw Charles Alexander etch new milestones in the LSU record book. Against Oregon he gained 237 yards and scored four touch- downs. Two straight Ole Miss victories, an exciting LSU team, and Charlie Alexander were the ingredients that allowed the 1977 renewal of the Tigers and the Rebels to be tele- vised. In sunny, hot, Jackson, Missis- sippi, the fired-up Rebels of Ole Miss ran up a stunning, embarrass- ing 21-0 lead over the lifeless, lead- footed Tigers. These Rebels, with their 4-4 record, looked like Johnny Vaught ' s Mississippi teams of the past that once ruled the SEC and LSU. Then, just before halftime. LSU scored. At the time, the Tiger touchdown didn ' t seem to make much differ- ence, but in the eyes of the players, it apparently did. The second half belonged to LSU and the 10,000 traveling Tigers that went to Jackson. It ended with a pulsating 28-21 LSU victory, the Tigers ' sixth win over the Rebels in the past eight years. At 1 n H