re: Gator Week : Rembering the greatest game in Tiger Stadium history.

Having attended both, as well as quite a few other big games in between, the 97 game has always been the most memorable to me. While the peaks of the 07 game may have been a bit crazier due to the physical number of people packed inside, the 97 game was never topped for the level of sustained energy in that stadium. From pre to post game that place was rocking. Couldn’t hear or talk to the person next to you all game long. Never experienced anything like it before or since, in any stadium.

I was also in the golden band in 97. As we were packing up to leave the stadium I was unable to locate my hat. Turns out one of my fellow students found the game every bit as memorable as I had and used the post game hysteria to get away with a one-of-a-kind souvenir Didn’t even mind having to buy the replacement.