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re: The box and Death Valley is there anywhere else with that type of atmosphere
Posted on 6/7/15 at 9:16 am to CajunTiger_225
Posted on 6/7/15 at 9:16 am to CajunTiger_225
Haven't done the box but I can't imagine TS being behind anybody during a game. Not crazy about the BS that you have to endure outside the stadium and hate going there because of it but INSIDE the stadium during the game. Best place in America. 
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Posted on 6/7/15 at 9:22 am to Brunedog
Magical places
Posted on 6/7/15 at 10:53 am to Brunedog
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he box and Death Valley is there anywhere else with that type of atmosphere
Only if LSU is winning, otherwise...meh
Posted on 6/7/15 at 11:00 am to PanhandleDawg
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YOU beat ULL by 1 point
Posted on 6/7/15 at 11:07 am to TOKEN
Ragin Pagin looking for you.
Posted on 6/7/15 at 12:38 pm to Brunedog
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NOOOO
No other venues even come close.
Posted on 6/7/15 at 1:28 pm to tigger1
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The gas station was build long after LSU was moved to the south campus.
You're only partially correct. Construction of the present campus began in 1923. The first game in Tiger Stadium was in 1924. The nearby gas station called "Deaf Valley" was built between 1922-1924 and completed before the first game.
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It got the name deaf valley because of the stadium being called Death Valley.
Completely false. Tiger Stadium was built to hold 12,000 people. Here is a panoramic photo of the very first game in Tiger Stadium against Tulane...
...a game LSU lost 13-0. There wasn't much to cheer about if you were a Tiger fan. So in no way whatsoever would it have earned the name "Deaf Valley" because it was loud.
There were actually several "Deaf Valley" gas stations around. I'm not sure of the origin of that name...possibly from "The Roaring Twenties"..., but I'm pretty sure in any case it had nothing to do with LSU in general and Tiger Stadium in specific.
It's a classic case of the chicken and the egg. In this case, the gas station came first.
Edit: In this photo, Tiger Stadium held 18,000 people (plus 3000 in temp bleachers on either end). Thanks to theantiquetiger for the photo and info.
This post was edited on 6/7/15 at 1:42 pm
Posted on 6/7/15 at 1:51 pm to MetryTyger
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Alex Box Stadium, named after LSU student-athlete Alex Box, killed in WWII...
There have to have been many student athletes killed in war. Did he get a Medal of Honor or something else to distinguish him over the others?
Posted on 6/7/15 at 1:56 pm to flyAU
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There have to have been many student athletes killed in war. Did he get a Medal of Honor or something else to distinguish him over the others?
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Lieutenant Box - a platoon leader - used a half-track to destroy enemy machine guns emplacements that were blocking the 1st Infantry’s advance. For his extraordinary heroism he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross - the second highest military decoration of the US Army.
The following year Alex was fighting German forces in Tunisia. In February 1943, Field Marshall Rommel launched an all-out attack against the American forces at Kasserine. Alex Box was involved in laying minefields and preparing road blocks, when, on February 19, a mine was accidently discharged. He was killed instantly, along with four other soldiers. He is buried at Plot I, Row 5, Grave 1 in the North African American Cemetery in Carthage, Tunisia.
"The deeds and death of your son have gone to make up the spiritual background that is this country," wrote Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt - at the time second in command of the 1st Infantry Division - in a letter of condolence to Box's mother, Mattie Box. - See more at: https://www.baseballsgreatestsacrifice.com/biographies/box_alex.html#sthash.imc9gthr.dpuf
LINK
Posted on 6/7/15 at 4:28 pm to harmonics
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quote: Death Valley I think you mean Bryant-Denny West.
Posted on 6/7/15 at 4:30 pm to Brunedog
Death Valley is overrated
Box, yeah it's the best in college baseball
Box, yeah it's the best in college baseball
Posted on 6/7/15 at 4:46 pm to PanhandleDawg
LMAOOOOO! a Florida fan trying to shite talk and downsize an LSU baseball program thats won more national titles than the whole sec combined. MSU can build a 100k seat baseball stadium but it still won't have the gameday atmosphere of alex box. Go troll somebody else
Posted on 6/7/15 at 5:16 pm to chadr07
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MSU can build a 100k seat baseball stadium but it still won't have the gameday atmosphere of alex box.
Some people are clueless.
Posted on 6/7/15 at 11:52 pm to harmonics
Doesn't the Tide play in Jordan-Hare West?
Posted on 6/7/15 at 11:57 pm to Brunedog
LSU board, bitch.
Posted on 6/8/15 at 12:07 am to Brunedog
Hey fix that fukin dump of stadium tiger boy. Last time I was there, yall had about 45 broken windows and it smelt like baby shite.
Posted on 6/8/15 at 12:36 am to Rich Kotite
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Y'all still stealing that shite from Clemson?
The penis envy from Florida fans toward LSU fans since ya'll got blasted over that pathetic arse "we are the real DBU" video has gotten laughable. I wouldn't expect the fans of what was such a strong program in the mid 2000's to be behaving like A&M and Arkansas fans these days
This post was edited on 6/8/15 at 12:38 am
Posted on 6/8/15 at 12:42 am to TigersOfGeauxld
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Tiger Stadium was being call Death Valley before Clemson's stadium was even built.
lol no
Posted on 6/8/15 at 7:02 am to MetryTyger
Alex Box Stadium, named after LSU student-athlete Alex Box, killed in WWII...
Always wondered what the name origin was in reference to. Very cool.
(Shout out to Iowa's football stadium for the same reason)
Always wondered what the name origin was in reference to. Very cool.
(Shout out to Iowa's football stadium for the same reason)
Posted on 6/8/15 at 7:21 am to PanhandleDawg
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YOU beat ULL by 1 point
mother of god
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