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re: LSU fans: Why do you avoid the purple jersey?
Posted on 7/3/14 at 12:18 am to weagle99
Posted on 7/3/14 at 12:18 am to weagle99
I wish we would incorporate more purple into everything. Basically everything I have LSU wise is predominantly purple, not a yellow (gold) fan.
The reason though is historical, from wiki
The reason though is historical, from wiki
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The tradition started in 1958, when Coach Paul Dietzel decided that LSU would wear white jerseys for the home games. LSU went on to win the national championship that year
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Posted on 7/3/14 at 12:28 am to BayouBandit24
Always have been a big fan of the Purple jerseys 
Posted on 7/3/14 at 12:33 am to BayouBandit24
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The tradition started in 1958, when Coach Paul Dietzel decided that LSU would wear white jerseys for the home games. LSU went on to win the national championship that year
I think that's a bit of an oversimplification. The longer story that I heard was that LSU wore white at home for good luck in a game against a highly-ranked Georgia Tech squad in the late 1950s (because GT's team had long been known for wearing white at home). LSU won the game and kept wearing white jerseys for the remainder of the season for good luck.
Posted on 7/3/14 at 5:53 pm to BayouBandit24
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The tradition started in 1958, when Coach Paul Dietzel decided that LSU would wear white jerseys for the home games. LSU went on to win the national championship that year
That's a contested National Championship...
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In 1958 Iowa won one the Football Writers poll, arguably the most prestigious organization at the time to vote on a national champion after the bowls were played. LSU won all other major polls, and widely considered as the National Champions.
It is considered a split title because LSU played an extremely weak schedule that included no teams with black athletes. Iowa played a much more difficult schedule and was much more impressive in doing so, think 2007 Florida 13-1 vs. Utah 13-0. Florida were National Champions, Utah was not.
1958:
Iowa Integrated National Champions
LSU White-Only National Champions
The NCAA recognizes both teams being National Champs for 1958.
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