re: LSU fans: Why do you avoid the purple jersey?

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We lose when we wear purple. Miles knew that when he came to LSU so he only allows his team to wear the purple vs rent-a-wins. If you look at LSU's record wearing purple vs white prior to Miles's tenure, you will see a huge difference in winning percentage.

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Saban actually started that trend when he got to LSU in 2000. He said he wanted to honor the successful teams LSU had in the 1980s that wore purple at home. Miles just continued the tradition for the most part, though he added the rule that LSU wears white for the first home game, regardless of the opponent.

Before Saban, LSU wore gold jerseys a handful of times under DiNardo when forced to wear a jersey other than white. Game at Florida in '98 they wore gold helmet and gold jerseys.