re: Chizik is wrong about jersey color

Chizik is mistaken. Home team decides. If LSU wants to wear white, they wear white. If they want to wear purple, they wear purple. So unless LSU has decided to wear purple for this game, then Auburn will be in blue. DiNardo got this done with the NCAA rules committee back in 1995.

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lswho? has to break out their ugly arse jerseys.

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they will beat you guys by 3 TD's

Doesn't matter what jerseys they play in the issue is the offense.

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Tidetradition12

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just to put this issue to rest.. forever.. or until they change the rule again..

posted in the thread on the Rant..

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The following is an excerpt from the 2007 LSU Football Media Guide that gives the history of the white jersey and why the Tigers are one of just a handful of schools from across the country who that traditionally wear white for home games: The tradition originated when LSU won its first national championship in 1958. Head coach Paul Dietzel had a habit of tinkering with the uniform every year. In 1958, he chose to wear white jerseys for LSU’s home games, and the Tigers subsequently won the national championship. A superstitious man, Dietzel didn’t change the uniform after that season. LSU continued to wear white jerseys for home games throughout the Charlie McClendon Era. When Jerry Stovall took over as head coach in 1980, he said the Tigers would occasionally wear purple jerseys so that home fans could see a different color. In 1982, the NCAA changed its jersey rule, requiring teams to wear dark colored jerseys for home games. The Tigers wore purple jerseys for all home games from 1983 to 1994. When Gerry DiNardo became head coach in 1995, he vowed to change the NCAA jersey rule. After petitioning the rules committee of the American Football Coaches Association, he personally met with each member of the NCAA Football Rules Committee. DiNardo’s efforts were successful and the Tigers were allowed to wear white jerseys again beginning in 1995. A stipulation of the new rule was that the visiting team would have to give the home team permission to wear the white jerseys. The first team to deny LSU’s request was DiNardo’s former team, Vanderbilt. Instead of going back to purple jerseys, the Tigers took to the field in new gold jerseys. The SEC later adopted a league rule stipulating that the home team has sole discretion in determining its jersey color. Nick Saban became LSU’s head coach in 2000 and continued the white jersey tradition, but with a twist. Saban decided that LSU would wear purple jerseys for all non-SEC games, except the home opener, a trend that current LSU coach Les Miles has continued.

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SEC rules say home team has sole discretion on the color of jerseys worn. The game must be between two SEC schools.

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nope sorry dude....Away team MUST agree and most do due to respect. I always remember it because when Spurrier did it, i actually had thought he was the only one to do it. I didnt know of Vandy a few years before. But the away team must agree.

Cause how else would of Spurrier made LSU wear purple?

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nope sorry dude....Away team MUST agree and most do due to respect. I always remember it because when Spurrier did it, i actually had thought he was the only one to do it. I didnt know of Vandy a few years before. But the away team must agree.

Cause how else would of Spurrier made LSU wear purple?

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nope sorry dude.. you are wrong.. when Spurrier did it, the SEC rule was not in place...