In 1986 the LSU football team moved into dorm rooms that were built underneath the seats of their own stadium. That is not a figure of speech. There were bedrooms inside Tiger Stadium, and people lived in them for more than 50 years. Here is how that happened. Louisiana State University opened Tiger Stadium in 1924 with 12,000 seats. By 1931 the athletic director, a man named Skipper Heard, wanted it bigger. There was no money for a stadium. It was the Depression and the state was broke. Then Heard found out that LSU's president, James M. Smith, had $250,000 sitting there earmarked for dormitories. So he proposed the trick that made the place famous. Build the dormitories. Then raise the stands on both sides, run them down to the goal lines, and put the new seats directly on top of the rooms. The state paid for student housing. LSU got a bigger football stadium. Students moved in in 1932. You have probably heard this credited entirely to Huey Long. Long was involved, and The Advocate in Baton Rouge credits the plan to Long, Heard and Smith together. But the idea came out of the athletic department. At its peak the building could house more than 3,500 students. Now, what was it actually like in there? Concrete ceilings. Plaster walls. A closet, a window, a radiator, and two or three wooden beds. The bathrooms were communal, with open toilets and urinals, and for most of the years those dorms existed there were no stalls and no doors. There was no air conditioning. In Baton Rouge. One man who lived in there told The Advocate this. "Those walls were thick. We used to refer to it as 'the rock,' you know, like Alcatraz." Students lived in Tiger Stadium from 1932 until the late 1980s. Which brings us back to 1986, when the football team moved in while their own dorm was being renovated. The starting quarterback on that team was a true freshman out of Mathews, Louisiana named Tommy Hodson. He won the SEC championship as an 18 year old. Two years later, on October 8, 1988, Hodson was a junior and LSU was playing Auburn, ranked fourth in the country. 79,431 people packed into the building. LSU was losing 6 to 0 with under two minutes left. Fourth down. Hodson threw 11 yards to Eddie Fuller in the end zone. LSU won 7 to 6. What the crowd did next registered on a seismograph about 1,000 feet away in the Howe-Russell Geoscience Complex. Nobody even knew until the next morning, when LSU seismologist Don Stevenson and a student worker named Riley Milner found the reading and sent it to the Louisiana Geological Survey to be kept. They have called it the Earthquake Game ever since. That was 38 years ago this Thursday. And the bedrooms were still sitting there underneath the seats. For more stories like this, follow us on any platform @thesportsontap

We are with heavy hearts this morning from the passing of one of our brothers. Retired Captain Dennis Noe passed away suddenly on 3-5-2025. His family and friends are in our thoughts and prayers. We thank you for your your service and it is our pleasure to have known you.

Great opportunity to debrief following ELA learning walks and to determine next steps to maximize student success! @ORSchools

K9 Rocky, part of the U.S. Marshal’s Special Operations Group, was shot multiple times in the neck during takedown of the man who killed Brazoria County Deputy Jesus Vargas. Rocky was flown to the vet in a DPS chopper & is expected to survive. His handler says he saved his life.

Congratulations to @GlenwoodCubs @ORHS_Wildcats and @WBESbears on their Reward School designation! Kudos to the students, staff & families for their hard work!! @FriendsofORS @TNedu #WeAreOakRidge #Accountability #EveryStudent

A huge S/O to @OakRidgeFD for the amazing Fire Prevention Activity Day at WB! All students learned about fire prevention/safety and had so much fun!! #TheStandardistheStandard👑🐻#Equity #ChaseIT @FriendsofORS @ORSchools @cityofoakridge @OakRidgePolice 🔥🧯🚒🧑‍🚒👩🏾‍🚒👨🏽‍🚒

Today's Throwback Thursday - late 1990's ish? The Truck Pull team! Most likely, they are pulling against KPD, and as always, they probably won!

Congratulations to Opelousas on winning the @LHSAAsports Division II Non- Select State Championship!