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LSU and The Purple Jersey Story
Posted on 10/9/15 at 8:25 am
Posted on 10/9/15 at 8:25 am
First of all, thanks to you guys for allowing me to post here... I have always enjoyed Tigerdroppings! Now, what is the story behind LSU rarely ever wearing their purple jerseys? As on outsider, I think the purple jerseys are sharp...Always wondered and since you guys are wearing them Saturday, I thought it would be a good time to ask. See ya'll in November..
-Hoyt
-Hoyt
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Posted on 10/9/15 at 8:28 am to Hoyt
White jerseys were the tradition for years until NCAA mandated dark shirts for home games. Gerry Dinardo successfully petitioned to allow white jerseys if visiting team agrees. Think the only times refused was by Dinardos replacement at Vandy and Spurrier one year.
This post was edited on 10/9/15 at 8:28 am
Posted on 10/9/15 at 8:28 am to Hoyt
As you know, dark jerseys are worn for home games however in the 80's or 90's, not sure when LSU decided they liked their white jerseys better. LSU request to wear white jerseys for home games if the other team allows it. Most teams don't mind wearing their dark home jersey for away games which lets LSU wear their away white jersey.
Posted on 10/9/15 at 8:29 am to Hoyt
quote:
LSU is one of the few college football teams that
traditionally wear white jerseys 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.
Posted on 10/9/15 at 8:29 am to java
White Jerseys are tradition, purple are mainly used when we can't use white. Looking forward to playing y'all in November!
Posted on 10/9/15 at 8:30 am to WavinWilly
Didn't the SEC change the rule and allow the home team to choose? Only applies to SEC matchups.
Posted on 10/9/15 at 8:31 am to Hoyt
quote:
I have always enjoyed Tigerdroppings! Now, what is the story behind LSU rarely ever wearing their purple jerseys?
LSU did wear purple before Paul Deitzel in the late 50's when he overhauled the uniform to the basic layout we have today. Given the heat, is my assumption, we stuck with white as much as possible forgoing the purples at home. since most clubs wear darks at home, we wore the whites away as well.
In the 80's a rule was in place that mandated having to wear darks at home, so we brought back the purple jerseys then.
Late 90's saw DiNardo and LSU petition to NCAA to allow the home team to determine jersey color with some caveats, so LSU began wearing the whites at home again...
When Saban got here, he complained a bit about recruits mentioning they didn't like ONLY wearing whites, so they started wearing the purples at home for OOC games so long as they were not the first game of the season. Wearing them tomorrow for an SEC game at home hasn't happened since the early 90's I'd think.
all that being said, I've never been a huge fan of our purples as they are, but I'm kind of in the minority on that...
Posted on 10/9/15 at 8:31 am to Hoyt
Hoyt,
I don't think there's any real interesting story behind it. Back in the day, it was fairly common to wear them. Back then, the rule was white at home, dark on the road. LSU fans generally thought the white was the sharpest, most traditional uniform in the country. Some time around the Hallman/Dinardo era, the team started asking to wear white all the time, because the fans generally thought they were the badassest uniforms. Then, it just sorta became a tradition.
Sorry, nothing interesting to report, as far as I know. And personally, I think the white jerseys and gold pants are by far the nicest uniforms. Puprle jerseys with the gold pants are very meh, imo. Then again, I'm old school.
I don't think there's any real interesting story behind it. Back in the day, it was fairly common to wear them. Back then, the rule was white at home, dark on the road. LSU fans generally thought the white was the sharpest, most traditional uniform in the country. Some time around the Hallman/Dinardo era, the team started asking to wear white all the time, because the fans generally thought they were the badassest uniforms. Then, it just sorta became a tradition.
Sorry, nothing interesting to report, as far as I know. And personally, I think the white jerseys and gold pants are by far the nicest uniforms. Puprle jerseys with the gold pants are very meh, imo. Then again, I'm old school.
Posted on 10/9/15 at 8:31 am to Hoyt
wearing white is an LSU tradition that dates back to Paul Dietzel.
Also to the poster who said Spurrier refused us, that's not really true. He allowed up to wear white at home but when we went to the Swamp he would request to wear white as well. This started because he was so irritated about the result of the 1997 game because no such request was made when LSU visited Gainesville in 1996.
Also to the poster who said Spurrier refused us, that's not really true. He allowed up to wear white at home but when we went to the Swamp he would request to wear white as well. This started because he was so irritated about the result of the 1997 game because no such request was made when LSU visited Gainesville in 1996.
Posted on 10/9/15 at 8:34 am to GeauxTigerTM
this will be LSU's first SEC game in Tiger Stadium in Purple jerseys since the 1994 Alabama game.
Charlie Mac's teams never wore purple in Tiger Stadium. Occasionally, Florida, Kentucky and Miss State would wear white at home during his tenure so LSU wore purple on the road a handful of times.
Stovall had LSU wear purple at home for Rice in 1981 and South Carolina in 1982 before the NCAA changed the rule the next year.
Charlie Mac's teams never wore purple in Tiger Stadium. Occasionally, Florida, Kentucky and Miss State would wear white at home during his tenure so LSU wore purple on the road a handful of times.
Stovall had LSU wear purple at home for Rice in 1981 and South Carolina in 1982 before the NCAA changed the rule the next year.
Posted on 10/9/15 at 8:36 am to I-59 Tiger
When I was a kid, I could swear the norm in college football was white at home, dark on the road. Am I going crazy, or just misremembering? Was there ever a time in CFB where the rule was white/home, dark/road?
Posted on 10/9/15 at 8:36 am to java
quote:
. Think the only times refused was by Dinardos replacement at Vandy and Spurrier one year.
Oregon St. in the mid 00s refused as well. Then we proceeded to beat the shite out of them.
Posted on 10/9/15 at 8:37 am to Hoyt
They are cursed
Posted on 10/9/15 at 8:38 am to southernelite
Posted on 10/9/15 at 8:41 am to southernelite
quote:
Oregon St. in the mid 00s refused as well. Then we proceeded to beat the shite out of them.
22-21 in overtime?
Posted on 10/9/15 at 8:42 am to doya2
quote:
Bring back the purple pants!
Posted on 10/9/15 at 8:43 am to Festus
quote:
Was there ever a time in CFB where the rule was white/home, dark/road?
No. In fact until the early 1970's it wasn't unusual for both teams to wear dark (provided they weren't the same color.)
Posted on 10/9/15 at 8:47 am to southernelite
quote:
Oregon St. in the mid 00s refused as well. Then we proceeded to beat the shite out of them.
If by beating the shite out of them means winning by one point in OT then yeah.
**Haha I-59 beat me to it
This post was edited on 10/9/15 at 8:49 am
Posted on 10/9/15 at 8:48 am to I-59 Tiger
And we only won because Serna missed 3 extra point tries.
Posted on 10/9/15 at 8:48 am to Festus
quote:
Was there ever a time in CFB where the rule was white/home, dark/road?
Basketball, but I don't believe in football.
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