Quote Originally Posted by Liverpooldawg View Post
It?s been tht way for one game in history that I?m aware of. It was also free if you didn?t have a ticket. The infamous ?Riff Raff? game with Bama back in the early 80s was supposedly one of the most raucous crowds of all time. The Golden Triangle was a complete hockey rink due to snow/sleet/freezing rain. Bama was already there so they elected to play the game. The word was put out that if you could get there, they would let you in, ticket or not. I was a student but l lived over on Lynn Lane. I tried to get there and nearly cracked up my car in the parking lot. From what I heard the crowd was basically students and locals who lived in walking distance. It supposedly was a small but wild crowd, and then some. MSU beat a favored Bama team. After the game Alabama coach Wimp Sanderson was asked about the crowd and he said, ?They opens up the doors and let the riff raff in.? A legend was born.
I was there. I was a SR in HS. Took my buddy up there 45 miles away in a S-10 loaded down with Class 8 truck tires in the back, well at least 1 maybe 2. Made it to and fro and was a merry time had by all.