About 20,000 Tiger faithful bundled and endured 40-degree temperatures Saturday to welcome the crystal football trophy and No.1 LSU football team back to Tiger Stadium.
LSU team captains Glenn Dorsey, Matt Flynn, Craig Steltz and Patrick Fisher helped coach Les Miles display the shiny hardware accumulated from the Tigers’ 12-2 season.
“This has been the greatest time I’ve had in my entire life,” Dorsey said to the fans. “We’re No. 1. We’re the champs, baby.”
Notable speakers included Gov. Bobby Jindal, Mayor-President Kip Holden, Southeastern Conference Commissioner Mike Slive, Athletic Director Skip Bertman and Chancellor Sean O’Keefe, who announced his resignation Wednesday.
“For one time, for at least one year, you will be able to say that you were the best at what you did in the United States of America,” Bertman told the football team.
The ceremony lasted about an hour and included live music from the Tiger Marching Band and video highlights from the past season. Festivities concluded when the 2007 National Championship flag was raised above Tiger Stadium.
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