That Grambling trip to Boise in 1980 :( :( :(

[dustinadam]

Dayum, dayum, dayum ... I'll never forget that day. ...

GSU fans, when discussing the I-AA playoffs, always lament that day in Boise - this wintry place where the Tigers were forced to go 25 seasons long ago. Oh, this isn't one to forget. And it wasn't just the disparity of records, the tight 14-9 loss, or the bone-jarring cold.

It was all of that.

"Many of us wondered why did the NCAA sent those Southern boys to Boise, Idaho," one e-mailer said today. "As noted, GSU had the better record. Afterwards, some of the players shared with us students that they had never ever been so cold, in their lives."

Now, Grambling scored first, in a dominating first half. Yet four drives that saw GSU move at will between the 20s somehow bogged down in the red zone. Some blamed the chill, others the refs.

The Rest:

http://www.thenewsstar.com/news/blogs/blog3/index.html

 

[staggalee83]

So they got both of us.

They came to Jacktown in 1981 for the playoff's and won a really good game 19-7.

Non-adjustment's killed us.

 

[JROCK]

I remember that game.........still leaves a sour taste in my mouth....

 

[EB]

I have known a lot of Southern teams (Grambling, Troy State) that had to go WAY up north. Anyway, Grambling should have won that game.