BATON ROUGE — Every time Auburn squares off with the Tigers it’s a big deal.
But never was the annual clash bigger than the famed “Earthquake” game when LSU topped the Plainsmen 7-6 on a last-second touchdown pass from Tommy Hodson to Eddie Fuller on Oct. 8, 1988.
The celebration from the Tiger Stadium crowd that night registered on a campus seismograph, thus the legend of the “Earthquake” game was born.
In celebration of Auburn’s 2009 visit to Death Valley, the heroes of that historic game will be on-hand at the at the Andonie Museum Saturday, Oct. 24 at 11 a.m. Hodson and Fuller will be signing autographs and posing for pictures with fans until 1 p.m.
The rare opportunity to meet Hodson and Fuller will kickoff an afternoon of former LSU greats at the Jack & Priscilla Andonie Museum and Cook Hotel. Both facilities are part of the Lod Cook Alumni Center, located at 3838 West Lakeshore Drive near Sorority Row facing the LSU Lakes.
After meeting LSU’s Earthquake Connection, stroll over to The Cook Hotel for an autograph session with LSU All-American Tommy Casanova.
The second LSU player ever to have his number retired, Casanova’s No. 37 was enshrined during the first quarter of the Florida game on Oct. 10. LSU’s only three-time, first-team All-American will meet fans from 12 noon to 2 p.m. in the hotel lobby.
For more information, contact Andonie Museum director Bud Johnson at 225-578-3828 or Bud@lsualumni.org.
Over 1,000 LSU fans turned out despite rainy weather to meet Heisman Trophy winner Billy Cannon the morning of the Florida game on Oct. 10. Saturday’s forecast predicts sunny skies and cool temperatures. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to catch up with these Tiger legends.
Fans are limited to two items per signing session due to the limited time each former player is available. For a small donation, the Andonie Museum will be providing prints for fans to have signed.
Also, sportswriter and author Scott Rabalais will be in the lobby of The Cook Hotel from 10 a.m. to 12 noon for a book signing of his latest piece, The Fighting Tigers: 1993-2007.
The Jack and Priscilla Andonie Museum is home to LSU’s Athletics history. The museum, located at the Lod Cook Alumni Center, is full of artifacts and memorabilia from the Andonie’s personal collection totaling 13,000 pieces. The museum is open Monday ? Friday, 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. and 1:30 – 4:30 p.m. on the weekends. On home football weekends, the museum is open from 9 a.m. to two hours prior to kickoff.
The 11,000 square-foot, 128-room Cook Hotel is owned and operated by the LSU Alumni Association making it the only one of its kind in the world.