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The first association of LSU with the Royal Purple and Old Gold colors was in 1883 when the LSU Corps of Cadets was presented a flag by a ladies' organization in Baton Rouge. The flag bore the image of a pelican and the state coat of arms and it was reported that the flag was made of purple silk fringed with gold.
The school's athletic mascot is the Fighting Tiger, and its school colors are purple and gold. They have teams for women's volleyball, basketball, softball, and men's basketball, baseball in all grades.
The Pete Maravich Assembly Center is a 13,215-seat multi-purpose arena in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The arena opened in 1972 and is home of the LSU Tigers gymnastics team. It was originally known as the LSU Assembly Center, but was renamed in honor of Pete Maravich, a Tiger basketball legend, shortly after his death in 1988.
The Tigers wore gold in 1998 under Gerry DiNardo (lost 22–10) and purple in 2000 under Nick Saban (lost 41–9). In 2007 and 2009, LSU also wore its purple jerseys on the road at Mississippi State, but the Tigers emerged victorious both times (45–0 in 2007 and 30–26 in 2009).
This group consists mostly of brass players with a few woodwind players. (and percussionists on a trap set) is often split into two squads—purple and gold—and performs at LSU select home volleyball matches, many home gymnastics meets, all home men's basketball, and all home women's basketball games in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center ...
The first Lady Tiger team formed in August 1978 following Title IX mandates. The first meet was an indoor meet on Dec. 9, 1978 at Carl Maddox Field House on the LSU campus. Gold and Silver Olympic medalist Pam Jiles from New Orleans, La. was on the first team.
Belaire High School (usually abbreviated as "Belaire" or BHS) is a public school in East Baton Rouge Parish. It is located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The school is a part of the East Baton Rouge Parish Public Schools.
Purple and gold NCAA Tournament champions ... 3–0 in Baton Rouge Regional, 2–0 in Baton Rouge Super Regional, 4–0 in CWS, National Champions: 2003: Smoke Laval:
Louisiana State University (officially Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, commonly referred to as LSU) is an American public land-grant research university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. [7] The university was founded in 1860 near Pineville, Louisiana, under the name Louisiana State Seminary of Learning & Military ...
Baton Rouge, now part of the newly established British province of West Florida, suddenly had strategic significance as the southwesternmost corner of British North America. Spain for a period had rule of New Orleans and all of the former French lands on the west side of the Mississippi River.