Ranking the 15 Most Hostile Games in College Football History

Dan Lyons , Patrick Andres , Tim Capurso , Zach Koons | The football conditions in Baton Rouge on Nov. 8, 2008, were just about perfect—sunshine, temperatures in the mid-70s, with a nice breeze coming off of the Mississippi River. And yet, the 93,000-plus Tigers fans packed into Death Valley growled like it was a humid August day, blood boiling in anticipation for their first home date with former LSU coach Nick Saban, now the head man at hated rival Alabama.

The football conditions in Baton Rouge on Nov. 8, 2008, were just about perfect—sunshine, temperatures in the mid-70s, with a nice breeze coming off of the Mississippi River. And yet, the 93,000-plus Tigers fans packed into Death Valley growled like it was a humid August day, blood boiling in anticipation for their first home date with former LSU coach Nick Saban, now the head man at hated rival Alabama.