It happens at every game in Tiger Stadium.

The public service announcer comes on over the loudspeakers: "Chance of rain," he says, as if waiting for a response.

A response that he receives.

"Never," the crowd yells back.

LSU fans understand the importance of the saying “It never rains in Tiger Stadium” and the weight that those words carry, almost without a second thought.

An overwhelming choice

When John Ed Bradley, a former LSU football center, finished his memoir, he struggled to come up with the perfect title.

"It was called 'August and the Smell of the Grass,'" Bradley said. "That was my working title. It was sort of this poetic attempt to describe the book."

His publisher disapproved, forcing Bradley back to the drawing board.

He came back with a list of 10 titles, with the

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