Did You Fall For This April Fool’s Joke: Tiger Stadium To Feature Purple Turf

LSU's Tiger Stadium to feature purple turf next season! It's an April Fool's joke that first surfaced in 2010 and comes back year after year, most likely because, spring after spring, it fools multitudes of Bayou Bengals fans.

It's a prank that began on the lsusports.net website, then, thanks to social media, spread like wildfire. How could so many be fooled, you might ask? Well, you might be tricked, too, with genuine sounding info like this:

"It's now time to expand the traditions that surround our football program," LSU head coach Les Miles said. "LSU is going to take the lead in what we think will become the wave of the future and that's field turf in the colors of your school. The installation of the purple field turf will add to the excitement of a Saturday Night in Tiger Stadium and this team will enjoy the opportunity to play on what will be the finest surface in football."

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