The game is tied with just under three minutes left, and LSU is about to get the ball with a chance to win. The band knows just the song.

Tommy used to work on the docks.

The student section explodes.

When the band gets to the chorus, they are singing along—and it is loud. They are part of the largest crowd ever at this place, and their Tigers are hanging in against the top ranked team in the country, maybe about to send Nicky-Nicky Bling-Bling home a loser.

We gotta hold on
To what we got
It doesn’t make a difference
If we make it or not
We got each other
And that’s a lot
For love
We’ll give it a shot

Ooooooh, we’re halfway there
Ooooooh, living on a prayer …

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