2006 LSU-45 UL-3

[IHateLaState]

1. Despite protestations to the contrary, LSUA&M fans are not indifferent when it comes to UL... I have heard the refrain so many times, "I really don't know why you hate LSU, we dont have anything against you (UL)"... Well a stroll around the pre-game last Saturday would prove otherwise.... Thousands of shirts proclaiming "USL..ULL..UL.. U SUCK" and "OOOHH La La.. Maybe this year" ridiculing the fact that we had not scoired against A&M in the past.... Now these were not random fans filled with alcohol.. these were pre-printed shirts... They type you see when a really big game is coming up.. I'd venture to say they wont have similar shirts when Freshno comes to town... So let's drop this hypocrisy.... Its ok... I dont like LSU.. you dont like UL... cool... but this touchy feely friendly rivals BS is just that...

2. It is only the actions of a few..... Look I can deal with the Tiger Bait... in fact I find it rather amusing that for some reason people think that means something.... But I had 4 "F" bombs in under an hour as4 I walked with my wife, daughter and son... one over a microphone.... tothe utter joy of the hundred or so listening to the guy....My daughter was accosted face to face with a drunk saying "I cant F'ing believe you go to ULL... I'd commit suicide".. First she doesn't go to UL, but that is besides the point... Her answer was classic... "Gee if thats true maybe we can get you a scholarship"...lol... There were an equal number of fans who tried to be civil.. . At our tailgaiting with my brother in law we met several nice folks.... Some just cant get it right tho...to wit: Oh the Enemy is here....lol...

3. It is not a Top 5 pre game atmosphere.... at least in my experience... Ive been to Tennessee, Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Ole Miss, Mississippi State... All have made us feel welcome and at home.... Unlike our in-state "Friends"... wonder why that is... As for atmosphere my favorites are Tennessee and Ole Miss.....

4. As much as it pains me... LSU A&M is good... very good.... I thought we would compete better than we did... But the speed of A&M is unbelievable... and not just the WR's... I saw several times when Baab or Fenroy had the corner and open field in front. thninking here is a big play.. only to see those big D-lineman close and keep it to a minimal gain or loss... So for me watching A&M is going to be painful.... Go War Eagles..........

All in all the experience was a good one.. despite my comments above.. As long as we know our place and don't respond to the A-holes, conflict can be avoided... A caller to the Talking Tigers... frequent listeners know who I am referring to... a very condescending I know better type of individual called and asked Bitter if there were any arrest or incidents... Bitter responded that he had not checked the Police Blogs but didnt think so... to which Mr. Superior Intellect responded "Well I guess the Lafayette fans were wrong again about the crowd behavior" or something similar... A conflict in that environment is but a response away... They out number us what 15 to 1??....The by word then is to ignore them.. thats what everyone says... And that there were no incidents is kudos to the restraint of the Cajun fans.. not the atmosphere

So that experience is behind us.. on to the Texas campus of A&M... I am not sure a victory is out of the question.. I think the Louisiana A&M team is that good.... our defense played well against the run... Texas' A&M team will not run out the WR talent nor the QB talent that Louisiana's A&M team did so I expect a closer score... See you in College station where we can experience what a college football environment should be!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DaddyCajun]

Thanks for the great post!

DaddyCajun

ps I watched the game on TigerVision.....were we holding something back??!!

Little to no option.... no deep ball....did we know we could not win and saved putting on game film so we could put it all on the line in aTm!?!?!?!?!!??

[CajunKahouna]

1. Despite protestations to the contrary, LSUA&M fans are ~~~~.........................~~~~station where we can experience what a college football environment should be!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Super post!

[ShowDog]

If we don't give up the big plays, we will cause trouble for A&M

That's a big if! As Les Miles said, we chose our "poison".

I didn't see any improvement in this team and the person responsible is Bustle. He said "our players will be shocked" when they watch the tape and see the mistakes they made.

Well it's his responsibility to make sure his team is ready and doesn't make those mistakes. Same old same old. We will be 0-3 and then win a few games against teams in the worst conference in division one.

I've been on the UL bandwagon since I was 6 years old(53 years ago). Some things just never change.

[ShowDog]

I dont think it was because of the hits. I think its because the end kept shooting straight up into the backfield. He never angled towards the middle. He did a hell of a job in not getting drawn in on the fakes.

You gave the correct answer. Bustle holding back? Gimme a break. He ought to be fired if he was.

[nutz]

Let it go.

LSU has a certain portion of their fans that takes pleasure in being overly obnoxious and condescending to fans of the opposing team. From my limited perspective this group is typically young, drunk and by far the minority of the overall fan base. They do not reserve this behavior for us, but for EVERY opponent they face. I have seen it and heard the same from Miss. St. fans, Auburn, Ole Miss ect... These guys are _____s, I don't like them and as a resident of Lousiana I am embarrassed that LSU has this type of fans. All you can do is ignore them. LSU will always have them.

My experience with their fans last weekend was mostly good-natured ribbing, tiger-baiting as you say - except for a few who take this game waaay too serious.

Go to TAMU and you will see much more sportsmanlike behavior. Agreed. You will also see that tailgating there is literally non-existant, as no alcohol is allowed on campus property. It is a much more subdued atmosphere which depending on your perpective may be good or bad or both.

[IHateLaState]

Thanks for the great post!

DaddyCajun

ps I watched the game on TigerVision.....were we holding something back??!!

Little to no option.... no deep ball....did we know we could not win and saved putting on game film so we could put it all on the line in aTm!?!?!?!?!!??

DaddyCajun,
I agree.. It was frustrating to watch them continue to try to pound the ball up the middle with marginal success at best... I am no football genious.,... just a fan.... but I can only gess that they realized the speed of the A&M defensive lineman that i referred to above and just decided to try to run right at them???

[CDeb]

Let it go.
Go to TAMU and you will see much more sportsmanlike behavior. Agreed. You will also see that tailgating there is literally non-existant, as no alcohol is allowed on campus property. It is a much more subdued atmosphere which depending on your perpective may be good or bad or both.

No alcohol? That may be the "official" rule, but last time I was there, the booze could be found aplenty.

[nutz]

I wish we could get a count of the UL fans there, I was in 405, and there were a bunch of red in the upper deck, as well. I knew we had 6500 allocated to us, but i saw appeared to be more then that. I hope there will be a similar turn out at the A&M game, Ill be there!

I agree, I think UL had decent turnout. Some of our alottment was sold to LSU fans, but many UL fans like myself were sitting in LSU sections - I was in 414.

Most people we met were really nice. I overheard the guy behind me say the following when UL got booed coming out of the tunnel: "I hate when we do this, Ole Miss is one thing but we paid these guys to be here"

I thought that was a pretty classy thing to say.

[ulforlife]

Time of Possession
UL - 31:31
LSU - 28:29

I think this is something positive to take out of the game. In another bit of good news, A&M beats Citadel 35-3. Decent, but not mind blowing. A&M is running a 4-2-5, and said the LB's cant cover enough ground...Thats VERY good news for us.

Tuffguy

1 - the Citadel is a division II team

2 - Texas A&M recovered two fumbles and went a combined 13 yards for two TD's

3 - Cajuns are going to correct mistakes

this weekend is our first W, we won't stay down for long...