2006 LSU-45 UL-3

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The only tickets remaining on sale for the Sept. 2 University of Louisiana-LSU season opener are the 440 sitting at the Cajundome ticket office. And those probably won't be around very long. LSU director of ticket operations Brian Broussard announced on Tuesday that the 7 p.m. game at Tiger Stadium was officially a sell-out, and that the LSU ticket office had no more available for the opener. The Tigers have less than 2,500 tickets left for their Sept. 9 second home game against Arizona. UL received an allotment of 6,800 tickets for the LSU game. UL ticket manager Shivaun Bertrand said that as of late Monday afternoon, only 440 upper-deck tickets remained from that group. "We've had a pretty consistent sale," Bertrand said. "I'm pretty sure we'll sell out. These will be gone by the time we close out that game." tHE REST OF THE STORY Dan McDonald dmcdonald@theadvertiser.com

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UL fact: The Cajuns' 5-2 mark in Sun Belt Conference play last season included half of the win total that UL assembled in its first four years in the league. The Cajuns went 10-16 in league play from 2001-2004 before last year's co-championship season. The rest of the story

[Cajunrunner]

The Times of Acadiana is usually a paper void of useful information. However, last week there was an amusing article about life on UL's campus, and there was a section titled "5 Reasons to Hate LSU."

Well, apparently, it's ok for LSU to hate on UL, as many of them love to do, especially Baton Rouge Publications, but they can't take it when someone with Cajun pride turns around and does the same.

Here is what the editor of the Times had to write:

http://www.timesofacadiana.com/apps/.../60822002/1014

Some crazy LSU woman even called and threatened him with his job.

And here is the links for the attack of letters to the editor. I did enjoy the last guy's letter.

http://www.timesofacadiana.com/apps/...1/1014/OPINION

I guess I may have to write in my two cents.

[CDeb]

Looks like the Times editor "gets it"

[Cajunrunner]

I just e-mailed this responding Letter to the Editor to the Times:


A Bit Sensitive Aren’t We?

I was amazed at the vicious responses, though not completely surprised, to the Times of Acadiana for printing Top 5 Reasons to Hate LSU, and it was actually disgusting to read the way some immature people attacked Susan Gonzalez, even insulting her intelligence and accusing her of not being able to get into LSU.

First off, the Times of Acadiana is published in LAFAYETTE, the home of the Ragin Cajuns. Baton Rouge publications love to take cheap shots at and put down UL all the time, but yet, according to these LSU letter writers, “How dare a Lafayette publication turn around and crack a few jokes of their own?”

Second, those attacks of Mrs. Gonzalez’s intelligence were out of line. I’d be willing to bet that none of those pompous LSU responders even know her. There are plenty of people well qualified to attend LSU but chose UL for various reasons. I chose to attend UL because I grew up in Lafayette, and I decided to run track in college and represent my home university at the NCAA level. Believe me; I would have had no problem meeting the criteria to attend the “prestigious” LSU.

Finally, if UL is so “little” and “insignificant”, then why must the “big and mighty” LSU get all bent out of shape any time UL returns the favor and cracks a joke about LSU, or when UL attempts to separate itself as the second prestigious university in the state? Is there some kind of insecurity at LSU that I’m not aware of?

[CDeb]

I just e-mailed this responding Letter to the Editor to the Times:


A Bit Sensitive Aren’t We?

I was amazed at the vicious responses, though not completely surprised, to the Times of Acadiana for printing Top 5 Reasons to Hate LSU, and it was actually disgusting to read the way some immature people attacked Susan Gonzalez, even insulting her intelligence and accusing her of not being able to get into LSU.

First off, the Times of Acadiana is published in LAFAYETTE, the home of the Ragin Cajuns. Baton Rouge publications love to take cheap shots at and put down UL all the time, but yet, according to these LSU letter writers, “How dare a Lafayette publication turn around and crack a few jokes of their own?”

Second, those attacks of Mrs. Gonzalez’s intelligence were out of line. I’d be willing to bet that none of those pompous LSU responders even know her. There are plenty of people well qualified to attend LSU but chose UL for various reasons. I chose to attend UL because I grew up in Lafayette, and I decided to run track in college and represent my home university at the NCAA level. Believe me; I would have had no problem meeting the criteria to attend the “prestigious” LSU.

Finally, if UL is so “little” and “insignificant”, then why must the “big and mighty” LSU get all bent out of shape any time UL returns the favor and cracks a joke about LSU, or when UL attempts to separate itself as the second prestigious university in the state? Is there some kind of insecurity at LSU that I’m not aware of?

Nice response.

[rhineaux]

The Times of Acadiana is usually a paper void of useful information. However, last week there was an amusing article about life on UL's campus, and there was a section titled "5 Reasons to Hate LSU."

Well, apparently, it's ok for LSU to hate on UL, as many of them love to do, especially Baton Rouge Publications, but they can't take it when someone with Cajun pride turns around and does the same.

Here is what the editor of the Times had to write:

http://www.timesofacadiana.com/apps/.../60822002/1014

Some crazy LSU woman even called and threatened him with his job.

And here is the links for the attack of letters to the editor. I did enjoy the last guy's letter.

http://www.timesofacadiana.com/apps/...1/1014/OPINION

I guess I may have to write in my two cents.

Why are all of these smart, superior LSU grads moving to places like Abbeville, Duson, and Rayne. My friends who have graduated from UL have gotten jobs in NYC, Boston, Nashville, and I am going to Houston, for example.

Damnit, i wish i would have accepted that LSU scholarship. I could have worked in Duson, while raising my family somehwere in the suburbs, say Mire. It would have been a tough commute everyday, but hey, Duson is way too densly populated to raise a family.

[Kal]

I think we all need to flood the Times with Thank you notes and emails for someone actually having the balls to put what susan said and many of us feel in print. Let's give the times some support here. For once, I actually wanted to read it.

[Kal]

I just e-mailed this responding Letter to the Editor to the Times:


A Bit Sensitive Aren’t We?

I was amazed at the vicious responses, though not completely surprised, to the Times of Acadiana for printing Top 5 Reasons to Hate LSU, and it was actually disgusting to read the way some immature people attacked Susan Gonzalez, even insulting her intelligence and accusing her of not being able to get into LSU.

First off, the Times of Acadiana is published in LAFAYETTE, the home of the Ragin Cajuns. Baton Rouge publications love to take cheap shots at and put down UL all the time, but yet, according to these LSU letter writers, “How dare a Lafayette publication turn around and crack a few jokes of their own?”

Second, those attacks of Mrs. Gonzalez’s intelligence were out of line. I’d be willing to bet that none of those pompous LSU responders even know her. There are plenty of people well qualified to attend LSU but chose UL for various reasons. I chose to attend UL because I grew up in Lafayette, and I decided to run track in college and represent my home university at the NCAA level. Believe me; I would have had no problem meeting the criteria to attend the “prestigious” LSU.

Finally, if UL is so “little” and “insignificant”, then why must the “big and mighty” LSU get all bent out of shape any time UL returns the favor and cracks a joke about LSU, or when UL attempts to separate itself as the second prestigious university in the state? Is there some kind of insecurity at LSU that I’m not aware of?

Kudos to you as well my friend you've got humongous Kahone's(?I think that's how you spell it?) Good Good. That's what the times and Susan need right now, Morre support like this.

[Cajunrunner]

Thanks Kal and CDeb. I've addressed the issue of arrogant LSU _____s before on my website before, but seeing those letters in the Times inspired me to take it on in printed media. It really doesn't take kahones, though, just pride for the school that has aided me in my professional career.

Kal, I see you're from Mowatah. Do you know Clint and Jill Bischoff?