2006 LSU-45 UL-3

[Just1More]

Please tell me you are joking.

http://espn.go.com/page2/s/caple/030918.html

I go to LSU games and tailgate. I go to UL games and tailgate. You want to know the major difference... there are more people at the LSU games. They have no lock on south Lousiana fun. Otherwise, I would have to say it is all about enjoying the people you are having fun with. I prefer the Ragin Cajun atmosphere... but that is just me.

[3rdRowTailgater]

We havent had a dominant program since 99. But we have the same program we had in 02 when we beat the Cajuns 31-7.

'99? Please 8-4 is not dominant, especially with losses of 51-6 and 37-0.
I was at the OU debacle and it was atrocious.

Your wins that season were against Louisiana Tech, Tulsa (2-9), Southern Miss, Baylor (1-10), Kansas (5-7), Oklahoma State (5-6), Mizzou (4-7) and Texas (9-5). That's exactly ONE win against a school with a winning record from a BCS conference.

1998 was a pretty good run, though Sirr Parker did not score in OT against KSU.

[3rdRowTailgater]

I go to LSU games and tailgate. I go to UL games and tailgate. You want to know the major difference... there are more people at the LSU games. They have no lock on south Lousiana fun. Otherwise, I would have to say it is all about enjoying the people you are having fun with. I prefer the Ragin Cajun atmosphere... but that is just me.

To each their own. We had several Cajun fans at our tailgate who kept telling us how much fun they were having.

[Clutch0364]

To each their own. We had several UL fans at our tailgate who kept telling us how much fun they were having.

I had a lot of fun at LSU tailgating, I never said I didn't but I find UL tailgating a tad bit better.

[3rdRowTailgater]

I had a lot of fun at LSU tailgating, I never said I didn't but I find UL tailgating a tad bit better.

I just am trying to find what makes it better. As you can tell from my user name I take my tailgating serious.

[Just1More]

Haha, yes I believe you are correct now.

Not to belabor the point, but I live in BR and I met up with lots of my LSU friends who could not get a ticket to the LSU/UL game. This is extremely uncommon for a nonSEC game, just before kickoff. There were way more people wanting tickets that expected to get them at the game. Many co-workers and others were stating weeks before the game how easy it would be to get a ticket at the game... Not!

Regardless of setting records, the capacity then/now... this game had a personality that no other instate school, nor nonSEC team, nor unranked team game has ever had at Death Valley.

[Just1More]

You crack me up. You hate LSU so much you try to find fault with them in everything. Of the 92,000 in Tiger Stadium there was not 20,000 students, atleast not in the student section as they do not allot that many tickets for students. Over 80% of LSU students live off campus so they would be stuck in traffic with you anyways and not just walking to their dorm. The Superdome is located next to the interstate making things easy on everybody. Read AYXCajun's post for a little common sense, something you obviously lack.

If it will make you feel any better, me and my UL gang were leaving Tiger Stadium and my buddy goes "you can't ever get out of Cajun Field this easy". "We have way less traffic and our 2 cops just milk the overtime holding us thru 2 gates."

You know where traffic sucks... wherever you are when you are in it!

[RaginFan2]

If it will make you feel any better, me and my UL gang were leaving Tiger Stadium and my buddy goes "you can't ever get out of Cajun Field this easy". "We have way less traffic and our 2 cops just milk the overtime holding us thru 2 gates." You know where traffic sucks... wherever you are when you are in it!

That is part of my complaint. I saw very few "traffic directors" (cops/security/whatever). I would have thought there would be a large number of people directing traffic to get the flow moving, but I didn't see it. Pregame, I was trying to go north on Nicholson to Skip Bertman Dr to take a left toward the levee. The entire left turn movement (as well as the other directions) was controlled by the traffic signal! That meant that everyone trying to turn left had about 4 cars get through before the light changed. A cop directing traffic could get a larger flow through and alleviate some of the congestion. Certainly that volume of traffic is going to cause traffic congestion. I just thought they'd have a better system for getting it to flow a bit better. BTW, this was not my first time to an LSU game. Also, according to news reports this was the 3rd largest crowd in Tiger Stadium history! I guess we might get invited back.

[Aggie05]

LOL!!! You guys have stood still? We have improved by leaps and bounds.

Look for this game to be closer than you want, my egotistical/condescending friend.

L'Ronte'

Call me what you like but all the betting lines agree with me. A&M by 21.

So my 35 to 14 guess is good.

condescending? not at all. Egotistical? well if you mean team and school pride? then yes. I might agree with hubris :-D

And im not intending to be a jerk. I just enjoy football trashtalk!

~Aggie05

[VObserver]

You don't pull Babb in that situation. All that does is start up an unnecessary QB contraversy. Babb is the starter. He knows it, Bustle knows it and Desormeaux knows it. And he will lead us to a bowl game this year. We were not going to beat LSU, no matter who was back there. You don't sacrifice messing up the integrity of the team for basically an unwinnable game.

I realize that people might want to see Desormeaux and why not? He is electric. But realize that we will have him under the center for the next two years (knock on wood). Just be patient.

BTW, you are starting to sound a lot like an LSU fan, praising someone when they are doing well and wanting to kick someone off the team when they are doing bad. We are better than that.

LSU is a DAMN good team and I admit that Babb made some silly mistakes, but he is the most accurate passer in UL QB history and we need to ride him as much as possible. HE IS THE MAN THIS YEAR AT QB.

I like Babb. He is a pretty good QB. But he ain't no Mike Desormeaux. You know it, I know it, anyone who watched last season knows it; including the coaches in the SBC, who essentially made up a position on the all-SBC squad to acknowledge it. That being said, I have no problem with him being the starter and I wouldn't have pulled him, either.