MAT backs LOUISIANA!

[ManAboutTown]

overall, i'd be surprised if he had any natural younger siblings on his dad's side.

Lol

[Louisiana84]

Thank you, MAT. This was an ambush, you knew that going in. And you did not back down. You did an amazing job. Earned my respect and the respect of most on this message board. Of course, there are fools who don't see that, and they can continue to buy their gear at Walmarts.

[Grantvb]

Thank you, MAT

[JMV JustMyView]

Thank you MAT for representing Cajun fans.

[Cajunrunner]

I really appreciate the support.

In all honesty, we decided as a group NOT to accept the AYS invite. But after sleeping on it, I thought it would be worse having these clowns run around the internet saying the Ragin Review boys were cowards and ran from a fight. We talked about it and agreed that I’d go on.

The strategy was to give him enough rope to hang himself. And he did. He proved that everything we ever say about those people is exactly correct. Countering with in-depth facts and history would have been a waste of time. Staying on my toes and dodging incoming fire was top priority. Standing up to a bully is not about winning the fight. It’s about resistance. We did that.

For the people that want to critique my “performance”… I literally was packing for vacation when all of this happened. I was enjoying my summer with my family. I did not think about Ruffino, sports, TSAB or anything of the sort for 9 days. When we got home, I asked Blake what I should expect and how long to prepare for. He said, “no talking points. Plan for 20 minutes tops.”

Based on our twitter exchanges, it was going to be about TSAB fans and RR “trolling them.” Also expected some name stuff. I had a function that night with my wife and walked in the door 10 minutes before we got on.
You have no idea what it’s like walking into a situation where you have no idea what’s going to be said, what topics are coming your way, oh and, the guy asking you the questions is trying to make you look like a fool. The vast majority of people wouldn’t even accept that challenge, including the ones with negative ____ to say about me in this thread. After he started running out of steam, the last 12-15 min of that “debate” was 100% MAT.

This fanbase sometimes struggles with the different levels of engaging fans. Before RR, there was little to no presence in the social media spaces and ZERO push back when TSAB bullies. We have an army of defenders now. Like it or not, you have to have that in today’s world.

Was it a perfect showing? Of course not. Would I have liked to have remembered a few things? Sure.

It’s easy to sit and watch and think and remember and plan. It is not easy to do it in real time. Especially when you can’t finish a damn sentence before this guy starts yelling about something else..

When Ragin Review does a follow up, and they will, they’ll do what we always did: treat the guest with respect, ask real questions, listen and end with an intention to form some sort of alliance.

I had fun. I’ll always protect our brand and I’ll always stand up to morons that think wearing purple & gold makes them better than us.

Going on radio/TV (podcast), prepared or not, things can always happen to throw someone off. Even the pros have it happen.

[Turbine]

Going on radio/TV (podcast), prepared or not, things can always happen to throw someone off. Even the pros have it happen.

Hey right?

At least no kids came on camera with mommy sliding in the room like Tom Cruise to evacuate them.

[Cajunrunner]

Also amusing and somewhat concerning to me is that this clown works in some capacity at the governor's office.

Ruffino? Not this dude??

https://www.nola.com/news/politics/a...a9b59.amp.html

[olhardhead]

https://www.cbssports.com/college-fo...emed-adequate/

[KajunKrazy]

this is such a spot-on post. this "we beat them mid-week" bragging rights thing is just so lame. any given year, the mlb w.s. champ loses perhaps 70'ish games. have literally never heard any also-ran's fans crowing about winning a game[s] against the champ during the season, or even winning the season-series. that's a loser's position, in my opinion. i read many school's chat boards intermittently [am a poster here, only], but have seen this mantra more often here than anywhere else.

Tell you the truth when talking about the branding of UL, which is what the conversation about, State could win 100 championship that has nothing to do with Louisiana’s branding. Nothing that state does on or off the field has anything to do how the school in Lafayette and it chooses to brand itself athletically. That is the direction I would have taken that clown when he tried to insinuate we can’t be Louisiana because State has more championships.

[CajunEXPRESS]

Tell you the truth when talking about the branding of UL, which is what the conversation about, State could win 100 championship that has nothing to do with Louisiana’s branding. Nothing that state does on or off the field has anything to do how the school in Lafayette and it chooses to brand itself athletically. That is the direction I would have taken that clown when he tried to insinuate we can’t be Louisiana because State has more championships.

Exactly.

[facelessjonmoon]

Ruffino? Not this dude??

https://www.nola.com/news/politics/a...a9b59.amp.html

Big surprise. That's a family member. Maybe that's what he means by our school not representing his (corrupt) Louisiana

[olhardhead]

And LSU put up three years probation in two major sports moving them into first place in the most win's vacated list moving past Auburn and other SEC schools....IHMO college sports especially football and basketball and now baseball are dying due to the corruption and "BIG MONEY" involved in college sports nowday's....