re: LSU Fans reputation

Those of us who have lived in other areas of the SEC are aware of the reason--south Louisiana is culturally distinct from the rest of the SEC. They are not sure what to think or do about us. I lived three years in Birmingham and remember the quietness and uncertainty when the issue of going to Baton Rouge to a game came up.
And it has always been so; there was an infantry brigade in General Lee's army in Virginia called the Louisiana Tigers. Always thought of as peculiar, they were from around Bayous Teche, Lafourche, and Sara and from the Irish Channel and the docks of New Orleans. A lot of both English and French was spoken. Same attitude as now by the rest of the Army. But when General Lee had to have it the Tigers were brought up. They ruptured the Yankee line themselves on the 2nd day at Gettysburg. In 1895 when football teams were being started this unit was remembered better than now and is the reason for our team name.