re: What's your story? - How did you become a fan?

Never set foot in an LSU classroom myself. My brother played at Texas, I went to Texas. Hell, my whole family is Texas pretty much.

My daughter got accepted in the fall of 2003. Got a call from the registrar congratulating her on her acceptance. I could not believe they called her. I thought that was pretty awesome. I mean, they called her? At Texas you get a form letter. I immediately put a deposit down on season tickets. They suck, but they are in the stadium.

Read all about the tailgating and LSU fans devotion to their team. Thought it was pretty damn cool. Texas fans are fairly blase and too cool, for the most part, to really get into it.

First game was the Florida game in 2003. Drove through campus on game day early and saw all that was going on. Wound up parking off Highland way the hell out. Followed a group of Florida guys into the stadium. All the way there they were giving LSU fans shite and the LSU fans were giving them shite back. But...the LSU fans were also giving them beer and food. It was the damndest thing I'd ever seen. I loved it. At Texas that led to fights. At LSU, it led to beer and food. shite, I was in heaven.

The 19-7 loss where the only points scored by LSU were on Skylar Greene's punt return. After the punt return, the noise was deafening. So deafening my ears short circuited. Again, I loved it.

I've since graduated to tailgating on the Parade grounds and just love it. It's good I didn't go to LSU, though. I probably never would have graduated and just been a perpetual student (or drunk) and hanging out around the university.

I've been around Texas football for a long, long time. I've been around LSU football for 8 seasons and four games. There is no comparison.

Louisiana people are my kind of people and LSU is my kind of school.

That's my story.