Win or Lose...this is what it's all about!

I grew up in Baton Rouge in the 70s and 80s. I watched Arnsbarger and then saw it start to fall apart. I started LSU in 1990. Throughout my college career I witnessed blowout after blowout. I have seen us lose to VANDY. I sat through a monsoon to watch us get our butts kicked by FSU. I remember being ecstatic to go to the Indy Bowl. I never thought I would live to see us matter. Now we are going for a third national championship in eight years. I love this team. I love this coach. I love this time. Our time is NOW.

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I know many die-hard LSU fans that have passed on that would have relished the opportunity to be alive to see this game. I will be thinking of them each play

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I doubt this is what you will be thinking of during each play.

I with you brother, I know that my Mom and some Aunts and Uncles will be looking down from Heaven rooting the Tigers on to victory.

Big Julius would not approve of the win or lose talk.

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(unfortunately, I couldn't find a clip of that speech without Yost and Boone hamming it up and chewing scenery)

teeMike so true. Hope to win but whatever happens we are LSU .

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going through the eras of Cholly Mac, Stoval, Arnsparger, Archer, Hallman, Dinardo, Saban, and now Miles, it just makes me appreciate having the program at this level

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I am 63, and my first real recollection of LSU football at the age of nine was watching a very grainy black and white film of someone named Billy Cannon running for a touchdown against some team called Ole Miss. I remember hearing about him getting a big award that year. Now, after having sat through the 70', 80's, 90's, the "oughts', and now in 2011, I CANNOT BELEIVE WE ARE IN THIS SITUATION. I never thought I would see it. This is easily the best LSU team I have ever seen, or dreamed of. After reading the long ESPN article about Coach Miles, it only affirmed what I thought.

As an aside, I believe we are here because of the way Miles handled Jarrett Lee after his less than auspicious start as a redshirt freshman. Instead of trashing him on the sidelines as Saban did with his qb, Miles talks to him and tries to calm him down to re-focus. I don't know the intricacies of football play calling or every strategy, but I do understand something about how to treat people to get the best out of them. I do think many things came together this year to have us poised for greatness as a team, but I think they start with Miles and Lee years ago and building solid and conducive relationships with Lee and the entire team. If I had a son who was good enough to play, I would want him at LSU with Les Miles. I would never have wanted him to be with Archer or Hallman. Charlie Mac must be dancing in heaven.

I thought about this very thing last night as I was watching a once proud Colorado team get taken to the woodshed. I could not believe how bad that team really was. then I stopped and realized I'm just really spoiled.

Geaux Tigers!