re: I understand Gator fans are brutal to visiting fans...

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I never had any issues. Of course I went in 96 & 98. Hard to be pricks when they skull drag you.

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Those are the same year that I went. 98 was actually pretty close. I think we just lost by 10. Anyway, both trips were miserable, and I will NEVER go back there. Hate that fanbase.

One of the worst parts was that the LSU fans were broken up into very small pockets around the stadium. They aren't the only ones that do this, but what made it worse is that several pockets bordered on UF student sections, which is ridiculous. Tiger Stadium isn't exactly known for being a cordial place for visitors, but at least the athletic dept is smart enough to put our students on the opposite side of the stadium from the visitors. Those two groups should not be around each other.

In 98, I had some drunk dickhead UF student in my ear the ENTIRE 1st quarter, even though they weren't pounding us. He was screaming at us at the top of his lungs. I wasn't messing with him or provoking him. I was just hoping he would run out of steam and shut up so I could watch the game. I knew the stadium people wouldn't do anything but take his side, so there wasn't much I could do about it.

Well then he tried to say something to my wife. She had already had enough of him herself, so before I could get a word out, she started yelling at him at the top of her lungs and threatened to beat the shite out of him if he said another word to her. All the LSU fans behind us started ragging him, and then his UF buddies joined in on him. He thrned around and didn't say another word. He even apologized to my wife later, after he sobered up a bit. My wife still gets props for this one, to this day.