re: Those of you who know former players, what is their attitude toward LSU?

This reminds me of a scene from Chazz Palminteri's A Bronx Tale...



" A Bronx Tale, Mickey Mantle Scene" (set in October 1960)

Sonny: What are you, a Yankee fan?

Young Calogero: Yeah.

Sonny: Sit down. No, come over here--sit over here next to me. [pause] So you must be pretty upset after the Yankees lost?

Young Calogero: Bill Mazeroski, I hate him. He made Mickey Mantle cry. The papers said that the Mick was crying.

Sonny: Mickey Mantle? Is that what you're upset about? Mickey Mantle makes a hundred thousand dollars a year--how much does your father make?

Young Calogero: I don't know.

Sonny: You don't know? See if your father can't pay the rent, go ask Mickey Mantle and see what he tells you. Mickey Mantle don't care about you, so why should you care about him? Nobody cares. [laughing]

Calogero [narrating]: After that, I never felt the same way about the Yankees.