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Do you live vicariously through LSU football?
Posted on 11/11/13 at 1:08 pm
Posted on 11/11/13 at 1:08 pm
I've noticed a wide variation in emotions from hoping the Tigers get better to loathing everything LSU from players to coaches.
I am not thrilled with this season, but I have put things in perspective and realize its a leisure activity devoted to my alma mater and does not define my success at life.
I truly pity some of the folks here so full of venom that they have lost perspective. It's game guys. Many here act is as if they've busted their asses all week and their life is now skewed by the W-L column.
Hey, I understand the dissatisfaction, but not the over-the-top anger.
It's almost like "Fire Les or our lives will be meaningless!!!!!!". Chill out.
I am not thrilled with this season, but I have put things in perspective and realize its a leisure activity devoted to my alma mater and does not define my success at life.
I truly pity some of the folks here so full of venom that they have lost perspective. It's game guys. Many here act is as if they've busted their asses all week and their life is now skewed by the W-L column.
Hey, I understand the dissatisfaction, but not the over-the-top anger.
It's almost like "Fire Les or our lives will be meaningless!!!!!!". Chill out.
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Posted on 11/11/13 at 1:08 pm to CharlesLSU
life is lsu football, isn't it?
Posted on 11/11/13 at 1:09 pm to CharlesLSU
I used to somewhat when I was younger. Not so much the last 5-10 years. Im becoming numb, even when we were champs in 2007. I was thrilled but it didnt make or break my life.
Posted on 11/11/13 at 1:09 pm to CharlesLSU
Nail on the head man.
Posted on 11/11/13 at 1:09 pm to CharlesLSU
I've learned to get over it after Sunday (the latest).
Saturday night was pretty rough for me, but I went to a bonfire and played beer pong so it wasn't as bad as I thought.
I feel sorry for the losers who are still melting down over this. CptBengal is one of them.
Saturday night was pretty rough for me, but I went to a bonfire and played beer pong so it wasn't as bad as I thought.
I feel sorry for the losers who are still melting down over this. CptBengal is one of them.
Posted on 11/11/13 at 1:12 pm to CharlesLSU
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its a leisure activity devoted to my alma mater and does not define my success at life.
This. I will get mad during the game but I was over it before the game ended satrday.
Posted on 11/11/13 at 1:12 pm to CharlesLSU
Not gonna get much truth out of this thread. You read other threads where posters say "do you accept mediocrity in life?!?!?!", like they are actually doing something to help LSU win other than sitting on arse or buying "baton frickin rouge" t-shirts. Don't act high and mighty like you did something.
Posted on 11/11/13 at 1:18 pm to CharlesLSU
This.
I have been an LSU fan since I was a kid and hope for their success as it is my Alma Mater as well. I understand people getting upset due to their performance in a loss, but there are so many people here that think its life or death. I really don't understand it.
I have been an LSU fan since I was a kid and hope for their success as it is my Alma Mater as well. I understand people getting upset due to their performance in a loss, but there are so many people here that think its life or death. I really don't understand it.
Posted on 11/11/13 at 1:20 pm to CharlesLSU
After we won the National Championship in 2003/2007 and my life didn't get any better, I stopped caring.
Just kidding, I still care.
Just kidding, I still care.
Posted on 11/11/13 at 1:20 pm to CharlesLSU
Sorta sad that some LSU fans can no longer appreciate a season that includes beating Auburn, Florida and possibly A&M.
Posted on 11/11/13 at 1:22 pm to CharlesLSU
There is no way in hell 18-22 year old kids should have this much bearing on anyone's life, unless it is your own kid. The rantards don't understand this and probably never will.
Speaking of vicariously, all the bammers that I work with keep asking me in a serious manner if I am ok today, which is amusing b/c all that happened was LSU lost. You would think someone died the way they ask me the question.
Speaking of vicariously, all the bammers that I work with keep asking me in a serious manner if I am ok today, which is amusing b/c all that happened was LSU lost. You would think someone died the way they ask me the question.
Posted on 11/11/13 at 1:23 pm to CharlesLSU
You are exactly right man. I feel bad for people who actually let losing a football game interfere with their lives. Why is this worth getting so mad about. I am a very passionate fan during the games, but when it's over, who gives a shite really. Get on with your life.
Posted on 11/11/13 at 1:27 pm to CharlesLSU
Last year was a reality check.
Had you told me 2 years ago or so there'd be a season we'd lose to Ole Miss' 2nd team and get beat 38-17 to Alabama, I would have probably been furious.
This year, meh. It is what it is. Like others said, I'm numb to it. Love my school.
Had you told me 2 years ago or so there'd be a season we'd lose to Ole Miss' 2nd team and get beat 38-17 to Alabama, I would have probably been furious.
This year, meh. It is what it is. Like others said, I'm numb to it. Love my school.
Posted on 11/11/13 at 1:28 pm to CharlesLSU
To the OP, no.
My experience began as a child listening to games on the radio with my dad (too poor to take all 6 family members to many games). Incredibly fond memories with "the voice of the Tigers John Ferguson and Walter Hill". Success then was about beating rivals and getting a good bowl game - not so much winning championships.
Then I attended/graduated from LSU (BS Chem Engr, '85) and even lived in TS (SS #239) several semesters. So from childhood it's always been my school and my team and my traditions, and fun and disappointments.
I suppose the fun of winning NC's wouldn't have meant as much without the disappointment of getting ragged by my OM friends leaving MS Memorial Stadium in '75 (13-17L to OM) and the like over the years. I still get just as thrilled seeing TS for the first time on the way to a game as a starry-eyed boy in '70.
I don't think I live through it, I just deeply identify with it and pull for its greatest success.
My experience began as a child listening to games on the radio with my dad (too poor to take all 6 family members to many games). Incredibly fond memories with "the voice of the Tigers John Ferguson and Walter Hill". Success then was about beating rivals and getting a good bowl game - not so much winning championships.
Then I attended/graduated from LSU (BS Chem Engr, '85) and even lived in TS (SS #239) several semesters. So from childhood it's always been my school and my team and my traditions, and fun and disappointments.
I suppose the fun of winning NC's wouldn't have meant as much without the disappointment of getting ragged by my OM friends leaving MS Memorial Stadium in '75 (13-17L to OM) and the like over the years. I still get just as thrilled seeing TS for the first time on the way to a game as a starry-eyed boy in '70.
I don't think I live through it, I just deeply identify with it and pull for its greatest success.
Posted on 11/11/13 at 1:36 pm to CharlesLSU
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Do you live vicariously through LSU football?
This is a great question and parallels a thread I've been wanting to make about WHY we are LSU fans in the first place. I think both answers are similar for many people.
For me, no...I don't. I love LSU football. I enjoy the ever-living shite out of wins (I cried like a damned 11 year old girl standing in the Superdome in January 2004) and I am depressed by most losses.
But what I've NEVER tried to do is equate my own self worth with the fortunes of LSU football. That is to say...I'm not a fan so that my self association with LSU football can be lorded over fans of OTHER programs when LSU is doing well, and I've never once felt EMBARRASSED because of my self association with LSU football because of a loss...ANY loss. I am a fan because the entire endeavor brings me joy. when I walk through my portal to go to my seats in Tiger Stadium each game in the fall, I'm immediately brought back to that first game I attended as a 12 year old with my dad in 1982...that feeling of watching this enormous stadium spread about before me. I still get that same anticipation...I'm still excited every pre-game when TGBFTL marches out onto the field.
I am a fan of LSU football.
None of that has anything to do with enjoying mediocrity, settling, etc. It simply speaks to WHY I'm a fan...and since I'm NOT a fan specifically because of wins and losses, I'm seemingly more stable and less prone to hyperbole on this subject than many here.
Posted on 11/11/13 at 1:43 pm to CharlesLSU
I like your style, CharlesLSU. 
Posted on 11/11/13 at 1:45 pm to CharlesLSU
Les miles has definitely tapered my interest in LSU football. Maybe i lived vicariously through it in the past, maybe i didnt. But i definitely looked forward to watching them play.
Over the last 2 year I find myself much more indifferent. Im not sure how many other fans feel that way. BUt i'd watch what you ask for.
Over the last 2 year I find myself much more indifferent. Im not sure how many other fans feel that way. BUt i'd watch what you ask for.
Posted on 11/11/13 at 2:23 pm to CharlesLSU
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Do you live vicariously through LSU football?
No. Why would I?
Posted on 11/11/13 at 2:56 pm to CharlesLSU
I grew up in BR going to LSU games with my family in the late 70s and early 80s. During that time, the experience of winning was the farthest thing from our mind. Going to see LSU play on a Saturday night with my family, tailgating, yelling for the Tigers and just enjoying the whole event was something that was a very special part of growing up. As I got older, I worked concessions earning money for school programs and then got to sit in the student section for 4 amazing years. I got to cheer for a few good teams, and there were a few good seasons but when I bragged about being a Tiger it was more coon-arse bravado than what the win/loss record showed.
After Saturday, I still love the Tigers. However, growing up a Tiger (and Saints) fan when I did, you learn how to love everything but the wins and loss record. I have been to every SEC stadium, most of the PAC-12 and a few other top-line Football places, and I would rather spend Saturday night cheering for an 0-12 LSU team at Tiger Stadium than any other place in the country. For those that believe that the magic of Tiger Stadium has anything to do with the football team, you need to get out more.
After Saturday, I still love the Tigers. However, growing up a Tiger (and Saints) fan when I did, you learn how to love everything but the wins and loss record. I have been to every SEC stadium, most of the PAC-12 and a few other top-line Football places, and I would rather spend Saturday night cheering for an 0-12 LSU team at Tiger Stadium than any other place in the country. For those that believe that the magic of Tiger Stadium has anything to do with the football team, you need to get out more.
Posted on 11/11/13 at 3:07 pm to CharlesLSU
It literally takes me 5 minutes to get over a loss. The only one that really stung was 1/9. That was a bad situation/night/everything.
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