re: Couple of Aussies heading to your town!

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Mate, you need to understand that some of these jerks here think that they are being funny & are giving you dumb advice. The campus is totally safe & tailgating starts as early as 7 in the morning in some areas. DO get your hotel reservations IMMEDIATELY as most sell out way in advance & most require a 2 night stay on LSU game days. I'd suggest not wearing any purple & gold LSU gear as there will be 100,000 LSU fans doing that. Wear something that will make clear you are from Australia. You will have no need to buy any booze or food wearing Aussie shirts. No glass containers are allowed, so make sure you use the plastic cups the tailgaters will give you. Take your time, as tailgating lasts all day long & a lot of areas have post game tailgating as well. Going downtown post game will take a while, a good hour or so, so stop & grab a drink or 4 while waiting. Reggie's is a college crowd bar if you are comfortable with that. When with a tailgating crew, ask them where is the best place to go post game. Do not mess with Baton Rouge Police if shite starts, but most will be helpful if you are sober & just asking for information. On a typical game day there will be over 100,000 on campus: to get an idea of what kind of tailgating you will see, google LSU TIGER FOOTBALL tailgating and you should get a good idea. If Baton Rouge hotels are full already, you might consider staying in New Orleans & driving in game day. It's about an hour plus drive on game day & it's easy to get to TIger Stadium off the interstate. October can be hot, so keep an eye on the weather forecasts & dress appropriately. Many wear shorts & t shirts, some wear jeans, some wear slacks. I'd suggest dress comfortable for potentially being in the sun for 6-7-9 hrs. Keep writing here & as the game approaches I am sure some here will give you specific directions as to where to meet them for their tailgating.

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Thanks heap man, I know some here are trying to be funny and that's cool, us aussies don't mind a bit of banter and fun

Appreciate your advice, I was wondering whether we're better off wearing so Australian rugby league jerseys or something like that which makes it pretty clear that we're not locals.

I've started looking at accommodation now as everyone says it books up real quick, hopefully we can get something in downtown.

Yeah sounds like it's a massive day, definitely gonna have to pace ourselves haha

Reggies seems cool but it's in the opposite direction of downtown correct? Looks like its south of campus

I've definitely watched some videos on youtube and like what I see, hence why we chose LSU as our only college game to see.