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re: NY Times Article on LSU/Bama fan day
Posted on 8/26/12 at 12:43 am to Jim Rockford
Posted on 8/26/12 at 12:43 am to Jim Rockford
I'm glad to say that, as a dual degreed LSU Alumnus, and season ticket holder forever, my life is not, and won't be, consumed by LSU Athletics. I also have tickets to Broadway across America, Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra and the New Orleans Opera Association, have traveled throughout North America, Europe, and Asia, with hopefully, more travels in my future. When I am no more, I'll be buried in a cemetery with my ancestors, wearing an LSU pin in my lapel.
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Posted on 8/26/12 at 5:22 am to St. Pete Tiger
There was nothing new in this article about either fan base. Alabama is a one dimensional state.
Posted on 8/26/12 at 9:54 am to Jim Rockford
Screw the GUMPS 
GEAUX TIGERS!
Good read though
GEAUX TIGERS!
Good read though
Posted on 8/26/12 at 10:34 am to hg
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The first fan in line at L.S.U. was Tuck Freyer, a lawyer. He had claimed his spot around 8:30 a.m. His counterpart at Alabama, Bobby Hunter, a Walmart employee, arrived four days before the event to be first in line.
Accurate contrast/comparison between the 2 fan bases
Posted on 8/26/12 at 10:38 am to St. Pete Tiger
To St. Pete Tiger
Good Read!
FYI -I hijacked your link and put in on SEC rant where a multi-page pissing match between Bama and LSU fans ensued.
Good Read!
FYI -I hijacked your link and put in on SEC rant where a multi-page pissing match between Bama and LSU fans ensued.
Posted on 8/26/12 at 11:27 am to Jim Rockford
All of this led to my main conclusion after spending time in each place on a nongame weekend: Alabama fans are, well, just crazier about their football team than L.S.U. fans are.
i think this article was horrible to neglect to mention the difference in city size. Or course, in tuscaloosa the fans are more concentrated.
tuscaloosa:
91,000
baton rouge:
231,000
baton rouge is 3 times the size of tuscaloosa and is a state capital. there better be more going on there than tuscaloosa.
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It pains me to admit this, mind you, as in SEC country, the sheer lunacy of the fan base one exists in is often a source of irrational pride. I’ve actually gotten into arguments with people over whose fan base tilts more toward the insane. But L.S.U. football in Baton Rouge is a sideshow — an elaborate sideshow people feel passionately about, yes, but a sideshow nonetheless. In Tuscaloosa, Alabama football is the main event, a full-blown circus in the Greatest Show on Earth tradition of P. T. Barnum. To put it bluntly, on any given day, Tuscaloosa is probably the closest thing to a college football theme park that a person could visit.
i think this article was horrible to neglect to mention the difference in city size. Or course, in tuscaloosa the fans are more concentrated.
tuscaloosa:
91,000
baton rouge:
231,000
baton rouge is 3 times the size of tuscaloosa and is a state capital. there better be more going on there than tuscaloosa.
Posted on 8/26/12 at 11:38 am to LSU Fan 90812
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All of this led to my main conclusion after spending time in each place on a nongame weekend: Alabama fans are, well, just crazier about their football team than L.S.U. fans are
I know a Gump that took out a loan to buy BCS tickets last year. He told me that he knew people who went to crazy extremes to get tickets (sold family heirlooms, sold their cars, etc.).
I don't think it means that we care any less about LSU or that our fans are any less passionate; we just realize that it's a game and not the be all and end all of our existence. Gumps clearly don't feel the same. It's more of a sad reflection on them and their state than it is a knock on us.
Posted on 8/26/12 at 11:42 am to St. Pete Tiger
All one needs to know bout Bama fans is that 90,000 of them show up for a scrimmage in the spring.
Posted on 8/26/12 at 11:55 am to St. Pete Tiger
I hate being hyperbolic, but frick that author. Compare the size of the city of Baton Rouge to Tuscaloosa (221k to 91k), and you're going to act fricking surprised that you see more Alabama shite in Tuscaloosa. Tuscaloosa exists because of UA, while Baton Rouge is the capitol of the state and home to all kinds of industries that could give less of a shite about the Tigers.
Stupid fricking article that draws stupid fricking conclusions.
Goddammit I hate Alabama.
Stupid fricking article that draws stupid fricking conclusions.
Goddammit I hate Alabama.
Posted on 8/27/12 at 11:31 am to PRK
Louisiana has a pro team and the one of the world's best party spots - New Orleans.
Alabama has nothing but its college football teams.
Alabama has nothing but its college football teams.
Posted on 8/27/12 at 11:33 am to chinhoyang
Tuck Freyer is an undistinguished member of TD.com and quite the assclown.
This post was edited on 8/27/12 at 11:38 am
Posted on 8/27/12 at 11:34 am to mattz1122
I've always prefered this one
Posted on 8/27/12 at 11:37 am to TuckFreyer
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I've always prefered this one
Posted on 8/27/12 at 11:49 am to PsychTiger
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Football is religion in that state.
Its b/c its the only going in alabama. They have zero professoinal teams. They replay the radio broadcast of the lsu/bama game on 94.5 WJOX up here every Sunday at 11:00Am.
Posted on 8/27/12 at 12:12 pm to LSU Fan 90812
quote:
i think this article was horrible to neglect to mention the difference in city size. Or course, in tuscaloosa the fans are more concentrated.
Agreed, but I'd hardly say this painted Alabama in any kind of positive light.
Posted on 8/27/12 at 12:15 pm to sheek
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Football is religion in that state.
Thing is, church is no fun. That's why "religious" is such a fitting way to describe their fan base. Win or lose, Alabama aren't having any fun.
Posted on 8/27/12 at 12:32 pm to PsychTiger
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Football is a cult in that state.
Posted on 8/27/12 at 1:09 pm to melonheadla
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melonheadla
Congratulations.
Posted on 8/27/12 at 1:52 pm to Patrick_Bateman
Gumps gonna Gump 
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