This might get a little TL;DR, but whatever. I was there. 2014 Ole Miss...when we beat the shite out of Bo Wallace, and knocked off the #3 team in the country the night after Les's mom passed away. Last night was incredible. Such feels. Much wow.

First of all, Les is unequivocally the man. Say what you want about the guy. He makes decisions sometimes that make me want to bash my head through a wall. Not last night. That was his night. To come out there and handle your business after everything that happened the previous 24 hours. What a coach and what a role model. Hearing the players talk about it after the game really said it all.

Secondly, rushing the field. I'm in grad school at LSU. I've never rushed the field before. I never really had an opinion on it before last night, but we were out there. I was sitting on the visitor's north 30ish about 8 rows up. At the end, we saw the students piling down towards the field. I looked at my roommate and I was like holy shite...they're gonna rush the field. We gotta go. So we hopped the barricade, LF7 spin moved Fess security, and rushed the field. Why? Because it was awesome. The back end of my Tiger fandom has been an era of Tiger fans who largely only care about winning national championships and beating Alabama. Fans that empty out of the greatest place to play and see football in the world at halftime during close games. I've left early. I've yelled at my TV and thought I could coach better than Les. I've been guilty of losing sight of the importance of other games in the season besides Alabama. Not anymore. Last night, it all came back. I rushed the field because last night reminded me why I'll be an LSU fan for the rest of my life. I'm all about national championships, perfect seasons, completely dominating teams, etc. But to see a young, doubted team come out there and fight like hell for four quarters for themselves, their coach, and their fans. Hard nosed, smash mouth SEC football. Buga's facemask getting ripped off. I mean come on. That's what it's all about. It wasn't just students. I stopped two dads taking pictures of their sons and told em to get in the photo so they could have a picture of both of them on the field that night we beat Ole Miss in 2014. That's the kind of stuff I remember about my old man when I was a kid. I've seen a lot of posts re: rushing the field and how we should act like we've been there before. Look, maybe we have. I know this team hasn't, but maybe as a fan base we have. We've won titles - SEC and BCS - and totally rocked badass teams. But last night felt to me like I hadn't been there in a very long time. It was awesome. One of my greatest memories as an LSU fan.

Thirdly, Death Valley and the fans. Hell yes. There wasn't an empty seat in the place. Traffic was awful after the game and nobody gave a shite. Tiger Stadium was absolutely rocking the entire game. The obnoxious roided out OM fan sitting next to me kept commenting on how insane the noise was. I was proud.

Fourth, the team. We look good and the future looks awesome. Mistakes were made, but holy shite at the resilience of those kids. I have more detailed thoughts on the team too, but this post is long enough.

Those of yall that were there last night - glad yall got to experience that with me. My parents had the chance to go and didn't. HAH. Anyways,

This post was edited on 10/26/14 at 11:35 am