Tulane Fans

Maybe they're somehow affiliated with the university?

I expirience the same thing when I go back home in Lafayette. It's mostly a penis envy kinda thing because no university has the degree of power that LSU has. Everthough Tulane has a better academic standing, their athletics suck and don't have near the size or funds that is granted to LSU.

I know that I don't hate Tulane even though I am a die hard LSU fan. I will even root for them when they go to the CWS as long as LSU is not in it with them.

the only reason they could be jealous is because of our athletic program. other than that, i don't see any reason.

It is not penis envy at all. I think the main reason (true or untrue) is that the majority of Tulane fans think that LSU goes at it athletically the wrong way....They worry about athletics first and academics .. not so much ... They also think that LSU breaks the rules to get where they are ... IMHO LSU is not unlike the majority of big time college athletic programs but I guess since it is the closest geographically to most Tulane fans (they are inundated with LSU news on a daily basis) that they have grown to hate them because in their belief they have achieved things the wrong way...

I have seen it first hand .. guys who grew up huge LSU fans and marry into Tulane families and now can not stand them for the reason that I mentioned. They say that they have seen the light and have no idea how they could have pulled from them earlier in life.

I am not trying to flame at all - just giving you guys reasons why the hate exists...

Prior to Tulane Stadium being torn down and a few years after, LSU-TU was a HUGE rivalry. It's hard to imagine that now, but it was indeed. The rivalry was intense on both sides, even though at one point, LSU held a 25+ year winning streak. The 1971 or 1972 TU 14-0 victory at Tulane Stadium intensified it, along with Tulane winning 3 of 4 in the late early 80's. All week long before the game, people chose sides in the NOLA area. Believe it or not, MANY chose Tulane. Of course, many chose LSU as well. I remember clearly all us kids choosing sides in grammar school for the few years I was there. AFter that and with the Dome, the rivalry was all downhill. The second worst thng TU did for football was moving off campus to The Superdome. The first, of course, was leaving the SEC.

I remember going on a rented bus from a bar to the game with my dad in the very early 80's and Tulane somehow won 48-7. The Dome was nuts on both sides. It was pretty passionate. I also was fortunate to see LSU win by almost the same score in the Dome a few years before. It was also just as passionate at Tiger Stadium.

I believe if TU was to build a 35-50K outdoor stadium on campus, the program would be worthwhile again. They had very respectable attendance at Tulane Stadium and many were season ticket holders. I am not a rabid TU fan, but I think that would be great.

Theyre just upset their fan support/numbers are diminishing, while LSU's is having the opposite effect. Tulane used to have a decent fan base, but now LSU's women's basketball fanbase is larger than Tulane's entire athletic support system. The Tulane fan is an endangered species.

"The worst day at LSU is still better than the best day at Tulane"

Many Tulane students aren't even from Louisiana.

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Seems like everytime I go to New Orleans there is some guy hating on LSU and pumping Tulane.

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During the LSU-Florida game this year we watched the game at the NOLA Bulldog (Mid-City). Some Tulane students showed up decked out in Florida gear,would constantly walk over to our table and gator chomp, and kept trying to tell everyone around that they were getting a "real education" at Tulane.

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How could one live in Louisiana and not be an LSU fan?

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Easily. Before I came to LSU, I didn't care about its athletic program. Didn't hate it, but didn't care.