A fellow fan's rant

When someone asks who I am, I tell them my name, that I am a soldier, and I love LSU and Saints football. I love my teams fella's I bleed purple, black, and gold. I visit this site as often as I can to get the latest on the passion that has brewed inside me for as long as I can remember. This site has been such a blessing to me through my struggles in war and training and for that I am thankful.

However, whether I'm looking at the rant, LSU Recruiting, or Saints Talk I always have to see comments and posts from negative "fans." I see a guy post statistics about Drew Brees then asks the question do we as fans believe he is one of the all time best. Instead of just reading then giving an honest personal opinion, someone reply's that they are not worried about that crap and stats do not mean anything blah blah blah. When someone posts on the recruiting site that they notice a recruit has dropped in the rankings and would appreciate if someone that knew would say why, he gets 10 reply's that rankings dont matter and stfu and gtfo. Did it ever occur that he mite just want to know if the player got hurt or something? That he doesn't care about star ranking but given that he has a brain, he figures there must be a reason?

Constant bashing of recruits, players, and coaches no matter the reason is beyond me. These are kids at LSU. They are someone's babies and grand babies. Recruits read this site every single day and so do the players.

Guys, what I'm getting at is even though some of you get aggravated when someone posts stats or questions that may irk your nerves, there are hundreds if not thousands that enjoy reading the posts. It's so annoying to have to skim through 20 pages of a hot topic because people want to reply "in" or "k" just to be a smartass or get their post count up. If you don't like what's being said then don't reply it's that simple. If you don't like a recruit that is wanting to come to LSU keep it to yourself or at the water cooler. If you hate JJ or JL or Shanle or Harper keep it to yourself. Because brothers, they are our team. They suit up in YOUR colors for YOUR team and YOUR town and state. I will root for them all I don't care how slow or bad they are. I hate going to all of these bases and countries and EVERYBODY is a Bama fan. It makes me sick because they don't know anything about the school. Let me tell you something guys, LSU and the Saints are hated it's true. They hate us outside Louisiana. Well let me tell you something, I would have crawled through hot coals to watch JJ throw an interception or to see Harper get burned. You take for granted what you love to bash on. I love my teams and I hate to see our own fans bash anyone that wears our colors in the trenches because it really is us against the world. Any recruit that comes to LSU will be one of my hero's and he will experience a fan base and crowd like no other on Saturdays in Death Valley!!

Love your team guys. Please don't be so negative. Because I can promise you, I'd trade places with you fella's watching the Tigers and Saints rather than over here in the desert sweating and missing home!