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Agreed. If we want this back we are just going to have to deal with it. It's about not about if you think saying you suck is a big deal, it's about if they think saying you suck is a big deal. They have laid out the terms, I just hope that students will do what they have to do to get the chant back and keep it back.

I hope the students do chant "you suck." I am tired of the band and athletic department being a bunch of idiots who punish LSU fans and LSU tradition in an attempt to gain unnecessary control over LSU students.

Tiger Rag is the basis for almost all of LSU's musical tradition. To take it out of the rotation over an obscene chant that has been done for years and years? Bush league. It reflects worse on LSU that they let the obscene chants win out over tradition instead of playing it loud and proud regardless and finding another solution, which is what they should have done.

What's worse is that not enough of the LSU family has called them out on this decision making.

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Posted by LouisianaLonghorn

Austin, Texas

Member since Jan 2006

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Posted on 10/10/08 at 1:54 pm to Tigercat

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I am tired of the band and athletic department being a bunch of idiots who punish LSU fans and LSU tradition in an attempt to gain unnecessary control over LSU students.

Apparently, you don't realize that the band has nothing to do with this. It wasn't their decision to stop playing. The order came from the AD. If the higher ups tell the band not to play a song, they have no choice but to comply. It amazes me that some people still think that Mr. Wickes and TGBFTL were somehow trying to "punish" the students. That's assinine.

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Posted by mikethetiger

Member since Nov 2004

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Posted on 10/10/08 at 10:35 pm to Tigercat

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Tiger Rag is the basis for almost all of LSU's musical tradition. To take it out of the rotation over an obscene chant that has been done for years and years?

You do realize that the band does indeed still play Tiger Rag after every touchdown, don't you? What song do you think people sing to when they yell T-I-G-E-R-S TIGERSSSS!!!! It's an abbreviated version of the song and has been that way for at least 20 years (maybe more but that is before my time). As far as your "years and years" comment, the full version has only been a part of pre-game for only 7 years (since the east upper deck was built). Prior to 2000, the full Tiger Rag version hadn't been played in Tiger Stadium since 1986, when it was banned the first time for the "a-hole, a-hole" chant.

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It reflects worse on LSU that they let the obscene chants win out over tradition instead of playing it loud and proud regardless and finding another solution, which is what they should have done.

Again, is 7 years out of the last 22 years really tradition?