re: OH-WEE-OH Chant Coming Back Nov. 1

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First of all a "tradition" is not yelling "You suck" after a touchdown. That started halfway through the season, and obviously, was stopped abruptly. I think tradition is something like marching the same pre-game drill as they did 50 years ago.

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No kidding, no one thinks "you suck" or even the older "a-hole, a-hole" is anything that should be called tradition. Hell, I don't even care that much about the Wizard of Oz bit coming back, that's not really that important to LSU tradition either.

Tiger Rag, however, is something that should have never ever been taken away from the repertoire so easily. Did the band directors/A.D. at least try to start a dialogue before just pulling the song? No, they just took away something that was very important to the history of LSU because of cheered obscenities that can rarely, if ever, be heard on TV. Frankly, "Kick their arse" has been much easier to hear on TV and radio over the years.

Its just ridiculous that some people made arbitrary decisions to remove important traditions involved with LSU without alternative steps, dialogues, or warnings first.