re: Any old timers remember the LSU-Tulane wheelbarrow parades in Garyville?

I’ve seen Tulane beat LSU more than once but LSU won the last matchup I went to in the Dome. After the game, 2 guys from LSU got in a fight with 2 guys from Tulane. It was very civilized - they paired up and squared off like boxers. One LSU guy hit his Tulane guy in the face and knocked him to the ground. When the Tulane fighter started to get back up, the LSU guy yelled “STAY DOWN!” and he did. The other two exchanged some punches and the LSU guy came out on top of that one, too. The crowd around them started chanting “LSU! LSU! LSU!” and it was over.

New Orleans football fans who didn’t go to college or went to UNO were mostly Tulane fans. Tulane had a real advantage in recruiting N.O. prospects. Not saying the athletes would go to Tulane but the school was often in the mix.