"LSU fans assault Gator fans"

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Intensepence
Freshman Gator
Location: Winter Park, Florida
Registered: April 30, 2009
Posts: 137
Posted October 09, 2009 11:15 AM
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Originally posted by docjohn007:
Believe me it is very difficult being a die hard Gator fan in bayou country. Every year I get the usual razzing when we play LSU, but this year it has gotten very disturbing. I am amazed at how often I hear from educated professionals how they hope the LSU players go after Tebows head if he plays. I'm not talking about young high school or college students. I mean other doctors and teachers. What is there not to like and admire about Tim Tebow? He is what college football should be about. I can understand opposing fans dislike of SOS. He taunted other coaches, ran up the score and was the type of coach only fans of his team could like. But Tim Tebow being disliked, or worse wishing him physical harm! That is just a shame.
In my experience, LSU fans, especially the students fueled by an entire day of heavy drinking, are the most violent, mean-spirited, fans in the country. That is not a reflection on people from LA. in general as some of the most kind, generous people I know are from the state. Case in point, riding on a charter bus into Baton Rouge in 1997, I witnessed a young couple in a car ahead of me assaulted for the crime of flying Gator flags on the rear window. The car was rushed by students who broke the back windows out by tearing off the flags and dragged the man out of the car and beat him severely. Obviously his wife was hysterical.

After they beat us, we were on the bus waiting for the last few people and students started sticking their heads into the entrance of the bus and throwing full bottles of beer as hard as they could exploding glass and beer against the ceiling, walls and windows of the bus.

I know that was a long time ago but I saw similar behavior In GAINESVILLE from LSU fans last year. Somebody forgot to tell them it was not a home game! Fist fights and assaults everywhere plus ugly profanity filled taunting.
The university needs to step in and teach those kids to represent their families and school with a bit more class.

It's not that this nonsense doesn't happen with UF students but I have never seen it so widespread and accepted as with (young) LSU fans. When you consider how widespread this violent, antisocial behavior is, they are the worst.

We lived through the rough times and now we celebrate the golden age.

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