re: Stomping the Eye

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It was nice that our coaches didn't have control of the team that they broke warmups to go "thug up" and then went in the locker room.

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I was there. This description is not even close. Our coaches deserve better. If you have legitimate criticism, voice them. But please, in the future refrain from being a straight-up DICK.

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They didn't stomp the eye either. They do what Florida has done for over a decade, which is come together near midfield (but not on midfield bc its a penalty) and jump up and down. Big deal. It was nice that our coaches didn't have control of the team that they broke warmups to go "thug up" and then went in the locker room.

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Look, it doesn't matter how long they've done it, it's still disrespectful.Go ahead and do it on your own field, but when you're visiting, don't do that. it's obviously gonna piss fans off. I don't mean just cause you're doing something a tad elaborate to try to pump up your team, it pisses them off because that's their school's letters or logo. It obviously pisses a lot of people off when they do that, so come on, why do something just to piss the fans off. If you want to practice good sportsmanship just don't do the fricking thing. And one more thing, our players weren't going to them to "thug up", they were defending what many LSU fans hold sacred in the eye of the tiger. Look, in the LSU cribs video, Lyle Hitt explains how our own players don't even step on the eye in their own locker room. This actually seems to be a trend across the nation ( I can't remember which school it was, maybe NC State, but there was another school on earlier in the season who also said they don't step on their schools logo on the floor in their locker room). So what do you think is going to be going through our players heads when they see Florida jumping up and down on the symbol that not only they, but Tiger Nation in general holds dear? They were acting as almost any self-respecting squad would have done, they let Florida know that's not acceptable in Death Valley.