re: Tiger fans who you wish were here, but will be watching from heaven this weekend

My wife............she was a huge LSU fan, I lost her in 2010 to leukemia. We have her purple and gold flower arrangement on her tomb for football season and her little Tiger I bought her when we were dating.

She always had more faith in the Tigers than I had

I remember getting pissed and walking out of the room for the Bluegrass Miracle but she told me the game wasn't over. She was right.

Here is a picture of her with Mike at the 2003/04 National Championship Gala the night or two before the game in New Orleans vs Chokelahoma.




So yes, she'll be watching and helping cheer on the Tigers.

My mom...she loved her Tigers!

Huey P. Long. Although I'm not sure if he is watching from heaven or hell. Can't you just see him strutting before the band going out of his freaking mind when they hit those first four notes? :)

We can hate his politics or love him but all Tigers put that aside when it comes to LSU football.

Obviously mom and dad, but Cobe(Coolidge) is one person that somes to mind in a heartbeat

Mom and Dad. They were season ticket holders for 40 years. Now they are on the 50 of the west upper upper deck.
Miss you guys.

I wish my step dad who i hated growing up as a child but he distilled the purple and gold in me in the early 80,s he died before he could see the tigers win there NC game in 2003! Also mu unvle Wally who in the 2003 year was in ICU and the nurse let me watch the game with him in the room. I jumped up and screamed when Lsu scored and all the nurses and dr' s came running in thinking something happened! We all got a laugj out of that! Miss yall much!

My Grandpa who died today, R.I.P. Biggest LSU fan you'll ever meet.

My dad is fighting for his life right now after a heart attack yesterday. He would bring me to games when I was a kid, and now I bring him to games with me. I hope that he's not in heaven yet on Saturday, but if its God's will, he'll watch from above.

OK , I vote this as one of the MOST depressing rant threads EVER
That said my Dad and my brother Randy would both be jacked for this game and I know they are pulling for us.!

Poppa Rouge and I enjoyed out last game together in Tiger Stadium last season for the Alabama game. We had such a damn good time enjoying all the sites and pomp and circumstance of the LSU gameday experience.

Even though Dad never went to LSU, he brought me up on stories of LSU glory. He went to school with future LSU QB Mike Miley, who also met his Maker way too soon. Dad was almost childlike in telling stories of how athletic and amazing Miley was in those days.

First game we ever went to together was Florida in October, 1993. Ended up being the worst loss in Tiger Stadium history. I remember us walking after the game and him saying, "Well that fricking sucked, son. I guess it can only get better from here. At least we have baseball."

And better it got. Better to heights that he nor I nor anyone else could have ever imagined. Many hugs and high fives were shared over the years of watching and enjoying LSU together, in both the up and down years.

We got to celebrate 6 baseball national championships, 2 football national championship, and the Saints winning the fricking Super Bowl. From that sole aspect, I really can't complain for the rest of my days. I've had the opportunity to truly enjoy levels of athletic success that I never imagined possible.

All that being said, I'd give every fricking moment of it back for one more day.