re: NY Times Article on LSU/Bama fan day

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All of this led to my main conclusion after spending time in each place on a nongame weekend: Alabama fans are, well, just crazier about their football team than L.S.U. fans are

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I know a Gump that took out a loan to buy BCS tickets last year. He told me that he knew people who went to crazy extremes to get tickets (sold family heirlooms, sold their cars, etc.).

I don't think it means that we care any less about LSU or that our fans are any less passionate; we just realize that it's a game and not the be all and end all of our existence. Gumps clearly don't feel the same. It's more of a sad reflection on them and their state than it is a knock on us.