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How reliable is the "Tiger Rag" magazine...
Posted on 9/25/13 at 1:38 pm
Posted on 9/25/13 at 1:38 pm
...when it comes to recruiting news, predictions, etc?
My father can't turn on a computer, let alone use one to navigate to the internet and search for decent recruiting information. (and as an IT professional this is somewhat of a sore spot, but I digress...)
Anyhow, he gets the Tiger Rag delivered to his house weekly and uses it as his main source of recruiting news besides what they show on ESPN. Is it fairly accurate? Worth even wiping your arse with?
TIA
My father can't turn on a computer, let alone use one to navigate to the internet and search for decent recruiting information. (and as an IT professional this is somewhat of a sore spot, but I digress...)
Anyhow, he gets the Tiger Rag delivered to his house weekly and uses it as his main source of recruiting news besides what they show on ESPN. Is it fairly accurate? Worth even wiping your arse with?
TIA
Posted on 9/25/13 at 1:40 pm to jcole4lsu
I would argue the main complaint is that the news is "old" if that bothers you. Him probably not.
Posted on 9/25/13 at 2:14 pm to Cajun Revolution
I mean, I would just print him off dandy don's site once a week. Old people love that stuff.
This post was edited on 9/25/13 at 2:15 pm
Posted on 9/25/13 at 2:16 pm to Cajun Revolution
Yea, he will never know what color shirt LF wore on his official visits, it that is the type of information he is looking for.
Posted on 9/25/13 at 2:18 pm to GeauxWolfpack
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Yea, he will never know what color shirt LF wore on his official visits, it that is the type of information he is looking for.
I doubt he cares. Hes just an old man that likes to keep up with his tigers.
Posted on 9/25/13 at 2:38 pm to jcole4lsu
I don't read it that often, but when I have read it, it is mostly the same stuff that is on here except a few days later.
Just as solid as any other source, only in print and later IMO.
Just as solid as any other source, only in print and later IMO.
Posted on 9/25/13 at 2:41 pm to jcole4lsu
I took Tiger Rag for years. It was reliable, enjoyed it. I'm 62 and had to LEARN computers and websites. I now love the many choices I have for LSU sites and SEC football in general. I think your dad would love the many LSU info sites,if you could show him how to get on them. I dropped Tiger Rag only because I found many more sites to supplement it, AND Tiger Rag has it's own site. Some of it you can read free, but not all of the articles, sometimes only the first sentence to get the jest of it. Of course he could subscribe to the website instead of a mailed printed copy.
Posted on 9/25/13 at 2:51 pm to TupeloTiger
My dad refused to turn on a laptop, so I bought him an iPad It sat on the table for a year. He finally picked it up, and uses it all the time now. He's 83
Posted on 9/25/13 at 3:09 pm to montana
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My dad refused to turn on a laptop, so I bought him an iPad It sat on the table for a year. He finally picked it up, and uses it all the time now. He's 83
Old people crack me up.
Posted on 9/25/13 at 3:30 pm to jcole4lsu
I haven't read Tiger Rag in years, but growing up it was how we got our LSU news. Back then it was quite informative.
Posted on 9/25/13 at 3:48 pm to Brageous
Old people crack me up.
Need a youthful bs filter. Old people are trying to allocate what time they have left effectively. Just the facts, mam. Thank you, and have a great day.
Need a youthful bs filter. Old people are trying to allocate what time they have left effectively. Just the facts, mam. Thank you, and have a great day.
Posted on 9/25/13 at 3:49 pm to jcole4lsu
I haven't looked at a Tiger Rag since 1994 when I spent $1400 to buy my 1st PC (100 MHz)! It was my lifeline to LSU Sports from 1983 until then. In the 90's when the football team wasn't in the top 20, the Morning News just had the score unless they played a top 20 team. I was excited to get it and hated when they only sent out one a month during the summer. Until Oct. of 2010, I had every issue from 83-94.
My 82 year old dad was that way about computers until I got him to sit down and look at all of the LSU sites with me. He got his own laptop right after that. He subscribes to the old TigeRoar site and reads the recruiting board over here. He's always telling me about the rumors some guy that's a coach in Alabama tells them on TigerRoar. He reads Dandy Don and looks at the pics of my great niece on
FB. My mom gave him an IPad that he takes when they travel. For him to go, hotels have to have wireless and multiple ESPN's. He takes the IPad so can surf and play Free Cell & Solitare.
Takes a ton of pictures on trips. I go over and help him download them and post a few on his FB. He loves internet access. Just have to take his computer in for virus removal every so often because he thinks every message about downloading something is from a legitimate source.
My 82 year old dad was that way about computers until I got him to sit down and look at all of the LSU sites with me. He got his own laptop right after that. He subscribes to the old TigeRoar site and reads the recruiting board over here. He's always telling me about the rumors some guy that's a coach in Alabama tells them on TigerRoar. He reads Dandy Don and looks at the pics of my great niece on
FB. My mom gave him an IPad that he takes when they travel. For him to go, hotels have to have wireless and multiple ESPN's. He takes the IPad so can surf and play Free Cell & Solitare.
Takes a ton of pictures on trips. I go over and help him download them and post a few on his FB. He loves internet access. Just have to take his computer in for virus removal every so often because he thinks every message about downloading something is from a legitimate source.
This post was edited on 9/25/13 at 3:51 pm
Posted on 9/25/13 at 3:49 pm to weinrib
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How reliable is the "Tiger Rag" magazine...I haven't read Tiger Rag in years, but growing up it was how we got our LSU news. Back then it was quite informative.
A lot has changed since Steve Meyers and J.R. Ball were there.
Posted on 9/25/13 at 5:35 pm to atlee
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A lot has changed since Steve Meyers and J.R. Ball were there
It was launched by Steve Meyers and Steve Townsend in the late 70's. At the time, it was a godsend for those of us living at a distance from LSU. If you wanted to get it in football season within the week that it was current (coverage of the last game, previews of the upcoming game), paying extra for first class postage was necessary (at least in the northeast).
Posted on 9/25/13 at 6:00 pm to jcole4lsu
Take the Tiger Rag. Cut out a rectangle in the middle (leave about 3" all around the edge). Log on to this site with a computer and open a good thread. Place him in front...looking through the hole in the paper.
Everyone is happy and up to date
Everyone is happy and up to date
Posted on 9/25/13 at 6:15 pm to jcole4lsu
Will he suggest that an in-state recruit is property of Louisiana? Will he say that a young man is a traitor and cry like a little girl if say, GWIII commits to an out of state school?
If so, I'd rather keep him in the dark.
But since he's over the age of 12, and doesn't read the Rant I assume that he's decent and wouldn't do that anyway.
Just print Dandy and/or email him.
If so, I'd rather keep him in the dark.
But since he's over the age of 12, and doesn't read the Rant I assume that he's decent and wouldn't do that anyway.
Just print Dandy and/or email him.
This post was edited on 9/25/13 at 6:16 pm
Posted on 9/25/13 at 8:49 pm to dstone12
In the beginning when Tiger Rag was created by Steve and Steve it was the best. Hap Glaudi used them on his show and they always had good information. In those days we took what we could get. I remember the Tiger Rag showing up in my Mailbox and waiting for the Mailman. I think we used to get it on like Tuesday. I have not seen one in years.
Posted on 9/25/13 at 9:19 pm to jcole4lsu
I've been buying this for my dads birthday every year ,for the last ten years . He's 79 and loves Tiger Rag
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