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Saturday was needed by a whole generation

Posted on 10/27/14 at 2:33 pm
Posted by blainegamez
Metairie
Member since Feb 2008
116 posts
Posted on 10/27/14 at 2:33 pm
Saturday was needed by an entire generation. When I was talking to people around campus Saturday morning, a few other students made comments about how I hope LSU won so we could storm the field. I told all of them that we should not storm the field because we are a powerhouse program and we should act like we have been there before. Throughout the fourth quarter of Saturday’s game I felt a feeling I had not felt in a long time.
I have been going to almost every LSU home game since I was three years old in 1998. I have said till the very end with my dad at every game and I stay in the student section from Alma Mater to Alma Mater. I was in Tiger Stadium yelling my lungs for so many classics such as: 2000 against Tennessee, Georgia in 2003, Florida and Auburn in 2007, and many more. A vast majority of students were not at many of those games and an even smaller percentage remember or were an LSU fan back in the late 1990’s and early 2000’s. Ever since 2003, a large number of LSU fans including myself have pulled for a National Championship every year, as we should considering we are one of the elite programs of college football, however sometimes as fans we have lost our appreciations for some of the simpler things.
Looking back to when I was 5 years old and watching LSU upset Tennessee in 2000, the last time the crowd rushed the field, I was experiencing one of the moments that truly made me a die hard LSU fan. Watching the pure joy of thousands of fans celebrating on the field was an image that lasted with me forever. As the final seconds ticked of the clock Saturday night, I felt a feeling I had not felt in a long time because the emotions had nothing to do with national championship aspirations, it had nothing to do with rankings, it was a pure joy of winning one the most hard fought footballs games I had ever witnessed, it was the truest feeling of what a collegiate sporting event could ever be, students celebrating with their classmates on our college’s field. The commercialism and professional vibe that has almost overtaken college athletics was nowhere to be found and I have never felt as happy and as connected with my school, my classmates, and with LSU football. I had become the biggest hypocrite Saturday night and rushed the field and hugged my classmates and friends.
As I ran to the South End zone to find my dad and little brother in the stands it hit me. So many people in that stadium needed to see the field rushed because they had never seen it before. My little brother, along with thousands of other fans, who may not have gone to school here yet, or who may have not even been born yet needed to see that beautiful sight. They needed that moment just as I needed it when I was 5 years old cheering for the underdog in one of the loudest games I have ever attended.
Am I so happy that I was a hypocrite Saturday, because over the years a little bit of that passion from the early 2000s had faded, and I needed Saturday. The players needed Saturday, the students needed Saturday, the fans who has little bit of that old fashion passion needed Saturday, and above all a generation of future die hard Tiger fans needed Saturday.

Geaux Tigers and Forever LSU
Posted by Catman88
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Dec 2004
49125 posts
Posted on 10/27/14 at 2:35 pm to
I heard someone say on the news that it was the first time in 7 years. Did LSU really rush the field in 2007?
Posted by Austin Cajun
Austin, Tejas
Member since Aug 2013
1884 posts
Posted on 10/27/14 at 2:36 pm to
You've only been around for the good years, you haven't earned an opinion
Posted by vanburenboy
New York
Member since Sep 2014
365 posts
Posted on 10/27/14 at 2:36 pm to
Paragraphs are needed by you.
Posted by graychef
Member since Jun 2008
28353 posts
Posted on 10/27/14 at 2:37 pm to
I ain't gonna lie, I liked your post.

I have zero issues with anybody rushing the field. If anyone saw the players having a great time (see the TQ pic), they would agree that it was more positive than negative.
This post was edited on 10/27/14 at 2:38 pm
Posted by Chuck U Farley
The 318
Member since Oct 2007
8994 posts
Posted on 10/27/14 at 2:38 pm to
Hell of a post. Up votes all day!
Posted by JETigER
LSU 2011 National Champions
Member since Dec 2003
7081 posts
Posted on 10/27/14 at 2:44 pm to
lsu fans "walked" on the the field bama 2000 and auburn 2001. the last time the field was "rushed" was Tennessee 2000.
Posted by EvrybodysAllAmerican
Member since Apr 2013
11201 posts
Posted on 10/27/14 at 2:55 pm to
Agreed. Let the kids have their fun and rush the field.

Just leave the goal posts alone.
Posted by Tiger Nation 84
Member since Dec 2011
36531 posts
Posted on 10/27/14 at 3:02 pm to
Great post man, I feel the same way. I was standing in the stadium in pure joy at the end, watching everyone rush the field just added to the importance of this game. It was a HUGE moment in LSU football history and I was honored to be a part of it. Thank you Students for not caring what people think about rushing the field, we deserved this.
Posted by DallasTiger11
Los Angeles
Member since Mar 2004
11817 posts
Posted on 10/27/14 at 3:19 pm to
The current non-rushing the field streak is only lasting two weeks.
Posted by Ptiger
New Orleans
Member since Oct 2005
67 posts
Posted on 10/27/14 at 8:12 pm to
Great stuffs. We all needed each other, the LSU team and fans. Time really fly and life is actually really short. We must enjoy every minute of it after supporting and cheering hard for our team. Rushing the field to let the emotions out....Like you stated, we all needed this. This victory!!! This celebration!!!! This special feeling we felt!!! There is nothing better than that at that short moment on Earth!!!
Posted by Coater
Madison, MS
Member since Jun 2005
33074 posts
Posted on 10/27/14 at 8:19 pm to
I read the last line and I approve!
Posted by tiger910
Member since Dec 2008
596 posts
Posted on 10/27/14 at 8:28 pm to
I agree and I was proud of the student section. It was not about going tear stuff up, it was pure joy and elation. I thought it was one of the most spontaneous outpouring of emotions based on the events that had just unfolded that I ever witnessed. Me and my wife sat back down in our seats, as did several others people around us, and just cheered and admired the beautiful spectacle before us.

Posted by AlwysATgr
Member since Apr 2008
16537 posts
Posted on 10/27/14 at 8:30 pm to
That was beautiful.
Posted by RedPop4
Santiago de Compostela
Member since Jan 2005
14424 posts
Posted on 10/27/14 at 8:33 pm to
By your calculation, you're 19. Well done! You have a gift for writing and expression. Please 1. use paragraphs, and, 2. do NOT stop writing You're good, you have a nice memory and the ability to articulate a lot of maturity for your remembrances of your youth, and to do so with such clarity.

Have an upvote, and if I could give another, I would.
Posted by genuineLSUtiger
Nashville
Member since Sep 2005
73045 posts
Posted on 10/27/14 at 8:33 pm to
Great post. I agree 100%. Now let's do it again in two weeks.
Posted by LSUexile
South Carolina
Member since Dec 2004
541 posts
Posted on 10/27/14 at 8:36 pm to
Great post. You said it well. Hope you/we get the same feeling in the Bama game! And in every game next year.
Posted by Spankum
Miss-sippi
Member since Jan 2007
56113 posts
Posted on 10/27/14 at 8:37 pm to
damn nice post, man...you are a very talented writer...



just so you know...this made me feel old as hell:

quote:

since I was three years old in 1998
Posted by OneFifty
No favorite team now
Member since Aug 2012
3872 posts
Posted on 10/27/14 at 8:40 pm to
Nice. Have an up-vote. And..I have t-shirts older than you , so get off my lawn!
Posted by TopsInAmericaTim
Houston Area
Member since Oct 2011
1403 posts
Posted on 10/27/14 at 8:53 pm to
Awesome, awesome, awesome post and perspective. Well written too. THANK YOU.
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