re: A tribute to Tiger Stadium...best stadium in the SEC!

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Your points are ridiculous

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Agreed. Even the flightiest of women can offer a rational reason as to why she prefers one dress over another. It might be color, fit, or it just makes her feel sexier.

The rational reasons fans of other stadiums can offer as to why they prefer another stadium to Tiger Stadium are few and far between.

And those reasons will not include easier access to/from seating, more chair back seating of all types, and more premium seating of all types. And neither will anyone be able to say their seats are closer to the field.

And in the future, those rational reasons will not include closer access to bars, shops, restaurants, and hotels. Nor will anyone be able to say another stadium has better access to light rail, or a rail link to a city with better nightlife and food than New Orleans.

And anyone saying anywhere else has more and better tailgating, and offers better food deserves to be pointed out and laughed at.

Finally, no one will be able to say they prefer another stadium because of it's superior gameday experience without failing a lie detector test.

They'll just have to fall back on the old homer excuse "Just because!"

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I think that your point the LSU tailgating experience has the best food really depends on the region of the country that you're tailgating in. About 20 years ago, I attended a tailgate in Austin, Tex. The food at that tailgate was the best Hispanic food that I ever tasted. Years ago when LSU played North Carolina at North Carolina, some of their fans invited us to their tailgate. We accepted the invite and their BBQ was the best that I have ever eaten. Their method of BBQ is quite different than they do in La., and Bama. Cajun and Creole foods are not the best in the nation. Each region of this country specializes in something. Go to Maryland and enjoy their crabs and crabcakes. The people up there do one hell of a crabcake.

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I know I'm not the only one who can say I've eaten both excellent BBQ and crabs and crabcakes while at LSU. You can find a wide variety of food at LSU tailgates. I've actually eaten the best steak I've ever had in my entire life right outside Tiger Stadium.

Point is, you can find just about anything you want at Tiger Stadium. I don't want to sound like a food snob, but when I was in the Navy I traveled a lot. And when people found out I was from Louisiana, they'd invariably tell me about a local restaurant where I could get "great" Louisiana food.

Of course, I was invariably disappointed. The "great" Louisiana food there was seasoned to the local taste buds. And when I came back home and complained about it, my brothers had no sympathy for me. "Learn to cook it yourself doofus!" they said. So I did. And now when I travel, I stay far, far away from any Louisiana-themed restaurants.

I'm not doubting you about the excellent food you ate where you ate it. And the Hispanic food, BBQ, and crabcakes here might not be up to snuff with those other places you visited.

But I'd bet my bottom dollar that any Louisiana food you'd find at any of those places wouldn't be up to snuff with what you'd find outside Tiger Stadium, either. And forgive me, but that's what I'd prefer to eat, as a proud child of my state.

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...I liked the placement of the arches there better. It would've been a much closer match tot the North side.

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Agreed, What is there vision for Tiger Stadium? It looks like there all over the place. I hope TS gets the money it needs to see Real improvement.