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Reggie's

just go to chimes thats all you need to know

Go to Reggie's it's a nice quiet bar. great for watching games

Look for the drunk guy in a LSU shirt and I will be happy to show you around

i'm sure you'll be easy to find

you did everything possible in your post to come across as a decent fan. I'm not much of a tail-gator so hopefully after the idiot brigade gets all of their stupidity out of the way someone can help you.

As far as getting to see in all likelihood the Georgia-UK game at 2:30 that shouldn't be much of a problem. All bars near campus as well as the student union will show it as well as many tailgating throughout the area.

we'll have enough bourbon to make a lot of friends. good call on the biscuits

There will be plenty of tailgates with TV's for you to catch the game. You shouldn't have too much of an issue ubering to campus that morning. My suggestion, if you and your friends are up to it, is to hit up one of the bars after the game and wait for traffic to die down before trying to uber back.

Chimes, Walkons, Barcadia, Mellow Mushroom are all within walking distance of the stadium and would be good places to grab a bite to eat and a few drinks while traffic dies down.

Another option is to try to catch one of the shuttles that shuttles people to downtown parking garages. I've never used them, so someone that has might be able to chime in, but I've seen shuttles that take fan from the stadium to some parking garages downtown. If you can hop on one of those, you'll options for restaurants/bars to hang out at before heading back to the hotel.

I'm a longtime LSU fan and family has had season ticket my entire life. I've been lucky to take some groups of friends who either played football at or attended Big 12 universities. Every single one of them has left saying something along the lines of, "wow, there is nothing like that experience". My goal was always to let them soak in the whole weekend.

I've stayed exactly where you have if you're at the Drury or the Towne Place. Friday night I would say try to grab dinner somewhere like Parrains or Sammy's. Everywhere will be packed, but both are awesome places IMO as someone from outside the area. From there, we usually go to Ivar's or somewhere like Walk Ons. Ivar's is somewhere I've gone with my dad since I was a kid. The old owner, Pat, sold and it's turned into a pretty good older college/recent grad scene to my knowledge on Friday night. Uber or Lyft will be fine. I would suggest Friday and Saturday. If you want to see the college scene go to Fred's just to check it out. I'm 27, so a getting aged out even for a game weekend, but that place always blew my friends away. $10 all you can drink til like 10pm or something.

Saturday, I'd try to get on campus between noon-2pm for that game. It's gonna be a madhouse so know you'll have to walk. I'd suggest Chimes for pregame food and drinks. From there, make sure to check out the parade grounds. I used to always recommend this cause of the frat parties, it's a sight worth seeing, but that won't be the case this year. Go through the quad, go down by the Indian mounds, go see Mike the Tiger. Might be worth going on the South Side of the stadium and checking out what they are doing. My suggestion, find a tailgate with a good group of people and don't be afraid to introduce yourself. Tell them your story. Be friendly. Offer to pay and watch what happens. People will take care of you.

Game atmosphere wise, watch the team walk down the hill, get into the stadium 20 minutes early or so. Pace yourself, haha, I've had friends barely make it in and had to rally to make it through the 1st quarter. Post game, walk back to Chimes or Barcadia and wait it out for an hour or two. It will be late, but killing time drinking is better than killing time in traffic. Enjoy. Best place in the world.