re: For those upset about STTDB chant, help come up with something new

Drunk, hyped-up students like to curse and act stupid to be edgy. I did it. You all did it. And then we grew up and realized the stuff we used to do was pretty cringe.

This thread gets stared about 10 times a year. Tiger beat writers cry about it on Twitter. "Something must be done to save the ears of the children!"

Nothing gets done because you are dealing with students. Tell them not to curse and they'll curse even more. But in a few years they'll grow up.

It’s got to be difficult to try that on Mike

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Yeah but sometimes it's necessary for the adult to step forward and give them guidance when they don't know better. So when the adults step forward in this situation, they are responded to by "get off my lawn" and "lighten up" type responses. And this is coming from other supposed adults.

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Until you understand why STTD;B happens, and where it came from, you will never succeed at convincing people not to do it. It started with the administration banning the Tiger Band from playing Tiger Rag because fans started going "ha ha ha ha ha a#$ &^$e a#$ &^$e" aimed at opposing teams and officiating. This made people quite angry as Tiger Rag had been a tradition for many many decades.

Playing Tiger Rag during the timeout between the PAT and kickoff was then replaced by "Oh We Oh". That was banned after the fans, during a certain South Carolina game, went from "Oh We Oh" to "Oh We Oh, You Suck!" to "Oh We Oh, You suck COCK!" The song was immediately banned, but they did attempt to reintroduce it later with a campaign to convince students to say "Oh We Oh, TIGERS!". The students continued to say "Oh We Oh, You SUCK!" and it was banned again.

With that banned, LSU started playing "Neck" in that slot. "Neck" became a phenomenon during the 2007 Title run and only continued to grow in popularity. It became a source of nearly instantaneous momentum in big games. Those unhappy with the "Oh We Oh, YOU SUCK" banning decided, "well, if they think that's bad, we'll show them how raunchy we can really be!" came up with the STTD;B cheer as a massive f&$k you to the administration. Neck was banned, so the fans made a point of jamming STTD;B into literally any song they could to get their message across.

STTD;B isn't just a cheer because it's fun to shout curse words. STTD;B is a massive and pointed f&%k you to LSU's tone-deaf, anti-fun, hyper-PC, and students come last administration. People still want to support their team, and they still want to earn their degree, but they're fed up from having traditions and fun stripped away from them because it's no longer "PC".

STTD;B was "Let's Go Brandon" from like 12 years ago. As the administration has only doubled down on the kinds of behaviors that drove students to act out with the STTD;B chant, it persists as a rebellious cry that they won't be talked down to, they will not comply, and that anyone who tries to stifle their good time in the name of decorum can suck their Tiger d*&s.

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This is about a lot more than a song, now. You don't think 18-22 year olds haven't had "traditions" taken from them? During Covid, they had no proms, no homecomings, no graduation parties, no concerts, no summer festivals, no RUSH, no ANYTHING FUN EVER all in the name of combating a pandemic that statistically is less dangerous to them than the vaccine meant to combat it.

You don't think they've got a lot to be angry about?

F&%k anyone who doesn't like STTD;B. Football isn't for children, it's for the students, the very same folks who are always treated like their needs, wants, and desires come absolutely f&%king last at LSU, and the administration makes damn certain to make sure they know it, too.

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Yeah, because THEY fricked them up

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Yes, it was definitely the teenagers whose fault it was that school administrators and government agencies shut down literally every social gathering opportunity enjoyed by students for the past two years. That was definitely something the student and the students alone should be blamed for. How dare they think that they can leave their homes without a mask on, listen to music with their friends, dance, or even consume alcohol! They should be locked up with the criminally insane!

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Then why the frick are they there?

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Because once a college has you, it is incredibly difficult to transfer without losing most of your credits. Every college has this really bad habit of making sure other colleges, even within the same university system, do not transfer. Thus, for a sophomore or junior to change schools, they have to expect to lose a semester or more worth of credits putting them farther from graduating. In addition, transferring endangers scholarships when you're not an athlete and don't get an NIL deal. Most students at LSU are getting a relatively cheap ride there, and to transfer anywhere else after you've started would require taking out FAR more debt.

Since colleges have been pretty universal in getting on the SJW puritan anti-fun bandwagon, especially with regards to Covid, it's a situation of "where else can you go?" The students have no bargaining power, so, much like conservatives who feel disenfranchised by the American electoral system, they should slogans at sporting events to voice their dissatisfaction. Because, let's be honest with ourselves, a stupid and futile gesture is pretty much the only weapon at their disposal that doesn't completely trash their future income earning potential.

Dude the student section screwed up the band’s playlist way before COVID

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Because once a college has you, it is incredibly difficult to transfer without losing most of your credits

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The hell are you talking about I transferred 50 hours

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Yes, it was definitely the teenagers whose fault it was that school administrators and government agencies shut down literally every social gathering opportunity enjoyed by students for the past two years.

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What an idiot

STTDB started like 10 years before Covid, and most normal people can both not like what the government has done while simultaneously not scream about sucking animal dicks.

I’m not sure how this conversation came up but as a student who just graduated, the band are the main culprits if you truly want it to stop. As I’m sure most of you know they outlawed the band from playing the original neck song so now the band plays a very similar song with the same rhythm. Is it impossible for the student section to start the chant on their own? Definitely not but when I was there for football games I would say 80-90% of the time we chanted was due to the band playing the similar cadence. If LSU truly wants to end it they would need to go talk to the band director to end playing the similar song. Not sure about other sports like basketball but that’s how it was for football. I’m sure the student section could find another way to do the chant but it would make things a lot harder as most of the section is pissing themselves drunk. Don’t think a game ban would do anything personally. Would probably end up making it worse and the students do it more because that’s just how we were.