re: How Does This Quote Sit With You?

But it's not about the context. I know they were talking about work with kids, and that's fantastic. But just show up. Don't wear the jersey. Don't do it with a big skit involving the woman. Be serious; it's a serious topic. It seemed like Les Miles and Snoop Dogg trying to squeeze publicity blood out of a turnip. The intentions were good, but it was done the wrong way, the least of which being the fact that as a USC fan, there should be some kind of reluctance to wear a LSU jersey.

Good lord, I'm not trying to rile up the LSU fanbase. Did you read my previous post?

Nothing is directed at LSU. I would actually say LSU is my favorite SEC team; they're fun to watch. Managing to do what you've done in this decade is very hard to do, and that will soon pay off in being listed among the biggest programs in the country. But it takes sustained winning and time.

And the post wasn't really even about LSU! It was about Snoop Dogg!

I fully and completely acknowledge I misstated what I was trying to convey. I'm saying that if you're a generic fan of football, I would find it odd if you were a fan of LSU if you didn't attend LSU or live in the general area.

I understand it more if you're the same generic fan and pick Miami or USC, because they have a larger name nationally. I don't support it, because I don't think you should just go willy-nilly and pick a team just because they're successful, no matter if they're supporting LSU or Miami or Podunk U.

I'm not condemning anyone for their team selection if there's a solid reason behind it. Maybe someone was rained in on a Halloween night and watched Billy Cannon's return live and they got stuck from there or loves Death Valley for the atmosphere or wanted to go to LSU but couldn't get in; there are plenty of reasons why someone would have a reason to pull for LSU, but in my opinion, the Tigers wouldn't be on the top of my list of teams I would think someone would jump on the bandwagon for. Maybe I'm wrong, and there's a whole chunk of the country that doesn't live in Louisiana but thinks of LSU when they would be asked who are the biggest football programs in the country. In my experience around football fans, I would say no, but as you excerpted me, I think that will change thanks to the program that LSU has built. Will it be any more right 15 years from now when someone jumps on the LSU bandwagon just because they're winning? No, just like it was silly to jump on Miami's bandwagon in the early '90's when they were winning. It's just the way it is.

I'll say it again, I really didn't mean to insult LSU in what I said; I respect the LSU program a lot, and favor it more than probably any other SEC program because of the fanbase, which I think is quite colorful and who would follow their team into a fire (which I wish Miami was better at). I was just trying to give some analysis on the point, and misphrased what I was trying to say.