How has your fandom of LSU changed over time?

I've mellowed out as I've gotten older as well. I don't like the idea of getting extremely mad at a bunch of kids for not being as good at sports as I'd like them to be. So to the extent I do get annoyed, it's usually with coaches (O, Les, Johnny Jones, etc.). Though even then I just kinda roll my eyes and then move on.

As a student went to all of the football games along with most basketball and baseball games. Even as a student we'd make at least one road trip for football. Even did a baseball trip to Auburn one year. Used to get hype for the out of conference neutral site games but I don't have much of a desire to dump the money on tickets, plus transportation plus food/bev. And when I first relocated to Houston I was going to every single home game then it became just the SEC games and now just one or two.

I'm a lot tougher now so I fight opposing fans more than I ever did before.

Just part of getting older. Same here. It’s disappointing on one hand but a relief on the other that you’re not so consumed with it.

When it comes to football....

I became a fan in the early 90’s and worshipped the likes of Todd Kinchen, Chad Loup, Wes Jacob and Darrel McCorvey. I always thought we were a great team even if a 2-9 1992 record said otherwise. Then during the DiNardo era I really started paying attention to the broader landscape of CFB and how LSU compares to the rest of the SEC/Nation.

It wasn’t until my family moved to Austin in 98 that I started to become more negative about LSU football...and that’s just because I had a lot of UT fans annoying the crap out of me about how they were “going all the way.” So every time LSU played, my adolescent mind was always comparing them to Texas and if they were ever ranked lower, I was annoyed. When LSU won and Texas lost-those were my best days.

Now that I’m in my 30’s I like to think I’ve weathered my expectations and realized this is a game and LSU is what it is. I get frustrated with things like 1/9 or Troy as any fan would, and I want us to win championships, but in the end it’s just football. All you can do is cheer and hope for the best, celebrate the wins and lament the losses. But through it all, I’m proud to be an LSU fan, and always will be.

I don’t allow 22 collegiate athletes on a football field to dictate my weekend or mood.

I've started to realize last year, in football...we aren't what we once were. It kinda sucks entering a season where we literally can't compete for a National Championship after so many years, knowing if we got the right break, we could

What John Brady did for my passion for LSU basketball, Les Miles did for my passion for LSU football. Smoke Laval did it for baseball but Paul Mainieri rekindled my passion for baseball.

I moved to Baton Rouge in early 80's from West KY. I went to a small OVC school instead of UK so I was not a big captive fan of a particular major Div I school except for UK BB (state religion). I was tickled pink to get to see major college football games in person and even bought season tickets to LSU Basketball with a couple buddies.

Over the years I became enthralled with LSU Football and watched Bertman develop the baseball program to a national powerhouse. Now 35 yrs later my kids went to LSU and graduated and we are Tigers (but I have never abandoned my UK BB teams).

I wont say I have mellowed though. I follow the game much more closely but I have just gotten wiser and tuned my expectations to my observations.

Geaux Tigers!