I was in Dallas: Tigers were solid and fans were great!

I noticed the Miami fans, whether from Fla or NOT, acted universally confident, some rude and cocky.

We ignored the ignorance.

In the AT&T Stadium, the UM fans in direct proximity were friendly and polite. I think they felt sorry for LSU and I never gave them any idea that we just might open up cans of "whup-a$$" on their Donald Duck azzes. We did and I never showed inordinate exuberance, and those in our direct proximity could not get over our speed and efficiency. I just looked unsurprised. Our group was gracious and merely high-fived.

The stadium was simply breath-taking, I had been there 5 times, but Sunday was non-pareil. It seemed very special.

I really winced at our key injuries and yet our guys just took the "next guy up" approach. O appeared unflapped.

It's a long season and I harbor no illusions. I do believe that UM is poorly managed and probably not nearly as good as ranked, and the opposite "may" be true for LSU.

I loved our aggressiveness and performance. I did not like our conservative spells. But JB is young to LSU and he had a real presence. I am optimistic however.

As for the guys who gave us BBQ Restaurants to consider, we did as follows:

A) First stop from Lafayette to Dallas was in Wascom TX, Jim's. It was really good/clean/fresh...delicious. We had the ribs/brisket/fried fish plate, we selected our variety and realized they were known for the fish too...with cole slaw/potato salad/texas toast;

B) Pecan Lodge in Bohemian District of Dallas....Had the brisket/ribs (they were out of beef ribs); plus the sweet potato with brisket piece de resistence.......very good but I think they had a little too much salt in the brisket, still rate it high....it was crowded and people from LSU/Miami/General Population were mixing and enjoying. Met people from Grapevine...BTW we used Uber drivers and had no parking and scheduling problems, Uber App is the BOMB;

C) After the game the restaurants were mostly closed so we had to settle for burritos from Arbuelo's, not bad; Steak Burritos with fresh lettuce and other vegetables and Potato Burritos (sorta like chunked has browns with cheese);

D) Monday we stopped in Tyler and had planned Stanley's but did not want more BBQ and opted for Jumbo Seafood Restaurant on the highway to Tyler, it was phenomenal. The fried Shrimp and Fried Catfish with a stuffed baked potato, absolutely the BEST.

I thank all who provided the suggestions and hope you consider these places, they are worth the stop and you will not be disappointed. Merci Beaucoup!!

Geaux Tigers