re: It's Offseason: Describe your level of LSU Fandom

Gameday – What’s your Gameday routine? I either go to work or do something fun. Liquor is always involved. I live 2800 miles away from Tiger Stadium.

Alum: BA '81 PoliSci

Your Closet – Sanctioned LSU gear: not too much.
Bootlegged by a Frisbee team: shite tons!!

Your House – LSU shite hanging in my studio and game room but definitely not dedicated to lsu

Your Vehicle – Stickers? Vanity Plate? LSU alumni sticker and NOLA Saints Superbowl champs vanity plate!

Other: I want the Tiger to win!

Mark it 8, Dude.

Gameday – Home games, Friday night I load up tailgating equipment, and leave Metairie about 5am to get to campus and setup. For away games I throw on the jersey and cap and watch College Gameday over breakfast and prepare myself for football all day long.
Alum: N
Your Closet – About 50% of my clothes are LSU. I wear them mostly during the weekends and around the house, but I wear an LSU cap or visor every day, even at work.
Your House – I have plenty of memorabilia dating from 1931 to current. Signed and rare items. Unfortunately I had to shut down my man cave when my daughter was born and now all my stuff is stored in bins.
Your Vehicle – LSU letters on back window and license plate cover
Other: I am an LSU season ticket holder along with my brother. I also have over $1000 worth of tailgating equipment that I setup every home game.

Fan rating: 10. I absolutely am a passionate fan. My email addresses and all my passwords for everything is LSU related. Though once upon a time I used to get really angry and throw and break things when LSU lost. Losses would ruin my whole weekend. Since then I've learned to control my anger and turn my attention from things I can't control as a fan like the outcome of games, to things I have full control of, like teaching my kids different chants and cheers, and particularly throwing a nice tailgate to bring my friends and family together every home game. I find myself to be a much happier fan now.

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Sounds like you have more money than brains

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Well, someone call my bank and the FBI because apparently, I've been robbed.


Lighten up Francis, don't be so bitter.

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. The whole passion, the tradition, just everything about it. It's unheard of to be passionate here in Australia about a sporting team.

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Ever hear of Eddie Palubinskas or Andy Campbell?

Aussie, You will enjoy your time in TS and everything that surrounds it. Now, this is a true fan!

problem is you aint can tell tell those west coast girls you like football.. had to have a sitdown conversation with a berkeley girl about how i had to watch the bama game in '13

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Ben Simmons

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Gameday – What’s your Gameday routine?- Saturday is a day for kid sports activities in our extended family, so it depends on what else is scheduled for the day. Tailgating is usually out, unfortunately. We try to stop somewhere and eat, if there's time. Often, Lea's in Lecompte. Sometimes Not Your Mama's in Livonia, or one of the joints near campus. Sometimes we literally get to our seats as pregame is starting and have to settle for concession stand food at halftime. The Jambalaya at TS is pretty damn good, BTW. Now that the kids are getting older, I hope we can start doing some tailgating again, or at least make a longer day out of it, but that depends on what the other people in my group want to do.


Alum: Y/N--Y. Third generation alum.

Your Closet – How many LSU clothing Items do you own and how often do you wear them? Enough polo and PFG shirts to wear a different one to every game without repeating, plus some miscellaneous T shirts, etc. I rarely wear LSU gear except on gameday-either to the game, or around the house if it's an away game.

Your House – Any LSU rooms or memorabilia-Some random stuff, but I'm not big on memorabilia. My dad has a lot of stuff in his office. Paintings, etc.

Your Vehicle – Stickers? Vanity Plate?-Nope. I used to have an Alumni decal but it peeled off and I haven't replaced it. Will probably get a personalized plate when I get a new vehicle.

Other: Anything Goes. My years at LSU were the best years of my life, bar none. I would do it all again without a second thought. Sometimes I think about finishing my PhD so I could go back and be a professor, but it probably wouldn't be the same.

after the no "pass interference" call in 06 against auburn, I've been on blood pressure meds. true story.

I guess that puts me pretty high on the fandom list.

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by camo1131 Aussie is a perfect example of why we should embrace our athletics. Yeah, the baseball season ended too abruptly, but this is a fan coming from across the world to embrace and experience what is LSU. And its the fans

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Yeah mate it's a shame about the baseball I thought they had the team to win it this year.

It's an amazing tradition you have there and there's many Aussies over here that are really starting to get amongst it. I have friends who support Longhorns, USC, Georgia, the U and the ducks. But honestly from everything I've seen online from articles, to videos, to online forums. LSU fans are way above the rest. Much more passionate but also have been very helpful and welcoming in all my posts. Can't wait to experience it all in person!

Geaux Tigers