re: LSU Away Game in Gainesville Do's and Don'ts

I had a fantastic experience.

For a 7PM kick we got to a bar, im blanking on the name, at around 12PM. It had live country music with outdoor seating and inside had a bunch of TVs with all of the best games on.

Had some of the best wings of my life with buckets of cold beer that just kept coming.

Our group stayed at that bar until around 4PM. We were making our way closer to the stadium when some Florida fans pulled aside and offered us some fried fish, sliders, jello shots and to play them in a couple games of cornhole and beer pong.

We hung out there until around 6ish just watching some football, eating and drinking at their tailgate. When we parted ways they gave us a tequila shot and wished us all the best.

We got into the stadium and were seated next to the nicest Florida Alum who bought our first round of beers and cheersed us and thanked us for coming to the stadium.

LSU went on to win by 2 scores.

All around it was a great time. But then i woke up from my dream and remembered that Gainesville is a shite hole and none of that would ever happen there. Been once, it was horrible and ill never go back.

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the fans are giant dickheads

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This cannot be understated, especially if they win.

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some of them are, sure. But the same can be said for all big football schools - even LSU (gasp!!).

But I sat in a UF section every year for 20 years, and for 10 of them I was wearing P&G. Sure, I got some good-natured ribbing, but I've never had a real issue.

Unless you're being an arse, their fans are just fine.

I’ve never considered myself or group of tennis teammates intimating but I’m starting to think we look like Seal Team 6 to opposing people because we never get any shite while in Gainesville

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I’ve never considered myself or group of tennis teammates intimating but I’m starting to think we look like Seal Team 6 to opposing people because we never get any shite while in Gainesville

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My experience as an away fan is limited to a handful of times but I feel like confrontation with opposing fans happens when people don't let shite talking roll off their backs. Obviously there can always be an outlier but in general, if you are friendly then people will be friendly back.

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I feel like confrontation with opposing fans happens when people don't let shite talking roll off their backs.

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my experience with them is it's a lot more than good natured, competitive, trash talking

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They will get in your face and threaten you and your family.

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I've never experienced this, or anything close to this, in 20 trips to the Swamp.

As a general rule if you go to another campus expecting it to be just like tailgating/attending a game at LSU then expect to be disappointed. Every school has different traditions/norms. It would be like an Ole Miss fan going to a visiting campus and being pissed it isn't like the grove.

As far as the game itself, I didn't feel any more uncomfortable there as any other place. Every fanbase is going to have their share of obnoxious assholes. I hate to say it, but LSU has much more than most.

The open container prohibition is real. And the overall tailgate scene isn't as widespread or vibrant as LSU on game day. But I think what makes Florida a bit different from other SEC schools is you kind of have a mix of two different cultures. North/Central Florida and South Florida. While every state has their different cultures, for the most part the students/fans at LSU, Tennessee, Ole Miss, Georgia, South Carolina, etc are "southern". With it comes more of that "southern hospitality" sentiment. At Florida you will have more of that South Florida/norther transplant influence that isn't like a lot of the south. Maybe a group you're more likely to encounter at a Buffalo Bills or Philadelphia Eagles game. That's not all bad. Just different.

I've been to a game at Mississippi St. where a pissed off fan tried to start a fight with me after a LSU win. I was at a Florida game where LSU won and the fans were still respectful. All it takes is one a-hole to give someone a lifetime characterization of a group comprised of thousands of people.

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Its my tailgate…..

Come by reitz union on game day I’ll be there. Our tailgate will have a sign for “tennis”

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Do you have a donation jar? me and my wife are coming down for the first time

06-12 is the range of guys