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LSU Fans Have Turned Against Their Team

Posted on 9/9/09 at 4:14 pm
Posted by AlaTiger
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Posted on 9/9/09 at 4:14 pm
Everyone is talking about how LSU fans are upset about this past week's game. Newspaper articles are being written about it. Opposing coaches are hearing it. Radio call-in shows and this website are the primary places where the venom is being spewed.

Combine the reaction to the Washington game with leaving early from games last year (the Troy game), and a distinct impression is being given that LSU fans are turning against their own team - a team that has won 80 percent of it's games and 2 National Championships in the past 6 years.

Opposing fans are even trying to make us lighten up a little by saying it was only the first game and we did win by the way.

If anyone thinks that all of this negativity isn't having an effect, you are stupid. It is spreading like a virus.

Do we have real fans who can objectively see some mistakes and then hope for a better showing while cheering for LSU, or do we have a bunch of spoiled imposters who just want to gripe.

It's Wednesday. This is embarrassing.
Posted by bmy
Nashville
Member since Oct 2007
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Posted on 9/9/09 at 4:15 pm to
Posted by GatorTrunk
City Point, VA via Luna, LA
Member since Jul 2008
3332 posts
Posted on 9/9/09 at 4:16 pm to

Great post!
Posted by Statestreet
Gueydan
Member since Sep 2008
12933 posts
Posted on 9/9/09 at 4:16 pm to
Spoiled brats?
Posted by okietiger
Chelsea F.C. Fan
Member since Oct 2005
40970 posts
Posted on 9/9/09 at 4:17 pm to
Going to suck when it starts affecting recruiting.
Posted by DanglingFury
Living the dream
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 9/9/09 at 4:18 pm to
Nice post.
Posted by Slickback
Deer Stand
Member since Mar 2008
27680 posts
Posted on 9/9/09 at 4:18 pm to
I don't think being critical of the team and turning against them is the same thing. Yes, some on this site are embarrassing to the LSU fan base, with their "the sky is falling attitude" but many are just pointing our areas where we would like to see improvement.

We were sold on championship football over the past few years and that's what we expect to see. If we lose three or four games we have a right to be disappointed, but I will still fully support the Tigers. However, I do agree that calling Miles, Chavis, or players out and attacking them personally is ridiculous.
Posted by tigerbait2
in a van down by the river
Member since Nov 2007
1109 posts
Posted on 9/9/09 at 4:18 pm to
Couldnt agree more. What u love about LSU fans, you hate about LSU fans
Posted by tigerhaze14
South La
Member since Oct 2005
281 posts
Posted on 9/9/09 at 4:19 pm to
Posted by augustbengal
shreveport
Member since Sep 2007
1310 posts
Posted on 9/9/09 at 4:19 pm to
A couple of bad apples spoil the batch.

Not every LSU fan feels that way; in fact, most are reasonable when it comes to the season. But, I do think the media has always held disdain for Miles and so it's easy for them to take this and run.

Posted by teeMike
In my mind, I'm already there.
Member since Feb 2007
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Posted on 9/9/09 at 4:19 pm to
re: LSU Fans Have Turned Against Their Team

Posted by NOSA
Member since Jan 2004
9624 posts
Posted on 9/9/09 at 4:19 pm to
quote:

with leaving early from games last year (the Troy game)


I'm guessing almost no non-LSU fans know or care about this. People leave early from games every year that aren't close.
This post was edited on 9/9/09 at 4:20 pm
Posted by tigerdup07
Member since Dec 2007
21966 posts
Posted on 9/9/09 at 4:20 pm to
if you were born before 1985, you will appreciate being 1-0.

if you were born after 1985, you are pissed that we didn't win by 30.


it's a generational thing.


This post was edited on 9/9/09 at 4:21 pm
Posted by Prominentwon
LSU, McNeese St. Fan
Member since Jan 2005
93718 posts
Posted on 9/9/09 at 4:20 pm to
quote:

Going to suck when it starts affecting recruiting.


Yep. ...and you won't find anyone that's been bashing the hell out of this team after the first game post in this thread either.

Doc
Moustache

People are going to take notice and like I said, LSU fans are becoming the one of the worst fanbases in the country.
Posted by PeaRidgeWatash
Down by the docks of the city
Member since Dec 2004
15210 posts
Posted on 9/9/09 at 4:20 pm to
I agree totally, BUT it's like this every year.
Posted by GatorTrunk
City Point, VA via Luna, LA
Member since Jul 2008
3332 posts
Posted on 9/9/09 at 4:20 pm to
No matter what Les Miles does at LSU, he will never be accepted by all the fans.
Posted by LSU Shreddin
Denver
Member since Feb 2009
1426 posts
Posted on 9/9/09 at 4:20 pm to
It has gotten worse in this aspect since 2003 when all of the bandwagon jumpers arrived. If any of these people who are in panic mode had went to school at LSU when I did, they would realize how good things are now. Since 2003, LSU has acquired a fan base that knows little about the aspects of a college program. It wasn't light years ago that we would of went up to Seattle and got beat in a game like that. Now all of sudden we are suppose to win the SEC and NC every year. Now we are suppose to beat everyone by 21+ points. The bandwagon has created alot of unrealistic expectations.

It was one game, which we won by the way, and people are calling for heads. Based off of our fan's reactions after this game, we should of gotten rid of Pelini after 1 game in 2005, and we all know how that worked out.

Expectations are part of college football, but our "fan base" has created unrealistic ones for the LSU program.
Posted by That LSU Guy
The beach
Member since Jul 2008
11412 posts
Posted on 9/9/09 at 4:21 pm to
quote:

Do we have real fans who can objectively see some mistakes and then hope for a better showing while cheering for LSU, or do we have a bunch of spoiled imposters who just want to gripe.
We have some of the most ignorant fans in CFB!
Posted by G I Jeaux
off duty
Member since Aug 2009
2170 posts
Posted on 9/9/09 at 4:22 pm to
yea,you right.
Posted by josh336
baton rouge
Member since Jan 2007
77395 posts
Posted on 9/9/09 at 4:22 pm to
quote:

if you were born before 1985, you will appreciate being 1-0.
if you were born after 1985, you are pissed that we didn't win by 30.

frick, what if you were born in 1985?
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