re: Pandering to Army

It’s a very dangerous world we live in. Young men and women who enter West Point face a very real chance that one day they will be in harms way in whatever the next Iraq, Afghanistan or Syria will be.

That decision to join the military to protect our freedoms, earns them the respect of the fans. And however good Army football is this year, they are overmatched in this tigers den.

It has to be exhilarating for twenty yr olds used to playing in smaller stadiums to emerge from the tunnel into tiger stadium on Saturday night. The sights and sounds of the stadium when the band starts pregame can overwhelm the senses, bringing a kid to his first tiger game and watching his face as the band hits those four iconic notes is about the best vicarious experience one can have.

I think cheering the Army team as they take the field is an awesome idea. I think the tailgating crew should embrace Army fans like no other.

A visiting team getting booed is a great tradition, the chorus of boos when Alabama takes the field in tiger stadium is absolutely part of the experience. And it is bonding for the opposing team to hear it, it gives them a bunker mentality.

Nevertheless, cheering an underdog team taking the field, fielded by players who chose a career path that provides protection for us so we can watch football other than take to bomb shelters, feels so right to me.

I think it would be enormously appreciated by the Army players and fans. And I think it’s a great look for LSU.

No one is operating under the illusion that once the opening whistle blows, LSU fans will cheer for LSU to kick Army’s butt. I’m all in favor of showing Army players and family we appreciate them.

When Army played LSU in baseball at Alex Box, during the national anthem where LSU players usually stand on the first base line and the visitors on the third base line, the teams had half the players from each team walk to the other baseline such that LSU and Army players were standing together down each baseline. The crowd responded by singling the anthem louder than ever. What a moment.

I get the argument that Army is deprived of the tiger stadium tradition of booing the opposing players when take the field. But I think cheering them gives them a much more unique and special experience. They know they are not being cheered to win the game, they are being cheered for choosing a career path that lets our kids play football without worries of missile sirens.

Weak arse people in this country today that are spouting off at the mouth is all.

If they are Honorable men they will take this arse whipping with a grain of salt considering we are superior.
If they get the Sads, join the media.

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I wonder how many of our fans realize that we have a Military Appreciation game every year the home game prior to Veterans Day

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Yeah, and that is officially scheduled for the Florida game. On November 11th - Veterans Day. So what does that have to do with the Army game?

Tell us about your years at West Point...to put this in the proper context.

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Thanking a bunch of kids who are under no obligation to ever actually join the military for “serving” is embarrassing

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Uh, may want to look into that a little further

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Because if we’re collectively going to thank people associated with the Army, it should be the ones who’ve actually been in the Army?

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We do that too

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Sounds like a you problem if you’re such a boomer that you can’t understand why this ridiculous display is kinda weird

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I'm 39 bud I just have a little higher threshold of something embarrassing me personally. Applauding some cadets from a military academy at a football game falls a little short of that

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We should have our ROTC on the field and honor Texas A&M’s cadets while we’re showering a bunch of West Point students with praise for their “service”.

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The Texas A&M cadets aren't on the football team

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Thanking a bunch of kids who are under no obligation to ever actually join the military for “serving” is embarrassing. We should have our ROTC on the field and honor Texas A&M’s cadets while we’re showering a bunch of West Point students with praise for their “service”.

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Once the Junior year has begun, the commitment is at least five years of Active Duty and three years in Army Reserve Component.

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singing their fricking alma mater is pandering, plain and simple

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Standing behind them while they sing their alma mater is what every fricking team does that plays them because they do it for their opponents. Plan and simple.

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Uh, may want to look into that a little further

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Their entire freshman and sophomore classes have no obligation to join the military as they currently stand. Maybe you should look into it a little further. It’s so funny that you dipshits don’t know this considering one of the most famous baseball tigers of all time is sitting in Tiger Stadium every weekend with Livvy Dunne rather than flying a plane right now

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Thanking a bunch of kids who are under no obligation to ever actually join the military for “serving” is embarrassing. We should have our ROTC on the field and honor Texas A&M’s cadets while we’re showering a bunch of West Point students with praise for their “service”.

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This post was linked and quoted on SECRant so I just wanted to pop over here to tell you that this is Mega Based.

frick. THEM. KIDS.

Why do you care about what others do?