re: Putting S.O. on the LSU helmets

I hope all of the fans here channel this energy to the many many other kids who are tiger fans also fighting cancer. For every Sid, there are countless others.

Exactly. It's what Les Miles does when no one is looking that makes him our fearless leader.

No need to put stickers, ya'll. it would be a great gesture; but maybe a little tacky.

Les will remind the players of Sid minutes before they take the field. In his own way, alone with his team.

But you can bet your hard earned dollar; we will play for Sid at BDS and we will play for Sid and play for victory!

RIP young man

Plenty of young Tiger fans have died recently, I'm sure. Sid's a sad story .. But what makes him any more important than any of the others ? I had a friend who lost his 12 year old son back in August .. The poor child was a massive Tiger fan .. Sid is no more important than him .. Sad, but true ..

I wonder if an OT baller knows how to get a towable plane banner with "Geaux Sid" on it for Tuscaloosa.

You're right, children die every day. Before the thread got deleted, I posted that we lost our infant daughter to meningitis almost 40 years ago.

Hell. I'm 68 years old. I suspect I'm on a pretty short leash.

Why did Sid get the attention on this board? My thoughts. He was a LSU fan and Les did a super job of bringing his story to light.

I'm sorry that any child has to die. But don't criticize us if we choose to honor Sid in the manner that we have.

It's ESPN .. He came to the LSU-Auburn game and CLM kindly rolled out the red carpet for him and his family. It was obviously well-deserved .. People on here seem to lose perspective on a regular basis .. When sports meets real life, people tend to overreact and act silly ... Hundreds, if not thousands of young Tiger fans have probably died way too early over the last 5 to 10 years .. Sid is no more or less significant than any of them -- people just know his story because of TV ..

I'm sorry for your loss


I certainly appreciate the outpouring of love and support for Sid. He was a great kid by all accounts and touched a lot of lives. And I know personally how much that means to his family

It's just that the stuff like Alabama and lsu should just violate ncaa rules and wear the stickers on their helmets and take the fine; or make up a fake position at lsu and hire Sid, doesn't make sense

Anyone remember Devon Gales? UGA players put his number on their helmets to honor the young man. Yet, he wasn't a member of the UGA team.

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Where does it end if you start doing this .. Seriously ?

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Rejecting the idea of honoring Sid's life/death just because there are infinite similar situations and it's difficult to ascertain its parameters is fallacious at best, in my opinion. It ignores the unique circumstances surrounding Sid's life and death.

I don't think any person would walk up to a parent and say to them their child's death isn't special because other children die of cancer. They are all unique. They may share one element, childhood cancer, but that element doesn't render the multitudes of differences among the cases insignificant.