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re: Seperating The Wheat from the Chaff
Posted on 11/16/08 at 4:37 am to USMCTiger03
Posted on 11/16/08 at 4:37 am to USMCTiger03
Ooooh Friging Rhaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh....something some of our fans should learn....
Semper Fi......................
Oh....something some of our fans should learn....
Semper Fi......................
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Posted on 11/16/08 at 5:11 am to blueboy
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How about the steady decline in defense and fundamental play since the Miles era began (had to put that one, because it's important in the grand scheme of things)? The playcalling in the first half was awful and led to stagnant play. The choice of *Fill-In-The-Blank* succeeded, despite its total idiocy. (a recurring theme in the Miles era, and his saving grace - because talent saves him despite bad choices). The playcalling after the turnover when LSU was 7 points down was moronic. Personnel choices.
And none of this really changed during the comeback. LSU's physical talent beat up on an out-of-gas team with lesser athleticism. It was obvious. And that, as I said, is what has saved Les time and again, but his biggest fault - sloppy overall play - is what will eventually do us in.
Hard to argue with that analysis. Anyone can whore-out a statistic (see U.S. Presidential campaign adds)...
Posted on 11/16/08 at 5:19 am to blueboy
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Talent inherited by Saban - SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE (for a 119 team league).
You're being nice. Hoofkin, anyone?
Posted on 11/16/08 at 7:15 am to USMCTiger03
Has anyone given any thought to the fact that a large majority of season ticket holders gave away or sold their tickets? I wouldn't consider the folks at the game yesterday as die hard fans. If they were they would be season ticket holders.
I am a season ticket holder and I consider myself a loyal fan....I mean look at my garage. However, I didn't go to the game because 5 home games in a row is too much for me personally. I do have a life outside of LSU football and essentially giving up 5 weekends is a bit much. I don't think that makes me a bandwagon fan.
I am a season ticket holder and I consider myself a loyal fan....I mean look at my garage. However, I didn't go to the game because 5 home games in a row is too much for me personally. I do have a life outside of LSU football and essentially giving up 5 weekends is a bit much. I don't think that makes me a bandwagon fan.
Posted on 11/16/08 at 7:27 am to geaux99
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PS this isn't Madden, it's college football.
Good point!!! For all of you who want to go on ad nausem about "coaching deficiencies" and pick apart every frickin' series, I have just one question: How many college football games have you actually COACHED? I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess... ZERO..NADA...Not a frickin' ONE. I ve been a student of the game since I was 12 and think I know a lot, but my only head coaching experience was 2 years of 6-8 yr olds with my youngest son and I m here to tell you even that was a hell of a lot harder on the sideline than it looks from the stands.
And for those of you too young to remember, we one time had a coach who was a class guy, consistently won 8-9 games a season, went to a bowl game every year and provided some of the biggest wins and most memorable moments in LSU football history. Unfortunately, we ran his arse off because (pick one) A) he couldn't coach offense B) he couldn't coach defense C)The offense was boring D) The defense gave up too many points E) He didn't always go to a "major" bowl F) He couldn't beat Alabama or G) He didn't win the SEC championship every other year. When we showed him the door, our punishment from the Almighty was being doomed to wander in the wilderness for the next 20 yrs or so, being lead by such coaching legends as Stovall, Archer, Hallman and DiNardo.
I guess it is true that those who don't remember history are doomed to repeat it, but please don't take the rest of us with you!
Posted on 11/16/08 at 7:43 am to USMCTiger03
Unfortunatley the majority of our fanbase has always been like this. They cannot wait for any excuse to leave the stadium. Winning or losing, no matter what. If there's the slightest discomfort from either the score, the weather or whatever they have always been antsy to get the hell out of Tiger Stadium. It is truely the strangest group of sports fans anywhere in the country. I think it's the culture. They have always been about the partys. They are more loyal to their food, booze and pre-game and apparently post game festivities than they are the team and the game itself. Truly odd and embarrasing to say the least.
Posted on 11/16/08 at 7:50 am to 80sTiger
Thank you 80sTiger. 
Those were the 20 longest and miserable years of my life as a football fan. I didn't think those days would ever end. From our perspective, an 8-4 season ain't so bad.
Those were the 20 longest and miserable years of my life as a football fan. I didn't think those days would ever end. From our perspective, an 8-4 season ain't so bad. Posted on 11/16/08 at 7:51 am to ChenierauTigre
Did you yell Help Mac Pack? Admit it
Posted on 11/16/08 at 7:53 am to USMCTiger03
you don't see florida getting smacked around by troy last year did ya? as far as bandwagon fans dude i did not have anything to do with lsu until i went to medical school there in 1998..so does that make me less of a fan? i spent 4 years under the lsu umbrella just like you...
Posted on 11/16/08 at 7:55 am to JEAUXBLEAUX
No. Cholly was one of Louisiana's colorful characters.
Posted on 11/16/08 at 7:57 am to EmperorGout
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We have one of the dumbest fanbases in all of sports, you just have to accept this
Naw, just go read <insertNCAAfootballmascothere>droppings.com and you'll see that we have no exclusivity on Tardness.
Posted on 11/16/08 at 7:58 am to MTB
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Examples?????
have you seen our Defense?
Posted on 11/16/08 at 8:03 am to EmperorGout
We have one of the dumbest fanbases in all of sports, you just have to accept this
I dunno...we might be dumb, but we ain't stand out in a crowd dumb. Go visit with some of the other fan sites for awhile. Stoopid is the rule not the exception. That said, it does get depressing. I have to admit I was ready at one point to donate to the "buyout fund".
I dunno...we might be dumb, but we ain't stand out in a crowd dumb. Go visit with some of the other fan sites for awhile. Stoopid is the rule not the exception. That said, it does get depressing. I have to admit I was ready at one point to donate to the "buyout fund".
Posted on 11/16/08 at 8:05 am to supatigah
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they have effectively priced a lot of the true fans out of the stadium and the games are more of a social event than anything
so have ALL OTHER universities...LSU actually isnt that bad in comparison...if you want to win live with it
Posted on 11/16/08 at 8:08 am to LSUGarage
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I do have a life outside of LSU football and essentially giving up 5 weekends is a bit much. I don't think that makes me a bandwagon fan.
HOW DARE YOU....
Posted on 11/16/08 at 9:08 am to supatigah
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they have effectively priced a lot of the true fans out of the stadium and the games are more of a social event than anything
Reposted without edits for emphasis.
Posted on 11/16/08 at 9:11 am to Cracking
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My old coach used to say "don't tell me how rough the water is, just bring the ship home!" I think it is very appropriate for this season post-NC and rebuilding!!!
Spoken like a real fan. I'd like to watch a game with the stadium filled with nothing but guys like you. Now that would be a crowd!
Posted on 11/16/08 at 9:16 am to LSU40
quote:Urrr.
Ooooh Friging Rhaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!
quote:Ain't that the truth.
Oh....something some of our fans should learn....
Semper Fi......................
Posted on 11/16/08 at 9:17 am to LSUGarage
quote:I'm not talking about fans at the home game yesterday, but fans everywhere throughout the season, and hell, even LAST season.
Has anyone given any thought to the fact that a large majority of season ticket holders gave away or sold their tickets? I wouldn't consider the folks at the game yesterday as die hard fans. If they were they would be season ticket holders.
I am a season ticket holder and I consider myself a loyal fan....I mean look at my garage. However, I didn't go to the game because 5 home games in a row is too much for me personally. I do have a life outside of LSU football and essentially giving up 5 weekends is a bit much. I don't think that makes me a bandwagon fan.
Posted on 11/16/08 at 9:17 am to USMCTiger03
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The bottom line:
Just like all great programs, a lot of gutless bandwagon fans have latched on to the LSU Tigers. The same fans who, if they were even out of diapers then, are clueless about the struggles of the 1980 and especially early 1990 seasons.
These are the same fans now, like spoiled entitled children, crying doom and gloom about every tough time the Tigers go through.
Grow a set of balls, weak Tiger fans.
SURE, be pissed, disappointed, complain, but know where the line is drawn between dedication and cowardice. Stop doing such gutless things as calling for Miles' firing and "predicting" recruits leaving in droves, losing seasons, declines, and other idiotic things I've read but don't have the tolerance to repeat.
Great programs are not built on weak fans.
For the real Tiger fans, the Tigers will continue to grow and evolve and finish this season strong and be primed and experienced for next year, BECAUSE of the struggles of this year.
Well said
I sat throught the 80's which was mediocre. A couple of very good Arnsparger teams that made it to the Sugar Bowl only to get whacked by Nebraska, and then the deplorable 90's. The expectations of national championships are great to see, but unrealistic to think you deserve it. I can't stand what is either some with short term memories or bandwaggoners from recent successes. It's not hard to see what hurt us this year(or who). True fans don't jump on players and coaches at the FIRST SIGN of difficulty. They will be great again soon and all the haters will be back licking the players and coaches nut sacks.
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