Student Section on EMPTY

The student section was packed Saturday and many stuck it out in the sun and heat. I’ve noticed that the student section seems livelier post Covid season, honestly.

Saturday was a brutal day for a football game. Quit hating on the fans.

Do the fraternity pledges not stay and stand the whole game anymore?

I swore they showed some there so not totally empty. Pussies get away with no coats these days though.

Pledges stay till block hits 00:00

Wow another post about people leaving early! Fantastic!

I would agree that they NEVER should have added on to the South End zone.

But once again what does demand have to do with the Student Section?

It’s not really about calling people out. I really am curious what happened…because it looks like other places don’t clear out especially the Students.


They couldn’t care less. They have been there and done that. They are going to go, but they won’t stay.

Even If it was a Night game student section still empties on Saturday.

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It is a terrible tradition that they started about 10 years ago, but it is alive and well.

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The thing that earned TS's reputation was nights and noise. As a case in point, the SI (not a fan of) issue after the '71 ND game speaks to this. That was 53 years ago. We had already lost three games (Colorado, OM, and Bama) when we played ND. Our season was largely a disappointment by then. But TS would not disappoint. To be fair, TS still has its moments of glory.

I realize the OP is focusing on the student section and not the crowd in a broader sense but some of the factors affect both.

IMO, the single biggest factor is TV. Then, you had to be in TS to see the Tigers play. Now, you can watch every play of every game from home.

The LSU Admin is limited as to how much they can do. We cannot afford to forego the lucrative intake from TV nor as part of the SEC. We have to play by their rules. OTOH, everything they have done is sanitize TS and make it like every other venue.

So this generation of students I suppose it woefully unaware of what earned TS its reputation.

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All the boys would rather be sitting on their couch playing video games.

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The girls have their e-vices as well and so do many not in the student section.

The wifi and cell service on campus is HORRIBLE.

We can't send texts, we can't check scores of other games, forget social media or streaming, etc.

No, it won't make it cooler and that was the biggest problem on Saturday but the fact that year after year they want to address butts in seats and won't address that glaring issue is puzzling.

The Student Section was packed until halftime then it emptied out. They were in the sun quite a bit of the game so I can't blame any of them for leaving.

Being an old fart LSU alumni I,we, never even thought of leaving before the end of the game.(68-71) As for no alcohol that was what your dates' purse was for.As a matter of fact the whole student social calandar centered around Tiger football season.

Meh…. The football players are basically employees these days they shouldn’t need people cheering them on to do their job. The students and their families are paying the bill so if they want to wipe their arse with the tickets they can.