T-Bob Hebert and The Gettysburg Address of LSU Football

“Y’all never led last year. Y’all were some bums. 15-0. A Natty. Get over it. Who cares. We got the ring. Whatever. Nothing else matters. Suck it you bum. Better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all. You have nothing to live for. Your expectations: a national championship every single year. If you fall short of that goal it’s nothing but pain. The man who appreciates the light the most is the man who has lived in darkness. So suck it. Who cares. I don’t care. What is this semantic argument you’re trying to get into? Tonight was nothing. Tonight was what was expected. Guess what? Who’s the only program to win three national championships with three different coaches since the year 2000. You have had Bear. You have had Nick Saban. That’s all well and good. Saban’s time will come to an end. What you have here is something that transcends time. What you have here is something that transcends coaches. What you have here is when you get it right — No we’re not comparing resumes Hanny there’s no comparison — They are Siberia, they are the great monolith, they are the USSR. They have nothing to hope for, they have no happiness, they have a single expectation and if they fall short of it it’s only pain. We are Greece. We are Paris. We are art. We are passion. We have ups and downs. And it happens. But the lows make you appreciate the highs. Alabama fans have no perspective. Keith has no perspective. Keith you can’t even enjoy this because it’s what you expected. It’s what you’re used to. There’s nothing special here. Last year when LSU won it was one of the greatest days that I’ve ever experienced. Me. My neighbors. My family. The love. The community. The support that was in the air it’s something that is quite literally irreplaceable. I will die remembering that day. You will die forgetting this day. You will die remembering Clemson when you lost in the Natty a couple of times. That’s the point. So I mean where’s the programs at. You don’t need me to tell you, you know where the program is at. And that’s the saddest damn part is that you calling in this show and trying to victory lap here is you trying to gain some shred of satisfaction that you can’t get anywhere else because you’re so married to this incredibly high impossible expectation that defines your entire being. “

If there was a Gettysburg Address of LSU Football this would be it