re: The student section is getting weaker ever season

While I do agree that the student section isn't what it used to be, I blame this a lot on 1 thing. Sororities getting their own tickets. Now every prissy sorority girl gets a ticket, sucks up space that would other wise be used by an insanely drunk freshman for the first quarter and then leaves. If sororities didn't have their own sections, every stupid girl wouldn't get one just so they could sit with their sisters. I know this, because I'm in a fraternity and have sat in sorority sections that had better tickets than we did. This practice of giving sororities tickets is relatively new and needs to end. As far as a student from that era complaining about current students adding curse words to chants, I know for a fact that they were chanting "assholes" during the tiger rag the entire time you were there. frick you and the homo horse you rode in on, if you don't think the stadium is loud enough, get up on your chair and cheer, if that's not enough, get everyone else around you to cheer too.

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Sororities getting their own tickets. Now every prissy sorority girl gets a ticket, sucks up space that would other wise be used by an insanely drunk freshman for the first quarter and then leaves. If sororities didn't have their own sections, every stupid girl wouldn't get one just so they could sit with their sisters.

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That really hits the nail on the head with what I was talking about. Pisses me off to no end. I couldn't get student tickets 2 years ago because of this shite and I know a bunch of better fans that would die for those tickets. Put them to good use, where they certainly are not now.

Nice addition. How's TCU doing?

haha, more greek hate on this board. Sorry you suck at life.

Man give us students a break this year the opponents at home so far have been crappy,

Appy St. (Hot arse 10:00am game). shite my classes don't start until 1:30pm.

North Texas- speaks for itself

Mississippi St- I agree was lack luster but yeah it is MOO state. That's all the games we've had so far at home so wait until Saturday

The student section was very loud when I was there from '96 until '01. I think a lot of it had to do with the games being very close, while still having good teams. Thinking back to '97 Auburn, '97 Florida, '00 Tennessee, etc. - those were LOUD from start to finish. My brother's day at LSU, a decade before mine, had some very loud games, too...'85-'88 was very similar to '95-'98 as far as ups and downs and big, memorable wins.

2004 was when I began to notice that the SS and the entire crowd were getting awfully quiet. I will never forget the '04 Vandy game and thinking how embarrassed I was for a friend of mine making her first visit to Death Valley (she was an Aggie)...never, ever forget when she said that A&M was much louder than LSU. I told her "No way..you must have been to a really good, close game there or something." Her last A&M game that she had attended was against LA Tech and she'd been to many more besides that. Errr...

Back to '04, though...it came a year after the NC and people quickly began to act like we were failing and not worth watching. The Bama game was the only SEC game that had any ferver to it. Since 2004, there have been ups and downs, but by the time a fanbase realizes that an SEC or NC isn't going to happen, tickets are given up, seats are empty, and the plan is to leave early when ahead by a lot or not even go at all if the opponent is terrible going into the game. The only times since our first NC that I have heard TS live up to its name:
'05 Auburn
'07 VA Tech
'07 Florida
'07 Auburn

Mind you, these games just had "moments", maybe with the exception of Florida.

Just the other day, I was watching some of our '87 clash with Florida. That game was loud throughout...especially when we were on defense in the 1st and 4th quarters. Emmit Smith was pounding us, but we pounded right back and the crowd stayed in it until the end. It was beautiful.

How about Ohio State qb Tom Tupa having to walk away on the very first play of the game because he could not hear himself and his line and wideouts couldn't hear. This was a DAY GAME and it was full capacity at 80,000! This game, right here, proves to me that Tiger Stadium has lost its edge...but you know what? It's easy to find. It's not like losing your virginity or your wallet in a foreign country. We can get the old Death valley back. It could all start this saturday...

I was at the '03 UGA game and it is in my top 5 of all time. Tiger Stadium was ferocious on that day in September. I hope to God we have a repeat. Like Tommy Tubberville said, LSU already has a touchdown advantage before the game even begins because of the crowd noise. UAG needs a lil dose of that.

ya only one game. No consistency at all in tiger stadium. most the games are lame and people leave in the 2nd quarter!

whens the last time we lost at home lol i guess thats why but we need to get louder or we will lose

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all lot more students these days actaully come to LSU to get a good education and not cheer at football games. it sucks

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