re: Tim Brando Says LSU Fans Are Racist

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Brando goes Respect hell give your own program some respect

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ding,ding...we have a winner.

quote]Maybe the reason LSU fans are not supportive of LSU Basketball is because of race[/quote]

he has been maintaining this position/social theory for years, BTW. I don't think he misses an opportunity to voice this opinion. But to be fair to Brando, he indicates this is a 'Southern' condition, not just an LSU phenomenon.

More importantly, i don't think that he was implying that LSU fans are racists. Here again I believe he was theorizing about the less-than stellar support of college hoops, historically, throughout the South. Which I believe his observations have some merit.

At the end of the day, it's your observation and you can call it what you want. But IMO slapping the 'racist' label on everything tends to stifle meaningful discussion.

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Pretty incredible

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No, really is was pretty insightful. Maybe if people would take a moment to truly consider what he was pointing out here, we could have some meaningful improvement in race relations. But putting the 'racist' spin on something without examining the merits of the position does noting put perpetuate racial discord.

Tim is correct. I hear the N word at least once every time I go to a LSU watch party here in Tampa Bay. Makes me sick to hear it so I stopped going.

You are full of shite and you don't even live in Baton Rouge so STFU. There are hints of racism all over North, South, West Coast, and East Coast. But is has become much better for everyone blacks included over the last 25 years. For Tim Brando to try to hurt LSU's reputation is unacceptable. And for you to talk shite from 800 miles away is also. Every fan I know is excited about the job TJ has done, and it has nothing to do with his skin color arse hole. If he keeps winning the more support the team will get. If it was about race he wouldn't have been hired in the first place, You and Brando can STFU and you can go support someone else.

Had a good laff a few yrs back at Brando's expense. A good friend is a St. Trooper & he stopped Brando on I-10 for hitting 85 on his radar. He said that Brando literally jumped out of his vehicle..a major no no to begin with...and starting yelling his network ( which ever one he was working for at that time ) ID card & basically telling my friend that he didn't know who he was stopping. My friend let him rant for a bit, Brando was getting more & more worked up because the trooper wasn't talking...and then finally stepped up, pushed his index finger into Brando's chest, & told him he had 10 seconds to stfu or face charges of attempted intimidation of an officer. He was going to let him geaux, but ended up writing him up & marking the ticket in such a way that it couldn't get fixed by some big shot..

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I hope people don't think there's no racism at Gramblings, Southerns, Mizzou's, KU's, USC's, UCLA's, FSU, Miami, FAMU, Washington, Georgetown and all the other colleges and universities in the nation.

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From what I have read in newspapers and magazines and scene on network television,that is not true. It is only something that continues to linger at SEC schools. Mainly the Mississippi,Alabama schools and LSU. These are the only universities where racism still exists.

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He was going to let him geaux, but ended up writing him up & marking the ticket in such a way that it couldn't get fixed by some big shot..

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Good, and people say justice is blind.

I had a ticket marked like that too, but the chief fixed it and told me to keep quiet next time i got stopped.

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I hear the N word every time I go to a Lsu party here in Tampa.

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I agree. I hear the N word every time I go to any party anywhere. I hear it from black people, white people, hell I even have a friend that is Asian that uses this word as well. Before anybody replies I know that they are using it in a different context. I also know some of my black friends say Cracker, honky, white boy whatever. Guess what racism is everywhere for all races around the world. Our Lsu parties have all races at them and everyone gets along fine. I personally think it is not a big deal to the younger generations. I also think that there is as much or more racism in the northern part of the country as anywhere.

I work with a couple of ladies who are from Indiana and they are scared of every black person that walks in the door. Yet, they think that they are not racist and people from La. are

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An LSU didn't know who Trent Johnson was so the entire SEC is racist?

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I knew who Trent Johnson was prior to him being hired.
If you followed BB at all last year you knew him from the Big Dance.

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That's bullshite.

LSU hasn't supported basketball because of a dumbass coach in over his head who was white.

Now, some excitement is slowly but surely building about the program because of the new coach, who is black.

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+1000

What I am waiting for is somebody tell us the context and entire quote, leading up to the paraphrase of this "quote". Did the original poster hear the entire segment or what lead up to the segment, or are they taking a bit and turning it into something bigger than it is? Is Brando Campanis or is he Thomas?