re: Tim Brando

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brando's got a chip on his shoulder because he never finished college

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I remember when he was a local FM jock back in the 80's!!!!

i think Brando's daughter went to LSU recently or she still may be there but i'm not positive

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Tim Brando
He openly criticized basketball attendance and inferred that race played and plays a large part in why the attendance is such.

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Brando has been doing this for years

Maybe I am lost often.

Maybe race does play a part. Maybe if more African-Americans supported LSU athletics, Brando would see things differently.

I can only speak from someone that is an early forties Caucasian that slept on the sidewalk of the Assembly Center for tickets my entire four years at LSU, and even travelled to away games.

I certainly didn't see a problem with support then, and I don't remember any difference in the ethnic makeup of the team or crowd then. Football doesn't seem to lack support, and I would guess there is a similar makeup of the players and crowd. But, of course, I don't look at things from a racial perspective, so maybe you're right.

I haven't been to a Final Four, but I also haven't been to Omaha. I fail to see the correlation of support based on players' race, but maybe you have a point concerning those who support those players. I surely don't see the same percentage in the stands, but then again, things are often lost on me, as you point out.

My personal reason for not attending as many basketball games as I do football and baseball is tied to the commitment of the players. When I invest in following the football and baseball teams, I know those guys are going to be there for a minimum of three years.

As soon as LSU has a very talented player in basketball, the chemistry of the team never gets a chance to develop, because he is one and gone. I still go to one game a year, maybe two, and I watch on the internet or follow the game thread on here for every game. But, that's the extent of it. I don't see where my choice is or was affected by race.

I also don't remember support for football being exceptionally great during the Hallman/Dinardo days, and I fail to see a racial connection there, either. But, this too, is lost on me, the often blinded one.