What a year to be a Tiger.

I was sipping a fine microbrew last night and thinking back on the season. This has been one of the best week to week football watching experiences I can ever remember. There have been some epic games with unbelievable results every week. And leading the way in excitement and excellence from week one has been the Tigers.

I was at Jerry World with my tailgate buddies, the "Boudin Krewe" and the whole weekend was a carnival of purple and gold debauchery. The ducks never knew what was in store from them, but we did. Their West Coast offense was rattled, chased, and driven to the ground by a Tiger team that couldn't WAIT to show the world what was in store for the season.

Each game since then has had these defining and memorable moments that just make shivers run up your spine. From Jarrett Lee starting and becoming "General Lee", to TM7 metamorphosing in to the Honey Badger, to Brad Wing getting a touch down overturned for TAUNTING, to an epic battle in Tuscaloosa that shocked the football nation and will be cursed by Gumps for years to come, on and on it got better and better.

Since 2007 when we won the ship, Tiger fans have had some tough years. Sure, we've had winning seasons, but a lot of the wins were sloppy and left you feeling more like we lost. The fans were torn apart of coaching problems like the duel DC's and Crowton hate. Clock management issues probably took several years off my life. And JLee vs JJ still has us foaming at the mouths all week.

But, this year the Tigers have won, and won convincingly. They've destroyed offense's best layed plans, and then damn near TOLD the other team their intent of running it down their throats, and then done it with brutal and overpowering force of will. The passing game has been efficient and effective. The "Mad Hatter" hasn't pulled many rabbits out of his hat, because he hasn't had to.

We just win.

So on this Thanksgiving day, the day before our last home game, against a damn fine opponent that promises to make us earn the title of Number One in the Nation one more time, I say thank you to the LSU Fighting Tigers, for an incredible year.

GEAUX TIGERS!