re: Will the true LSU fans please stand up...........

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I graduated from Tech, so I'm less of a fan?

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Sorry, j/k. You are probably a much bigger LSU football fan then me. I don't have a problem with that. I go to every home game becasue I want to. I want to scream cuss words at Bama, I want to stand up when Georgia scores and scream LSU until they kick the damn ball off agian. There wouldn't be 95,000 people in there if it were something we all couldn't share.

when you get called an "lsu freak" by everyone including your parents i beleive that just may qualify you as...umm..a fan?

should i say(blatant sarcasm)after every sentence?

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i'd ratehr be a little over critical than delusional

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Why? I've always marveled at this "logic". What possible benefit ensues that makes being over critical better than being what you call "delusional"? How does spending a week thinking, "this might be the year we beat Spurrier again!" and then spending a night with the disappointment of the loss, end up worse than spending the whole week already disappointed with loss already and then having the exact same disappointment when we lose anyway? Does it really make you feel less bad about an LSU loss if you can say, "I told you so" or "I knew that was coming"?

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which is so funny, b/c i always hear so many LSU fans criticize Bama fans for the same belief

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Maybe you've seen that criticism, but the criticism I've always seen of Bama fans is not that they always act like they are better than they are, but that they specifically act like they think they are better than everybody else because they are Bama. There is a difference. Saying, "we'll kick your arse because we're the class of the SEC and we're Bama and you're just lowly [insert non-Bama SEC team here]" is far different than saying, "well, maybe Josh Booty can finally get back the QB touch he had when he came out of high school and Mealey can crank up the running game so we can outscore the Gators even though they will likely put up a bunch of points on Lou Tepper's D."

There are very, very few (if any) games where one team has no plausible chance of winning. Not one game in '99 fit that description (see the Arkansas drubbing at season's end). That doesn't mean a win is likely, but just that of all the plausible outcomes, at least some are not bad. And since the fan's expectation has zero impact on the game, or (in my experience) the fan's state of mind afterwards, there just are no legitimate grounds for choosing to anticipate one of the negative outcomes. It's like playing craps for fun instead of money, but still anticipating a crap out on every turn. Yes, it may be a more likely outcome, but does anticipating it really make the experience more fun?

To sum up: Guys you don't have to have a degree from LSU to bleed purple and gold. LSU is Louisiana's flagship university...it's here for everyone.

It would be great if all of LSU fans were positive...certainly, positive energy breeds positive results, and well, negative energy breeds...you know.

Many fans have reluctantly accepted the fact that on messageboards such as the Rant, there are an amazing number of guys who remain "in touch" with their inner little person with a mental age of about 12 years and post accordingly. It's the reason for all the "sexual innuendos", stunted use of adjectives, homophobia, and general uninformed commentary by those for whom the glass is always half empty..but it also gives the Tiger Nation a chance to connect & hopefully discuss our past wins and our next win. We all just have to grin and bear those who constantly complain and know that each time our beloved Tigers win the crystal football, the naysayers will point out all the mistakes we made in doing so and they will lose that moment in time when as a Tiger fan...it was a great day!