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I travelled from Australia to attend that game and have told anybody who will listen that it was a top 5 all-time live sporting experience. Could do that trip 50 times and not see another game as good as that was....
Booger’s finest hour, IMO....
I should also give a shout-out to Keith who came with us too. I met Keith tailgating at a Saints/Bucs game a few years ago and he gave us something of an impromptu campus tour prior to the game. Great guy, diehard LSU fan. Was great to share the win with him and his daughter too (I actually don’t...
Thanks for the heads up Jay, and for your hospitality throughout the course of the day yesterday. We had an amazing time. The tailgating was a real highlight, the cooking was top notch and everybody went so far out of their way to make us feel welcome which was greatly appreciated. LSU really has...

re: Visiting from Australia for Bama

Posted by Poison on 11/6/22 at 7:17 am
What a memorable, amazing day. Thanks to everybody we crossed paths with, especially Jaydeaux, for the hospitality. The atmosphere yesterday both inside and outside the stadium was incredible. Our 2yo pup (who would routinely sit with me at 2/3am back home to watch LSU games live, and for whom ...

re: It Never Rains in Tiger Stadium

Posted by Poison on 9/20/22 at 6:59 pm
I started reading it about a week ago. JEB is a brilliant writer, and I consider this to be a very good book and an excellent time capsule of a certain era of LSU football from well before I was born. I'm currently about 120 pages in. However, it's more a story about the impact of organised spor...

re: Visiting from Australia for Bama

Posted by Poison on 9/19/22 at 9:42 pm
[quote]Can you punt?[/quote] I played Australian Rules Football for about 10 years (strictly at an amateur level), so like most of us from Australia's southern states, it's about the only transferable skill I've got. Very doubtful I could have punted at the level required to play college footbal...

re: Visiting from Australia for Bama

Posted by Poison on 9/19/22 at 8:46 pm
[quote]Do you know TD poster SirWinston?[/quote] Regrettably not. Does he live here? There's only about 120 of us in this country so I'm surprised that I don't, though we are spread out across a surface area nearly equal to that of the US....

re: Visiting from Australia for Bama

Posted by Poison on 9/19/22 at 8:43 pm
[quote]******.net[/quote] Confirming I've copied that - I will email you soon, thanks mate....

re: Visiting from Australia for Bama

Posted by Poison on 9/19/22 at 8:38 pm
That's awesome, thanks mate - I definitely will. I'm not sure if there's a PM feature still on this site or if I need to email you....

Visiting from Australia for Bama

Posted by Poison on 9/19/22 at 8:29 pm
G'day guys I'm from Australia, but I'm coming into Baton Rouge for the weekend of the Alabama game. I have managed to get two tickets in 207. Cost me a small fortune given how weak our currency is at the minute (I hope nobody is going to tell me these are bad seats…). I have already had ...
Agree with the OP 100%. I also think we were adversely affected by not playing a week 0 game. Having said that, the fact that the bulk of our difficult match-ups occurs in the back-half of the schedule is a good thing in that it should give this team further opportunities to tune-up and develo...

re: Uber/Lyft through campus tmmw?

Posted by Poison on 9/9/22 at 10:32 pm
[quote]Drop off…. Maybe Pick up…. frick no[/quote] Just as a matter of interest as someone not from the area, how do you (safely) get out of the stadium after the game if you’re not driving? Hang out for a bit at a nearby bar and wait for the crowd to clear?...

re: Where are you headed pre-game in NOLA?

Posted by Poison on 8/28/22 at 10:11 am
I’m from out of town (well, out of the country actually) and the best day of my entire trip last time was watching LSU play Bama in 2019 at Wrong Iron. The place was absolutely crazy - just a sea of purple and gold. And LSU had that historic win too, of course. Nobody could understand my Australi...

Football ticket question: Alabama v LSU

Posted by Poison on 5/14/22 at 4:15 am
Hi guys I’m travelling over from Australia for the LSU/Alabama game on 5 November. It’ll be my second time at Tiger Stadium (my girlfriend’s first). My previous trip was for a home game against Arkansas where I’m pretty certain I just purchased tickets directly from the LSU website. Howeve...

re: Vacation home in Louisiana?

Posted by Poison on 10/2/21 at 6:59 pm
[quote]You of course would be able to rent it out in the season from Mardi Gras through Jazz Fest. But no one is renting them in August here, and not too many in the dead of winter, either. I would absolutely try to connect with a local realtor and try to find a condo in a good building but ...

re: Vacation home in Louisiana?

Posted by Poison on 10/2/21 at 6:52 pm
[quote]Sorry for the off topic question but someone told me a long time ago that Australia allows immigration and citizenship for doctors, nurses, and engineers. Is this true?[/quote] This is generally correct. Australia has a list of occupations where there are “skill shortages”. In terms of d...

re: Vacation home in Louisiana?

Posted by Poison on 10/2/21 at 9:56 am
[quote]Just my opinion, but for only 1-2 months a year—I’d just rent a house or apartment for that time. The cost of insurance and taxes of owning would be the same amount. Gives you more flexibility on changing locations year to year. I wouldn’t want to be an out of state landlord, much less halfwa...

re: Vacation home in Louisiana?

Posted by Poison on 10/2/21 at 7:08 am
[quote]Does the CEntral Business or Warehouse District interest you? There would be less maintenance involved because you would likely buy a place with a condo association responsible for common areas, roof etc. The Air bnb rules are also looser you would just need to make sure the place you choose ...

re: Vacation home in Louisiana?

Posted by Poison on 10/2/21 at 6:04 am
[quote]Yes. What if the house gets weather damage of any sort? Dealing with SELA contractors is bad even if you are within walking distance of them. That said I'm biased and don't think SELA is an appropriate place for a vacation home when Florida is so close by.[/quote] Thanks mate. This ki...