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Unfortunately you won’t get the full experience at the msu game. Traveling as far as you are for a once in a lifetime experience. I would do my best to reschedule. As the other poster said. You need a night game against Clemson, a&m, Texas or bama
Every other home game this season will pale in comparison.

There’s more to it than that, I work with them almost daily. I’ve been roofing 37 years. Started out as a laborer. The Mexican crews charge the same or more than white/black mixed crews. At least they did, now there are literally no white crews left to be found. And if you do find one, they are all methheads that do crappy work. Our young people are not getting into construction like I did when I was 18. The cellphone/ video game generation isn’t about all that sweating.

I write my Checks to Mexican subcontractors that have LLC’s, insurance and pay taxes on the 1099’s l send out.
The guys I write the checks to may very well pay their men in cash, but they aren’t cheap either. A brand new starting out laborer gets $150 a day, nailers get $200-$250 a day and then a foreman usually gets $300 a day.
The ones I have spoken to usually do send money home to their families. Because their wives and children still live in Mexico or South America.
I’m all for deporting the gang members and criminals and I firmly agree that illegals shouldn’t get benefits.
Realisticlly though, they are now 20% of our population. We can huff and puff all we want, there’s no way to deport that many people.

I work with an old Sheetmetal contractor here in Shreveport. He said he just lost a kid that he had been training for a couple of years to that job.
They started him out at $30 an hour as a Sheetmetal helper. With $100 a day per diem. Working 6-10’s. You can work Sunday and get another 10hrs overtime and another $100 a day per diem.
I can assure you that in North Louisiana for a kid without a high school diploma. That is one of the best opportunities he will ever come across.
They also told him the job would last at least 5 years.
His old boss said, I can’t even be mad at him. If I was his age, I’d have done the same thing.

My wife grew up in Texas. Her best friends husband went to UT. She was telling me the other day that he paid $4000 for 4 tickets.
It’s mildly tempting to me. I have 4 season tickets, sec 106 row 40. I could make over half my money back on 1 game. Plus cancel the hotel I booked and save the drive from Shreveport and back.
But there’s no damn way I’m missing that game.

Still waiting on that tit pic…

I had no idea who he was until about a year ago. His son and grandson moved from Northern California to Stonewall, La. a few years ago. The grandson ended up in middle school with my son. They became fast friends and now both attend Loyola college prep in Shreveport.
Last year when they had the UFC in New Orleans, the father and son invited us to attend the event with them. He said my Dad manages the super dome and some other venues. We can sit in a box and stay at his house. They have several extra bedrooms.
So of course we went. Had a great time. I woke up early the next morning and went down for coffee. Doug had obviously been up for awhile. He was already showered and dressed for the day.
Just the 2 of us were awake, so we sat and visited for half an hour or so. Great conversationalist. Friendly and engaging.
Later, I googled him and was like holy shite. He does a little more than manage a few venues….
Interesting tidbit, he played football at Woodlawn with Terry Bradshaw.
Woodlawn was the powerhouse high school in Shreveport in the 60’s and 70’s.

I agree with some of what you said about environment. It gets truly wild about 4 games a year. It does seem like the fans were more into it 20+years ago. Of course back then I didn’t have season tickets and only came to 1 or 2 games a year. I remember us losing to Florida with Tebow at QB. It seems like the stadium stood and yelled the entire game.
Now people mostly only cheer on the first drive then they lose energy and only cheer on 3rd or 4th down and/or late in close games. Goal line stands and such. And it’s true that plenty of people leave at half time. Particularly against lower quality competition and if we are way ahead or way behind.
I can assure it’s not for my lack of noise or leaving early.
Often, I’m one of the few around me standing and cheering for our Tigers.
A few years ago I had a guy tap me on the shoulder and tell me he couldn’t see the game. I responded, that’s not my problem. Stand up and cheer like you’re an actual fan. He was in a group of 4 that sat the entire game. They were all under 30.
It’s a completely different feeling when the entire stadium stands and screams at the top of their lungs. You can see the team respond. If the players are giving their all, I’m going to give my all too
Haters be damned

Everytime I see posters get in a cat fight, I quickly scroll by their feud hoping we eventually get back on topic

Surprised that this offends people. I’ve seen similar restraints in the local jail. Seen a couple of guys hog tied for resisting arrest. Left laying on their belly’s in parking lots while the cops stood around and laughed and joked around.
People do things SO MUCH WORSE than the above picture.
Many reasons to restrain someone. Only one of which is torture. The guy could be resisting. He could be a danger to his captors. He could have tried to escape. He could have been captured while trying to commit a terror attack.
Going to need some facts before I cast judgement.
People on here often refer to it. So I’ll bring it up one more time.
Have any of you watched the videos of the atrocities committed by hamas Oct 7, 2023?
A couple of minutes was all I could take and I don’t have a weak stomach.

I had to pull into an empty parking lot last duck season. Luckily it was 5am
Sometimes it hits and you know you have 30 seconds, to pull your pants down and go somewhere uncouth or shite your pants.