A few words on LSU
by mlmintampa on Oct 6, 2010 1:01 PM EDT
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PrintUnlike our other annual rivals, the series with LSU has been extremely competitive in the past several seasons. In the last decade, the Gators and Tigers won four of six BCS titles at one point. But the romance of the series is lost behind our personal hatred of FSU, our anger towards SEC cousins Georgia and Tennessee, and our restored rivalry with Alabama. In my own case, LSU is a big deal to me, but I don't have anything against them. I don't like corn dogs, but that's it. (The one time I had a corn dog, it was force fed to me by my ex-girlfriend who was from Louisiana. True story.)
The series has been marked by several significant games. The ass kicking LSU gave the Gators in 2002 was the first sign Ron Zook would be a failure. But in 2003, unranked Florida gave the Tigers their only loss in their championship season. When LSU beat Florida in 2005, Urban Meyer choked up in the postgame press conference. 2006 was the original Jump Pass. In 2007, Les Miles gambled on 4th down every time to lead a second half comeback against the Gators. In 2009, Florida only needed 13 points, as the Gators rallied around the previously concussed Tim Tebow.
Florida is a touchdown favorite, essentially because if the Gators' offense is bad, the Tigers' offense is worse. UF is 84th in total offense and LSU is 91st. There is no Percy Harvin or JaMarcus Russell walking through that door folks. And if Russell came back, he would be fat and old. Instead, we have the double shot of awfulness in Jordan Jefferson and Jarrett Lee for the Tigers and the handcuffed John Brantley. (Maybe if Brantley sells out on the option, he'll be rewarded with something other than crossing routes.)
Saturday's game could cause a lot of heartburn for each fan base because defensive scores might win the game.
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Hate their fans
They were the most rude, obnoxious bunch of people I have ever encountered.
One girl walking behind myself and my girlfriend at the time kept yelling “jorts” at us for about 10 minutes.
That said, their tailgating environment is incredible, and we beat them, so it all worked out okay.
That said, this should be an ugly game. I almost hope we lose due to poor playcalling so Adazzio’s ass gets canned… It’d hurt in the short term, but be good for us long term.
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well
were you wearing jorts? I mean … if you were … then that’s really not that obnoxious. I could think of much more rude and obnoxious things coming from the Georgia fans that grace the World Largest Outdoor Cocktail party every year.
Get out of my House!
I was in Championship Mode
Khaki shorts, flip flops, orange polo with blue horizontal stripes, my blue Florida cap, and sunglasses.
My girlfriend was technically wearing jean shorts, but they were not the jorts people typically associate with Florida.
Most Georgia fans I’ve encountered around Talleyrand and the Landing are actually not bad.
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Dumb Drunk
perhaps?
I hate stupid fans. I’d rather enjoy the company of smart, respectful rival fans than stupid fans of almost any team (except my own, most of the time.)
(I have to add that most of the time, because good grief, I have been watching games to hear to stupidest statements come from Gator Fans, and these are guys that have played football, which is what makes their comments so stupid.)
Get out of my House!
What?!?!?!?
A dumb drunk in Bayou country?!?!?!?
INCONCEIVABLE!
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by gatorhippy on Oct 8, 2010 9:29 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
this game should be close
which makes me unhappy. I watched LSU last week, and the thought that we could struggle with them is nauseating. Looked over at football outsiders, and the FEI and S&P rankings for these two are pretty close, though Florida is ahead in both. LSU has a good defense, and a rather pedestrian offense. That’s something we can all relate to…I think Florida wins by 10. Go Gators.
Florida wins this game by at least a touchdown.
Beating LSU used to be a big deal… now we’re afraid to lose to them because we’re not supposed to lose to such a terribly coached team.
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Man, the lack of respect by UF really is startling
Ya think LSU isn’t feeding off you and everyone else bashing them this week?
If you guys get sick at the thought of merely a close win against the Tigers, just wait til they beat your ass — and good.
I think you mean
The lack of respect by UF “fans” because I haven’t heard any disrespect coming from any player or coach about LSU.
Get out of my House!
If it happens, so be it.
But I doubt it’ll happen, and yeah, I can’t respect a team that puts on a debacle like LSU did last week. You have very talented players, but your coach is a buffoon. Sorry, but that’s a fact.
If we lose to LSU at home, it’ll be very embarrassing. Once upon a time, it was just the way it was, because LSU was pretty fearsomely good.
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LSU fan here...
and I think what you wrote is right on mark. I do not have any real animosity towards Florida either, but the nature of the game lately—right in the middle of the season with both teams wanting desperately to win and ranked high respectively—brings out some of that with both fan bases. I think it will be close and could go either way—I’ll say 17-14 LSU. LSU fans do not have a real rival like y’all have with FSU—do not know that much about FSU, but from some of the comments on the net I have seen from FSU commentators about various things, they suck and you should hate them.
I respect LSU
My contempt towards Alabama is more than my dislike of LSU. I think part of that is we’ve not lost a Championship to LSU and both schools genuinely have a mutual respect for the other.
Get out of my House!
LSU is the western division team I always root for. Partly due to Les Miles (I like my football crazy), partly due to the shared national title (I’m protective of the SEC), and because New Orleans and “It Never Rains In Tiger Stadium” are awesome.
mlmintampa
UF C/O 06
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Likewise in the East for me with Florida
I am a big college football fan and the SEC has always been about great D, but UF was the first team in the SEC to really open things up on offense with Spurrier and now continuing with Meyer and it was/is fun to watch when not on the receiving end of course—good uni’s also either with all orange or the blue shirts. I hated what Nike did with both our uni’s and yours last year. Made it to a lot of LSU home games in the 90’s and the lowest low was the (58-3) Gator beat down in 93—we beat #5 UA in T-Town (17-13) where they had to forfeit all their wins but I had to write it because it was the only thing we did that year, and the highest high was the 97 upset win over #1 UF.
I remember running into some Gator fans in New Orleans when y’all played ND in the Sugar Bowl and we collectively yelled at some Irish fans. Yes I was drunk, so it was along the lines of Fuck ND!, and now being stone cold sober, I still think, “Fuck ND!”. I hate them :)
Yea FSU does suck
I’ve never had any issues with LSU or thier fans. It’s really not a rivalry at all to me.
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by Hook85 on Oct 7, 2010 3:28 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
That is a cool thing about LSU vs UF...
we both have good tradition and have had success respectively, we are far apart, and the games are intense, with some taunting or whatever from both fan bases/players, but it never boils over into a year long thing—playing each other in the season makes it difficult for us to meet in CCG. I think the same effect can happen with the Penn St. vs Neb annual game in the future with it having a lot of the same similarities.
Seems like I might be in the minority here, but I actually like LSU...
However, I have a contingent of family and friends that originate out of BR and NOLA… some VERY good friends that work for LSU as faculty and staff…Hell, I’ve even hung out at Joe Dean’s beach house in Destin a few times…So admittedly my experiences haven’t really ever been one where I was just a regular visiting fan, I guess…
The tailgating scene is hands down the best I’ve been to in the SEC (second being the Grove) and we put together a pretty damn fine one in Hogtown in the fall…but in BR the food is spectacular and ridiculously plentiful…And how can you not like a state where you can buy liquor at the Circle K?…or actually INSIDE the grocery store?…or at a church fundraiser?…and at anytime of the day even on Sunday?…
Anyway all that leads me to this TRUE story…
Took my buddy out with me to the 2007 game…he’s actually a tOSU alum and besides the 2006 BCSCG had zero exposure to SEC gameday experiences, SEC lore, etc…So here we are hanging out, pounding bourbon and chowin’ down on gumbo, beef brisket sammiches, etc…afterawhile a couple of my LSU friends decide they want to head over to another tailgate out in ocean of RVs…I’d noticed that my buddy has had this inquisitive look on his face for some time and keeps scanning our surroundings like he’s looking for something…we leave the lot by the track and head past the stadium…and he REALLY starts peering around…thinking he might hafta take a leak, I say to him “Hey man, you gotta wiz? We can swing by the Kinesiology building and skip the lines. They can get us in there no problem.”…And he says:
“Nah, Bro. I’m good. I’m just trying to figure out where I can get one of those corndogs I keep smelling.”
You may not like what I have to say...but somebody has to say it...
HAHAHAHA
“And how can you not like a state where you can buy liquor at the Circle K?…or actually INSIDE the grocery store?…or at a church fundraiser?…and at anytime of the day even on Sunday?…”
They work hard down there, but they play much harder. Gotta love Louisiana.
LSU v Florida
You’d be hard pressed to find LSU fans with genuine animosity towards the Gators. We like y’all, and think you can bring the party as well. The annual “rivalry” game is pretty cool: every year we get to play one of the best teams in the country in what is usually a fierce, hard-hittin’ game. And before and after, everyone can party together.
Of course, the best part is eating some blackened gator to prepare for the game. I love the “edible” mascots.
Fake Pundit. Real Fan.
And The Valley Shook!
I do have to admit
Gator is pretty good. I don’t come to the conclusion that it tastes like chicken, I get a taste unique from chicken every time.
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UF/LSU
I grew up a swamp child in Fla. and I always thought it would be an easy transition from "cracker " to “coon ass”. I catch my share of bluegill, specks (sac-a-lait), catfish, soft shell cooter, etc. and I don’t dislike no coon ass folk. However, blacken your own damn gator tail and leave ours alone. A Fla. Gator is too tough to eat anyway. I’ll be in the Swamp tomorrow. Stop on by the grill and we’ll let the good times roll.
For those of you who say LSU's D isn't as good as Florida's (or Bama's), I give you this:
The Tigers are allowing 246.6 yards per game, first in the SEC and sixth in the nation.
LSU is giving up an SEC-best 79.0 rushing yards a game, which ranks sixth nationally.
LSU was scored on in the first quarter for the first time in 13 games against Tennessee, but the Tigers still rank second in the league and fifth in nation in points per game at 12.4 a contest.
It's not your defense
I hope most Gator fans know that your defense is pretty good, infact, maybe better than Bama’s. You guys have more experience than Bama does, especially in the secondary.
The shining hope that I, as a Gator fan, see is that your offense is well … second rate at best. Ours isn’t all world either, but if I had to pick between the two, I’d pick Florida’s offense everytime, based on what we’ve seen so far this year.
Get out of my House!
I recant my statement
of LSU’s defense possibly being better than Bama’s. But I stick by their experience and they are pretty good. However, that offense is atrocious.
Get out of my House!
Considering LSU is the only team against 5-0 against 5 BCS conference teams this season:
UF Off 81st, LSU Off 88th
LSU Def 6th, UF Def 18th
I like LSU’s chances in this one.
Face it
You’re a one sided team, and both your quaterbacks suck. Just admit it.
You may be 5-0 now but you’ll be 6-3 by November 7th. So … enjoy it while it last, which ain’t much longer.
Get out of my House!
LSU’s remaining schedule is…
@#14 Florida
vsMcNeese State
@#8 Auburn
vs#1 Alabama
vsLouisiana-Monroe
vsMississippi
@#11 Arkansas
They could very easily win only 3 more games. I doubt that will happen though. But yeah, I agree with you that they very well could be 6-3 by Nov 7. But if they are 7-2 that wouldn’t surprise me.
The Once and Future King
Exactly
I can’t see them beating us, Alabama and Auburn, maybe one of the three but not all 3.
Get out of my House!
Wow, your definately not a troll with that comment. Way to prove me wrong.
I dont go to thier sites and talk about how terrible they are. That would be pretty stupid of me, unless my goal was to be a troll.
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