Rutgers student body shows real class.... NOT!!!!

I find myself really saddened by what College football is becoming. To see what Rutgers Student body did(even a small group of your students still reflect to the rest of us as the student body) in pretty much a blow-out game against Navy pretty much sucked. Let me say for starters that I am a former Marine and a die hard LSU fan so I know a thing or two about the Navy and about unruly fans (LSU fans can get out of control at times) that what happened there is NOT what College Football is about.

Let me explain what I am talking about here. Tiger Stadium, better known as Death Valley, is quite possibly one of the loudest places to play football on earth (Name another stadium who's fans actually recorded an earth moving event) and you have to keep in mind that the SEC does not allow artificial noise makers with the exception of Miss. State and there Cow Bells. Not a fan of any cow bell that Christopher Walken is not a fan of, have to add a little SNL fun. I do believe that if a "small section" of our student section started doing that the rest of the stadium would not let that happen. What happens outside of the stadium all I can say is that if your not wearing purple and gold then I wouldn't stay around very long but that is a whole other issue..

Speaking as a Marine, We always have issues with the Navy, but when it comes to the Navy football team, there are Marines on that team also. It really bothers me that any American would boo service men for any reason at all. To be honest, I could care less if it is war time, Post or Pre 911, night time or day time it should never be aloud to disgrace the uniform. I extend that statement to all people of uniform by the way. Sorry about that, I get off topic from time to time.

Now as bad as what happened at Rutgers, our sport of College Football still has hope. I know that I am biased but look at what happened when the ninth ranked Va-Tech Hokies came to Death Valley:


"LSU paid homage to Virginia Tech and its 32 slain students and faculty members before kickoff of Saturday’s game between the Tigers and Hokies.

"Three paratroopers flew through the pregame rain to deliver a Virginia Tech flag, an LSU flag and an American flag onto the field. Then LSU’s Golden Band from Tigerland performed Virginia Tech’s alma mater in what is believed to be the first time an LSU band has played the opposing team’s school song before a game. The band then played LSU’s alma mater and the national anthem.

"A moment of silence was also held to honor those from Virginia Tech killed in the campus shooting in Blacksburg on April 16. Also honored were former LSU football players Marquise Hill and Dave Peterson who died during the off season."

It should be noted that our fans went on to be just as loud as ever, just as crazy as ever and they did not resort to the type of behavior that happened at Rutgers. I do recall the "overrated" chant that is reserved for all top ranked teams that get blown out. I believe that if the situation was reversed, as it was 2 years ago, that Va-Tech would have shown us the same respect and in the event of a blowout would celebrate the same way.

College football is not and I prey that it never will be pro football. Those guys get paid. If you want to boo the coach, go for it. If you want to support your team, go for it. Here are a few guidelines for being a college football fan:

• You don't have to be nice, that would be crazy but you do have to show respect weather it is victory or loss.
• Yelling profanities is never, never a good idea in public. If you can't talk smack without using profanities then maybe you shouldn't be at the game.
• Act like you've been there before... Understandably, if you haven't been there before we understand when you get a little out of hand.
• If you shed your shirt and paint your body with letters to spell some pittances of support then for God's sake, MAKE SURE YOU SPELL CORRECTLY...
  
• and leave those Cow Bells home, I mean your the Bulldogs, what in the heck does that have to do with a cow bell..

Texas Beats OU....

I don't think I really need to say much, this speaks for itself........

BTW, this was last year, I didn't want the memory to fade....

That special time of the year....

Tiger Stadium under the lights....

My favorite time of the year is upon us. The start of football season, namely College Football season... My LSU Tigers started off on a good note putting a 45-0 beat down on Mississippi State in Starkville... I know its a Mississippi school but they are still in the SEC and we did play them there. I do take my hat off to State's D, those guys defiantly showed up to play. Now the offense was a different story. Henig really took them out of the game. We have a tough schedule (everybody in the SEC does) but the silver lining is that the brunt of it does come at home.

Louisiana Superdome....

Were also a week out of the pro game and I'm just as tingly. My Saints sure do look good thus far in the pre-season. Something tells me that this could be a special year for the state of Louisiana... Our schedule leaves something to be desired. We will defiantly have to earn our wins, especially the first 5 games. Looking at the whole schedule I see maybe 4-5 "sure things" and the rest will require the Saints to buck up to get the job done. I'm really glad to see that things back home are starting to look good.(at least on the field of play that is....)

www.gone-insane.net/schedule.html