I have a theory that no matter how well a school does in several sports, its soul will always be tied to a particular sport. No matter how well UF does in basketball, it will always be a football school. And, after learning the origins of LSU's mascot and how it began as a way to honor the Confederacy, I never realized that in every state that seceeded, football is king. Its strange that with Tenn and Kentucky, you have two neigboring southern states where you'd expect them to be similar in many ways. Yet, in Tenn, football is the most important sport while in Kentucky, a state that didn't join the confederacy, its basketball. Its like there was a dividing line, between north and south, whether or not a state would be a basketball or football state.
A horrible analogy. There are many, many states where football is king outside of the so-called confederate states.
Ohio State, Michigan, Penn State, Nebraska, Colorado. Just a few schools proving your dumbass analogy is wrong.
Stll feelin' the bubbles of St. Patties, are we, laddie? I'll say a school, you say the sport that distinguishes them: Vanderbilt Notre Dame Michigan Memphis How ya doing so far??
or it could have to do with the damn weather. Football is king because in the south we can play outdoors year round genius.
then how do you explain UCLA/USC are in the same city but one is basketball and the other football. or.... your favorite team's state ND= football, indiana=basketball. it was an interesting theory but it doesn't hold water across the country. we just like our football in the south!!!:thumb:
The tiger wasn't chosen as the LSU mascot to honor the Confederacy. It was chosen to honor the Louisiana battalion that fought on the side of the Confederacy.
