Hey Guys!!! Talk to me about LSU Football.

If they don't ask the questions, they can't learn the answers....and you can't expect someone to figure something out on the first go round...

I loved sitting with my ex and her mother...Every play, they'd hear my reaction, and they'd wonder, "Why was that bad/good?"

I'd have to explain to them...By the end of the year...They were seeing things before I did...It was great to watch someone who already loved the Tigers, who went for the sole purpose of supporting the school her father (My ex's grandfather was in line to be Chancellor at LSU-BR and was Chancellor at LSU-A back in the day) loved so much...

She got the love from her father, who never taught her about football...She just cheered and knew when we scored or the other team scored...A fan for 20+ years, and never really knew what was going on...But she still cheered for LSU, anyway...and even brought her daughter to games....

It made a big impression with me...I don't think I'd love LSU that much...To just go and cheer because everyone else was...With no knowledge of what was going on? That's strong, man....Real strong....

 

Simple. Go to the games. Get the programs. Learn about the players and their backgrounds. Read about the coach and the finest college tradition there is.

I've been going to games since the early 60's. My first games started by train from Shreveport to Baton Rouge. It's NOT "JUST" a game. It IS a way of life.

Most things that fans spout off is in reality opinion. This is fact........there is no greater place in all of sports than Saturday night in Death Valley. FACT!

 

Tiger Band.... Clarinet Section..... +70% girls... I know how that goes... Sometimes it's fun to teach, and other times it's not... (i.e. final play of the bowl game, the flags in the endzone for excessive celebration, having to explain that those flags had no effect on the outcome... :bncry: :bncry: )

 

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA A-HOLES! A-HOLES!

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA A-HOLES! A-HOLES!

 

Pics! Pics!

 

Here's a few books that you could read. If you don't want to buy any, just geaux to Barnes and Noble get you a latte, and geaux sit down and read/look thru it. Only the first book is about football in general, while the rest are about :lsup: football.



Here's a good link to greatest player in college basketball history, Pistol Pete.
http://coachlikeapro.tripod.com/basketball/id37.html

 

Well it was like this. I was into LSU sports but did not know about the game. If that makes sense. I loved to watch it! Hey you luv LSU you luv everything about it. NOW, i just want to know more. :grin:

I plan to stick around here because this is a great board that has a lot of great people and information.

And thanks for the info on the players that makes sense and anwsers some questions about why my Dad always wants to know who is who.

Heather
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Belive it or not a lot of girls/women do that! We really do not have a working knowledge of the game, but we sure do love our TIGERS!

:grin:

Heather

 

Heather, you are off to a great start. I think the best way to learn is to go to the games, and if that is not possible, to watch as many as possible on TV. If you can't go and get the games on TV, listen over the internet! The advice mentioned of get to know about the players and ask questions is good also.

Baseball is my favorite sport. My goal in life is to be a baseball bum. (A goal that makes my father proud since he has season tickets to everything Oklahoma State.)

I am a newbie on this board (and a female) but am reading as much as I can to learn as much as I can about the team and coaches. Being in Okahoma, I don't get as much news as I would like, but I have had the Advocate and the Times Picayune book marked for a few years. Of course, being in Oklahoma (and having an OSU fanatic father) I had the advantage of already knowing about Les Miles.

 

A pretty good starting point was coming here. You'll gather quite a large amount of information on forums like this (though be forewarned, unless you have drawn your own opinion of a situation or topic read here, make sure you don't just run off telling the world right away. Sometimes, rumors here are a weeeeeeeee bit premature :thumb

Another good place to visit is lsusports.net There you can find each sport, their players, coaches, records and historical records as well as an explanation of all of LSU's traditions (most of which, I'm sure you're already aware of).